Shutters

Decorative feature: turning

Feet: ball and claw

• Carved claw grasping a ball• Associated with –Chippendale

• A table with one or two drop leaves that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame

Tables: Gate-leg

Bi-fold

• A door with vertical double panels that folds back against itself; frequently used for closet doors

Feet: Bracket

Upholstered pieces: camelback

• A back with a hump-shaped curve on a sofa or other piece of furniture

Chair backs: splat

Upholstered pieces: tuxedo sofas

• An upholstered sofa with slightly curved arms that are the same height as the back

Decorative feature: pediment

• A low upholstered seat, or footstool, without a back or arms that typically serves also as a box, with the seat hinged to form a lid

Upholstered pieces: ottoman

Skylight

• A window set into the roof and ceiling

Tables: pedestal

• A tall chest of drawers on legs

Case goods: high Boy

Case goods: wardrobe/armoire

Case goods: secretary

• A writing desk fitted with drawers, one of which can be pulled out and the front lowered to provide a flat writing surface.

Upholstered pieces: camelback

Bow

• A curved projecting window

Chairs: side

• An upright wooden chair without arms

Chairs: splatback

Portico

• A projection from the main structure of a building over the front entrance supported by columns, and often capped by a triangular pediment

Decorative Features: Finial

Legs: Cambriole

• Curved leg in the shape of an animal’s leg• Associated with – Queen Anne

Decorative feature: reeding

Decorative feature: fluting

Feet: Bun

Roof Types

• Mansard

Chairs: arm

Legs: Splayed

• Leg with a concave shape

• Associated with – Duncan Phyfe

Tables: Gate-leg

Upholstered pieces: Lawson

Legs: Turned

Chairs: side

French

• Double casement-type door that opens in or out with glass panes throughout its length

Decorative feature: turning

• An ornamental element of furniture produced by rotating a wood dowel on a lathe, and shaping the dowel with cutting tools

Upholstered pieces: tuxedo sofas

Duncan Phyfe

• Style with lyre back, splayed legs, laurel leaves

Legs: Tapered

• Straight leg gradually decreasing in width

• Associated with– Sheraton– Hepplewhite

Feet: Bun

• Rounded foot, flatter than a ball foot

• Associated with– Early American– Queen Anne

Feet: Bracket

• Angular curved foot, usually used with case pieces

• Associated with – Early American– Chippendale– Hepplewhite

Case goods: secretary

Chair Backs: lyre

• Lyre-shaped central splat

• Associated with Duncan Phyfe

Double-hung

• Sash window where both sections are operable

Chair backs: ladder

• Chair back with equally spaced horizontal flat slats, either straight or curved

• Associated with– Shaker

Legs: Tapered

Ionic

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Modern/Contemporary

• May use one or more materials in construction – glass, wood, metal and plastics, textiles

Chair backs: splat

• The vertical central element of a chair back. It may be carved, vase, or fiddle shaped

• Vase shaped associated with Queen Anne and Chippendale

Chairs: ladderback

Palladian

• A n arched window flanked on each side by lower sidelights

Chair backs: shield

• Shield shaped chair back

• Associated with Hepplewhite

Corinthian

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Decorative Features: Finial

• Decorative turning affixed to the tops of case furniture, and chair and bed posts

• Associated with– Early American– Queen Anne– Chippendale– Shaker

Case goods: high Boy

Victorian

• A very ornate style, tufting, elaborate carvings on wood parts

Legs: Splayed

Decorative feature: pediment

• Ornamentation typically found on top of case goods

• Could be broken, scroll

• Associated with Chippendale

Decorative feature: fluting

• Carved or molded vertical channels

• Associated with – Hepplewhite– Sheraton– Duncan Phyfe

Sidelight

• A vertical, narrow row of windows used on one or both sides of a door

Upholstered pieces: ottoman

Chairs: Windsor

• A wood chair whose back and sides consist of multiple thin, turned spindles that are attached to a solid, sculpted seat

Chairs: wing

• A high-backed armchair with side pieces projecting from the back, originally in order to protect the sitter from drafts

Feet: ball and claw

Bay

• A window built to project outward from an outside wall in a square or rectangular configuration

Pediment

• An architectural decoration above a portico

Chairs: arm

• A comfortable chair, typically upholstered, with side supports for a person’s arms