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FURNITURE STYLES
LEGS: CAMBRIOLE
STYLE -
Ladder back,
simple,
structural lines
SHAKER
A sofa with square back and
arms at a lower level than the
back.
UPHOLSTERED PIECES: LAWSON
CHAIR BACKS: LYRE
DECORATIVE FEATURE: REEDING
Parallel lines of rounded
molding
Associated with Sheraton
CASE GOODS: BUFFET
FEET: PAD
TABLES: PEDESTAL
A table with a single center
support
CHAIRS: WINDSOR
A large sideboard with
drawers and cupboards
CASE GOODS: BUFFET
LEGS: TURNED
Circular leg sometimes with
decoration
Elaborate associated with Victorian
Simple associated with• Early American
CHAIRS: WING
A standing closet used for
clothes
CASE GOODS: WARDROBE/ARMOIRE
CHAIR BACKS: SHIELD
A chair with a slat of wood in
the middle of the chair back.
CHAIRS: SPLATBACK
FEET: PAD
Simple rounded carved foot
Associated with• Queen Anne
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
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: OT TOMAN
TABLES: PEDESTAL
STYLE - Lyre back,
splayed legs, laurel
leaves
DUNCAN PHYFE
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
STYLE - Ball and claw foot,
ears, Chinese influence- black
lacquer Japanning,
camelback couch
CHIPPENDALE
CHAIRS: SIDE
An upright wooden
chair without arms
CHAIRS: SPLATBACK
STYLE - Square
back, tapered legs
SHERATON
DECORATIVE FEATURES: FINIAL
LEGS: CAMBRIOLE
Curved leg in the shape of
an animal’s leg
Associated with • Queen Anne
DECORATIVE FEATURE: REEDING
STYLE - cabriole leg, pad
foot, shell motif, wing chair
QUEEN ANNE
DECORATIVE FEATURE: FLUTING
May use one or more materials
in construction—glass, wood,
metal and plastics, textiles
MODERN/CONTEMPORARY
FEET: BUN
STYLE - Shield back,
tapered legs
HEPPLEWHITE
CHAIRS: ARM
LEGS: SPLAYED
Leg with a concave
shape
Associated with • Duncan Phyfe
TABLES: GATE-LEG
STYLE - turned legs,
square, blocky with
plank seat or cane seat
EARLY AMERICAN
UPHOLSTERED PIECES: LAWSON
LEGS: TURNED
CHAIRS: SIDE
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
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
CHAIR BACKS: LADDER
Chair back with
equally spaced
horizontal flat slats,
either straight or curved
Associated with• Shaker
LEGS: TAPERED
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
CHAIR BACKS: SHIELD
Shield shaped chair
back
Associated with
Hepplewhite
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
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
UPHOLSTERED PIECES: OT TOMAN
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
CHAIRS: ARM
A comfortable chair,
typically upholstered,
with side supports for a
person’s arms
CHAIR BACKS: LADDER
STYLE - Very ornate,
tufting, elaborate
carvings on wood parts
VICTORIAN
CHAIRS: LADDERBACK
A chair with a back
consisting of two upright
posts connected by
horizontal slats