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