Although in existence from roughly 1600 to 1800 it was especially popular in mid 18th century english and american furniture.
18th century furniture leg styles.
Queen anne style furniture emerged during the reign of william iii of england.
Birch maple walnut description.
It is characterized by cabriole legs pad or drake feet fiddle backed chairs and bat wing shaped drawer pulls.
The following criteria will help you determine if your old furniture is an american made antique.
Cabriole legs are one of the most distinguishable leg styles.
Basic american furniture styles.
Fan and shell carvings embellish chair legs and cabinet fronts.
Political activity heavily influenced early to mid 19th century furniture style as seen in two dominant styles french and american empire.
One notable exception to the subdued ornamentation of queen anne style furniture is japanning a technique developed in the west to imitate asian lacquerwork.
William and mary 1690 1735.
This is a light chair whose front and back sets of legs flare away from each other.
Fan and shell carvings embellish chair legs and cabinet fronts.
This is a simple basic furniture foot style with a square or cube like shape.
It was often featured in later chippendale furniture styles with neoclassical influence.
In this type of furniture leg a series of rounded channels or grooves are carved vertically into a straight leg at regular intervals.
It dates back to 5th century greece but the style experienced a comeback during the late 18th century neoclassical furniture movement.
Klismos chairs typically have an open back divided by a supportive and decorative horizontal panel.
Early colonial 17th century woods used.
Heavy decoration and carving.
Hybrid of english styles.
Leg styles feature a cabriole or curved leg ending in a pad foot.
William and mary style furniture was popular in the late 17th and early 18th century and is characterized by dutch and chinese influences trumpet turned legs spanish ball feet and oriental lacquer work.
The baluster leg typically found on furniture from the 17th century resembles the balusters used in staircases and railings with slight lathe scrolling at the top cap and bottom quarter of the.
Pad or dutch style feet were commonly seen on 18th century queen anne furniture.
The fluted leg was modeled after ancient greek columns and it flourished in the neoclassical styles of the second half of the 18th century such as hepplewhite along with 19th century classical revival styles.