Foot (furniture)
A foot is the floor level termination of furniture legs.[1] Legless furniture may be slightly raised off of the floor by their feet.
Types of feet
The types of feet include:
Types of leg
Ball feet
Bracket foot base
19th century bracket feet
Bun feet- Claw foot
Claw-and-ball foot
Claw and ball feet
Cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet
Cloven feet- Club feet
French feet
Lion's paw foot and acanthus leaf scroll
Lion's feet
Scrolled foot- Scrolled feet
Scrolled feet- Splayed feet
Turned foot- Turned foot
- Turned foot
References
- ↑ Gloag, John (2009). A Short Dictionary of Furniture. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
- ↑ John Gloag (2009). "club foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
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