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:
- Ball foot
- Bracket foot
- Bun foot
- Cabriole bracket
- Claw-and-ball
- Cloven foot
- Club foot, also known as a duck, Dutch, or pad foot [2]
- French foot
- Hoof foot
- Leaf scroll foot
- Lion's paw foot
- Paw foot
- Scrolled foot
- Splayed foot
- Stump foot
- Turn foot
Types of Leg
Ball feet
Bracket foot base
19th century bracket feet
Bun feet
Claw foot
Claw-and-ball foot
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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 1-4446-2040-1.
- ↑ John Gloag (2009). "club foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
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