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
- See also: Cabriole leg
- See also: Pedestal chair
- See also: Table (furniture) § Pedestal tables
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Ball feet
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Bracket foot base
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19th century bracket feet
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Bun feet
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Claw foot
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Claw-and-ball foot
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Claw and ball feet
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Cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet
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Cloven feet
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Club feet
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French feet
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Lion's paw foot and acanthus leaf scroll
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Lion's feet
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Scrolled foot
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Scrolled feet
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Scrolled feet
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Splayed feet
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Turned foot
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Turned foot
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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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