Victorian Antique Furniture Leg Styles

15 british furniture styles.

Victorian antique furniture leg styles.

When different furniture designs put your mind in a twist examine the legs to determine the furniture s individual style. And the straight legs splay outwards from one another. Named after british designer and cabinet maker thomas chippendale. Leg and foot styles.

Isa more ornate version of the queen anne style with cabriole legs ball and claw foot and broken pediment scroll top on tall case pieces. When you know the styles you can combine antique or reproduction. How to identify antique chairs. For the most part the furniture you ll encounter will probably be limited to traditional english and american colonial styles.

Early 17th century furniture typically featured bun or ball style feet. The first furniture style of mass production 1840 1910. The victorian period overlapped the industrial revolution making it the first style of furniture to be manufactured. One of the best ways to identify an antique style is by observing the piece s legs and feet.

Leg styles are key not only to the appearance and functionality of pieces but they can also be used to successfully identify many types of antique furniture furniture legs can provide clues to when a piece was manufactured especially when considering how they are used in conjunction with foot styles. There are many different styles of furniture and each type has distinguishing features. When is old an antique. How to identify different styles of antique furniture.

Victorian style reigned over furniture in the last half of the century but you can t use the term victorian to accurately describe a 19th century furniture style since the era is defined by style revivals such as gothic revival and rococo. You aren t likely to find a louis xv chair at a garage sale. It has a joined straight corner edge and curved inner edges and was often used on georgian furniture like chest of drawers. Political activity heavily influenced early to mid 19th century furniture style as seen in two dominant styles french and american empire.

The bracket foot has been in existence since approximately the 1680 s and was one of the main types of feet used throughout the georgian period and was reproduced in the edwardian period. American empire style 1805 1830 victorian 1830 1900 arts and crafts style 1880 1910 art nouveau style. A bracket foot on antique furniture is a simple designed foot shaped like a bracket. Furniture made during queen victoria s reign from 1837 to 1901 drew heavily from gothic rococo and louis xv furniture with dark finishes or gilding embellishments and heavy proportions.