Foot (furniture)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.