2006 publications international chair and table legs exhibit many of the features that distinguish furniture styles.
Leg styles dating identify antique table legs.
Later styles show classic influence.
But a leg can tell you when a style was first introduced and that is one important step in identifying an antique s age and period.
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.
Early 17th century furniture typically featured bun or ball style feet.
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The leg is usually a good indicator of type.
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.
A bracket foot on antique furniture is a simple designed foot shaped like a bracket.
How to identify antique wooden furniture.
It has a joined straight corner edge and curved inner edges and was often used on georgian furniture like chest of drawers.
Early georgian furniture is based on queen anne.
Leg and foot styles.
Learn more about a number of different types of dining tables made through the centuries including those with gate leg and drop leaf features.