CDEP (Furniture D7)

Upholstery

This refers to the materials such as fabric, springs, webbing, & padding. That make up the soft coverings of seating such as chairs & sofas

Steps in Upholstery

1) Attach the webbing

2) Fasten the springs

3) Tie the springs together

4) Apply edge knots

5) Cover springs with burlap

6) Edge Roll

7) Add cotton batting

8) Attach Foam

9) Cover polyester batting (Dacron by Dupont)

10) Cover with selected fabric

11) Add piping cord

12) Attach dust cover (Cambric)

Ball and Claw Foot

Carved foot in the form of the claw of an animal or bird holding a ball, the ball resting on the floor. It may have originated in Europe from a Chinese decorative motif of a dragon's claw grasping a pearl

Ball and Claw Bracket Foot

Variety of ball and clas foot on corner

Ball Foot

Round, turned foot either terminating a leg or serving independently as a support for a case piece. May be spherical or may be ovoid with a vertical axis.

Bear's Claw Foot

Carved paw foot in which the paw is bear's

Bootjack Foot

Support at either side of a simple piece of case furniture in which the side panel extends below the bottom of the piece's body. Triangle is cut from te center of its lower edge, leaving a "foot" at front and rear.

Bracket Foot

Support for case furniture consisting of two brackets mitered and joined below the corners of the piece's body

Bun Foot

A.K.A Onion Foot. Round, turned foot flattened at top and bottom, similar to Ball Foot

Cloven Foot

hoof foot in which hoof is cloven

Dolphin Foot

Carved foot in shape of a stylized fish, a supposed dolphin

Drake Foot

A.K.A Trifid Foot. Carved foot having three, occasionally four "toes" or prominent ribs, on its upper surface.

Dutch Foot

Used throughout Europe and America, generally to terminate a cabriole leg. Each type is characterized by a flat circular or ovoid bottom, little or no carved ornamentation and a smoothly carved top with any of several profiles.

Types of Dutch Foot

1) Pad Foot

2) Snake Foot

3) Slipper Foot

Flemish Scroll Foot

Characterized by two scrolls, one at the floor and one where foot joins leg or, in a case piece, body. The bottom scroll turns inward, while the upper one may spiral inward or outward.

French Bracket Foot

Type of bracket foot having slender and tapering arms and vertical profile that splays outward slightly at the bottom.

Hoof Foot

A.K.A Pied De Biche. Carved foot in the form of an animal's hoof, either cloven or solid.

Lion's Paw Foot

Carved paw foot in which paw is a Lion's

Melon Foot

decorated bun foot incised vertical lines spaced regularly around its circumference.

Ogee Bracket Foot

type of bracket foot with vertical profile in the form of an s curve or cyma reversa curve

Paw Foot

carved foot taking the form of an animal's paw

Pear Foot

type of ball foot turned with a vertical profile in the form of a cyma recta curve, the concave upper turning thus forms a neck near the top of the foot

Scroll Foot

A.K.A Whorl Foot. Carved foot terminating a leg and taking the form of an outward and upward-turning scroll

Spade Foot

A.K.A. Therm Foot. Block shaped foot, higher than wide and tapering slightly toward the bottom, thus resembling in profile the blade of a shovel or spade. Partnered with Marlbrough Leg

Spanish Foot

A.K.A. Paintbrush Foot / Portugese Foot / Braganza Foot. Carved foot terminating a leg and characterized by an inward-turning scroll at the bottom and vertical grooves above creating ribs on the top surface of the scroll.

Stub Foot

Short, broad, downward-tapering foot attached to the bottom of a piece of case furniture

Tern Foot

Carved foot decorated with three scroll or spiraled grooves

Cabriole Leg

A.K.A. Queen Anne Leg. Carved, double curved, tapering furniture leg. A broad upper part formed a pronounced outward curve above a tapering lower part with a long, smooth inward curve that extended down to the carved foot, which flared outward again.

Cupped Leg

Turned leg with cup turning

Elephant-Trunk Leg

Support for low pieces of Chinese furniture, short heavy leg that curved outward slightly at the top, down to a tight inward scroll at the bottom.

Flemish Scroll Leg

characterized by two scrolls, one at the floor and one at or close to the supported piece. The botom scroll turned inward, while the upper one might spiral inward or outward

Marlborough Leg

Straight, square leg, either undecorated or craved with simple fluting or stopped fluting, sometimes tapering downward, and either lacking a foot or terminating in a Spade Foot

Saber Leg

A.K.A. Scimitar Leg / Swept Leg / Waterloo Leg. Rearward-curving front leg of chair or sofa, resembling a cavalryman's carved sword.

Scroll Leg

carved leg shaped like large letter S

Spiral Leg

Turned leg incorporating spiral turning

Swing Leg

table leg that is attached by horizontal member at its top to fixed member beneath the table, from which pivots outward on a hinge to support a leaf, as in the butterfly table, or an unfolding tabletop, as in the 18th century card table. the swing leg is similar to the gate of a gat-leg table, but it does not have a lower stretcher.

Trumpet Leg

Incorporating trumpet turning

Arched Stretcher

Stretcher, commonly x-stretcher, that bows upward decoratively, adding interest to the horizontal line.

Box Stretcher

4 crossbars used to connect furniture legs around a square perimeter

Cow-Horn Stretcher

A.K.A. Crinoline / Spur / Cresent Stretcher. Type of stretcher, or crossbar connecting the legs of, usually, a windsor chair. A bow like rod, curved beneath the set, connects the two front legs.

Double-Lyre Stretcher

2 lyre- shaped segments connect the legs, open ends of each lyre faces the end of the table, each arm attached to one leg, lyres are joined at their curved sections

H-Stretcher

2 crossbars are connected in the middle by a third crossbar.

Isle of Man Stretcher

stretcher used on 3 legged furniture, each leg joined by a horizontal member to another such member extending from an adjacent leg, thus forming a triangular configuration beneath the seat

Serpentine Stretcher

any stretcher whose members curve more than once between one leg and another

X-Stretcher

2 crossbars, each joining one front leg of a piece of furniture to the rear leg on the opposite side, are connected to each other in the middle