types of furniture foot ✅

drake or trifid foot

carved foot having three occasionally four 'toes' or prominent ribs on it's upper surface

dutch foot

flat, circular or ovoid bottom. little or no carved ornamentation and a smoothly curved top with any several profiles

broad term designating any of several 18th century shaoed feet used throughout europe and america, generally to terminate a cabriole leg

tern foot

carved foot decorated with three scroll or spiraled groove

pad foot

snake foot

slipper foot

flemish scroll foot

2 scrolls, one at the floorand one where the foot joins leg or body.

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 a vertical profile that splays outward slightly at the bottom

hoof foot

aka pied de biche. carved foot in the form of an animal's hoof, either cloven or solid. dating back to ancient egyptian period

scroll foot

aka WHORL FOOT. carved foot terminating a leg and taking the form of an outward and upward turning scroll

lion's paw foot

carved paw foot in which paw is a lion's

spade foot

aka THERM FOOT. block shaped foot, higher than wide and tapering slightly toward the bottom, thus resembling in profile the blade of shovel or spade

melon foot

decorated bun foot incised vertical linws spaced regularly around its circumference

spanish foot

aka paintbrush or portugese 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

ogee bracket foot

type of bracket foot with a vertical profile in the form of an s curve, convex above and concave below

stub foot

short, broad, downward tapering foot attached to the bottom of a pc of cade furniture

pear foot

ball foot turned with a vertical profile in the form of cyma recta curve, concave at top and convex at bottom. upper concave turning thus forming a neck near the top of the foot

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 foot

variety of ball and claw foot topped by and thus attached to body of a piece by brackets

ball foot

round, turned foot either terminating a leg or serving independently as a support for a case piece.

may be spherical, or it may be ovoid with a vertical axis

bear's claw foot

carved paw foot in which the paw is a bear's

bootjack foot

supoort at either side of a simple piece of case furniture in which the side panel extends below the bottom of the piece's body.

a triangle is cut rom the 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

melon foot

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