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Furniture Style Glossary: Seat Material

Seat Material

Cane

Woven rattan.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• William and Mary
• Colonial
• Sheraton
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire
• Shaker
• Art Noveau

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Leather

Animal hide.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• William and Mary
• Chippendale
• Arts and Craft

Rush

Woven rush.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Jacobean
• Early American
• William and Mary
• Colonial
• Chippendale
• Federal
• American Empire
• Shaker

Upholstered

Cushioned and covered with fabric.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• William and Mary
• Queen Anne
• Colonial
• Georgian
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Robert Adam
• Hepplewhite
• Federal
• Sheraton
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire
• Victorian
• Art Noveau

Wooden Seat

Various types of wood.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Jacobean
• Early American
• Colonial
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Chippendale
• Federal
• American Empire
• Shaker
• Arts and Craft
• Art Noveau
• Scandinavian Contemporary

Woven

Woven material, usually heavy weight cloth or sometimes wood splints.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Shaker