Furniture Styles
Jacobean
Early American
William and Mary
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Colonial
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Duncan Phyfe
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Furniture Glossary: Foot
Foot
Ball Foot | Rounded ball-shaped foot.
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Ball and Claw Foot
 | Carved claw grasping a ball.
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Block Foot
 | Flat-surfaced foot.
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Bracket Foot
 | Angular curved foot, usually used with case pieces.
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Brass Paw or Claw
 | Animal paw or claw in brass.
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Bun
 | Rounded foot, flatter than a ball foot.
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Continuation of Leg
 | Leg does not terminate into a foot.
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Drake
 | Simple carved animal paw.
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French
 | Straight and slender bracket type foot, usually used with case pieces.
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Knob
 | Small round turned ball.
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Lion Paw
 | Carved lion's foot.
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Pad
 | Simple rounded carved foot.
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Paw or Claw
 | Carved animal paw or claw.
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Scroll
 | Large inward curving foot with a loosely coiled appearance.
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Spade
 | Flat or rounded foot, wider than leg then tapering.
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Spanish
 | Elaborately carved hoof-shaped foot, that is grooved and flared.
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Whorl
 | Small round foot with a coiled appearance.
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