Furniture Style Glossary: Chair Back

Chair Back

Balloon-shaped chair back, rounded at the top and tapering to the seat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Victorian Art Nouveau

Three to six vertical turned slats in the shape of a baluster, flat on the front and round on the back. Associated with the following furniture styles: Early American William and Mary Sheraton

Curved pieces of wood. Associated with the following furniture styles: Art Nouveau

X-shaped splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Duncan Phyfe

Single flat vertical slat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Sheraton Duncan Phyfe American Empire

Fiddle or vase-shaped central splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Queen Anne Colonial Federal American Empire

Equally spaced horizontal flat slats, either straight or curved. Associated with the following furniture styles: Early American Colonial Pennsylvania Dutch Chippendale Shaker Arts and Craft

Openwork or decorative carving of crossed strips of wood. Associated with the following furniture styles: Chippendale Sheraton

Lyre-shaped central splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Duncan Phyfe

Oval shaped chair back often with central splat Associated with the following furniture styles: Robert Adam Hepplewhite

Carved or pierced central splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Georgian Chippendale

Rectilinear design with a solid or central splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Federal Sheraton

Curved X-shaped splat. Associated with the following furniture styles: Duncan Phyfe

Shield-shaped chair back. Associated with the following furniture styles: Robert Adam Hepplewhite

One piece or solid panel chair back. Associated with the following furniture styles: Jacobean Early American Colonial Pennsylvania Dutch American Empire Arts and Craft

Simple turned vertical slats. Associated with the following furniture styles: Early American Colonial Arts and Craft

Wood or cane back panel framed between two straight or turned stiles. Associated with the following furniture styles: Early American William and Mary

Simple, flat horizontal top rail. Associated with the following furniture styles: Art Nouveau Scandinavian Contemporary

Vertical turnings. The Carver design has a single row of turnings and the Brewster design has a double row of turnings. Associated with the following furniture styles: Early American

Central splat is urn-shaped. Associated with the following furniture styles: Sheraton