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A foot is the floor level termination of furniture legs. Legless furniture may be slightly raised off of the floor by their feet.

Types of feet

The types of feet include:

  • Ball foot
  • Bracket foot
  • Bun foot
  • Cabriole bracket
  • Claw-and-ball
  • Cloven foot
  • Club foot, also known as a duck, Dutch, or pad foot
  • French foot
  • Hoof foot
  • Leaf scroll foot
  • Lion's paw foot
  • Paw foot
  • Scrolled foot
  • Splayed foot
  • Stump foot
  • Turn foot

Types of leg

  • Ball feet Ball feet
  • Bracket foot base Bracket foot base
  • 19th century bracket feet 19th century bracket feet
  • Bun feet Bun feet
  • Claw foot Claw foot
  • Claw-and-ball foot Claw-and-ball foot
  • Claw and ball feet Claw and ball feet
  • Cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet Cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet
  • Cloven feet Cloven feet
  • Club feet Club feet
  • French feet French feet
  • Lion's paw foot and acanthus leaf scroll Lion's paw foot and acanthus leaf scroll
  • Lion's feet Lion's feet
  • Scrolled foot Scrolled foot
  • Scrolled feet Scrolled feet
  • Scrolled feet Scrolled feet
  • Splayed feet Splayed feet
  • Turned foot Turned foot
  • Turned foot Turned foot
  • Turned foot Turned foot

References

  1. Gloag, John (2009). A Short Dictionary of Furniture. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
  2. John Gloag (2009). "club foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.


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