Later styles show classic influence.
Leg styles dating identify antique table legs.
By editors of consumer guide dec 21.
A bracket foot on antique furniture is a simple designed foot shaped like a bracket.
There are many different types of antique dining tables some are large solid pieces of furniture while others are more portable and light in weight.
2006 publications international chair and table legs exhibit many of the features that distinguish furniture styles.
One of the best ways to identify an antique style is by observing the piece s legs and feet.
Look at this leg.
The bracket foot has been in existence since approximately the 1680 s and was one of the main types of feet used throughout the georgian period and was reproduced in the edwardian period.
How to identify antique wooden furniture.
Leg and foot styles.
It has a joined straight corner edge and curved inner edges and was often used on georgian furniture like chest of drawers.
It s shapely curves identify it as a cabriole pronounced cab ree ole leg and that type of leg was first introduced in the 18th century.
But a leg can tell you when a style was first introduced and that is one important step in identifying an antique s age and period.
Leg styles are key not only to the appearance and functionality of pieces but they can also be used to successfully identify many types of antique furniture furniture legs can provide clues to when a piece was manufactured especially when considering how they are used in conjunction with foot styles.
Early 17th century furniture typically featured bun or ball style feet.