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The style period from 1700-1730. Characterized by the introduction of the cabriole leg and sinuous curves. The English Queen Anne period was earlier and shorter than the American period of the same name.
See rebate .
A horizontal framing member in joinery, such as a seat-rail, table carcase, chair frame, back-rail etc., or as found in a door.
The angle, inclination or slope backwards at which, for example a chair back deviates from the vertical. (See Splay ).
A tapering ridge found on a spoon, running from the base of the handle to the midpoint on the back of the bowl. Serves as reinforcement and decoration. Spoons featured rat tails from c 1670-1720 and were made in silver and pewter.
A right-angled recess cut in the edge of a piece of wood, or formed by two pieces, to house another piece such as a panel or drop-in seat. It can also be a groove, such as that used to hold a removable shelf. Can also be spelt rabbet.
A long, thin piece or sliver of something such as brass, inserted into a slot cut into the background, solely for for decorative effect.
Repeated, decorative half-round convex mouldings in parallel lines used especially round pillars or legs. Can sometimes be found in flutes .
A long narrow table made in the seventeenth century. The earliest form of dining table.
The style period from 1810-1825. The last of the Georgian styles.
Principally a rejection of the Gothic , this revival of Classical ideas, styles, architecture and decoration began in C15th Italy (principally Florence), and spread to Northern Europe during the C16th, eventually reaching England. Bringing a new naturalism, this influence didn't really affect English art and design until the early C17th
A repeated decoration of small-scale reeds (see reeding ), which is often used in flat panels.
A French word meaning rockwork, often applied to shell and rockwork decoration found in Rococo work.
A term derived from the French rocaille meaning rockwork, this extravagant architectural and decorative style developed in France in the early C18th, spreading to and being developed all over Europe. It was principally a reaction against, and was born out of, the heaviness and seriousness of Baroque . Principally used in interior decoration, its influence spilled over into furniture design. In essence it was frivolous, light and asymmetrical, its principal motifs being Chinese and Indian motifs, and delicate curvaceous shapes.
A circular-shaped, floral ornament. They were often used at the corner joints of fireplaces and in cabinet making.
A circular ornament, which may or may not incorporate some applied or inlaid decorative moulding or carving.
A stopped hinged joint used on table leaves ,press doors etc., comprising a long ovolo moulding which leaves no gap at any stage of the opening or closing. This involves routing or planing an ovolo mould on a table with a radius profile on the leaf to match.
So-called because they're the strips of wood fixed to the carcase of a piece of cabinet furniture, on either side and on which a drawer runs. It's a good idea to give these a rub with a candle if the drawers stick.
Derived from the French word for hoof, it's a cast brass or ormolu foot mount used on furniture in the French taste.
A small (2-3") spoon, usually with a round, ladle-shaped bowl, used with a salt cellar.
A small version of a soup ladle (about 7" long), using for serving sauce at the table.
A term used to describe decoration composed of a series of concave depressions, resembling a scallop shell, with a lobed or foiled edge. Mostly used on the rims of silver and earthenware vessels, it also applies to any shell-like decoration or ornament.
A foot that scrolls outwards, and then back onto itself. (See Inscrolled foot and Outscrolled foot ).
This is a form of writing desk which resembles a chest of drawers, but in which the top "drawer" and/or a flap or brushing-slide pulls out to provide the writing surface. This surface may also take the form of a simple top surface on the chest beneath, or it may have a flat-front flap, or fall-front to provide the writing surface. See also bureau .
The US name for a secretaire.