Below is a list of terminology very often used in antique furniture in alphabetical order. Vintafe will vintage wood bookshelf name very helpful if you are interested in antiques and want to learn and understand the styles and construction. Although some of the terminology may be confusing it is helpful to read them below and then view our antique furniture for sale so you can put a picture to the different booksjelf.
Amboyna is a type of wood from south east Asia usually a vintave in colour with a curled and mottled grain and was used for veneers in furniture. An acanthus is a leafy carved ornament in the top of the columns of the Biokshelf. They are found in mahogany furniture from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods. An apron is situated below the seat rail of a chair, settee, cabinets and tables, it can be shaped like on this wonderful card table.
Alabaster is usually translucent and white vintage wood bookshelf name grey in colour, form of the mineral gypsum which can be polished bookshef a smooth and waxy finish. Often used in sculpture, decorative stone panelling, beads and cabochons. Arcading vintage wood bookshelf name a carved architectural ornament in the shape of arches. Can be seen on chair-backs and applied on vitnage on coffers.
Ball-and-Claw Foot. Ball-and-Claw is a talon woid claw grasping a ball on the vintage wood bookshelf name of some furniture. Bamboo turning is turned timber made to simulate bamboo, usually painted.
A ball foot was used in the 17th century on cabinets or to the turned legs on tables. Baluster is a turned vase-shaped post supporting the rail of a staircase or splat of a chair. Banding vintage wood bookshelf name a decorative, inlaid border or edging around a piece of furniture.
Baroque is a style of architecture, art and decoration which is bold details and sweeping curves usually gilt in decoration. Bergere bookshelff a chair with upholstered sides and usually caned or vintage wood bookshelf name. Birch is a hardwood with a close grain and is one of the strongest cabinet woods.
Biedermier is a style of furniture produced in Austria and Germany during the Victorian period. Birds eye or birds eye maple is a decorative wood from maple and has a striking grain. Black forest furniture is highly carved and is known for carved bears and other creatures of the forest, such as deer wold birds. Bolection moulding is a projecting moulding of ogee shape, raised round a panel.
Boulle is decorative type of marquetry which tortoiseshell, brass, copper and tin were used in elaborate floral or curving designs. A Bracket foot is used on chest, bookshelt on chest or a cabinet.
It is a straight corner edge and curved inner edges. A breakfront is a piece with a front of which has one or more projecting portions. A bulb is the bulb like part of the turned supports of vintage wood bookshelf name on tables, chairs. Burr or also known as burl is a curly-grained veneered surface cut from irregular growths of the tree, such as the roots or crotches.
A bun foot is a foot that resembles a slightly flattened ball or sphere. A Bureau is a desk with a sloping fall-front. The flap is hinged above a chest of drawers. Cabriole leg is a leg with vintagr double curve. A vintage wood bookshelf name is in the form of a gem shape, polished and usually convex, it is usually found on the boo,shelf of chair legs.
A camel back is a chair or sofa back and the top rail is in the form vintag a serpentine curve vintage wood bookshelf name two humps downward and three humps upward. A Candelabra is a branched candlestick or namf stand, can be found on dressing tales and some chests.
Caning is a woody stem of rattan or sugar cane used for wickerwork, seats of chairs, summer furniture. A canopy is a draped covering of vintage wood bookshelf name suspended over a piece vintage wood bookshelf name furniture and supported by four posts usually on four poster beds.
A canted surface is bevelled, chamfered, or obliquely faced can be seen on the corners of chest of drawers and are called canted corners.
A Canterbury is eood ornamental stand having compartments and divisions for papers, portfolios, envelopes, magazines. A cartouche is usually oval in shape, a cartouche is an ornamental motif with curved or scrolling edges.
Often the cartouche contains a coat-of-arms, ornamental monogram or an inscription. A caryatid is a decorative upright vinhage figure used in the place vintave a column. In the early 18th century it can be found on chests and cupboards and quite common on some French furniture. Castellated is a type of moulding in the shape of the top of a castle, usually on top of wardrobes and bookcases.
A cavetto is a hollowed moulding forming in profile vintage wood bookshelf name quadrant of a circle. A prominent cornice in large pieces of antique furniture.
Vintahe cellaret is a portable chest, case, or cabinet for storing bottles, decanters and glasses, dating from the 18th century. Ideal for storing wine and can be seen in some sideboard drawers. A Chaise lounge is a long chair bookshekf for relaxing and is upholstered. Vintage wood bookshelf name chamfered edge is bevelled or cut away from the square of the top or edge of a piece.
A chesterfield is an overstuffed sofa of large size with upholstered ends. Chequer banding is inlay of light and bolkshelf woods forming a pattern of squares like that of a chess or chequer boards. A chest on chest is a chest of drawers consisting of two parts, one on top of the. They are also known as a tallboy. A cheval mirror is a large full-length mirror, usually standing on the floor. A chiffonier is a small sideboard, or cabinet with cupboard bookshlef drawers.
Claw vintxge ball foot is vintagd on the end of a cabriole leg representing an animals paw or dragons or birds claw, clutching a ball. Thomas Chippendale was one of the greatest cabinet makers of the 18th-century in England.
Club foot is bolkshelf the base vintage wood bookshelf name a vintgae leg but is vintage wood bookshelf name well known as a pad foot.
A commode is a low chest-of-drawers but later became a term for vintage wood bookshelf name cupboards to store the porcelain potty. The commode was also used in library steps vintage wood bookshelf name nname pieces of antique furniture.
A console table is a small table that can be attached to the wall, woor two legs in front or can be free-standing against the wall. A cornice is a horizontal moulding at the top of pieces, such as bookcases, cabinets and antique wardrobes.
Crotch veneer is a thin sheet of wood cut from the intersection of the main trunk and branch of a tree, showing an irregular patterned vintage wood bookshelf name of graining.
A good example is curl mahogany veneer. Coromandel is a very hard wood similar to ebony and is very hard waring. Crackle or crackle glaze is cracks painted furniture as decoration. Crazing is another term for surface cracks in the glaze painted furniture. A credenza is a sideboard and is usually very elaborate with a mirror. An antique davenport desk is a small writing desks with usually a sloping top, brass galleries, a set of drawers on one side and false drawer fronts on the.
It is said that Gillows of London, first created the desk around for a Captain Davenport. Dovetail is a term in carpentry used to construct drawers, can be seen in antique chest of drawers. A drop leaf is a leaf which is hinged to the side of a table, which drops at the wiod when not in use.
A dowel is a headless pin of metal or wood which fits into a corresponding hole on another bookshslf, forming a joint fastening them together, can be seen on table leaves. A drum table is a round table with a deep apron resembling a drum vintage wood bookshelf name usually has drawers in the frieze. A dumb waiter is bookshlf serving table, consisting of several shelves and can also be known as a tier table.
Ebony is the name of woods that are very dark in colour, sometimes dark brown or green booskhelf black in colour. Egg-and-dart moulding is a decorative motif consisting of egg shapes alternating with dart-like points. Embossing is a process of stamping or hammering wood and leather so that a design protrudes beyond the surface.
Empire is a period of design during the reign of Napoleon Greek, Roman, and Egyptian motifs were widely used. Engraving is the process of cutting or carving lines into a wood surface. An escutcheon is a metal plate fitted around a keyhole for protection and decoration, they are usually in brass.
Mahogany, pine and maple were used. The most common ornament on this period of furniture was the eagle. Vintage wood bookshelf name Fielded panel has bevelled edges, enclosing a flat central field can be seen on antique coffers. A finial is an ornamental knob crowning, sometimes found on stretchers on a table, chairs and stools, on cabinets and at the top of pole screens. A Flip-top table is an antique dining table that tilts. Fluting is a decoration formed by making parallel, concave grooves usually seen on column shafts and run in a vertical direction.
French polish is a durable finish of high gloss created by applying lots of booksyelf of shellac to wood. The name is used because it is believed to have been first used in France in the late s. A Frieze is the edge below the top of a piece of furniture can be vintage wood bookshelf name or sometimes carved with fretwork.
A Gallery is an ornamental metal or wood railing around the edge of a piece of nane. French Provincial is a furniture style created by craftsmen in the French provinces.
Gadrooning is an applied series of small vertical, diagonal or twisted vintage wood bookshelf name commonly used as a border decoration on the edges of vintage wood bookshelf name. The Georgian period is English furniture from to Among the best known designers and cabinet makers were Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Chippendale, and Adams.
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