Club foot (furniture)

A club foot is a type of rounded foot for a piece of furniture, such as the end of a chair leg.^[1]^[2] It is also known by the alternative names pad foot^[3]^[4]^[5] and Dutch foot,^[4]^[5] the latter sometimes corrupted into duck foot.^[6]

Such feet are rounded flat pads or disks at the end of furniture legs. Pad feet were regularly used on cabriole legs during the 18th century.^[7]^[8] They can be found on tables, chairs, and some early sofas.

Pad feet were first seen in the French and Italian Renaissance periods and have been widely used ever since.^{[citation needed]} Pad feet can still be seen on some classical furniture.

References

^ John Gloag (2009). "club foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
^ John Gloag (2009). "foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
^ John Gloag (2009). "pad foot". A Short Dictionary of Furniture. READ BOOKS. p. 348. ISBN 978-1-4446-2040-5.
^ ^a ^b Ethel H. Bjerkoe (1997). "Dutch foot". The Cabinetmakers of America. Schiffer Pub Ltd. pp. 266, 268.
^ ^a ^b Carl William Drepperd (1980). The primer of American antiques. Gramercy Pub. Co. p. 221. ISBN 9780517309926.
^ L. G. G. Ramsey (1961). "Duck foot". The concise encyclopedia of antiques. Vol. 1. Hawthorn Books. p. 61.
^ Bird, Lonnie (2003). Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details. Taunton Press. p. 44. ISBN 1-56158-590-4. The pad foot was the most common form of foot used on 18th-century cabriole legs
^ It used the hoof foot in many places, and also the pad foot (most popular in present-day cabriole legs) ... Sparkes, Ivan G. (1981). English Windsor Chairs. Shire publications. p. 7. ISBN 0-85263-562-1.

Club foot (furniture)

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