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Illustrated Furniture Glossary

Articles and terms to help you identify antique furniture

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Illustrated Furniture Glossary

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- Jay B. Siegel
This glossary contains terms often distinctive to the world of buying, selling and collecting antique furniture.

A
American furniture
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B
bombé

C
caryatid
Centennial Furniture
chair styles
Chippendale style

D
davenport desk
daybeds
dovetails
dumbwaiter

E
Eames, Charles & Ray
Eastlake style
English furniture
Evans, Paul

F
fainting couch
foot styles
French furniture

G

H
Hepplewhite style
H-stretcher

I

J
japanned

K
kas (Dutch cupboard or wardrobe)
kyodai (Japanese mirror)
kneehole desk

L
leg styles

M
marquetry

N

O
ormolu

P
patina
pediment
pietra dura
provenance

Q
Queen Anne - The Two Queen Annes
Queen Anne style

R
Régence Vs. Regency
relief
Ruhlmann, Emile-Jacques

S
semanier
serpentine stretcher
Shaker style
Sheraton style
splat
Stickley, Gustav

T
table styles
tansu (Japanese chest)
tambour
teapoy
tebako (Japanese box)
tsuitate (Japanese screen)

U

V
vernis martin
Victorian

W
Wooton desk

X
X-stretcher

Y
yoke back

Z

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