If you're like many home decor enthusiasts, Queen Anne-style furniture may very well reign supreme in your home. A Queen Anne-style dining room chair may welcome dinner guests to the table, or a handsome lowboy may display your priceless treasures.
But how did this stunning style of furniture make its way into modern times and eventually end up in your home? Here's a look at the story behind the reigning queen of furniture.
Queen Anne Period: 1720-1750
Breaking away from the ponderous 17th century pieces, Queen Anne-style furniture picked up steam in America in 1720 thanks to early English settlers. Philadelphia was becoming a center for culture and trading and a taste for worldly items was developing among the colonists. It was during this time that England was emerging from the Middle Ages and furniture was becoming lighter and more graceful.
Queen Anne-style furniture both now and then offered homeowners elegant, comfortable furniture and the first "period" pieces were born. Furniture was often named after reigning monarchs or innovative furniture designers. Queen Anne-style furniture was, of course, named after Queen Anne of England.
Defining Styles of the Queen Anne Period
One of the most definitive styles of Queen Anne furniture has to be the cabriole leg. An ancient form based on an animal's leg from the knee down, the word cabriole derives from an Italian word via the French. Cabinetmakers began replacing the straight, turned legs of chairs and tables with the graceful, curving cabriole leg. The result was a leg with an out-curved knee and an in-curved ankle. Just look at your dining room table to see for yourself!
Another equally important style of Queen Anne furniture was the carved cockle or scallop shell. This carved scallop shell motif emphasized the curvilinear element. A large shell was often carved on the front of a lowboy or chest. A smaller shell was sometimes carved on the knee of a leg. The scallop shell was, on certain pieces, often made more clearly as a sunburst or fan.
Interesting Dinner Talk
Your beautiful Queen Anne-style dining room table has served you through dinner after dinner. Why not give something back to this fabulous piece of furniture by impressing dinner guests with your new-found knowledge of this era? You may surprise both guests and yourself with just how much you know about your dining room table!
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Leg Styles
Popular Leg Design in Furniture
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The structure of a furniture leg is simple. The entire support is called the leg. Any bend or curve near the top or the center is defined as the knee. The section just above the base is the ankle, and the area below that - the part touching the floor - is the foot.
Cabriole Leg
Dominant in the 18th century and originating in Italy, the cabriole furniture leg is shaped in a carved, double curve with an out-curved knee and in-curved ankle. It can be used in conjunction with many different foot designs. The cabriole leg is also extremely practical; the balance it achieves makes it possible to support heavy pieces of case furniture on slim legs, without the use of stretchers. A stretcher is a crosspiece that connects, braces, and strengthens the legs of tables and chairs.
Hock Leg
This design is a variation on the cabriole leg, but it has a broken curve on the inner side of the knee.
Lyre-Shaped Leg
This design was popular during the Empire Period, also known as the Classic Style, from 1815-1840. Lyre-shaped legs are just that - two legs come together to form the shape of a lyre, a small, harp-like musical instrument ordinarily strummed like a guitar.
Marlborough Leg
Used in mid-18th-century English and American furniture, a Marlborough Leg is a heavy, straight, sometimes fluted leg with a block foot. These legs were first used in furniture designed for the Duke of Marlborough, from which the name is derived. This design was especially favored by Thomas Chippendale, a furniture maker of the mid to late 18th century.
Parsons Leg
This relatively long leg is fully upholstered, used most often on Parsons Chairs and upholstered benches.
Spiral Leg
A spiral leg resembles a twisted rope, with flutes or grooves winding down the leg. It was originally of Portuguese and Indian origin, and became popular during the Restoration period from 1660-1688.
Saber Leg
This leg is tapered to resemble a cavalry saber and has a graceful curve that flares out. The front legs flare forward, and the rear legs curve out behind. Fine splayed legs are often found on early 19th-century chairs designed by Thomas Sheraton in the Grecian manner.
Tapered Leg
A leg that is wider at the top and the thickness gradually reduces toward the bottom is called a tapered leg. This leg style was used on many shield back chairs by George Hepplewhite in the mid to late 1700s.
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