May use one or more materials in Modern/contemporary construction—glass, wood, metal and plastics, textiles. Standard 2: Identify illustrations of furniture parts and features. Identify examples of legs (cabriole, turned, tapered and splayed) Type Picture Definition A furniture leg that curves out at the middle and Cabriole then tapers inward just above an ornamental foot. Legs that have been shaped using various tools Turned while a block of wood is spun on a lathe. A leg that becomes smaller and thinner towards Tapered the bottom. Legs that spread at an angle from the center of Splayed the piece. Identify examples of feet (pad, bun, ball and claw, and bracket) Rounded flat pads or disks at the end of furniture Pad legs Bun Rounded or balled feet. Furniture foot fashioned to represent a claw bird’s Ball and Claw gripping a ball; often carved entirely of wood. A simple corner foot that can have an s-shaped Bracket curve or an l-shaped curve Identify chair backs (lyre, ladder, splat, and shield) A chair back that Lyre resembles a lyre (harp) A chair back with a Ladder number of horizontal slats like a ladder.
Modern/contemporary May use one or more materials in construction—glass, wood, metal and plastics, textiles. Standard 2: Identify illustrations of furniture parts and features. Identify examples of legs (cabriole, turned, tapered and splayed) Type Picture Definition Cabriole A furniture leg that curves out at the middle and then tapers inward just above an ornamental foot. Turned Legs that have been shaped using various tools while a block of wood is spun on a lathe. Tapered A leg that becomes smaller and thinner towards the bottom. Splayed Legs that spread at an angle from the center of the piece. Identify examples of feet (pad, bun, ball and claw, and bracket) Pad Rounded flat pads or disks at the end of furniture legs Bun Rounded or balled feet. Ball and Claw Furniture foot fashioned to represent a bird’s claw gripping a ball; often carved entirely of wood. Bracket A simple corner foot that can have an s-shaped curve or an l-shaped curve Identify chair backs (lyre, ladder, splat, and shield) Lyre A chair back that resembles a lyre (harp) Ladder A chair back with a number of horizontal slats like a ladder.