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2. Duncan Phyfe - Wikipedia

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   Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) [1] was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers.. Rather than create a new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a generation of American cabinetmakers.

3. Foot (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A foot is the floor level termination of furniture legs. [1] Legless furniture may be slightly raised off of the floor by their feet. ... Toggle the table of contents.

4. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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   The tilt-top tea table on a tripod was first made during the "Queen Anne" (in reality George II) period in the 1730s. [16] Queen Anne eventually was eclipsed by the later Chippendale style; late Queen Anne and early Chippendale pieces are very similar, and the two styles are often identified with each together. [17] [18] [19] [20]

5. Cabriole leg - Wikipedia

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   Cabriole legged marble topped table. A cabriole leg is one of (usually) four vertical supports of a piece of furniture shaped in two curves; the upper arc is convex, while lower is concave; the upper curve always bows outward, while the lower curve bows inward; with the axes of the two curves in the same plane.

6. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Generally, ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. The seat may have hinges and a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storing linen, magazines, or other items, making it a form of storage furniture.

7. Shoes on a table - Wikipedia

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   When a worker died in a mining accident, his shoes were placed on the table as a sign of respect. By extension, doing so was seen as tempting fate or simply as bad taste. [1] In the world of theatre, putting shoes on a dressing room table is considered by some to bring the risk of a bad performance, just as "Break a leg!" is considered good ...