Subject index

The descriptions of antique furniture often contain words that are not very familiar in everyday life. Some technical terms from carpentry, architecture or art history are therefore briefly explained in the following list.

Acanthus - Alabaster - Application - Arabesque - Ash
Balustrade - Bandelwerk - Baroque - Bastionsfüllungen - Biedermeier - Birch - Biscuit - Braided ribbon
Capital - Caryatid - Cherry - Coinribbon - Column - Cornice
Directoire and Consulate
Ebonise - Ebony - Empire - Enamel
Facet cut - Fächermotivik - Fadenintarsie - Feston - Fillet - Fillet-tape - Fireshading - Fischgrät - Fitsche - Fitting - Flooring - Fluting - Fold - Foldingstar - Frieze
Gallery - Gründerzeit
Halfpillar
Ink painting - Intarsie - Ivory
Leg - Linden - Lisene - Lyre
Mahogany - Marquetry - Masonry marquetry - Mother of pearl
Oak - Ornamental ribbon
Palmette - Pear - Perlstab - Pilaster - Pine - Pitched roof - Plinthe
Risalit - Rocaille - Rococo - Rolleau Verschluss - Rosette - Rosewood
Sabot - Schlagleiste - Shaft - Spätbiedermeier - Spruce / Fir - Stilmöbel - Stollenbauweise
Tooth frieze - Traverse - Tripartite
Volute
Walnut - Würfelmarketerie
Zarge - Zopfstil

Half-pillar

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We call a half-column a column that only half protrudes from the wall.


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Oak

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Oak plays a special role in all important periods for the antiques trade. It was used as solid wood, but also as a base material for fine veneers.


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