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
Capital - Caryatid - Cherry - Coinribbon - Column - Cornice
Directoire and Consulate
Ebonise - Ebony - Empire - Enamel
Facet cut - Fadenintarsie - Feston - Fillet - Fillet-tape - Fireshading - Fischgrät - Fitsche - Fitting - Flechtband - Flooring - Fluting - Fold - Foldingstar - Frieze
Gallery - Gründerzeit
Halfpillar
Ink - Intarsie - Ivory
Linden - Lisene - Lyre
Mahogany - Marquetry - Masonry marquetry - Mother of pearl
Oak - Ornamental ribbon
Palmette - Pear - Perlstab - Pilaster - Pine - Pitched roof - Plinthe
Risalit - Rocaille - Rococo - Rolleauverschluss - Rosette - Rosewood
Sabot - Schlagleiste - Shaft - Spätbiedermeier - Spruce / Fir - Stilmöbel - Stollenbauweise
Tooth frieze - Traverse - Tripartite
Velarium - Volute
Walnut - Würfelmarketerie
Zarge - Zopfstil
The Louis-Philippe style phase
In the Louis-Philippe era, the elements of Biedermeier are still visible, but they are supplemented by carvings in the cornice, turned columns and curved frames. In this way, the clear structure of the Biedermeier period is dissolved and - inspired by the Rococo period - the opulence and splendour of the interior are once again evident.
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Period furniture
By the term period furniture we mean pieces of furniture that are or were built in the style of an era that has already been completed.
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