Renaissance Classicism | Baroque | Rococo | Neo – Classicism | Regency
- Assymetrical design in overlay
- The S- and C-scroll a prevailing line
- Bombe features
- Design of the chair back a shield motif
- Serpentine form (on seat rails and bottoms of cabinets)
- Aprons on tables are often shaped
- Table tops are often shaped
- Back and seat in chairs upholstered or caned
- Gently curved slender cabriole leg ending in a slipper or pad foot
- Mostly without stretcher, but examples of double y-stretcher or pointed cross stretcher (rare) exist