Club foot (furniture) since. Pad feet can still be seen on some classical furniture. Club foot (furniture) A club foot is a type of rounded foot for a piece of furniture, such as the end of a chair leg. It is also known by the alternative names pad foot and Dutch foot, the latter sometimes corrupted into duck foot. Such feet are rounded flat pads or disks at the end of furniture legs. Pad feet were regularly used on cabriole legs during the 18th century. They can be found on tables, chairs, and some early sofas. Pad feet were first seen in the
Valerie Bergere Bergere and her husband were devout Christian Scientists and remained active in the church for many years. In 1901, Bergere was reported to be the first actor to use a voice recording device as an acting aid. The paper called this technique the Bergerean Method. Bergere died in Hollywood, aged 71. Her husband died two years later in Manhattan. Valerie Bergere Valerie Bergere (February 8, 1867 – September 16, 1938) was a French-born American actress who had a near fifty-year career in theatre and cinema. She began in the chorus of a touring opera company before acting in repertory theatre