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 Pennsylvania, Bergere starred in "The Red Mouse", a play in five acts adapted by H.J.W. Dam from the novel by William Hamilton Osborne. Bergere began her long vaudeville career in 1902 with Percy G. Williams, an owner-manager who, according to Frank Cullen, author of "Vaudeville Old and New", was considered the Belasco of vaudeville. During the following 17 years she produced, directed and acted in some 25 sketches and served as manager for a number of other vaudeville acts. Bergere first toured in "Billie's First Love" (1902) and then subsequent in productions such as Jimmie's Experiment (1903); His Japanese Wife