Club foot (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 French and Italian Renaissance periods and have been widely used ever
Berg house prototype to the Bergisch Historical Association ("Bergischer Geschichtsverein") by curator of monuments, Paul Clemen, because it seemed more appropriate to contemporary needs. It was only an option in new residential areas on the outskirts of towns, however, because, in the town centres, houses, 4½ to 5½ storeys high, had already been built. At the same time "Bergisch Rooms" ("Bergische Stuben") were created, where traditional furniture was collected and exhibited. Advocates of Bergisch architecture for industrial buildings were Otto Schell and Friedrich Wilhelm Bredt. Berg house The Berg house (, also "Bergischer Dreiklang" or "Bergische Bauweise") is a type of timber