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
Social class in 18th-century Spain of the common people continued being very low due to maldistribution of resources. Much of what they could earn was taken in rent, other payments to the landowners, and debt payments (Lynch, p. 5). The worst living conditions for peasants were found in Andalucía, which contained the highest proportion of landless rural labourers ("jornaleros"). Here, the labourers survived only by the work of women and children, by searching for discarded food, and with the aid of charity. Social class in 18th-century Spain The social structure of Spain in the 18th century continued to be based upon nobility and peasantry. However,