Henri II Walnut Court Cabinet with Carved Details

• Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
• Cup and Cover - The cup and cover motif is a decorative element that was commonly used on the legs and balusters of antique furniture, particularly during the late Renaissance and Baroque periods. The motif typically consists of a small cup-shaped element at the top of the leg or baluster, which is then topped with a larger, domed cover. The cup and cover motif was often used to add a sense of elegance and ornamentation to furniture.
  
  

• Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
• Fluting - A form of decoration found on many pieces of furniture, as well as ceramics, silver and clocks, in which round-bottomed grooves, of varying width and depth, are let into columns, pilasters, legs. As a general rule, flutes are cut in the vertical, though they may follow a turned leg in a spiral pattern. In cross-section, they may be described as a series of 'U' shapes, rising and narrowing at each end of the groove. Fluting is the opposite of reeding, with which fluting is often associated.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• cabinets, material - walnut 665
• court cabinets and cupboards 54