| A beautiful Queen Anne coffee table is an elegant | | | | wood was used in the construction. |
| choice for a more formal room setting. The design is | | | | One of the distinctive features of a Queen Anne |
| named for Anne, the last royal ruler from the House of | | | | coffee table is the lovely cabriole legs. This type of |
| Stuarts. Essentially, it is a refined twist on the William | | | | table leg bows outward in a gentle curve at the |
| and Mary furniture style. This type of furniture became | | | | mid-point, or knee and it has an inward curve at the |
| exceedingly popular during the early 1700s. People | | | | ankle, just above the foot. This type of support is |
| were now using furnishings with a look of grace that | | | | surprisingly sturdy and eye-catching at the same time. |
| had a much lighter appearance and overall feel. A | | | | These legs can have feet that are very simple pads, |
| unique furniture piece made that was developed during | | | | or they may be crafted in the Dutch foot style. This |
| the Queen Anne era was the collapsible card or | | | | type of carving creates a slightly more ornate by |
| gaming table. | | | | adding the presence of two or three rounded toes to |
| The change in design style also brought a change in | | | | each foot. |
| wood choices, walnut, maple and rich cherry woods | | | | The overall style a Queen Anne coffee table and |
| were now being used instead of the more common | | | | furnishings is an incorporation of both straight and |
| oak. The new items being made had less weight to | | | | curved lines. This was a radical departure from the |
| them and actually looked more delicate with exquisitely | | | | blockier, thick-legged pieces that were made in Europe |
| wrought details. The lighter weight made the furniture | | | | prior to the appearance of this more refined design. |
| easier to move to another home and it could be | | | | There is usually one decoration that is carved into |
| transported to the colonies, or other countries, by ship. | | | | these wooden pieces, and this is the cockleshell or |
| Rich, warm mahogany wood became a favorite in | | | | scallop. This is the perfect highlight or accent for |
| America and many of the furniture pieces that have | | | | Queen Anne furniture because the scallop also |
| survived from the 18th century are found made from | | | | integrates graceful curved edges with the linear |
| this material. There were even some Queen Anne | | | | features on the top of its shell. |
| items that were painted white, no matter what type of | | | | |