tapered legs
Furniture's slimming limbs
Tapered legs are furniture legs that narrow gradually from top to bottom, creating a sleek, refined silhouette.
The style is characteristic of mid-century modern design: The walnut credenza sits on slim tapered legs.
In clothing, tapered legs refer to pants or jeans that narrow toward the ankle: He prefers tapered legs to straight-cut.
- slenderThin and graceful
- furnitureMovable room objects
- furniture designCrafting functional home pieces
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- mid-century modernPostwar design movement
spindle · cone · narrowing · elegant · wooden · coffee table · walnut · sleek · stiletto · danish · Scandinavian style · modern · angled · slim · refined · chair · accent chair · sofa
- craftsman styleoak furniture, settle, mortise and tenon, dovetail joints, simple lines
- midcenturyEames chair, Danish modern, Scandinavian design, teak furniture, walnut furniture
- Hepplewhitesatinwood, mahogany, sideboard, secretary desk
- Shaker styleladder-back chair, peg rail, rocking chair, clean lines, utility