Knee.—The projecting upper curve of a cabriole leg; see "leg."
Lacquer.—In period decoration, a varnish, of which the best was produced in Japan by tapping the varnish tree and drying the sap in the air. Pigments were often added for color. In Japanese lacquer work at least 15 coats, separately polished, were applied.
Leg.—
Cabriole.—Made in many styles. Illustration on pages [16], [65] show an example with hoof foot and carved knee.
S-scroll.—See illustration, page [62].
Trumpet-turned.—Here shown with inverted cup and bun foot. Many variations of this general form include octagonal legs and pear bulb legs.
Term.—Many variations of this form, which is here shown in an ornate leg of the style of Louis XIV.
Lowboy.—A chest of drawers, usually not more than 4 feet high and standing on four legs.
Marquetry.—Inlaid work, usually in colored woods, but occasionally with the addition of ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl, etc. Sometimes differentiated as intarsia, in which the materials are placed in channels gouged out of the surface of the base, and marquetry, in which the pattern is formed as a veneer and glued to the surface of the base.