Renaissance Classicism | Baroque | Rococo | Neo – Classicism | Regency
- The horizontal line prevails
- The horizontal line is straight
- Inlay and reeding appears
- Chair backs are ergonomically curved or straight
- Aprons are straight
- Legs are turned, combining rings, balls and elongated baluster forms
- No stretchers on Cape Regency
- Stretchers appear on chairs made towards the end of this period in Transvaal and Orange Free State