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