Glossary of Art and Antique terms

• Oak: A strong, hard, wood with accentuated texture and grain enhanced when quarter sawn. A popular wood for country, casual, Mission furniture and decorative structural elements.



• Occasional table: Generic term for smaller pieces like end and coffee tables.



• Ogee: Classical "S" shaped molding with a double cyma-curved shape, as in an ogee bracket foot. Chippendale period case good pieces frequently use Ogee bracket feet that wrap around both sides of a corner, and have a double curve or cyma profile.



• Oiling: Process of applying several layers of refined linseed oil to finished natural woods of good color such as walnut and mahogany.



• one-point linear perspective: A mathematical system, developed in 15th century Italy, to show distance by a stationary viewer in two-dimensional space thru use of converging lines to a single vanishing point on the horizon. Two-point linear perspective was later developed as a valuable tool to visualize, for example, a very long and tall brick wall's corner fading into two separate points on the horizon.



• organic: Term describing elements derived from natural forms.



• Ottoman: A low upholstered bench or seat, with no arms or back, used as a footstool; named after Turkish influences of the early 18th century.



• Overlay: A decorative or protective covering applied to a flat surface.

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