Traditional Elm Windsor Chair with Pierced Splat

George III elm Windsor chair traditional form with pierced central splat, baluster legs and crinoline stretcher

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Splat - The central back support between the top rail and the seat in chairs and couches. They may take a variety of forms, and run either horizontally or vertically.
Stretcher - A horizontal rail which connects the legs of stools, chairs, tables and stands, to provide stabilisation of the legs. A stretcher table is any table with a stretcher base. The term is usually applied to substantial farmhouse tables, although many cabinetmaker's pieces, such as sofa tables, also have turned stretchers.
Pierced Decoration - Ornamental woodwork with part of the background cut through and removed to produce an open-work pattern.
Baluster (furniture) - An architectural term for a column in a balustrade or staircase, often defined as a "vase shape". The shape is extensively used in furniture and decorative arts.

In furniture, it is used to describe a chair or table leg turned in that form, or more usually as an inverted baluster, with the bulbous section to the top. Less commonly used to describe a chair back that has the outline of a baluster. A baluster may also be split and applied to the front of a cupboard for ornamentation.

For ceramics and silver items it is often used to describe the shape of the whole item, rather than a part.

In Georgian glassware, the shape is commonly seen in the stem of glasses.
George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.

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