Ornament resembling a ribbon. In some Chippendale chairs the splats simulate elaborately arranged ribbons. Bowties and knots were important in Louis XVI decoration and were characteristic of 18th-Century German rococo.
Ribbon ornament. In some Chippendale chairs the splats simulate elaborately arranged ribbons. Ribbons in bows or knots were important in Louis XVI decoration and were characteristically treated in German Rococo work of the 18th Century.