During the Rococo transition, which feature disappears?

• A. Rosette
• B. Carving
• C. Ornament
• D. X-Stretcher

Answer: (D)

During the Rococo transition, furniture shifts toward lighter, curved forms and more playful decoration rather than heavy, rectilinear structure. The X-stretcher is a sturdy, cross-braced element used to stabilize chair frames in earlier Baroque-inspired designs. As designers embrace cabriole legs and curved stretchers that flow with the overall sinuous silhouette, that cross-brace falls out of use. Ornamentation such as rosettes and carving remain important, but they express themselves in more delicate scrolls, shells, and natural motifs rather than reinforcing the frame with a bold X shape. So the feature that disappears is the X-stretcher, while the other decorative elements persist in the lighter Rococo vocabulary.