Are ball-and-claw feet on a Queen Anne low boy period/style appropriate, or would purists raise an eyebrow as they would if gazing upon a digital grandfather clock?  If style appropriate, should I do the B & C on all four feet or just the front?  If all four, should the back two be facing forward or backwards (the case has secondary wood for the back and is intended to go against a wall).

I’m thinking about embarking on Phil Lowe’s version of the Queen Anne low boy (see Finewoodworking.com/plans), and don’t have a lathe with which to turn the feet as Phil suggests and would like to do the ball-and-claw. 

Thank you . . . . Ozark Angler