Stool
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1600 - circa 1635
Materials
Wood covered in cloth of gold, crimson and yellow silk damask with silk and gold passementerie, and pale green damask
Measurements
34.0 x 45.0 x 35.0 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129422
Summary
An X-framed beech wood footstool, English, c.1600-1625 (or possibly 1661), originally upholstered to match a Jacobean chair of state (129421) of royal provenance. The legs and boss are upholstered in pale green damask and trimmed with silver braid.
Provenance
Presumably acquired as a royal perquisite by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to King William III. Knole and the majority of its furniture were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust in 1946.
References
Symonds, 1945: R. W.Symonds. “Upholstered furniture at Knole.” Burlington Magazine May 1945: pp.110-15.