Footstool
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Walnut upholstered in grey silk
Measurements
30.5 x 57.0 x 32.0 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129426.3
Summary
One of four English footstools, c.1680, the rear legs of which are larger than the front and joined by two turned side and one central stretcher. This and another one (NT 129426.4) are covered in grey silk. Another two are upholstered in blue silk damask (NT 129426.2) with tassel fringe en suite with NT 129427 and in red velvet with tassel fringe (NT 129426.1) en suite with the winged elbow chair upholstered by Richard Bealing for Queen Mary II, equally in the Brown Gallery at Knole (NT 129425). Another stool (NT 129534) and squab frame (NT 129461) are associated with the set.
Provenance
Possibly a perquisite of office acquired by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to 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.