Hearth stool
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1930
Materials
Mahogany, beech, wool, canvas, cotton, horsehair, iron, cord, trimming
Measurements
14 x 108 x 22 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318123
Summary
A mahogany hearth stool, English, early 20th century, of long rectangular form, sloped from back to front, with moulded rail and two clock feet to the rear, upholstered to the top with needleworked canvas of cream, blue and pink flowers on a navy ground, black cotton to the sides and multi-coloured cord and trimming, with horsehair stuffing, beech rails to the underside and a supporting iron bar.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.