Dressing stool
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Mahogany, beech, textile, webbing, braid
Measurements
46.8 x 61.5 x 52.7 cm
Place of origin
England
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206710
Summary
A mahogany dressing stool, English, mid-19th century. Of square, serpentine form. The seat upholstered in pink and white striped fabric and edged with pink braid. Raised on moulded cabriole legs.
Provenance
Listed in the Inventory taken at Wimpole in 1965 in the Chancellor's Bedroom (p. 7). Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.