Dressing stool
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1950 - circa 1960
Materials
Painted wood, metal, textile
Measurements
51 x 65.5 x 40.3 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206855
Summary
A cream-painted dressing stool, English, mid-20th century. The seat upholstered in close-nailed white fabric or canvas, and hinged enclosing a compartment (possibly for storage trays). Raised on two curving and chamfered 'X'-shaped end supports joined by a ring-turned stretcher.
Provenance
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.