Stool
Howard and Sons
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Walnut, brass, textile
Measurements
45.72 x 71.12 x 71.12 cm
Place of origin
Berners Street
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206875
Summary
A walnut and upholstered stool, English, circa 1870, by Howard & Sons of Berners Street, London. Square, upholstered in cream and pink and with baluster- and ring-turned legs with brass caps and castors. One rear leg and the castors stamped.
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 by Elsie Bambridge in 1976.
Marks and inscriptions
Brass castors: HOWARD & SONS Inside rear leg: HOWARD & SONS, BERNERS ST, 16658 5[OR 6?]848
Makers and roles
Howard and Sons, maker