Stool seat
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton, Oak, Walnut
Measurements
475 x 536 x 420 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546128.2
Summary
Drop in seat for a walnut stool. Edge of burr walnut seat rails cut with comma design. On four oak cabriole legs with pad feet. Drop in seat upholstered with gros point needlework, depicting three birds amongst flowers and foliage against a brown background. Brown cotton fabric pinned to bottom of frame. Resting on four corner braces nailed to chair. Upholstery was covered by pages from The Financial Times dated 05.04.1980. with entries on page 20 for Burmah, Ultramah and Lonrho underlined.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.