Footstool
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Walnut, marquetry, velvet, ceramic feet
Measurements
12 x 32 x 32 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 725646
Summary
A walnut and marquetry octagonal box stool, English, circa 1870. The velvet cushioned top within a moulded border and hinged as a lid, the lower edge inlaid with a band of cube marquetry in sycamore, ebonised wood and tulipwood, standing on gadrooned ceramic bun feet.
Provenance
Previously on loan from Lt.Col.Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell 1975. Gifted 24/6/1981.