Footstool
Category
Furniture
Date
1855 - 1865
Materials
Beadwork, ebonised beech, brass studs, ceramic feet
Measurements
10 x 29 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781508.1
Summary
One of a pair of beaded, ebonised beech, brass studded and ceramic stools, English, circa 1860 Of circular form, with beaded upholstery with a central posy of flowers within an anthemion and scroll quatrefoil design. The moulded ebonised frame with brass studs. Raised on gadrooned ceramic feet. These two stools are thought to have belonged to the Peckover family. Beadwork, much the same as embroidery, was an acceptable female occupation. These are thought to have been produced by one of Alexander Peckover's sisters.
Provenance
Loaned to the National Trust by the Antony Penrose Collection.