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Footstool with Hooked Covering

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2119

Description

Painted Windsor footstool; rectangular top upholstered in hand-hooked fabric with felt skirt; four turned splay legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

footstools (stools)
upholstering
wood (plant material)
hooking
wool (textile)
floral patterns
hooking
Wood
Painted
Floral
Upholstered
Footstool

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 13 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.130

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