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Footstool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1900-1920

GUSN

GUSN-258271

Description

Heart-shaped body and shoe-shaped legs; body composed of padded wooden board covered with woven, floarl-patterned textile; finished with thin woven tape and fastened with brass tacks; legs in form of brown button-up high heeled shoes with brass tacks for buttons and gold painted lines for seams.

Details

Descriptive Terms

footstools (stools)
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
pine (wood)
brass (alloy)
floral patterns
Heart
Shoe
Footstool

Inscription

"A.EO" (pencil)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/8 x 10 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane Nylander

Accession Number

1998.6338

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