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French seat furniture was often made in sets consisting of matching arm and side chairs, settees, bergères, stools, as well as a footstool and fire screen. The carving of the seat rails and the multi-color gilding of this particular footstool suggest that it was once part of an important set.
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Title: Foot stool (bout de pied)
Date: ca. 1780–85
Culture: French
Medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, covered in silk
Dimensions: confirmed: 10 1/4 × 18 3/8 × 14 1/8 in. (26 × 46.7 × 35.9 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number: 2019.283.22
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