Foot stool (bout de pied)

ca. 1780–85

Not on view

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
Object Number: 2019.283.22
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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