Four-legged stool

third quarter 19th century

Not on view

Stools of this kind, their frames imitating twisted rope, were fashionable during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. A set of similar stools, based on a design by the tapissier A.M.E. Fournier, is at the Château de Compiègne.

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Title: Four-legged stool
Maker: Style of A. M. E. Fournier (French, active after 1850)
Date: third quarter 19th century
Culture: French
Medium: Carved and gilded wood, silver-colored damask, brass casters
Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (41.9 × 58.7 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Gift from the Arthur and Madeleine Lejwa Collection, 1985
Object Number: 1985.75
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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