Four-legged stool

A. M. E. Fournier

third quarter 19th century · Carved and gilded wood, silver-colored damask, brass casters · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

A. M. E. Fournier

Date

third quarter 19th century

Medium

Carved and gilded wood, silver-colored damask, brass casters

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift from the Arthur and Madeleine Lejwa Collection, 1985