Foot stool (bout de pied)
Unknown
ca. 1780–85 · Carved and gilded beechwood, covered in silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1780–85
- Medium
- Carved and gilded beechwood, covered in silk
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
