Dear Friends,
Yesterday I bought a lovely antique footstool - mainly to stand on to
reach the top shelves of my linen press.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this stool may be very very old and,
knowing little about this topic myself, thought I'd ask whether
anyone here would be willing to have a look at photos of it in order
to suggest a rough idea of its age.
It's English oak with a bit of Jacobean turning on the cross parts
although the legs themselves are basically rectangular. The top is
the original leather which has an allover pattern of fan shapes
somehow engraved into it.
On the under side in pencil is written 1770 but that could be pure
coincidence as it is in combination with some children's drawings.
Many thanks
David in Ballarat
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