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Foot stool (bout de pied), ca. 1780–85, Carved and gilded beechwood, covered in silk
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Foot stool (bout de pied)

Maker unknown · ca. 1780–85

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)
Accession
2019.283.22
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Culture
French
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