Footstool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1915-1935

GUSN

GUSN-18586

Description

Footstool, formerly a child's Windsor rocker, now upholstered in printed cretonne on top and as a skirt. Original rocker legs (painted green) have been roughly refashioned into jagged edges at feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

footstools (stools)
cotton (textile)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Cotton
Painted
FOOTSTOOL

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.5 (H), 13.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1269

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