Blue Upholstered Fluted Leg Foot Stool
Foot stool late 19th century, blue upholstered with fluted square legs, on stretcher base, height 15.75 in., width 22.83 in., depth 18.50 in.
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- Stretcher - A horizontal rail which connects the legs of stools, chairs, tables and stands, to provide stabilisation of the legs. A stretcher table is any table with a stretcher base. The term is usually applied to substantial farmhouse tables, although many cabinetmaker's pieces, such as sofa tables, also have turned stretchers.
- Fluting - A form of decoration found on many pieces of furniture, as well as ceramics, silver and clocks, in which round-bottomed grooves, of varying width and depth, are let into columns, pilasters, legs. As a general rule, flutes are cut in the vertical, though they may follow a turned leg in a spiral pattern. In cross-section, they may be described as a series of 'U' shapes, rising and narrowing at each end of the groove. Fluting is the opposite of reeding, with which fluting is often associated.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- stools, period or age - Victorian 270
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stools, type or function
- foot stools 180
- upholstered 338
