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An Early 18th Century Walnut Footstool Circa 1720
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An Early 18th Century Walnut Footstool Circa 1720

18th century
Sold 13 April 2025 · Macintosh Antiques
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Description

An early 18th century walnut footstool circa 1720 with hessian covered drop in seat on cabriole legs.

Size: 18 inches square 19 inches high

Date of Manufacture

Macintosh Antiques has dated this Early 18th Century Walnut Footstool to the 18th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
48.5cm (19.09")
Width
46cm (18.11")
Depth
46cm (18.11")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1136337
Dealers Internal Reference
MA4209
Description
An early 18th century walnut footstool circa 1720 with hessian covered drop in seat on cabriole legs.

Size: 18 inches square 19 inches high

Date of Manufacture

Macintosh Antiques has dated this Early 18th Century Walnut Footstool to the 18th Century.

Height
48.5cm (19.09")
Width
46cm (18.11")
Depth
46cm (18.11")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1136337
Dealers Internal Ref
MA4209
Macintosh Antiques
Macintosh Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Feb 2011

Dealers in 17th to 20th country house furniture lighting mirrors and accessories including the arts and crafts movement

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Macintosh Antiques is a registered member of LAPADA 

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An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

An Early 18th Century Walnut Footstool Circa 1720

Archive II An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top. View II
Archive III An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top. View III
Archive IV An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top. View IV
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Location
The Courtyard
Newland
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3JG
United Kingdom
Verified Since Feb 2011
Items For Sale 122
Items Sold 4,554
Macintosh Antiques
Macintosh Antiques
Verified Since Feb 2011
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Location: The Courtyard, Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3JG, United Kingdom
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Feb 2011
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Sold
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An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top.
An early 18th century walnut footstool circa 1720
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An early 18th-century walnut footstool featuring cabriole legs and an unpolished hessian-covered top.
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  • ObjectFootstools
  • Period18th century
  • StyleQueen Anne
  • MaterialWalnut, Hessian
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsCabriole legs, Hessian upholstery, Moulded frame
  • SizeH 48.5 cm (19 in) x W 46 cm (18 in) x D 46 cm (18 in)

Preserve walnut furniture by maintaining stable indoor humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight, and periodically applying appropriate microcrystalline wax to nourish the wood without damaging the patina.

An antique stool can serve as a functional accent piece, occasional seat, or small display surface, adding texture and historical contrast to modern interior schemes.

Authentication involves examining the timber grain, tool marks, hand-cut joints, patination, and the construction of the frame for signs of genuine age and historical wear.

These pieces typically feature traditional joinery such as mortise and tenon frames, hand-carved cabriole legs, and traditional webbing and stuffing for the upholstery foundation.

Early 18th-century furniture from the Queen Anne and early Georgian periods frequently utilised walnut as a primary timber, following the age of oak, before mahogany became dominant in the mid-1700s.
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