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Charming Carolean Carved Oak Stool C. 1880
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Charming Carolean Carved Oak Stool C. 1880

19th century
Description

A beautiful hand carved oak stool in the manner of Charles II period but made by hand in the late 19th Century.

Newly upholstered in a good quality William Morris design fabric with stylised red roses and green foliage on a cream background.

Comfortable and very well padded and with a heavy and robust oak frame.

The legs with beautiful turned and blocked legs, the feet carved with scrolls, and united by turned stretchers at both short sides and beautiful arched and fern carved stretchers to both long sides with channel reeding to the feet.

A really striking hand-made stool - which would pass as made in the 1680s very easily - with pegged joints and with a lovely colour.

No worm or repairs or significant dings or scuffs.

A charming and usable 19th century foot stool.

Dimensions are:

16.5 inches high, 15.5 inches deep, 20 inches wide

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Webberley Antiques has dated this Carolean Carved Oak Stool to the 19th Century.

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A beautiful hand carved oak stool in the manner of Charles II period but made by hand in the late 19th Century.
Newly upholstered in a good quality William Morris design fabric with stylised red roses and green foliage on a cream background.
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fig 1. An antique Carolean style carved oak stool with turned legs, an ornate scrollwork stretcher, and a floral tapestry upholstered seat.
fig 1. Charming Carolean Carved Oak Stool C. 1880

Comfortable and very well padded and with a heavy and robust oak frame.

The legs with beautiful turned and blocked legs, the feet carved with scrolls, and united by turned stretchers at both short sides and beautiful arched and fern carved stretchers to both long sides with channel reeding to the feet.

fig 2. An antique Carolean style carved oak stool with turned legs, an ornate scrollwork stretcher, and a floral tapestry upholstered seat.
fig 2. Charming Carolean Carved Oak Stool C. 1880

A really striking hand-made stool - which would pass as made in the 1680s very easily - with pegged joints and with a lovely colour.

No worm or repairs or significant dings or scuffs.

A charming and usable 19th century foot stool.

Dimensions are:

16.5 inches high, 15.5 inches deep, 20 inches wide

Date of Manufacture

Webberley Antiques has dated this Carolean Carved Oak Stool to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1222748
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An antique Carolean style carved oak stool with turned legs, an ornate scrollwork stretcher, and a floral tapestry upholstered seat.
Charming Carolean Carved Oak Stool c. 1880
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An antique Carolean style carved oak stool with turned legs, an ornate scrollwork stretcher, and a floral tapestry upholstered seat.
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Carolean style refers to furniture created during or inspired by the reign of King Charles II (16601685), characterised by intricate wood carving, turned legs, scrollwork, and rich upholstery. Late 19th-century revivals adapted these 17th-century design elements for Victorian interiors.

These pieces typically feature solid English oak frames constructed with mortise and tenon joinery, paired with woven tapestry, velvet, or embroidered fabric upholstery finished with decorative gimp trim.

Authentic late Victorian Carolean revival items exhibit period woodworking techniques, aged dark patina on the oak, turned structural supports, and hand-carved floral or scroll stretchers underneath the frame.

Incorporate the stool as an accent piece beside a fireplace, at the foot of an armchair, or beneath a console table to introduce historical texture and contrast within contemporary or traditional schemes.

Dust the carved woodwork regularly with a soft brush and apply beeswax polish periodically along the wood grain, while gently vacuuming the tapestry upholstery with a soft attachment to protect the fabric fibres.
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