How often do gilt stools come up for sale?

Around a dozen come to market a year on Sellingantiques, out of 116 listings recorded in the category. Sixty-four different dealers have listed one, close to a dealer apiece, so no single seller keeps a standing run of them.

What does parcel gilt mean on a stool?

It means partly gilded. The gold is confined to the carving and mouldings, and the timber underneath is left on show. Walnut is the wood most often named with it, though satinwood, mahogany, rosewood and ebonised frames all turn up. Around 18 titles use the term.

Are gilt stools usually sold in pairs?

No. Fifteen of the 116 titles are pairs or sets, so most are offered singly. One set of four gilt stools is the largest multiple in the archive. Pairs sit well above single stools of comparable description.

Which periods do these stools date from?

The dated field runs from 1800 to 1930 and nothing falls outside it. The earliest is a gilt curule stool given as 1800; the latest a pair of Italian gilt wood stools of 1930. Only 57 of the 116 listings carry a clean year. A third are dated simply as '19th Century', with Victorian, Regency and Edwardian labels making up a further handful.

Do piano stools appear in this category?

They do, as a small recurring seam alongside music and duet stools. The samples include an adjustable screw-top piano stool, and one with ormolu mounts that sits near the top of the range.

Were any gilt stools made by known firms?

The archive doesn't support a maker for this category. Very few names appear in titles at all, and those that do are one-off attributions from single dealers. What identifies a stool here is form, origin and finish: curule or X-frame, French or Italian, giltwood or parcel gilt.

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A backless seat with a gilded frame, made for the formal drawing room and salon, and later for ordinary Victorian and Edwardian rooms as footstools, window seats and piano stools.