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Stool
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Tabouret with a rectangular seat, on turned olive wood legs, the legs are crossed in pairs and connected at the bottom by two turned cross-legs, and above by two smooth cross-rails. Between the upper rails the seat is stretched, consisting of a linen underlayer, upon which wool fluff, covered by a complex weave of silk and metal thread with a geometric pattern in yellow and black. The fabric is edged all around with passementerie with fringe of the same yellow and black silk and gilded silver thread.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTaboeret. c. 1676. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.