footstool cover

footstool cover

footstool cover

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Introduction

Possible footstool cover with floral embroidery, Huron-Wendat, made 1850s-1890s.

Place of Origin: Wendake
Date Made or Date Range: Mid 19 C, Late 19 C
Materials

Brown velvet, moosehair, dye

Other Notes

Ruth Phillips: footstool cover not a common item

Condition: Good, moosehair colours faded
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Second half of the 19th century

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_583
GKS Reference Number: 25188
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Huron/Wendat artist, footstool cover. Currently at National Museums Scotland, A.1962.1246. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007 in which the author took part; GRASAC item id 25188.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.869279102, -71.347896113