Embroidered Footstool
(wood, cotton fibers, wool fibers, natural dyes)
New Brunswick
circa 1790
Kings Landing Historical Settlement.
Photograph by Mike Meade.
This footstool accompanied a Black Loyalist family to their new life in New Brunswick. Note how the fabric is pulled down into the wooden frame. This feature suggests that the footstool’s seat has been upholstered with reused fabric.
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