Chinese Footstool with Woven Seat

Lattice-topped stool with a rounded rim and legs whose bottoms are a bit worn.

This footstool with woven seat is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the late 19th century. It is elm wood & leather. As original period furniture became harder to find, restoration artists began salvaging fragments from incomplete pieces to make complete ones, and eventually full reproductions began to surface. Rounded, thick-edged frame surrounds an openwork top of crisscrossing diagonal slats. Under it, a cutout apron, one rail and four stocky legs with visible knocks. Warm tan and honey brown, with grain showing at the edges. It is 18 inches long, 14 deep and 11 high.

Handmade breeziness, no cushion required, none requested.