A folding stool French, 17th century

carved oak, with a padded rectangular seat, on X-frame supports joined by a turned double baluster stretcher, with further rectangular stretchers with a geometric motif, one carved with the initials HP, one support with the initials WT

Generally good. One side with disc motif on the hinge site and the opposing side of this stool with a moulded wood bracket. One leg with scratch and burn indent, invisible in catalogue image.
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Comparative Literature:
Abraham Bosse, savant graveur, exhibition catalogue, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, 2004.