A Victorian satin birch and needlework covered stool by D. Hughes, dated 1847

the top depicting a dog in a landscape on a beige ground, raised on turned and carved tapering legs together with a pair of Victorian mahogany turned stools on brass castors (3)

Each in country house condition. The satin-beech example with tired embroidery with losses and stains to this needlework Old marks and scratches throughout. Evidence of old worm. The mahogany stools faded and of a dry appearance with old marks and scratches. Old repairs and losses to x-frame stretchers. Later castors. Pet damage.
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