April, 1920 
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The ancient bas-relief 
of Lencotea and Bac¬ 
chus preserved in the 
Villa Albani at Rome 
shows the footstool 
of antiquity accom- 
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An English walnut 
stool of the Queen 
Anne period with a 
needlework seat of the 
same period 
In the room in the 
Palace at Fontainebleau 
where Napoleon I 
signed his abdication, 
are preserved the Em¬ 
pire footstools among 
the other furnishings 
English mahogany 
stool of Chippendale 
design, dating from 
about 1760 to 1770. 
The cover is velvet 
with a heavy fringe 
A Flemish walnut stool 
of the nth Century, 
showing characteristic 
stout legs and middle 
stretcher of the period 
i Below) In the bou¬ 
doir of Marie .Iw- 
toinette at the Palace 
of Fontainebleau are 
found the original 
furnishings, am o n g 
them an interesting 
footstool of the peri¬ 
od. Simplicity char¬ 
acterizes its design 
An English bench stool 
of about the year 
162S. The wood is oak 
which has been carved 
and turned. The seat 
is missing 
