Featured oliver twist dickens wood and pigskin ? old ? footstool

hey folks, i asked at my local charity shop if thay had any poufs

they said there was an old damaged footstool out the back

i snapped it up, even with the damage

what sort of age do you think its from

cant find anything online like it

any thoughts appreciated

 

thanks inh

tis a bit interesting, i thought so as well

ill investigate that, thank you

 

So, am I correct that the black area is where the skin or leather is missing??? Sure looks like it has some age to it!! Nice conversation piece at the very least!!! And I think if it were USED as a foot stool, there would be a LOT more wear or damage to the pigskin......I wouldn't think the 'image' would seem so much intact....excepting of course for the black area.....

 

hi aquitaine

yeah, that dark is the horse hair underneath

i really like it, gonna be a tricky repair though i would think

 

i had alook under inh, but the suede side isnt like the pics of pigskin with the marks, just normal suede, so probably isnt pigskin

 

My family would have called this a "milking stool," but we don't know diddly about furniture, so take that for what it's worth.

 

thanks jivvy

i think you might be right actually, from looking at other stools online.

would be about the right height

 

For others like me who haven't had their Sunday morning coffee yet and missed the title, Mr "Bumble the Beadle" is one of the characters in Dickens Oliver Twist (or The Parish Boy's Progress) published in 1837-1839. He was responsible for running all the charity houses and orphanages in the parish where Oliver lived. It is mostly set in London and Bumble was played so brilliantly by Harry Secombe in the 1968 musical. That's him stepping out on the seat of the stool.
Sorry I missed that heading Charlie, but could this image and association help with identifying the stool? One company has a modern Bumble Stool in their furniture catalogue, so I wonder if there is an association, a play on words or a pun intended for your stool? I couldn't find any other cross-references, but I am thinking milk stool, kitchen stool or work stool of some sort.
But perhaps I'm just being too literal! Now where is that coffee??

 

mmmmooooooorrrrrreeeee !!!

i always say this when my nephew wants something more to eat

he busts out laughing everytime !!

 

Hi,
I would just slide a piece of leather or even polyester leather under the hole. You could darken it with shoe polish.
greg

 

i like your thinking greg, cheers