An X-frame stool in mahogany and giltwood, upholstered in beige silk satin, edged with a woven braid.
The members of the X-frame are of rectangular section, the feet carved as formalised lion paws with acanthus frond above, all gilded. At the top the supports are carved with lion heads forming hand rests, with acanthus below (neither heads nor acanthus gilded). At the crossings, the frame is set with a gilt-brass <i>patera</i> (rosette).and the frame is set and strengthened on the outer edges of the crossing with giltwood inserts, carved in a fan motif. The cross stretcher is turned in a double baluster. The seat is upholstered on a structural frame of beech, the visible edges veneered in mahogany (the seat rails have bee renewed). The upholstery has been renewed in the middle of the 20th century and is now covered in beige silk satin with an edge-braiding woven with formalised foliage in browns and beiges. Underneath the upholstery shows three broad strips of buckramised hessian, sewn together at the edges. It is not possible to see whether there is webbing above this or whether this acts as the webbing.
Large metal struts under the crossings may be an original strengthening or an early mend. One arm of the X on the lable side has fractured and been mended. The underside of the crossing show 4 dowels on each side and the fan-shaped inserts (lotus leaves) show disturbance. The stretcher has been re-set and both ends show traces of glue.