An X-framed 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, and the top of the uprights with lion heads with acanthus below, neither gilded. At the crossings, the frame is set with a gilt-brass <i>patera</i> (rosette). The cross stretcher is in stained beechwood, turned as a double baluster. The frame is set and strengthened on the outer edges of the crossing with giltwood inserts, carved as a fan-like motif. The seat is upholstered on a structural frame of beech, the visible edges veneered with mahogany. The upholstery has been renewed in the mid-twentieth century and is now covered in beige silk satin with an edge-braiding woven with formalised foliage in browns and beiges. The rails of the seat have been replaced.