Artwork : ArchiveNo00074

Queen Victoria’s Foot-stool 1890

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Contributor Name	Portsmouth Cathedral
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Location	Old Portsmouth
Collection Date	20.02.08 11.18am
Artefact Name	Queen Victoria’s Foot-stool
Artefact Description	The foot-stool is square with velvet cover and braided edge. Four rope handles on each side, wooden base with four feet. Deep blue dye now fading to green. Poor condition – threads very loose. 44 x 44cm.
Artefact Date	1890
Artefact Stored	South-west Tower
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Queen_Victoria_Foot_Stool.jpg
Sample Taken	Threads from edge, small piece of stuffing, threads from velvet covering
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History of Artefact	Used by Queen Victoria at the Divine Service on board the Victoria and Albert (Royal Yacht). Presented to St Thomas’s church (now the Cathedral) 8th November 1904.
Historian	John Friars
Previous Owners	Victoria and Albert Royal Yacht
Special Memories	It has always been in the attic of Cathedral house.
Artwork Image	00074_max_web.jpg

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