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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 |
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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 |
I | Attachmentb | Action | Size |
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jpg | 00074_max_web.jpg | manage | 294.7 K |
jpg | Queen_Victoria_Foot_Stool.jpg | manage | 58.3 K |