Footstools were used to elevate the feet of a person sitting in a chair as long ago as ancient Egypt. The stool was usually rectangular with four small feet. In the following centuries, footstools ...

The most popular style of footstool today is the small, short, four-legged rectangular stool, often padded and upholstered, which is placed in front of a chair. But there are many different types, ...

Appraisal: Steiff Rabbit & Turtle Footstool, from Vintage Salt Lake City. Watch Timothy Luke's appraisal of this Steiff rabbit & turtle footstool, in Vintage Salt Lake City.

The lowly footstool is rising to a high place in the esteem of antiques collectors, according to Trudi Roth, a New York antiques dealer and textile restorer who collects and sells them. ”The footstool ...