Help me understand this little old chair

[64BooLane]

It’s been handed down to me and it’s in need of love and work (especially as DD has been standing on it to reach a high shelf and has damaged the seat). Just curious - what would you call a chair like this in actual furniture terminology? Is it a slipper chair, a bedroom chair, or ...? What about date - Edwardian, maybe? It’s quite small and low.

Just curious, and hoping there will be antique chair experts lurking.

I think it's called a nursing chair. I have a couple in a similar size but slightly different design. I inherited mine from my dad's aunt.

Looks like an early 20th century nursing chair. They have short legs to make it easier to support a baby on your lap.

Now that is a thing of beauty.
You can keep yer Parker Knolls and yer IKEA.

The musical instruments on the inlay make me think it may be a cellist's chair.

Oh wow, replies. Thank you. I wondered about it being for nursing as it’s got no arms - was thinking that could be so there’s room for a nursing baby to stick out sideways? - but I thought the lowness didn’t make sense; but now when you say that about lap support, it seems more logical.

I like the cellist idea too, though ...