Footstool. Pine, metal, nails (cut), paint. Six-board. Nailed construction throughout. Slightly overhanging top with rounded edges. Side boards have peg feet and half-round cutouts at base of side. Sides painted dull blue; top unfinished.
footstools (stools)
metal
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Unidentified Metal
Painted
FOOTSTOOL
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
6 1/3 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.392
Massachusetts (United States)
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