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Footstool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-25289

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

footstools (stools)
metal
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Unidentified Metal
Painted
FOOTSTOOL

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/3 x 7 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.392

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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