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Footstool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1900

GUSN

GUSN-25298

Description

Footstool. Pine, metal, paint. Five-board stool painted dull green-grey. Nailed construction throughout. End boards have double incised lines. Double cyma curve cutouts form the legs.

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

7 3/8 x 6 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1985.364

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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