Oval footstools on four turned legs; needlework tops in pinks, reds and greens. A) depicts a deer in center with floral border; B) depicts bird with flower in beak with floral border.
footstools (stools)
mahogany (wood)
needlepoint (needleworking)
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
deers
Aves (class)
Needlework
Floral
Bird
Mahogany
Maple
Deer
STOOL
Pencil on B: Worked by / Mme. Sally Sayward Barrell / married Richard Keating / Gen Wood of Wiscasset.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Barrell, Sarah "Sally" Sayward, 1738-1805 (Maker)
York, ME, USA
8.5 x 11.013 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.494AB
Maine (United States)
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