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Footstool rests on four splayed bamboo-turned legs, supported by two side and single medial stretcher (H-stretcher). Stretchers swell at centrally incised band. Ovoid top with rounded edges; slightly dished top. Painted black.
footstools (stools)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Pine
Turned
Painted
Windsor
FOOTSTOOL
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
7.5 x 12.375 x 8.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.759
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