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Stool

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-8523

Description

High stool with four round, turned legs with tapering feet joined by doublebox stretchers; slightly splayed; Post ends extend above seat; Rush seat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stools (seating furniture)
maple (wood)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
rush (material)
weaving
Wood
Rush
Turned
Woven
Maple
Stool

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 15 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.737

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