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On Display: House - Williams Room
Stool (Joint stool)
1690-1720
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Walnut
Museum Object Number
1960.0189
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1960.0189
Object Name
Stool (Joint stool)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Previously catalogued as Pennsylvania. Forman reattributed this stool to Boston on the basis of its leg turnings - the deeply undercut disk above the upper baluster, in particular.
Date
1690-1720
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Walnut
Dimensions (inches)
23 (H) x 17.875 (W) x 14.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
58.42 (H) x 45.403 (W) x 36.195 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at top; OD at feet. W (feet) 13.875 in. (35.1 cm); D (top) 11 in. (27.8 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Forman, Benno M. 1988 American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalog.
• Published: cat. no. 39, pp. 184-85.