Joint stool
Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth-century households. Although common in their day, they were subjected to hard use, and few have survived. This oak stool, with its solid columnar turnings, is typical of the seventeenth-century style.
Artwork Details
- Title: Joint stool
- Date: 1650–90
- Geography: Probably made in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States; Made in New England, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: White oak, red oak
- Dimensions: 21 x 18 x 11 in. (53.3 x 45.7 x 27.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
- Object Number: 10.125.330
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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