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Joint stool

Joint stool. Culture: American. Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 in. (57.2 x 52.1 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1700-1725. Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century households. The vitality of the baluster turnings on this stool make it an outstanding example of the William and Mary style. Its high seat made it convenient for a sitter to rest his or her feet on the stretcher of the table it was pulled up to for dining.
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Title:
Joint stool
Caption:
Joint stool. Culture: American. Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 in. (57.2 x 52.1 x 35.6 cm). Date: 1700-1725. Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century households. The vitality of the baluster turnings on this stool make it an outstanding example of the William and Mary style. Its high seat made it convenient for a sitter to rest his or her feet on the stretcher of the table it was pulled up to for dining.
Technique/material:
Soft maple
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3318 x 4200 px | 39.9 MB
Print size:
28.1 x 35.6 cm | 11.1 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS • ARTICULATIONS • BOSTON • FURNITURE • JOINT STOOLS • JOINTS • MAPLE • MAPLEWOOD • MASSACHUSETTS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • PROBABLY MADE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES • SEATING FURNITURE • SILVER MAPLE • SOFT MAPLE • STOOLS • UNITED STATES • WOOD