Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form italian pietra dura box a hand-written list of the

a hand-written list of the 24 states as of 1842 with lovely flourishes

I'm a big fan of old Sapolin products to begin with (they sold little bottles of gold paint for Japanning in terrific dome-lidded turned wooden boxes that I always grab when I find them)

and I think she is so lovely

It wins me on both a macro and micro scale--the bold (and very Arts and Crafts) yellow and green combo is about as good as it gets I think

Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form italian pietra dura box a hand-written list of theThe silk piecework covering the face of this antique stool is much worn, but I find it really beautiful, and I love the unusual shape of the stool, evoking hand fans and fire screens, and with the spooled handle, like a fourth leg, completing the reference. Cut of a very thick slab of wood, with three more spooled legs to stand on. C. 1870s 80s New England, I believe. 16 at handle, 11 5 8 x 7 1 2 t. I wouldn't put much weight on it, as the legs are a