19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books This cheerful fellow immediately made

This cheerful fellow immediately made me happy when I spotted him

though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre

One block here is a substitute

which fit together in one particular way (the magnets repel each other otherwise

19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books This cheerful fellow immediately madeThe pieced homespun woolen fabric with red applique on this 19th century pine stool made my heart race when I found it purchased from a dealer who pulled it out of an old estate in Concord, NH I believe. It is everything I love, and I love everything about it, with the textile making a very humble stool a very special one. And I do believe it has been on there for a very long time, secured with a mish mosh of hand forged iron nails, many of them