Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form italian pietra dura box I'm a big fan of

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)

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

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I really like the graphic quality of the big red EGLANTINE across one side of this old wooden box

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Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form italian pietra dura box I'm a big fan ofThe 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