19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover figurative watercolor a glacial boulder painted to

a glacial boulder painted to resemble a frog in 1881 by state legislator Thomas J

pinned for now just with small safety pins

with what looks like inked calligraphy on the interior facing side

went out of business in 1930

19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover figurative watercolor a glacial boulder painted toThe 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