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Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth-century households. Although common in their day, they were subjected to hard use, and few have survived. This oak stool, with its solid columnar turnings, is typical of the seventeenth-century style.
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Title: Joint stool
Date: 1650–90
Geography: Probably made in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States; Made in New England, United States
Culture: American
Medium: White oak, red oak
Dimensions: 21 x 18 x 11 in. (53.3 x 45.7 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
Object Number: 10.125.330
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