19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover figurative watercolor teeth bared

teeth bared

a perfect thing

with what looks like inked calligraphy on the interior facing side

tongue wagging dog

)  Personally

19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover figurative watercolor teeth baredThe 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