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Unknown, probably American, Stool, circa 1918
Stool
Unknown, probably American, Stool, circa 1918
Unknown, probably American, Stool, circa 1918
DepartmentHistoric House

Stool

Datecirca 1918
Mediumwood (oak), velvet upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 23 1/4 × 18 3/16 in. (45.7 × 59.1 × 46.2 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.169
DescriptionThe rectangular oak stool in the William-and-Mary style has elaborate trumpet and baluster turnings on the legs and stretchers with blocks where the stretchers are let in. The stool is newly re-covered with medium green velvet.

ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
On view
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