Name/Title
Swiveling piano stool from the Shumaker residence, 1880Entry/Object ID
2009.36.3Description
ACC. NO. 09.36.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, FURNITURE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1880
OBJECT: STOOL, PIANO
DESCRIPTION: A SWIVELING PIANO STOOL CONSTRUCTED OF WALNUT ACCENTUATED WITH BURL WALNUT PANELS. FOUR LEGS ARE INCISED IN EASTLAKE-STYLE DESIGNS. THE ORIGINAL UPHOLSTERY WAS A DEEP RED-COLORED PLUSH. REVOLVING SEAT AND LEGS HAVE TURNED FINIALS AS ADDED DECORATION. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SEAT HAS A STENCILLED LABEL IN ORANGE-COLORED PAINT ON A BLACK-COLORED BACKGROUND, "LYONS, PATENTED GRECIAN STOOL." PATENT WAS DATED DECEMBER 21, 80.
SIZE: H 19-1/2" SEAT 19-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PIANO STOOL THAT BELONGED TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DR. PAUL SHUMAKER,1115 BAY STREET, ALAMEDA. THE FAMILY PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1942 AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 2009.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: MAY 30, 2009
