Stool

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

GHS 1151.2

GHS 1151.2

Name/Title

Stool

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1151.1&.2

Description

Two very similar wood stools - rectangular top with wide legs that have a cut-out rounded arch at bottom center. Legs are tenoned to top. Side skirts are nailed on. .1 has red/brown shiny finished wood. Label affixed to skirt of .1 reads as follows, "Stools used in Dunkard Meeting House from the beginning to 1859." .2 is painted grey with white paint drips.

Made/Created

Date made

1859

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Notes

Creation Date: 1859

Dimensions

Height

15-5/8 in

Width

16 in

Depth

11-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Iron

Provenance

Notes

GHS True Accession Book, "Stools used in Dunkard Meeting House from the beginning to 1859." Donor might have been Mrs. Flora M. Levering Hammer, September 24, 1937.