Name/Title
Piano stoolEntry/Object ID
SS.62.127Description
Adjustable piano stool, painted black with gold, has round padded brown leather seat with cording at top and bottom edges of seat rail: seat on round wooden base with painted horizontal gold stripe in center; seat base has hole center in which a large wooden screw is placed and allows adjustment of seat height; screw has turning grooves on tip half, then ring, follwed by simple turned bottom half; screw passes through hole in center disk of base which is supported by a cross support of 4 turned stretchers; stretchers meet 4 legs which are turned and consist of bulb, concave ring, bulb, concave ring, and six rings (top and bottom rings are painted gold), and three rings are located in center of each leg (center ring painted gold); each leg curves and tapers terminating in a small ball foot.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerDate made
circa 1830 - 1840Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
20-1/2 inDiameter
13 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 13 in. (52.1 x 33 cm)Material
Leather, MahoganyCondition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Center disk in base where stretchers meet is cracked. Paint wearing off throughout. Repaired 1/78.Relationships
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Curatorial RemarksNote
Reproduction made for use at piano.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Tower Attic