Lot 236
  • 236

TWO CRICKET FOOTSTOOLS, NEW ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • pine
  • Height of tallest 7 in. by Length 14 in. by Width 8 in.

Provenance

The first: William C. Putnam and Beverly T. Smith;
Jim Glazer Antiques, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The second: Kelly & Jenner Antiques, Millbrook, New York.

Literature

Joel and Kate Kopp, American Hooked and Sewn Rugs: Folk Art Underfoot, (New York : Dutton, 1985), p. 23, fig. 12.

Condition

92.4.26A, 90.4.4; white painted footstool reupholstered, red painted stool, reupholstered.
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