Lovely 19th C. Wooden Cricket Stool with Scalloped Sides portrait of young black man but the binding is good

but the binding is good on the rest

like a little window to the larger landscape on the other side

On the cuff of one pant leg is written 44

vintage 1960s

Structurally super sound with a nice patina

Lovely 19th C. Wooden Cricket Stool with Scalloped Sides portrait of young black man but the binding is goodI've forever got an eye out for great old stools, which I think make the best pedestals for arranging other things atop, and lately all I want to do is arrange things in relation to other things! This one I found in New Hampshire (almost into Vermont), and is many times better in person, with graceful form and great proportions, old iron nails, and just the very very subtlest hint of a blue tinge to the stained painted surface. 19th century I'm sure,