Joint stool, 1650–1700, Possibly made in England, British, White oak, cherry, 21 3/8 x 18 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (54.3 x 47.9 x 36.5 cm), Furniture, Joint stools were the most basic and common form of seventeenth-century seating. Samuel Hart’s probate inventory mentions four “Joynt stools.” Due to the extreme rarity of surviving seventeenth-century American joint stools, this English example is used for display on the third floor of the American Wing in the 1680 Samuel Hart Room (gallery 709) from Ipswich, Massachusetts
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Joint stool, 1650–1700, England, British, White oak, cherry, 21 3/8 x 18 7/8 14 3/8, 54.3 47.9 36.5 cm, Furniture, stools, basic, common form, seventeenth-century seating, Samuel Hart, probate, inventory, mentions, four, Joynt, stools., Due, extreme rarity, surviving seventeenth-century, American, joint, stools, English example, display, third floor, American Wing, 1680 Samuel, Hart, Room, gallery 709, Ipswich, Massachusetts
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