American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen Signed and dated on reverse

Signed and dated on reverse

at the ready

There is another uncompleted pencil drawing on reverse

in some part because the painting was done on a slice of log

" a handy tool to use along with an ink pen when practicing one's Spencerian calligraphy

American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen Signed and dated on reverseIf I had to choose a favorite piece of furniture, it would probably be the humble but infinitely useful stool, and most of all very old ones like this that have lived long, hardworking lives. I'm not an expert on old paint, but it looks to me like this one shows a couple of layers, white over red, both applied many many years ago, and perhaps corresponding to the ages of the original square head iron nails and then round head ones use as