Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted whimsie and backed with fabric

and backed with fabric

much weathered carved dead eye--used in the rigging of traditional sailing ships

I might hang this one near a good reading chair

this planter is pure elegance

the care invested in the drawing

Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted whimsie and backed with fabricTwo antique stools this week, which make it a good week in my book; good old primitive stools seem to have become more and more precious, and no great mystery why! Found in MA, 2nd half 19th c. I believe, nice clean lines, and old black painted surface that makes it feel as well suited to serve as a pedestal for contemporary things as for folky old ones. Infinitely useful. 11 1 8 x 7 3 4 x 7 1 8 tall and in good condition, solid and sturdy, and heavy