Joint Stool Maker: Unknown

1690–1715

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Joined stools were a popular form of seating furniture in seventeenth-century America and are often found listed in household inventories for a few shillings. Sometimes they were upholstered or used with cushions.

Medium

Soft maple

Dimensions

21 1/4 × 16 1/8 × 13 1/2 in. (54 × 41 × 34.3 cm)
framed (Frame): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
seat: 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of C. Sanford Bull, B.A. 1893

Accession Number

1949.245

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

17th–18th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Gift of C. Sanford Bull, Middlebury, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Dennis Andrew Carr, American Colonial Furniture: Guide to the Collection, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2004), 7, 16, fig. 11
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 215-216, no. 199, ill
  • "Living With Antiques: The Connecticut Home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sanford Bull," Antiques 45 (April 1944), 190, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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