Joint stool

Unknown

1650–90 · White oak, red oak · The American Wing

Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth-century households. Although common in their day, they were subjected to hard use, and few have survived. This oak stool, with its solid columnar turnings, is typical of the seventeenth-century style.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1650–90

Medium

White oak, red oak

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909