Joint stool

Unknown

1650–1700 · White oak, cherry · The American Wing

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1650–1700

Medium

White oak, cherry

Culture

British

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1970