Stool

Unknown

1750–90 · Mahogany · The American Wing

American stools are remarkably rare, particularly those with cabriole legs and Rococo carving. Although the claw feet of this one are in the English manner, the stool appears to be of New York manufacture. The bow shape of the scalloped edges of the long rails, a popular motif in eighteenth-century New York, and the flat carving with gouge-like finishing strokes on the knees were typical of local practice. The use of American beech also distinguished the stool from its English counterparts.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1750–90

Medium

Mahogany

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Joseph Kindig Jr., 1969