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Rare 17th Century Oak Box Stool

17th century
Sold 13 October 2026 · Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd
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Rare 17th century Oak box stool with rising lid to a divided compartment. Iron hinges. Excellent colour and patination. English. Circa 1670.

This can be viewed in our showrooms in North Yorkshire at any time, by appointment. Please contact me with any questions or if you would like further images. For clients who are overseas or unable to come to our showrooms, we will gladly send a video of any piece in which you may be interested.

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Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd has dated this 17th Century Oak Box Stool to the 17th Century.

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Rare 17th century Oak box stool with rising lid to a divided compartment. Iron hinges. Excellent colour and patination. English. Circa 1670.

This can be viewed in our showrooms in North Yorkshire at any time, by appointment. Please contact me with any questions or if you would like further images.

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For clients who are overseas or unable to come to our showrooms, we will gladly send a video of any piece in which you may be interested.
Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd

Shipping and delivery can be arranged on your behalf. Or may be included depending on location.

Date of Manufacture

Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd has dated this 17th Century Oak Box Stool to the 17th Century.

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Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd
Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd
Sellingantiques verified Since Nov 2022

Period furniture, lighting, mirrors, portraits and interior decoration.

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Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd is a registered member of BADA  CINOA

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A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. SOLD13 OCT 26
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Archive I A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. SOLD13 OCT 26

Rare 17th Century Oak Box Stool

Archive II A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. View II
Archive III A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. View III
Archive IV A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. View IV
Archive V A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers. View V
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Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd

Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd
Telephone 07710 793753 or 01969 625199
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Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8
United Kingdom

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A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers.
Rare 17th century Oak Box Stool
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A dark oak 17th-century box stool featuring a flat hinged rectangular lid, a keyhole on the front apron, turned legs, and lower wooden stretchers.
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  • ObjectStools
  • Period17th century
  • StyleJacobean
  • MaterialOak, Iron
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsTurned legs, Stretcher base, Keyhole escutcheon, Hinged box top

This seventeenth century Jacobean box stool displays a solid oak construction finished in a rich dark brown tone with deep patinated grain. The rectangular form incorporates a flat hinged top opening to an internal compartment secured by iron hinges, alongside a central brass or iron keyhole escutcheon fitted into the front apron. Strong architectural character emerges from the heavy turned wooden legs joined by lower perimeter stretchers that provide structural stability and anchor the design. The piece stands at a practical height of 45 cm, making it well-suited for everyday domestic applications. Positioned within a contemporary home, this English country house seating item serves multiple practical functions. It works effectively placed at the end of a sofa to store small accessories, functions as a low side table next to an armchair, or acts as a compact occasional seat in a hallway or bedroom. The compact footprint allows easy integration into traditional or modern interior schemes where surface space and discreet storage are both required.

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A box stool from the 17th century is a functional piece of joinery furniture that combines seating with enclosed storage beneath a hinged lid, widely produced during the Jacobean and Carolean periods in Britain.

These stools were crafted from solid native English oak using pegged mortise and tenon joinery, hand-planed panels, turned legs, and sturdy peripheral stretchers designed to keep feet off cold stone floors.

Authentic pieces feature signs of age including hand-carved wooden pegs that project slightly above the surface due to natural wood shrinkage, irregular hand-saw marks, historical iron hardware, and uneven surface patination.

An oak box stool functions effectively as a compact side table beside an armchair, an accent piece in a hallway, or low bedside storage within contemporary and traditional interior schemes.

Dust the surface regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and apply a thin coat of natural beeswax polish once or twice a year, keeping the wood away from direct heat sources and excessive moisture.
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