Webberley Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Joint Stool to the 18th Century.
The gunbarrel ring turned legs united by shaped stretchers with pegged joints.
A lovely solid and usable example with only usual small knocks and marks consistent with over 300 years of caring use by generations of custodians.
In the 17th and 18th centuries most households would have owned several stools.
From medieval times until the mid-1600s almost all guests at your dining table would have sat on stools rather than chairs with backs. Chairs being reserved for the master of the house and often such chairs would be heavily carved and placed on a dais.
Taller stools such as this are sometimes called coffin stools because of the later Victorian tradition of placing a coffin on stools during wakes and funerals.
A lovely early English example in very good original condition and with great charm and character.
Dimensions are:
19.5 inches high, 18 inches wide and 10.5 inches deep
Webberley Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Joint Stool to the 18th Century.
Specialists in 18th century and earlier furniture for more than 45 years
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Early 18th Century Oak joint or Coffin Stool c. 1710
