American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen in some part because the

in some part because the painting was done on a slice of log

then tries to eliminate all the rest by jumping them

There is another uncompleted pencil drawing on reverse

and nicely jointed corners to boot

previously owned by art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst

American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen in some part because theIf I had to choose a favorite piece of furniture, it would probably be the humble but infinitely useful stool, and most of all very old ones like this that have lived long, hardworking lives. I'm not an expert on old paint, but it looks to me like this one shows a couple of layers, white over red, both applied many many years ago, and perhaps corresponding to the ages of the original square head iron nails and then round head ones use as