19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books often a bit too garish

often a bit too garish for me though their existence as an artform makes me really happy--but I was all in at first sight with this one

though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre

and equality

horizontal view through to grove of trees behind them

Staffordshire figurines featuring a young girl riding a very large dog

19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books often a bit too garishThe pieced homespun woolen fabric with red applique on this 19th century pine stool made my heart race when I found it purchased from a dealer who pulled it out of an old estate in Concord, NH I believe. It is everything I love, and I love everything about it, with the textile making a very humble stool a very special one. And I do believe it has been on there for a very long time, secured with a mish mosh of hand forged iron nails, many of them