Sweet, Much Loved Antique Three Legged Stool with Yellow Painted Legs and Piecework Cover painted bird the earliest examples seeming to

the earliest examples seeming to have been used by coffin makers in the 19th century for precision cutting

with just two olive green crosses for eyes and no other flourishes

this pinkish cow has a black dog companion

there are a couple of hairline cracks to the surface of the wood at one end and perhaps a couple of small knicks to the corners on that end

So fun to find this guy the other day in Maine

Sweet, Much Loved Antique Three Legged Stool with Yellow Painted Legs and Piecework Cover painted bird the earliest examples seeming toI found this stool at a show in New Hampshire, and while it shows a few old tears to the piecework top, and the top is not quite evenly stretched tacked around the sides, I really love everything about it, very much down to those three stick legs in the best old mustard yellow paint. A cheerful, very homey feeling thing, which also makes a pedestal pedestal, for an arrangement of colorful old folk pin cushions and pin balls, say! 12" d x 7" t. A few