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Joint stool

1700–1725

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Joint stools provided basic everyday seating in seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century households. The vitality of the baluster turnings on this stool make it an outstanding example of the William and Mary style. Its high seat made it convenient for a sitter to rest his or her feet on the stretcher of the table it was pulled up to for dining.

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Title: Joint stool

Date: 1700–1725

Geography: Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Culture: American

Medium: Soft maple

Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 in. (57.2 x 52.1 x 35.6 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909

Object Number: 10.125.329

Chronology

The United States, 1600-1800 A.D.

The American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. I, Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles

A Handbook of the American Wing

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