Footstool

Description

Footstool stained dark brown. Top of white pine, undercarriage of maple with four turned legs, two turned stretchers (side to side), and two cleats screwed to underside of top. Heads of wood screws countersunk and plugged over with white pine plugs.

Notes

This type of footstool, sometimes known as a "cricket," raised the user's knees to facilitate handwork such as sewing, so they are also referred to as sewing stools. A copper printing plate (2006.3.4) in the museum's collection shows the stool as it was pictured in the Shaker sale catalog.