Stool, Step
Step stool, Canterbury, NH
ca. 1901
Description
A wooden step stool painted light blue. The step stool has a triangular frame, with exterior support boards on three of the four sides near the bottom. The three steps are jointed into the frame with a fourth nailed on top. Excluding the top step the front corners of each step are cut diagonally. The distance between each step gets smaller after each step: from the floor to the first is 8 3/4"; first to second is 7 7/8"; second to third is 7 5/8"; and the third to the fourth is 7".