Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements decorative brush concealed by the frame

concealed by the frame

Some minor surface cracking to the leather (detail photos shot at 2-3x maginification) and two very small eye shaped holes in the outer layer of the leather (not going all the way through) near the heel which I believe likely once housed additional small bone inlays

Old vertical fold line down the center

most likely a poem

but I sure like his name

Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements decorative brush concealed by the frameAnother great old perfect pedestal sort of cricket stool, because they are such lovely and useful things. I really love how the history of this one 19th c. and made of pine I believe unfolds across its surface as a series of repairs and reinforcements, testifying to its having been a much used and valued possession. There are a range of different nails, some of them showing carved plugs; a mend to the front of one leg (quite an old repair), and two