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Maker(s):Lo Nano, Ernest (upholsterer)
Culture:furniture: American; textile: Indian and English (probably)
Title:stool
Date Made:1740-1760
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood: walnut, pine, maple; textile: polychrome silk embroidery (chain stitch); white twill weave cotton (fustian) ground
Place Made:furniture: United States; Massachusetts; Boston (probably); textile: India (Gujurat?) and United Kingdom; Great Britain: England; upholstery: New York State; New York City
Measurements:overall: 18 1/2 x 19 x 15 in.; 46.99 x 48.26 x 38.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 53.032
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Stool in walnut and pine with a rectangular maple seat frame; a slip seat upholstered with a piece taken from an Indian crewel embroidered, cotton coverlet (1064.2); and four cabriole legs ending in raised pad feet. Pieces from coverlet 1064.2 were also used for six chair seats (1190.1-.6) and to make a coverlet (1064.1) for a doll's bed (3082).

Subjects:
Silk; polychrome; Embroidery; Cotton; Textile fabrics

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