American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen at the ready

at the ready

excitement

I just love the specificity of the imagery

Signed and dated on reverse

who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh-mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits

American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool Signe Boesen at the readyIf I had to choose a favorite piece of furniture, it would probably be the humble but infinitely useful stool, and most of all very old ones like this that have lived long, hardworking lives. I'm not an expert on old paint, but it looks to me like this one shows a couple of layers, white over red, both applied many many years ago, and perhaps corresponding to the ages of the original square head iron nails and then round head ones use as