Stool
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MAKER
Jere Osgood
MEDIUM
Tiger maple
DATES
1966
DIMENSIONS
15 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 11 in. (40 x 52.4 x 27.9 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
On underside of seat, etched / burned in script: "Jere Osgood Merryall 1966"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1996.142.41
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tiger maple stool. Rectangular seat of four horizontal strips of wood glued together and shaped into concave curved form; supported on two legs and two stretchers running between legs under seat. Two legs angle slightly outward toward floor and, in profile, are in general shape of "I": top bar angled to cradle seat from front to back; main shaft is rectangular, pinched in along sides at center; bottom bar or foot in trapezoid shape. A rectangular stretcher, pinched in along edges at center, connects the two legs near feet. Pieces joined by pegs, mortise & tenon joints, and/or glue.
CONDITION: Good; several scratches around feet and on lower stretcher.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Jere Osgood. Stool, 1966. Tiger maple, 15 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 11 in. (40 x 52.4 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden, 1996.142.41. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.142.41.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1996.142.41.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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