Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted whimsie and really love the situation

and really love the situation of the train in this one

looking straight out of central casting

I might hang this one near a good reading chair

which I spotted from across the room yesterday in New Hampshire at an antiques shop that every once in a while delivers a treasure and am quite tempted to keep for myself

Handsome Antique Cricket Stool in Black Paint painted whimsie and really love the situationTwo antique stools this week, which make it a good week in my book; good old primitive stools seem to have become more and more precious, and no great mystery why! Found in MA, 2nd half 19th c. I believe, nice clean lines, and old black painted surface that makes it feel as well suited to serve as a pedestal for contemporary things as for folky old ones. Infinitely useful. 11 1 8 x 7 3 4 x 7 1 8 tall and in good condition, solid and sturdy, and heavy