Sold for:
$523
$523
Oak Box Joint Stool, England, 17th century with later components, seat projects over carved frieze, on splayed legs, lid lifts to reveal an interior crimson velvet-lined vacant compartment, ht. 17, lg. 18 3/4, dp. 14 in. N.B. Victor Chinnery's Oak Furniture: The British Tradition , 1993, pp. 269-270, shows several box stools, meant to hold small articles including possibly books or smoking materials. Provenance: The Sara and Bob Hunt Collection of Early English Oak.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-07-18
