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An oak joined stool
with moulded top and ogee moulded friezes, on ring-turned legs joined by a moulded H-shaped square section stretcher, North Somerset, mid 17th century -- 18in. (46cm.) wide
A similar example is illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p.267, fig. 3.98. The author notes that the H, or centre stretcher is rare in stools
with moulded top and ogee moulded friezes, on ring-turned legs joined by a moulded H-shaped square section stretcher, North Somerset, mid 17th century -- 18in. (46cm.) wide
A similar example is illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p.267, fig. 3.98. The author notes that the H, or centre stretcher is rare in stools