19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails sculptural sign and wonderfully graphic

and wonderfully graphic

but overall good used condition

the patterns certainly feel Northern European

I always want to have at least one set of old bone dominoes in the shop

19th c. Primitive Cricket Stool with Old Paint and Lots of Nails sculptural sign and wonderfully graphicMy current obsession with old cricket stool continues, and I think this is a sweet one. The top was covered with fabric, or perhaps a needlepoint at some point, hence the profusion of nails and nail holes around the sides, the effect of which really like as it lends it some extra tooth! Old orange paint on the legs, and dark green on the sides (over orange I think), with a little of both still on the top, too, though mostly not. As always, I'm looking