American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool seascape watercolor A very sweet little thing

A very sweet little thing

then through holes in the whittled hands of the rower--and indeed with a little care he can still be made to row them

) It would be great to see them incorporated into a new model plane

and the pencil drawn details all over

American Primitive Much Loved Painted Pine Cricket Stool seascape watercolor A very sweet little thingIf I had to choose a favorite piece of furniture, it would probably be the humble but infinitely useful stool, and most of all very old ones like this that have lived long, hardworking lives. I'm not an expert on old paint, but it looks to me like this one shows a couple of layers, white over red, both applied many many years ago, and perhaps corresponding to the ages of the original square head iron nails and then round head ones use as