Fabulous Mid 19th C. Mustard Grain Painted Stool with Fancy Legs 1970s prison art I assume) and was gifted

I assume) and was gifted to her by her teacher Miss Harwood in 1862

his son one assumes

4 3/8" beak to tail x 1 1/4" w x 1 1/2" t and perches perfectly as it is

5 7/8" l x 3 3/8" in diameter

9 5/8" x 7 7/8" x 3/8"

Fabulous Mid 19th C. Mustard Grain Painted Stool with Fancy Legs 1970s prison art I assume) and was giftedPhotos do no real justice to this one between the mustard paint and graphicness of the grain painting, it delivers a terrific visual punch. The thickness of the top, combined with the very curvaceous forms of the legs make it feel almost like something else entirely too I keep thinking of the classically inspired deconstructionist postmodern architecture of Charles Moore, say, but also somehow of de Chirico paintings, and also Cubist collages.