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Primitive Antique Spinning Stool
Ref: 2262
The Siebenbergen or Seven Towns is what the German Saxons called Transylvania, this chair with its long seat would not have come from the towns which were predominantly middle class but from a peasant farmstead or cottage in the surrounding countryside, the long seat indicates that it was a chair or stool sat on whilst spinning - it is nice example being solid hardwood (ash and oak) with its original brown paint that has come up really glossy with a wax and polish. In the days before the modern age reached these parts of Europe and before mass produced tools were available to the peasantry everything was hand made and personalised. Your work stool was a work mate in more particular ways than we use the term now, so the back rest of this chair with it′s cut out aperture is a handle for carrying but also playfully make the profile of a head or face which also of course has a body and legs.
Siebenbergen 19th cent.
H: 79cm (31.1in)
W: 28cm (11.0in)
D: 48cm (18.9in)
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