| Credit line |
APH Collection, 2005.53 |
| Date |
c. 1930 |
| Description |
Four legged adjustable-height factory stool; glued-up round seat with rounded edge and contoured profile; four-armed black-enameled stamped steel seat frame screwed underneath seat, steel screw post fits into threaded four-armed fixture, each arm curves to socket which accepts a stool leg; turned wood legs taper at sockets, two large beads below socket, four small beads above lower stretcher; two sets of offset stretchers, one in middle, one just above feet; turned stretchers bulge slightly in middle and taper slightly as they approach mortises in the legs; twisted wire braces on lowest bead and highest bead, two crossed wires in lower position, single wire above. |
| Dimensions |
H-23.125 W-13.5 D-13 inches |
| Dimension notes |
12.5" diameter seat |
| Made |
[unknown] |
| Material |
Wood; steel; |
| Object ID |
2005.53.2 |
| Object Name |
Stool |
| Place of Origin |
APH |
| Provenance/History |
Stool was used in the stereotyping department of APH at least as early as 1937, when it appears in an annual report being used by an operator on a plate duplicating stereograph. It was in the museum collection for several years before being accessioned in November 2005. |
| Search Terms |
American Printing House for the Blind |
| Subjects |
Stools
Furniture
Stereographs
Stereotype machines
Stereotyping |
| Title |
Stereotype stool |
| Used |
APH |
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