19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books seems likely from an antique

seems likely from an antique tin camp cup or measure or similar

horizontal view through to grove of trees behind them

One block here is a substitute

I might be inclined to frame them in a grid like this--or else to deliver valentine's treats in them

19th Century Primitive Pine Stool with Wonderful Pieced and Appliquéd Woolen Cover rare early children's books seems likely from an antiqueThe pieced homespun woolen fabric with red applique on this 19th century pine stool made my heart race when I found it purchased from a dealer who pulled it out of an old estate in Concord, NH I believe. It is everything I love, and I love everything about it, with the textile making a very humble stool a very special one. And I do believe it has been on there for a very long time, secured with a mish mosh of hand forged iron nails, many of them