Stool, Piano
- Object Name:
- Stool, Piano
- Object ID:
- 1991.063
- Creator:
- Horne, Lorenzo
Carpenter - Place of Origin:
- Wolfeboro, NH
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Stool, piano, incomplete. Never used. Turned wooden central shaft with cast iron flange at top, with cast letters: "L. HORN, WOLFEBORO / N. H. / PATENT / SEPT. 27, 1864." Four curved wooden legs. Dark finish. Pine seat, stained on bottom and edge, but not on top, with flange and threaded shaft which screws into base to adjust height. Four wooden balls attached to underside of seat. Hole at top of each leg for additional balls. No cushion for seat.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-18 W-18.25 Dia-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Lorenzo Horne operated a piano stool factory in Wolfeboro. He patented an "improved screw for music stools" in 1864.
This was one of several unassembled stools from the Horne factory. It was received in pieces, the seat and wooden balls separate. In April 1994, four balls were attached (not glued) to bottom of seat, and seat was attached to screw flange to keep all parts together. Three additional balls were received, presumably for the legs, but their dowels are too large for the holes. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Earl Keniston
- People:
- Horne, Lorenzo
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