Antique country style stools

Usually thought of as a primitive stool, roughly shaped from a slab of adzed timber, usually gum in Australia. The four stick legs are wedged into holes bored with an auger bit in each corner, generally splayed outwards for additional support.

There are two distinct types of stools. The earliest is the simplest type of seat furniture probably devised by human beings, consisting of a short wooden bench standing either on four legs or sometimes a flat-shaped support at either end. The legs may be square or turned, and in primitive versions simply sticks cut from a tree. Round milking stools usually had only three short legs.

The second more sophisticated type of stools, were constructed with a frame joined by mortice and tenon joints. Using this construction method, padded or upholstered stools for use in the drawing room have more...

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Colonial cedar bedroom stool 107 cm x 34 cm

Colonial Cedar Bedroom Stool: 107cm x 34cm

Colonial cedar bedroom stool 107 cm x 34 cm

Milking stool, mid 19th century Barossa redgum and pine pegged…

19th Century Barossa Redgum Milking Stool with Pine Pegged Legs

Milking stool, mid 19th century Barossa redgum and pine pegged legs, height 29 cm

A Colonial jarrah square stool most likely 19th century 45 x 48…

Colonial Jarrah Square Stool (19th Century)

A Colonial jarrah square stool most likely 19th century 45 x 48 x 31 cm

Two Australian wooden stools, comprising a tramp art stool with…

Australian Wooden Stools from Hutchinson Collection

Two Australian wooden stools, comprising a tramp art stool with circular top, and a spotted gum milking stool (2), height 40 cm, height 36 cm width 46 cm. Provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney

A primitive Australian three legged stool, slab red gum top…

Antique Red Gum Stool with Eucalypt Legs

A primitive Australian three legged stool, slab red gum top with eucalypt legs, most likely central Victoria, 19th century, 31 cm high, 41 cm wide

Rare Australian Colonial cedar stool with later leather…

Colonial Cedar Stool with Leather Upholstery

Rare Australian Colonial cedar stool with later leather upholstery

Colonial cedar foot stool on bun feet, 35.5 cm, 35.5 cm

Colonial Cedar Foot Stool on Bun Feet

Colonial cedar foot stool on bun feet, 35.5 cm, 35.5 cm

Rustic elm milking stool 19th century, square seat with handle,…

19th Century Elm Milking Stool

Rustic elm milking stool 19th century, square seat with handle, height 44 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Mr and Mrs Matthew Handbury, Sydney

Colonial cedar stool on claw feet with rattan top

Clawed Cedar Stool with Rattan Top

Colonial cedar stool on claw feet with rattan top

Early cedar Milking stool

Antique Cedar Milking Stool

Early cedar Milking stool

Small Colonial pine stool

Colonial Pine Stool

Small Colonial pine stool

Australian Colonial cedar stool, Tasmania, 19th century, on…

Colonial Cedar Stool from Tasmania, 19th Century

Australian Colonial cedar stool, Tasmania, 19th century, on turned baluster legs joined by stretchers, height 70 cm. Provenance: Warwick Oakman Antiques, Hobart. Collection of George and Adisa Pompei, Sydney

An early cedar stool, Australian, first half 19th century, 72…

19th Century Australian Cedar Stool

An early cedar stool, Australian, first half 19th century, 72 cm high, 42 cm wide, 29 cm deep