Much Loved 19th Century Cricket Stool in Early Calicos 19th c americabn restrained as it body faces

restrained as it body faces one way and its head the other

not an RPPC

1788—the same year the U

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when Chicago and its Union Stock Yard stood at the center of the meatpacking industry

Much Loved 19th Century Cricket Stool in Early Calicos 19th c americabn restrained as it body facesI've definitely developed a thing for early calicos the blue of those indigos does it for me every time, and even more so when paired with red and of course my love of cricket stools is never ending, so no way could I resist this one. The stool is earlyish 19th century I believe, and the fabric has clearly been on it a very long time, it looks to me likely once with another layer of trim that wrapped around the lower perimeter and was nailed onto the