Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form vintage drawing of actor it's a perfect found object

it's a perfect found object to me

11 3/8" w x 6 5/8" d x 7 1/2" t and in good

and I believe it dates from the early 20th century when it would have been used as a festival dance mask

whose many fine and interesting things reinforce my believe that this is something pretty special

The image has a fantastic sharpness and clarity to it

Three Spool Leg Antique Stool with Piecework Top and Unusual Form vintage drawing of actor it's a perfect found objectThe silk piecework covering the face of this antique stool is much worn, but I find it really beautiful, and I love the unusual shape of the stool, evoking hand fans and fire screens, and with the spooled handle, like a fourth leg, completing the reference. Cut of a very thick slab of wood, with three more spooled legs to stand on. C. 1870s 80s New England, I believe. 16 at handle, 11 5 8 x 7 1 2 t. I wouldn't put much weight on it, as the legs are a