Scrimshaw Footstool

Date19th Century

Mediumwood, walrus ivory, whale skeletal bone

Dimensions16 in. (40.6 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1304

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionWood construction: two fiddleback risers, scalloped skirt, two scalloped trifid feet, evenly beaded along the curved and straight edges, quarter-round molding around the cushion; inlaid with whale skeletal bone (four five-pointed stars), walrus ivory (two five-pointed stars, thirty eight diamonds, two triangles, four rectangles, four L-shapes); needlepoint cushion.ProvenanceWilliam Kranzler, New Bedford 06/28/1965 $150.00

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