An always popular vintage French traditional wooden milking stool with bobbin style braced legs. We call these DT stools; D for the seat and T for the brace. This is the slightly older chunkier and satronger version that the thinner legged later versions were based on. We get very few of these come through the store now especially in such good condition. This one is in great condition with no wobbly joints or woodworm. Some signs of age as detailed below.
Makers mark / hallmarks: none
Sourced: in Normandy, France
Origin: French
Age: circa 1950-60’s
Materials: wood
Size roughly: 47.5h x 31 x 30 cm – 19h x 12 x 12 inches extreme measurements (seat 28 x 20 cm – 11 x 8 inches)
Condition: in vintage condition with signs of previous use, light wear and scratches and varnish is a a little dull, these stools are initially made without the use of glue or nails and rely on good joints only, usually over the years the joints wear a little, the joints on this one are excellent with no protrusion of the legs through the seat which is what usually happens over the years, there is a little tack or two on the joints which have been added for strength at some point, no woodworm unlike many that pass through the store, strong and stable, an excellent example of these very popular vintage stools, please see all pictures
Weight: 1.95 kg (over 2kg when safely wrapped so expensive to ship but cost of shipping is the same from 2kg to 5kg. Buy something else at the same time and we can likely ship it in the package for no extra charge!)
Shipped from France