Three Leg Stool?

cristofre fortescu · Post by **cristofre fortescu** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:29 pm

Anyone have a pattern for one of those three leg stools that fold up with the leather seat?

Cris

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:27 pm

Anyone have documentation for that style?

Thomas

Finnacan · Post by **Finnacan** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:54 am

Oooo...umm..

I've seen the half-moon seat stools with three legs, norse, early 10th century I think, and of course the classic tudor era stool with three turned legs and braces under a solid wood triangular seat.

As for a lashed trinity of legs with a cloth or leather seat, I don't recall ever seeing one actually documented. Have you sniffed around the medieval pavilion resource site under the furniture section?

Not sure of the link, but googling 'medieval pavilion resource' ought to do the trick.

If you find anything, please post it. This has me curious.

~Finnacan

Maeryk · Post by **Maeryk** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:18 am

As for a lashed trinity of legs with a cloth or leather seat, I don't recall ever seeing one actually documented. Have you sniffed around the medieval pavilion resource site under the furniture section?

Well, I can clearly document them back to Thomas Jefferson.. he had a walking stick that turned into one.. (Kinda neat.. instructions are in one of the Woodwright's books).. so its at least as far back as the 1700s.. not sure about earlier, but then again, I've never looked for one specifially earlier.

"collapsable" furniture (other than bigarsed tables) doesnt seem to be terribly prevalent in the drawings I have seen.. and the tables are all _massive_ critters anyway.. I suspect they only came apart because it would have been difficult to move them without disassembly.

Maeryk

Kel Rekuta · Post by **Kel Rekuta** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:27 am

Maeryk wrote:
As for a lashed trinity of legs with a cloth or leather seat, I don't recall ever seeing one actually documented. Have you sniffed around the medieval pavilion resource site under the furniture section?

Well, I can clearly document them back to Thomas Jefferson.. he had a walking stick that turned into one.. (Kinda neat.. instructions are in one of the Woodwright's books).. so its at least as far back as the 1700s.. not sure about earlier, but then again, I've never looked for one specifially earlier.

"collapsable" furniture (other than bigarsed tables) doesnt seem to be terribly prevalent in the drawings I have seen.. and the tables are all _massive_ critters anyway.. I suspect they only came apart because it would have been difficult to move them without disassembly.

Maeryk

Funny, then how do you account for the various forms of folding chairs recorded from Egyptian history to the present day? The three legged folding stool (Renn Faire special) may not be documentable as medieval furniture. There are better designs available. I suggest you do a quick search for the works of Ole Wanscher, especially "Sella Curulis". This kind of chair folds up for easy transport.

Cheers!

Maeryk · Post by **Maeryk** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:31 am

Funny, then how do you account for the various forms of folding chairs recorded from Egyptian history to the present day? The three legged folding stool (Renn Faire special) may not be documentable as medieval furniture. There are better designs available. I suggest you do a quick search for the works of Ole Wanscher, especially "Sella Curulis". This kind of chair folds up for easy transport.

yeah.. brain fart on my part! DUH! The cerrule chairs, foeldstoels, etc, all folded up to a certain extent.. I was thinking more along the lines of stuff that collapsed a-la a modern camping bag chair.. like the three legged stool design. DUH!

Thanks for setting me straight.. I cannot BELIEVE in my low-caffeine early morning fog I forgot about the folding chairs.

Maeryk

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:00 am

Yes, I know that the 3 legged wooden stool is well represented---there is even a plan for one in "Masterpieces" a book on making furniture that is shown in pictures.

I just don't recall an example of a 3 legged collapsable leather topped stool and since this is R&A I was hoping someone had run across one....

Many tables were designed to break down so you can use the main hall for other activities---like sleeping...

Thomas

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:55 am

I have yet to come accross any documentation, documenting the colapsable leather stool.

I very seriously doubt that it is documentable much further back than Thomas Jefferson.

The "X" chair design however is documentable way back

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:11 pm

there is a period chair I'm dying to reproduce---it's made out of wrought iron with a slung leather seat with rock crystal balls on the top of the front. It's in "Metal Working Techniques for Craftsmen" Oppi Untrect, It will be a heavy chair if made to the same scale. I had a full scale plan made for it but it was lost in the move.

Thomas

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:55 pm

I've got that book, I think I remember the pic. I'd love to see it, Thomas.

olafr · Post by **olafr** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:58 pm

Take a look at this http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbi ... stool.html