Chinese Folding Camp Stool

Folding stool with a cross-legged stance and a faintly pitted, well-handled seat.

This folding camp stool is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the mid 19th century. It is woven hemp & elm wood. As original period furniture became harder to find, restoration artists began salvaging fragments from incomplete pieces to make complete ones, and eventually full reproductions began to surface. Tall X-shaped frame with dark metal bands at the pivots and a textured seat strip tucked between two rails. Flat feet bars lie low at the base. The tone is deep reddish brown with a satin shine. It is 13 inches long, 9 deep and 17 high.

Not much to look at folded, plenty to look at open.