Large Carved Three Legged, Molar-like Tabletop Folk Art Chair antique stuffed cat Good for holding the newspaper

Good for holding the newspaper

two light--would be great strung up in a window

and I've got it sitting under some heavy books to flatten it further

the shape: I love everything about these Japanese fish plates

or certainly to weight all sorts of other things

Large Carved Three Legged, Molar-like Tabletop Folk Art Chair antique stuffed cat Good for holding the newspaperThe first thing I thought when I spotted this chair (purchased from a dealer with fabulous things in Medina, NY, near Rochester) was that the lower half looked just like a tooth (albeit with 3 roots rather than 4), and it reminded me of an antique dentist trade sign in the shape of a molar that I have been coveting forever but is well beyond my reach. How much better though to find the tooth form incorporated into a curious three legged chair! Really