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STOOLS. PLATES 16, 17, shew four designs for stools ; the frame-work for which may be of mahogany, or japanned, as most agreeable ; or to match the suit of chairs, and of sonsequence should have the same sort of covering. The design O, plate 17, is proper for a dressing or music stool. (George Hepplewhite. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers' Guide. I. and J. Taylor, London, 1794)	MUSIC STOOLS. (George Smith. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers' Guide. Jones and Co. London, 1826)
(George Smith. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers' Guide. Jones and Co. London, 1826)	(George Smith. The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers' Guide. Jones and Co. London, 1826)
MUSIC STOOLS. (M. A. and P. Nicholson, The practical cabinet-maker, upholsterer, and complete decorator. H. Fisher, Son & Co., London 1827)	(M. A. and P. Nicholson, The practical cabinet-maker, upholsterer, and complete decorator. H. Fisher, Son & Co., London 1827)
MUSIC CHAIRS, varying particularly in the form of the backs. (Plate 30. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)	(Plate 30. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)
(Plate 30. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)	MUSIC STOOLS, the stands of which are of turned work, ornamented with channelled leaves. (Plate 31. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)
(Plate 31. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)	(Plate 31. Thomas King. The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified. T. King, London. 1829)
Two piano stools made between 1825 and 1830. (ill. 228. Frances Clary Morse. Furniture of the Olden Time. The MacMillan Company, New York. 1902. p.270)	Music-Stool. Fig. 1968 is a music-stool, pillow-stuffed. It rises from the stand by turning round the top, which raises a male screw contained in the female one formed in the pillar. The screw is commonly made of wood ; but iron is preferable, as working better and lasting longer. (J. C. Loudon, An Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, vol. 2. Longman, Orme, Brown, Greene, & Longmans, London, 1839. p.1070)
MUSIC STOOLS. Figs. 188 to 190 are three designs for music or piano stools. Fig. 188 has a chair back. The whole of the seats raises from the stands by turning round the top, which raise a screw that works in a nut contained in the pillar. The screw is sometimes made of wood, but iron is preferable, as working better and lasting longer. (Plate XLII. John Hall. The Cabinet Makers Assistant. John Murphy, Baltimore, 1840)	(Plate XLII. John Hall. The Cabinet Makers Assistant. John Murphy, Baltimore, 1840)
(Plate XLII. John Hall. The Cabinet Makers Assistant. John Murphy, Baltimore, 1840)	Tabouret de Piano. Collection de Sieges, Ameublement d'un salon (Genre Louis XV) (N^o. 182, Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, 33^e. Livraison. D. Guilmard, Lith. J. Rigo et C^{ie Paris)}
Chaise de Piano. Collection de Sieges, Bois uni imitation e'b'ene avec appliques de cuivre dore'. (N^o. 230. Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, 41^e. Livraison. D. Guilmard, Imp. Jules Rigo et Cie. Paris 1844)	Chaises de piano, en supprimant les Dossiers, on obtient trois tabourets. (N^o 398. Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, 69^e. Livraison. D. Guilmard. Imp. Dec,an. Paris)
(N^o 398. Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, 69^e. Livraison. D. Guilmard. Imp. Dec,an. Paris)	(N^o 398. Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, 69^e. Livraison. D. Guilmard. Imp. Dec,an. Paris)
Music seats. (fig. 1, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)	(fig. 2, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)
(fig. 3, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)	(fig. 4, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)
(fig. 5, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)	(fig. 6, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)
(fig. 7, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)	(fig. 8, plate 74. The Cabinet-Maker's Assistant, a Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture. Blackie and Son, Glasgow, 1853)
Music-stools are made to raise or lower by means of a screw in the stem (figs 320, 321. T. Webster and Mrs. Parkes, D. M. Reese, ed. An Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy. Harper & Brothers, New York 1855)	Music Stool Couverette (ill. 21, The Ladies' Work-Book, Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. John Cassell, London. 1855)
A Stool that can be Raised and Lowered. It can be raised or lowered by means of a screw in the seat, which turns in a thread in the foot. (fig. 1, plate 22. L. E. Bergeron,The Turner's Manual. F. Offen, London 1877. facing p.182)	The stool shown in fig. 6 apears to us, on the whole, to be more convenient and more solid. (fig. 6, plate 22. L. E. Bergeron,The Turner's Manual. F. Offen, London 1877. facing p.182)
Music Stool (fig. 462-463. Paul Hasluck. Cabinet Work and Joinery. Cassell and Company, London 1907)	Music Stool with shaped posts and rising seat (fig. 472. Paul Hasluck. Cabinet Work and Joinery. Cassell and Company, London 1907)