Nelson Style Bench Help  

pretty
Sure it was either made by a man or a woman

Impossible to
say -- especially as we can't see the legs or base in your photos ?

Here are better photos. The...
Here are better photos. The legs have finger joints.

Hmm.
Thanks for the photos. I like the design and the construction -- two aspects which in my book should be intimately associated. Strength and beauty in a single stroke, in this case.
As to who should be credited with the design and/or construction of this piece: I await the answer with bated breath. It would be hard to believe that the designer was ignorant of the Nelson bench, given the form of those leg hoops.
Does anyone know if the Nelson legs are made with finger joints ?

Interesting variation on the Nelson bench!
And
yes, they are made w/ finger joints.

A couple of similar-looking examples.
No attribution, though.

Seems to be the
same design, yes. Where did you find those ?