Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Rooster, Folding Stool

Rooster, Folding Stool

Designer: Barry Simpson
Manufacturer: Dirt Road
Medium: Plywood, canvas
Place Manufactured: Waitsfield, Vermont, USA
Dates: Designed: 1975-1976; Manufactured: 1976-1984
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (41.9 x 42.5 x 36.5 cm)
Markings: Marked on underside of seat, incised in brown within outline of a rooster: "ROOSTER" surrounded by a ring reading "BY DIRT ROAD / WAITSFIELD, VT."
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1994.156.2
Credit Line: Maria L. Emmons Fund and the Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund
Image: Overall, 1994.156.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: "Rooster" portable, collapsible, folding stool of varnished plywood, with nylon webbing. When opened: seat is square and formed by two matching triangular pieces with a small round hole cut out near top corner; when folded, these holes match up and create handle for carrying. Seat supported on base that forms a cross in plan, with the two sides intersecting down center. One side composed of two symmetrical plywood pieces joined with screws to form overall shape of square with large round hole cut out of center. Other side composed of symmetrical plywood pieces joined with screws to take overall shape of an "X" with large circle at midpoint; when the stool is closed and the two sides folded together, this circle fits into the round cutout on the other side; when the stool is open, the top points of this "X" fit into the small round cutouts of the seat, locking it in place. Brown nylon webbing strip joins seat to base at two corners. CONDITION: Good, some spots of dirt and scuff marks.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Rooster, Folding Stool