Tuffet Stool
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Maple plywood, polyurethane foam, stainless steel, upholstery (possibly mohair velvet), rubber
DATES
1994
DIMENSIONS
20 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (52.1 x 37.5 x 37.5 cm)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
1997.68.1
CREDIT LINE
Maria L. Emmons Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Body of stool in shape of inverted beehive, consists of alternating, one-inch layers of circular pieces of plywood and black foam (diameters vary to form beehive shape), the plywood layers extend about one inch past the foam. Slightly domed padded seat on top covered with black upholstery. Stool raised on three tubular steel legs with black rubber caps on feet; legs pierce through foam layer (fourth layer from bottom) and cant out to ground.
CONDITION: Good; small scuffs in plywood and on legs; larger nick in topmost layer of plywood.
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