Rooster, Folding Stool
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Barry Simpson. Rooster, Folding Stool, Designed: 1975–1976; Manufactured: 1976–1984. Plywood, canvas, 16 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (41.9 x 42.5 x 36.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Maria L. Emmons Fund and Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, 1994.156.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.156.2.jpg)
Designer
Manufacturer
Title
Rooster, Folding Stool
Date
Designed: 1975–1976; Manufactured: 1976–1984
Geography
Place manufactured: Waitsfield, Vermont, United States
Medium
Plywood, canvas
Classification
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."
Credit Line
Maria L. Emmons Fund and Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund
Accession Number
1994.156.2
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
This is called the "Rooster" folding stool and during this time designers and furniture makers were using 'unconventional' materials - like the plywood you see here - to create pieces.
Can you tell me about this?
The stool was designed by Barry Simpson in 1975 - 76. It is made of plywood and canvas and was intended to be transportable, as it can collapse.Many designers in the 70s were interesting in designing for new transient / nomadic lifestyles, rather than making furniture for traditional domestic family homes.
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