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Stool,
Accession # 83.108.2
Designer Frank Gehry
Title Stool, "Easy Edges"
Date Designed 1971; Manufactured ca. 1982
Medium Corrugated cardboard, pressed board and wood
Dimensions 29 x 11 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (73.7 x 28.5 x 41.7 cm)
Marks no marks
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Gift of Paul F. Walter
Location Visible Storage: Case 8, Shelf C (Contemporary Furniture)
Description High stool, simply formed of a single piece of cross-laminated corrugated cardboard (21 layers); in profile, a modified upside-down U-shape, the top forming a seat, with a pronounced inward curve forming a foot rest, then curving out to form the front of the base. Unfinished dowels set into underside of front and back bases and underneath the footrest. CONDITION: Wear from slight use, especially on the seat and footrest, with split edges and rough spots throughout. Red paint (?) on proper left of back at base.