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Stool,
Accession # 1996.142.46
Maker George Nakashima
Title Stool, "Mira"
Date ca. 1965
Medium Cherry
Dimensions 27 x 19 1/4 x 16 1/2in. (68.6 x 48.9 x 41.9cm)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden
Location Visible Storage: Case 3, Shelf B (Special Exhibition)
Description Cherry stool. Triangular seat with rounded corners and sides, one point faces front center; top of seat scooped out to conform to human body. Low seat back consisting of seven narrow tubular stiles set into back edge of seat; these stiles support a curved band of wood forming a back rail at top. Seat raised on three canted, tubular legs set into underside of seat at corners. The tubular legs and stiles bulge slightly in center. CONDITION: Good