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Stool

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stool by Josef Hoffmann. Black wooden stool with a square seat and frame. The seat is flat and square with a recessed area in the center. A thick border around the seat. Four legs, straight and cylindrical, connected by two horizontal bars on each side. The lower bars form a rectangular frame. Decorative elements on the sides between legs consisting of short vertical lines connected by a wavy horizontal line. The stool is photographed from an angle, with the front right corner closest to the viewer. The background is light gray.

Artwork details

Date:
17th–18th century
Medium:
Wood (jizhimu)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 494 px
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