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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
Public Domain
Yes
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