ARTIST STOOL

A working object. Solid wood throughout, with a beautiful aged patina that only accumulates through decades of actual use. The round seat adjusts via a central wooden screw mechanism, height customizable by hand, no hardware required. Three splayed legs splay wide enough to stay planted on uneven studio floors.

The genius of these stools is their lack of pretension. Made for painters, sculptors, and drafters who needed to move, pivot, and settle — the screw mechanism a simple, entirely analog solution to a problem of the body. A century of use has collapsed the distance between the maker and the object; the grain is dark where hands gripped, the seat worn where weight was placed.

FRANCE, 1930'S
13" x 17½"