Stool

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Artist/Maker	Assemble (made) Granby Workshop (maker)
Place of origin	Liverpool (made)

This is one of a collection of objects in the V&As collection made by members of the Granby Workshop, a social enterprise created in Liverpool by the collective Assemble. In 2015, with the Granby Four Streets project, of which the Granby Workshop plays the most significant and highest profile constituent, Assemble won Britain’s most prestigious art award, the Turner Prize.

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Category	Furniture
Object type	Stool
Materials and techniques	Legs of stool turned by hand on a lathe, then charred matt black with a blowtorch and fixed to slabs of pale poplar with a through-tenon joint, the top and sections then sanded. Poplar Tenon Sanded Lathe Turned Burnt Cut
Brief description	Granby Workshop; Timber Stool, 2015-2016
Physical description	A four legged stool; with charded black legs and top, with pale wood sides and tops.
Dimensions	Height: 45cm Width: 30.8cm Depth: 14cm
Style	21st Century
Production type	small batch
Summary	This is one of a collection of objects in the V&As collection made by members of the Granby Workshop, a social enterprise created in Liverpool by the collective Assemble. In 2015, with the Granby Four Streets project, of which the Granby Workshop plays the most significant and highest profile constituent, Assemble won Britain’s most prestigious art award, the Turner Prize.
Collection	Design, Architecture and Digital Department
Accession number	CD.141-2016

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Record created	April 4, 2016
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1348058/stool-stool-assemble/

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