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Stool

Stool
2015-2016 (made)
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.

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Stool
TitleStool (assigned by artist)
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 typesmall 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 createdApril 4, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1348058/stool-stool-assemble/
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