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Design

1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

These designs are eleven preliminary working sketches for a stool known as the 'Flight' stool and related furniture which are designed to be made out of continuous sheets of plywood. They are sketches which were drawn quickly to express ideas for the form of the stool. The sketches are by the firm of designers, Barber Osgerby Associates, which is based in London.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand-drawn with black roller-ball pen and ink on tracing paper
Brief description
Preliminary working sketches for the "Flight" stool, Barber Osgerby Associates, London, 1998
Physical description
Preliminary working sketches (11) for the "Flight" stool and related furniture (intended to be made out of continuous sheets of plywood). The sketches are in black ink on one rectangular sheet of tracing paper. The tracing paper has been torn out of a larger sheet and has two torn sides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30cm
  • Width: 40.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BOA / BARBER OSGERBY ASSOCIATES' (Printed in ink in the bottom, right front corner.)
Credit line
Given by Barber Osgerby Associates
Production
Attribution note: Designs for furniture intended to be made out of a continous sheet of plywood.
Subject depicted
Summary
These designs are eleven preliminary working sketches for a stool known as the 'Flight' stool and related furniture which are designed to be made out of continuous sheets of plywood. They are sketches which were drawn quickly to express ideas for the form of the stool. The sketches are by the firm of designers, Barber Osgerby Associates, which is based in London.
Collection
Accession number
E.188-2000

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Record createdApril 25, 2003
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