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Design

1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barber Osgerby Associates (designers)
Place of origin
London (made)

These designs are preliminary working sketches for the stool known as the 'Flight' stool, by the London-based firm of designers, Barber Osgerby Associates. The stool is designed to be made from a continous sheet of plywood. These sketches were drawn quickly to express ideas about the form of the furniture.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Furniture
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Hand-drawn with black roller-ball pen and ink on tracing paper
Roller-Ball Pen Ink
Tracing Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Preliminary working sketches for the "Flight" stool, Barber Osgerby Associates, London, 1998
Physical description
Preliminary working sketches for the "Flight" stool and related furniture (intended to be made out of continuous sheets of plywood). The sketches are in pencil on a rectangular sheet of tracing paper. The sheet is torn at the top and bottom from a larger sheet of paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.2cm
  • Width: 29.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BOA / BARBER OSGERBY ASSOCIATES / T01819607928 / F01819648248' (In ink printed on front middle on right side.)
Credit line
Given by Barber Osgerby Associates
Production
Attribution note: Design for furniture intended to be made out of a continuous sheet of plywood.
Subject depicted
Stool
Summary
These designs are preliminary working sketches for the stool known as the 'Flight' stool, by the London-based firm of designers, Barber Osgerby Associates. The stool is designed to be made from a continous sheet of plywood. These sketches were drawn quickly to express ideas about the form of the furniture.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.189-2000

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Record createdApril 25, 2003
Record URL
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