Product sheet Butterfly stool
Designer:
Sori Yanagi
Manufacturer:
Tendo
Sori Yanagi
Manufacturer:
Tendo
Rosewood plywood, brass
17"w x 12"d x 15"h
Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool combines the disparate traditions of Eastern philosophy and aesthetics with Western modernism. Rather than drawing on Japanese furniture traditions, the stool's form suggests a reductive interpretation of a Japanese kimono.
Literature:
Design Since 1945, Philadelphia Museum of Art, pg. 137
estimated value:
2000-3000 US$
reached price:
3500 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2005-03-20
location: Chicago
Lot number: 134
2000-3000 US$
reached price:
3500 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2005-03-20
location: Chicago
Lot number: 134
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