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Folding Stool

ca. 1950
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Folding Stool
  • Artist: Ole Wauscher (Danish, Frederiksberg 1903–1985 Charlottenlund)
  • Date: ca. 1950
  • Medium: Rosewood and goat skin
  • Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 12 7/8 in., 6 lb. (41.3 × 48.9 × 32.7 cm, 2.7 kg)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Clara Mertens, in memory of André Mertens, 1985
  • Object Number: 1986.164
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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