chairs
Counter Stool
Bent-laminated ash arches carrying a wool felt seat.
Each side of the stool is one bent lamination that leaves the floor, turns across the seat and returns to the floor again — a single line doing the work of two legs and a rail. Thin plies of ash were glued over a form, so the grain follows the curve instead of running out of it, which is what lets the frame stay this slender and still take a grown adult's weight without complaint.
The seat is heavy wool felt, stretched between the two arches. It gives slightly, it warms up, and it takes the hardness out of a piece that is otherwise all wood. The footrest is a second lamination, ringed around the front and sides where shoes actually land, and pinned to the legs with wedged through tenons.
Specifications
- Species
- White ash
- Availability
- Commission — made to your counter height
Interested in this piece?
Every piece is built to order. Tell Matt what you have in mind — the room, the species, the dimensions — and he'll take it from there.
