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Backenzahn Stool
Solid-oak stool cut from the centre of the tree, its cracked legs making every piece unique.
270 × 470 × 270 mm
1996
Germany
Official product information
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Description
Overview
BACKENZAHN™ (data sheet ST04, Hocker / Stool) is Philipp Mainzer's 1996 stool for e15, listed with a concave seat that "provides seating comfort" and measuring 270 × 270 × 470 mm. On e15's stool page the stool is "a modern design classic" and part of several museum collections.
Construction
- Wood: solid wood from the centre of the tree; cracks form in the legs during seasoning, so no two stools match
- Seat: concave
Specifications
- Dimensions: L 270 × W 270 × H 470 mm (10 5/8 × 10 5/8 × 18 1/2 inch)
- Finishes on the data sheet: oak oiled; oak chocolate brown stained, lacquered; oak dark stained, lacquered
- e15.shop: "Crafted in Germany", offered in oiled European oak or walnut
- Fast-track programme: available in oak
Story
Designed to use the off-cuts
e15's 30 Years Bigfoot journal says Philipp Mainzer designed the BACKENZAHN stool to make use of the off-cuts from the production of the BIGFOOT table. e15's stool page dates the stool's design to 1996 and adds that the legs crack during seasoning.
Stool and side table
The data sheet states that ST04 BACKENZAHN is available as a stool with a concave seat or as a side table with a plain surface.
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Collection
Backenzahn
The e15 BACKENZAHN family by Philipp Mainzer: the 1996 solid-oak stool, the flat-top side table and the 2021 tannin-black Black Oak anniversary edition.