Egg Foot Stool 3127

Overview

The Egg™ foot stool 3127 is the footstool of the Egg™ series by Arne Jacobsen, designed in 1958. Fritz Hansen's page gives it a neat, understated form with a star-base chosen to match the curves of the Egg chair.

Construction

• Shell: synthetic material, the foam for the upholstery is moulded straight onto the hard PUR shell (fact sheet)
• Base: four-star aluminium base, satin polished or powder coated; the sheet says the footstool is without swivel function
• Leg ferrules: black polyamide

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Specifications

• H 37 × W 56 × D 40 cm
• Product weight 4.5 kg (page); the fact sheet gives 4.6 kg in textile and 4.8 kg in leather

A footstool for the Egg

On the product page, Fritz Hansen describes the foot stool's form as neat and understated, with a star-base matching the curves of the Egg™ chair. The fact sheet lists it as model 3127, next to the lounge chair 3316, and gives Arne Jacobsen and 1958 as designer and year of design for the Egg™.

One model, two coverings

The fact sheet gives the footstool's weight and material shares for two coverings, textile and leather, and the product data lists the upholstery ranges available for model 3127.