MR Stool

Overview

The MR Stool (model 243LC) is a low, backless seat from Knoll's MR Collection. Knoll describes it as a simple piece that works as a seat or an ottoman, built from a tubular steel frame and a thick channel-tufted leather cushion, and the shop gives its design year as 1927.

Construction

• Seamless tubular steel frame in polished chrome
• Quilted leather cushion attached with leather straps that match the cushion colour
• Glides included

Specifications

• W 22½" × D 23¾" × H 18" (572 × 603 × 457 mm), per the sheet drawing
• Page and shop print W 23¾" (603 mm) and D 22½" (572 mm); H 18"
• Weight 12 lb

A seat or an ottoman

Knoll's shop page calls the MR Stool a simple piece that can be used as a seat or an ottoman. The shop text dates the design to 1927 and describes it as pure and simple, with an awareness of proportion, craftsmanship and materiality.

The smallest piece of the MR Lounge sheet

On the MR Lounge Collection product sheet the stool stands in a row of drawings with the lounge chairs and the two chaises, and at 18 in it is the lowest of them.