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.

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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.