Stool E60
Alvar Aalto's four-legged, stackable birch stool for Artek, dated 1934
420 × 440 × 420 mm
Source: technical drawing image — Stool E60 (four legs) — published as W 42 × D 42 × H 44 cm
1934
Finland
Description
Overview
Stool E60 is the four-legged stool by Alvar Aalto that Artek lists with the year 1934; the page says it can serve as a seat, a table, storage or a display surface.
Construction
Four solid-birch legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat. Seat core: solid birch or birch plywood. Seat surface: birch veneer, high-pressure laminate, linoleum, or upholstery in fabric or leather. The page marks it as stackable.
Specifications
- Height: 44 cm (not labelled on the drawing); stacking: max. 10
- Legs and seat edge-band: solid birch
- Versions: 21 on the page
- Origin: Finland
Story
The four-legged member
Artek lists Stool E60 in its L-leg Collection with the year 1934. The factsheet for Stool 60, Stool E60 and Children's Stool NE60 carries the line "design Alvar Aalto 1933-34" and gives three legs for Stool 60 and four for E60 and NE60.
In use
Artek's captions show it beside Side Table 606 and, in Aalto's architecture studio, with Chair 66. The page says it suits homes, public buildings and educational facilities.
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