Stool (tabouret)

Friedrich Gilly, 1800

MEDIUMPine, birch, mahogany; silk, lampas

DIMENSIONSOverall (confirmed, ht. with current upholstery profile): 20 3/8 × 19 1/8 × 19 1/8 in. (51.8 × 48.6 × 48.6 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Friedrich Gilly 1772–1800 · Kingdom of Prussia

Prodigy architect who died at 28, but not before teaching the great Schinkel and dreaming up visionary monuments.