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2005

  • Work on this object began.

2013

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Steel Tongue Stool Prototype

This is a Stool prototype. It was designed by Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta and made by PIE Studios. It is dated 2005 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is wrapped and interwoven aluminum strips. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Irwin R. Berman and Linda Berman. It is credited The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.

  • Brooch
  • cut, polished, assembled and cold-connected stainless steel sheets and steel....
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2022-42-5

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 61 x 45.7 x 73.7 cm (24 x 18 x 29 in.)

It has the following markings

Signed and dated on inside of strips: "STEEL TONGUE, May 31, 2005/PIE Prototype"

Cite this object as

Steel Tongue Stool Prototype; Designed by Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta; Made by PIE Studios; USA; wrapped and interwoven aluminum strips; H x W x D: 61 x 45.7 x 73.7 cm (24 x 18 x 29 in.); The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection; 2013-50-41

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