Tage Frid Three-Legged Stool, 1983

16” wide x 11” deep x 21.25” high

American black walnut. The three-legged stool was one of Frid’s most successful and iconic designs and one he used as an example in the volume dedicated to furniture making. While sitting on a fence at a horse show, Frid was inspired to explore the minimal amount of structure needed to support a grown human. The result was a stool with a seat sixteen inches wide and six inches deep. The stool was made in three heights; this example is the low height. A fastidious craftsman, Frid’s stool exhibits a range of construction techniques: the back and seat are sawn and shaped; the back is dovetailed to the seat; the legs and stretchers are shaved; and the legs are through-tenoned to the seat. SIGNED AND DATED 1983 Danish-born craftsman Tage Frid influenced generations of American craftsmen though his woodworking courses and his three-volume Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, which has been in continuous publication since 1979.