STOVE
Gabriel Tan
Behold the seat
Three legs and a short backrest; what more does a chair need? Gabriel Tan
has reinterpreted the minimalistic character of Shaker furniture, and especially
the unusual shape of the Shaker wood-fired stove. The Stove chair provides
comfort with its softened, convex seat and low back rest, which provides just
enough lumbar support. Use it wherever you like thanks to its reduced form,
or admire the finely crafted furniture icon hung from a peg rail or the included
wall-mounted peg. “The Shakers used to hang their stools upside down on the
wall in order to make space,” says Gabriel Tan. “I decided to hang it upright
and display it like a sculpture.” Gabriel, who lives in Singapore, was inspired
by the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, where he was part of an
international workshop to design Shaker-inspired products with designers from
all over the world.
