The Meeting Bench

Hard maple, hickory, milk paint, waterlox & linseed oil
87" L x 42” H x 37” W

A collaboration with chairmaker Peter Galbert. Designed for the Linde Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Meeting Bench draws from the MFA’s American furniture holdings and Boston’s Windsor chairmaking history. Built using traditional hand-splitting techniques, the thin, flexible components create a structure defined as much by empty space as by material. Familiar rod-back and birdcage references combine with broken lines, overlapping forms, curved planes, and slipped spindles. The bench offers a comfortable, open place for rest and gathering within a public space.

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