Marcel Wanders
Dutch, born 1963
Crochet Table
INV-1898
Marcel Wanders
Dutch, born 19632002
Crochet Table
Marcel Wanders Dutch, born 1963 →21st Centurydesign
Date
2002
Medium
Hand-knitted cotton and epoxy
Dimensions
30 × 60 × 30 cm (12 × 24 × 12 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Architecture & Design Society
Marcel Wanders’s Crochet Table challenges the qualities associated with needlework as a non-structural, decorative embellishment. Playing off a minimalist vocabulary, Wanders took lacy, crocheted cotton and wrapped it over a simple rectangular form. The cotton was then coated with an epoxy to seal the surface and harden it into shape. Finally, the form within was removed, leaving a simple box that is structurally and solely made of the crocheted material.
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