Brutus Stool Cane

Description

The new BassamFellows Brutus stool, debuted in Milan in 2025, has its roots in the powerful Modernist vernacular of Perriand and Jeanneret, but is softer and visually lighter. It emphasizes certain sculptural elements, elevating visual aspects evident in much Brutalist design, but updated with organic smoothness. It is more “cut” than it is “built”, and its shape looks like it has been weathered naturally and then manipulated – the silhouette of the back suggests a giant shell that has been machined to create a striking squared-off hole in the centre.

The back and seat look like a single sculptural element, the horizontal and vertical planes meeting with pleasing curves. The Vienna caning of the seat in some examples of the stool (others are upholstered with leather) draws a line back to 1950s Chandigarh, and contributes to the visual and physical lightness of the object.

Like Jeanneret’s work in India, the Brutus stool is something strong and solid, but in this case, perspective is everything – the legs are elliptical, tapering down from the seat to the floor, and shaped like a rounded shark’s fin, so they look broad from one angle, and remarkably thin from another. As with the BassamFellows Tractor Stool, the legs are inserted directly into the seat with a large tenon.

Product ID: 1210636

Dimensions

Counter Height:
Width: 420mm
Depth: 462mm
Height: 850mm
Seat Height: 644mm

Bar Height:
Width: 420mm
Depth: 462mm
Height: 960mm
Seat Height: 754mm

Warranty

This product is covered by a 2-year conditional warranty.

Sustainability

Our operations are carbon neutral. The local and international freight we organise to deliver this product to you will be offset through the purchase of Verified Carbon Standard carbon credits.