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©2005 Yoav S. Liberman

Hat rack , 2002

reclaimed pine, maple, copper.

In its previous life the hat rack was a Windsor chair at Harvard University.  The chair was tossed away one day. We found it broken with some of its limbs missing. I extracted its six beautiful spindles, armrest, four legs and the entire back. Then I reassembled them around a tall post.  Later, I fitted wooden balls in positions that are suitable for placing hats. Finally, I topped it off with a copper finial made of a toilet tank float ball. The composition and the paint scheme is a celebration of shapes and forms reminiscent of the architectural details that characterized the chair’s surroundings during its former life on campus.