Woven Cord Footstool
date: label: Date
content: 2003
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: Ordinary objects can also be works of art, like this footstool made by Ira Blount (1918-2020). Its white woven top carries out a nautical theme as well as a numerical one. Quartets of cord woven into a pattern stretch taut across four dowels joined to four square posts of white oak. Below, four beech rungs also support the footstool’s rectangular frame.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0079
objectType: label: Type
content: footstool
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cord (fiber product) and wood
label: Dimensions
content: 9 × 12 1/4 × 9 in. (22.9 × 31.1 × 22.9 cm)