Heavy Cast Metal Tabletop Brutalist Chair red and white embroidery The long rectangles measure 2

The long rectangles measure 2 1/2" x 3/4"

as well as fun to play

used for gathering many many dozens of eggs and perhaps much else as well--the result being a number of breaks in the the split wrapping the wide band of its rim

The carved and painted bird looks to me to be German / Black Forest

Heavy Cast Metal Tabletop Brutalist Chair red and white embroidery The long rectangles measure 2I don't know much of anything about this chair and how it came to be, but I love it. It feels to me more like a model created by a design build firm than anything else, or maybe product of an industrial design class, but I'm really not sure. Definitely it was cast in two pieces, welded together where they meet. In any case, while not an especially hospitable looking chair, a pretty great looking object. 7 t x 5 7 8 d x 4 7 8 w. with a nice surface