item details
NameStool
ProductionNamco Industries; manufacturer(s); 6 October 1961; Auckland
Classificationstools, seating furniture
Materialsmetal, vinyl, foam, wood, paper
Materials SummaryVinyl, metal, wood, foam and paper
DimensionsApproximate: 510mm (width), 420mm (height), 385mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH024420
Credit lineGift of Kirstie Ross, 2014
Overview
Another Namco
This small stool is made by Namco Industries Ltd, a significant New Zealand furniture manufacturing company that operated from 1957 through to 2007. Namco produced both office and domestic furniture.
The stool still has its original upholstery - a mid-blue vinyl piped with contrasting yellow, and not only features the company's trademark on the base declaring the stool to be 'Another Namco', but also a stamp with its exact date of manufacture: 3 October 1961.