II.228 Spool Coffee Table, 1974 (31)

Sculpture

Wendell Castle Archives

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

sc.0277.0031.1974

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Maple, Suede

Collection

Tables, 1970s

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Wendell Castle

Role

Artist

Date made

1974

Time Period

1970s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

WC 74

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Catalogue Raisonné Number

Other Number

II.228

Number Type

Studio Number

Other Number

Colors

Color

Brown

Color Notes

A light brown base and tabletop with a darker, red-tinted center.

Inventory

Inventoried By

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Inventoried Date

Sep 10, 2026

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs

Place

County

Scottsville

State/Province

New York

General Notes

Note Type

Literature

Note

Jamie Miller, "The Castle's Castle," Upstate New York Sunday magazine (Democrat and Chronicle) (Rochester, NY), May 25, 1975.

Note Type

Comments

Note

After the success of the Molar series, Castle designed Spool Tables for Beylerian Ltd., a contract furniture company, to produce as an edition. Beylerian changed ownership and the prototypes were never put into production.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

September 9, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 10, 2026