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Lotus Arts de Vivre's Handcrafted Animal Sculptural Stools Where Rattan, Leather and Wild Symbolism Meet
- Style Essentials Edit Team
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Lotus Arts de Vivre has long understood that the most compelling objects in a room are the ones that carry a life of their own, and its animal stool collection makes that case through woven rattan, hand-stitched cowhide leather, iron reinforcement, and metal detailing in a series of pieces where the stool as a form is simply the starting point for something considerably more layered.
The Woven Rattan Elephant Stool is the most immediately tactile of the four, handcrafted in woven rattan with metal accents applied to the tusks, eyes, ears, and feet to sharpen the elephant's features against the warmth of the weave, supported on sturdy iron and built well enough for regular use while carrying the kind of considered craftsmanship that makes it equally at home standing alone in an entryway or alongside a console where the woven surface has room to be properly seen. The Brown Leather Hippo Stool takes a different material path, beginning with a fiber base reinforced with iron before being finished entirely in hand-stitched cowhide leather with metal detailing that adds character and contrast, the result being a piece that is smooth and substantial in a way that feels deliberate, the hippo's associations with strength and calm during difficulty lending the object a quiet narrative weight beyond its considerable physical presence.
The Brown Leather Elephant Stool channels the deep cultural symbolism that the elephant carries in Thai heritage and the values of power, peace, wisdom, and spiritual guidance that Lotus Arts de Vivre builds into every curve and detail, so that the piece commands attention not through excess but through a quiet authority that makes it work equally as a statement stool, a sculptural accent, or simply something you want to be near. The Brown Leather Bulldog Stool arrives with an almost bespoke sense of occasion; the same fiber mold and iron reinforcement and hand-stitched cowhide construction are elevated further by a Galuchat leather collar with a delicate bell, an addition rare enough and considered enough to place the piece firmly in collectible territory, its associations with loyalty, protection, and companionship woven into a design language that manages to feel warm and opulent in equal measure.
Each piece is the work of master artisans drawing on generations-old techniques and rare natural materials from across cultures, giving every stool its own distinct soul and story.
The collection is available at ladv.com.
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