Wood Stele Pedestal

Plain, upright box in deep brown, minimal as a pause.

This oak stele pedestal is contemporary. Stele pedestals take their form from the stele, an upright slab used since ancient times in Egypt, Greece and elsewhere to carry inscriptions or mark a place. Tall rectangular block with crisp square edges and a smooth, matte surface in dark chocolate brown. A narrower plinth step is visible beneath it. Fine vertical grain is faintly visible, with no ornament at all. It is 13.5 inches long, 13.5 deep and 23.75 high.

Says nothing, and holds the room up while doing it.