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Yanagi Elephant Stool

Sori Yanagi ‘Elephant’ stool for Kotobuki, Japan 1954
By Kotobuki, Sori Yanagi
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Elephant stool by Sori Yanagi for Kotobuki Seating Company, Tokyo 1954. Yanagi originally designed
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Fiberglass

2. of 2 Elephant Stool attributed to Sori Yanagi, 1950s
By Sori Yanagi
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2. of 2 Elephant Stool attributed to Sori Yanagi, 1950s Probably Prototype. We have a total of 2
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Sori Yonagi for Hida Bleached Oak Table and Chairs Reissue 2022
By Hida, Sori Yanagi
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Arts) in 1934, where he studied both art and architecture. Career Butterfly Stool (1954) Yanagi was
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Dining Room Sets

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Oak

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Elephant Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, 1954
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Elephant Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, 1954
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Yanagi Elephant Stool For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal yanagi elephant stool for your home. Each yanagi elephant stool for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using plastic and fiberglass. There are 23 variations of the antique or vintage yanagi elephant stool you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the yanagi elephant stool you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A yanagi elephant stool, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made yanagi elephant stool over the years, but those crafted by Sori Yanagi and Vitra are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Yanagi Elephant Stool?

The average selling price for a yanagi elephant stool at 1stDibs is $1,400, while they’re typically $94 on the low end and $4,146 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right stools for You

Stools are versatile and a necessary addition to any living room, kitchen area or elsewhere in your home. A sofa or reliable lounge chair might nab all the credit, comfort-wise, but don’t discount the roles that good antique, new and vintage stools can play.

“Stools are jewels and statements in a space, and they can also be investment pieces,” says New York City designer Amy Lau, who adds that these seats provide an excellent choice for setting an interior’s general tone. 

Stools, which are among the oldest forms of wooden furnishings, may also serve as decorative pieces, even if we’re talking about a stool that is far less sculptural than the gracefully curving molded plywood shells that make up Sōri Yanagi’s provocative Butterfly stool

Fawn Galli, a New York interior designer, uses her stools in the same way you would use a throw pillow. “I normally buy several styles and move them around the home where needed,” she says.

Stools are smaller pieces of seating as compared to armchairs or dining chairs and can add depth as well as functionality to a space that you’ve set aside for entertaining. For a splash of color, consider the Stool 60, a pioneering work of bentwood by Finnish architect and furniture maker Alvar Aalto. It’s manufactured by Artek and comes in a variety of colored seats and finishes.

Barstools that date back to the 1970s are now more ubiquitous in kitchens. Vintage barstools have seen renewed interest, be they a meld of chrome and leather or transparent plastic, such as the Lucite and stainless-steel counter stool variety from Indiana-born furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones, who is renowned for his acrylic works. A cluster of barstools — perhaps a set of four brushed-aluminum counter stools by Emeco or Tubby Tube stools by Faye Toogood — can encourage merriment in the kitchen. If you’ve got the room for family and friends to congregate and enjoy cocktails where the cooking is done, consider matching your stools with a tall table.

Whether you need counter stools, drafting stools or another kind, explore an extensive range of antique, new and vintage stools on 1stDibs.