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Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A butterfly stool, model "S-0521/M", by Sori Yanagi, in wood and patinated brass, manufactured by
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi, "Butterfly" Stools, Walnut, Brass, Japan, 1954
By Tendo Mokko, Sori Yanagi
Located in High Point, NC
A set of first production walnut "Butterfly" stools, designed in 1954 by Sori Yanagi and produced
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Butterfly Stools, Cognac Leather, Bonet, Kurchan & Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Miami, FL
Set of Six Bonet, Kurchan & Ferrari-Hardoy Butterfly Stools, Cognac Leather and black iron. Ready
Category
1990s American Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Sori Yanagi BUTTERFLY Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Sori Yanagi (Japanese, 1915-2011); Tendo (Japan)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: rosewood plywood, brass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 15....
Category
20th Century Stools
Materials
Wood
Sori Yanagi Rosewood and Brass Butterfly Stool Vintage
By Sori Yanagi
Located in North Miami, FL
This iconic and collectable butterfly stool is a work of simple and elegant sculpture by the
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Materials
Brass
Mini Butterfly Stool, Pink Fandango Jacquard, Dark Wood, Europe 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Small stool called "Butterfly" with dark brown walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat
Category
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Jacquard
H 32.29 in W 17.72 in D 15.75 in
Pair Vintage BKF Hardoy for Knoll Cream Leather Butterfly Stool
By Knoll, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic butterfly ottoman in stunning cream leather, designed by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy and produced
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Iron
1955, Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen, Barstool 3197 Butterfly in White Lasur
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
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White butterfly stool is an elegant design. The shell of the stool is in a good condition except for 2
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 43.71 in W 18.12 in D 23.23 in
Sori Yanagi 'Monjiro' Stool in Oak and Steel for Hida
By Hida, Sori Yanagi
Located in Glendale, CA
founder of modern postwar industrial design methods. His award-winning “Butterfly Stool” was the first
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Javanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Mid Century Stool in Plywood Produced by Tendo, 1980s
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and iconic mid century stool model "Butterfly" in molded plywood by Sori Yanagi produced by
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
H 17.33 in W 18.9 in D 12.6 in
Mike Hexagonal Stool or Side Table in Reclaimed Oak with Butterfly Wingnuts
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
tops are assembled with handmade brass butterfly wing bolts to form a stool or side table. Two, three
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
H 17.72 in W 14.18 in D 12.21 in
Vintage BKF Hardoy Butterfly Chair Footstool for Knoll
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage BKF Hardoy butterfly chair footstool for Knoll. Navy blue sling is in excellent new
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Modern Wood Stool by Pierre Sarkis
By Pierre Sarkis
Located in Guatemala City, Central America
Modern Wood Stool by Pierre Sarkis from Celine collection. Accent stool, butterfly outdoor set
Category
2010s Guatemalan Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage Hand Carved Hand Weave Tapestry Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
elegant hand carved stool upholstered with beautiful hand weave tapestry with two bird ,butterfly
Category
20th Century Unknown Stools
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Wood
Pair of Frederick Weinberg Bar Stools
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Enameled iron butterfly hairpin legs with sheepskin seats.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Stools
Materials
Sheepskin
Isokon Plywood Stool Venesta Iconic 1930s Modernism
By Luterma
Located in Norwich, GB
An iconic Isokon laminated birch plywood stool, with distributor label: Venesta. Circa 1933.
The
Category
Vintage 1930s Estonian Bauhaus Stools
Materials
Plywood
1930s Isokon Plywood Stool Venesta Iconic Modernism
By Luterma
Located in Norwich, GB
An iconic Isokon laminated birch plywood stool, distributor label: Venesta. Circa 1933.
The Isokon
Category
Vintage 1930s Estonian Bauhaus Stools
Materials
Plywood
Pair Mid-Century Japanese Hand Painted and Gilt Satsuma Porcelain Garden Stools
By Satsuma
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den or a living room with this pair of colorful polychrome garden stools. Created in
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Stools
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Mid-Century Design "Kabuto" Lounge Chair
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Meguro-ku, JP
" chairs have been made by Tendo who manufactured the famous "Butterfly” stool designed by Sori Yanagi.
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Japanese Mid-Century Design "Kabuto" Dining Chair
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Meguro-ku, JP
" chairs have been made by Tendo who manufactured the famous "Butterfly” stool designed by Sori Yanagi.
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Japanese Style Rosewood Plywood Seats
By Kenji Fujimori
Located in Meguro-ku, JP
Butterfly stool is a famous product manufactured by TENDO.
This plywood seat was designed by Kenji Fujimori
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Plywood
Set of 4 Fritz Hansen Serie 7 brown oak plywood barstool by Arne Jacobsen
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in amstelveen, NL
The Fritz Hansen Series 7 Bar Stool by Arne Jacobsen, designed in 1955
The seat is made of curved
Category
Early 2000s European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Oak, Plywood
H 43.31 in W 23.23 in D 20.87 in
Small Round Stool with Green Velvet and Butterfly Floral Patterned Fabric
By The Tailored Home, Jhon Ortiz
Located in Greenwich, CT
These small round stools are upholstered in a dark green velvet atop a butterfly printed fabric
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Poplar
Sori Yanagi 'Collection' Dining Armchair in Stained White Oak for Hida
By Sori Yanagi, Hida
Located in Glendale, CA
industrial design methods. His award-winning “Butterfly Stool” was the first Japanese-designed industrial
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ch...
Materials
Oak
Sori Yanagi 'Collection' Dining Chair in White Oak for Hida
By Sori Yanagi, Hida
Located in Glendale, CA
methods. His award-winning “Butterfly Stool” was the first Japanese-designed industrial design to receive
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ch...
Materials
Oak
Mid Century Butterfly Chair and Stool Fandango Jacquard, Dark Wood, Europe 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with dark brown walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Beech
H 32.29 in W 17.72 in D 15.75 in
Pair of Kabuto Chairs by Isamu Kenmochi for Tendo Mokko
By Tendo Mokko, Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Toyota (Lexus) and Honda.
Main products include “Butterfly Stool (Sori Yanagi)” and “Low Chair (Junzo
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Hollywood Regency Upholstered Butterfly Footstools
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Pair of mid century fully upholstered foot stools embellished with a large embroidered butterfly
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Handmade Modern Minimal Cut Stool White Oak
By George Nelson, BDDW, Figure Ground, George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
accentuate this void of support, we used cruciform 'butterfly' joints whimsically placed to 'tie' the stool
Category
2010s American Minimalist Benches
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Couture Teak Wood Bench or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
beautiful bench or stool. Part of the Mid Century Couture Collection. Furniture constructed by hand from
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Pair of Phillip Lloyd Powell Walnut End Tables
By Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
grain and natural color variations throughout
Top portion is basin shaped with butterfly joint detail
Category
Vintage 1960s End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Astral Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Fabric Easychair and Pouf by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Armchair with structure in solid wood and upholstered fiberglass.
Armchair + stool
The “Astral
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric
H 32.29 in W 37.8 in D 58.27 in
Astral Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Leather Easychair and Pouf by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Armchair with structure in solid wood and upholstered fiberglass.
Armchair + stool.
The “Astral
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
H 32.29 in W 37.8 in D 58.27 in
Astral Brazilian Contemporary Wood and Leather Easychair and Pouf by Lattoog
By Lattoog
Located in Sao Paolo, BR
Armchair with structure in solid wood and upholstered fiberglass.
Armchair + Stool.
The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
H 32.29 in W 37.8 in D 58.27 in
Mid-Century Mexican Modern Don Shoemaker Senal SA Sling Swinger Chairs Set of 4
By Don S. Shoemaker, Senal
Located in Forney, TX
, having high-quality drawbore mortise through-tenoned joinery strengthened with butterfly splines.
Known
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 32.5 in W 30.5 in D 30 in
original Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original Sori Yanagi butterfly stools. Japanese product designer Sori Yanagi created home items
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Original Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Chicago, IL
Butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko. Original Tendo tag. Sori Yanagi designed
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Berkeley, CA
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko made of maple plywood.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Vitra Butterfly Stool in Maple by Sori Yanagi
By Vitra, Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
These items are only available in the United States.
The butterfly stool uniquely combines
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Vitra Butterfly Stool in Rosewood by Sori Yanagi
By Vitra, Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
These items are only available in the United States.
The butterfly stool uniquely combines
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Original Rosewood "Butterfly" Stool Designed by Sori Yanagi, circa 1950, Japan
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Butterfly' stool was designed in Japan by Sori Yanagi. It is made of rosewood and brass.
circa
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
H 15.15 in W 16.43 in D 12 in
Vitra Miniature Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Vitra, Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
above Yanagi's Butterfly stool can be described as unusual on a number of counts. The designer adopts a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Sori Yanagi / Tendo Co. Ltd. / Japanese Crafts "Butterfly" Stool, circa 1956
By Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
Sori Yanagi (1915-2012), Japan.
Tendo Co. Ltd., Japan.
Butterfly stool, 1956.
Bleached
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Japonisme Stools
Materials
Brass
H 15 in W 16.5 in D 12 in
Vintage "Butterfly" Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Stool "Butterfly" by Sori Yanagi
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Stools
Materials
Brass
Onda Stool
By Ilse Lang
Located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Inspired in Sori Yanagi's butterfly stool, onda subverts its seating position to feature high
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
Torched Stool with Hand Chiseled Japanese Joinery
By Chris Miano
Located in Union City, NJ
butterfly joinery to solidify its top surface. Staying true to traditional techniques the stool is charred
Category
2010s American American Craftsman Stools
Materials
Wood, Oak
Folding Butterfly Chair and Stool
Located in New York, NY
Folding butterfy chair with tan leather seat and natural wood frame. Matching folding stool.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Slipper Chairs
Vintage Stool Ottoman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Vintage beauty newly reupholstered in a Root Cellar "Flamethrower" cotton butterfly fabric. Just
Category
Vintage 1960s American Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Spanish Armchair by Joan Busquets Barcelona
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
, Gaudí designed a suite of furniture, which included benches, chairs, armchairs, stools, and mirrors
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Stools
Located in Pomona, CA
Pair of 1980s Sori Yanagi rosewood "Butterfly" stools.
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Stools
Materials
Brass
Original Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original production Sori Yangai "Butterfly" stool, very good vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
VINTAGE SORI YANAGI BUTTERFLY STOOL
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Sori Yanagi for Tendo an original Rosewood veneer Butterfly stool , designed 1954 , all original
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Stools
Early Sori Yanagi Rosewood "Butterfly" Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Dallas, TX
An early rosewood Butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi.
Category
Vintage 1960s Stools
Set of four Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stools
By Sori Yanagi
Located in North Miami, FL
Set of four Sori Yanagi butterfly stools. Signed. The butterfly stool uniquely combines Eastern
Category
Vintage 1950s American Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sori Yanagi mid-century Butterfly Stool for Vitra
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Stools
Materials
Brass
Pair of Butterfly Stools by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of rosewood butterfly stools designed by Sori Yanagi.
Category
Vintage 1970s Stools
Materials
Rosewood
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool by Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Denton, TX
Molded plywood butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stool" Tendo Mokko, 1960s
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Rare butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi, manufactured by Tendo in Japan
Precious early works
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Iconic Rosewood Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic Rosewood Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi. Beautiful grained rosewood veneer with a brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stool" Tendo Mokko, 1960s
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Rare butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi, manufactured by Tendo in Japan.
Precious early works
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
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Butterfly Stools For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of butterfly stools is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct butterfly stools — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. We have 59 antique and vintage butterfly stools in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. Butterfly stools have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Butterfly stools are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Some butterfly stools are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller butterfly stools, measuring 6.11 inches across, are available at 1stDibs. Butterfly stools have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy are consistently popular.
How Much are Butterfly Stools?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,646, while they’re typically $442 on the low end and $8,899 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.
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