Set of Six Funky Bar Stools, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Fun and unique set of six bar stools, with a conical wooden structure painted in glossy red and black. The base is painted iron, as is the foot rail. Seats newly reupholstered in...
Five Colored Lambskin Bar Stools, Germany, 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Funky bar stools in original red and blue colored lambskin top with black metal base and a brass ring.
Brass, Iron
Funky Midcentury Bar Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Six total bar stools in green and orange vinyl on strong chrome frames. The back is stationary but the seat swivels. [LISTING IS FOR ONE STOOL] (Please confirm item location - N...
Set of 5 Ship's Bar Stools
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Set of five funky vintage teak wood bar stools salvaged from a ship.
Wood
Sold
H 33.86 in W 13 in D 21.26 in
Four Rotatable Mid-Century Modern Colored Bar Stools, Germany, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Funky rotatable bar stools in original red, green, blue and black top with chrome metal base.
Metal
Vintage Space Age Set of 3 Funky Swivel Chairs Bar Stools with Iron Base
By Erwin Behr, Herta-maria Witzemann
Located in Steinheim am Albuch, BW
Fantastic set of 3 bar stools originaly designed by Herta-Maria Witzemann and manufactured by Erwin Behr, Germany 1950.
Iron, Metal
Three Industrial Steel Coil Bar Stools
Located in Norwalk, CT
These funky bar stools are a great way to incorporate some industrial design into your living space.
Steel
Three Industrial Steel Coil Bar Stools
Located in Norwalk, CT
These funky bar stools are a great way to incorporate some industrial design into your living space.
Steel
Pair of Funky Swedish Bar Stools by Borge Lindau & Bo Lindekrantz
By Lammhults, Lindau & Lindekrantz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model S70-3 Stools by Borge Lindau & Bo Lindekrantz, 1960's. Funky white enameled tubular framed bar stools with chromed foot rest and painted white seats.
Enamel, Chrome
Pair of Mid Century Modern Bar Stools by Frederic Weinberg in Black Iron
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Funky 1950's iron bar stool by Frederic Weinberg.
Wrought Iron
Bamboo Bar Stools
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 3 funky bamboo bar stools. New upholstery in a distressed effect green-blue leather.
Bamboo, Leather
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.
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