Walter Gropius Isokon Stool Model No. 1, Table Tray, Pair, Gropius Variation
By Walter Gropius, Luterma, Isokon
Located in Uxbridge, GB
A rare pair of Isokon Stool No. 1 stools / tables, in the version modified by Walter Gropius during his time as Controller of Design for Isokon in Britain, dating from circa 1935–36.
Birch, Plywood
Isokon Plus Dining Table By Windmill Furniture Designed By Marcel Breuer
By Isokon Plus
Located in Norwich, England
Please refer to photograph number 10. The two early Isokon Venesta stools photographed with the table are listed separately.
Birch, Plywood
1930s Isokon Plywood Stool Venesta Iconic Modernism
By Luterma
Located in Norwich, England
An iconic Isokon laminated birch plywood stool, distributor label: Venesta.
Birch
Isokon Plywood Stool Venesta Iconic 1930s Modernism
By Luterma
Located in Norwich, England
An iconic Isokon laminated birch plywood stool, with distributor label: Venesta.
Birch
Sold
H 18.9 in Dm 17.33 in
Luterma Venesta Isokon Stools / Tables / Trays - Model No 1 Walter Gropius 1930s
By Isokon, Luterma, Venesta, Walter Gropius
Located in Uxbridge, GB
The stools were imported by Jack Pritchard for his company Isokon in 1933 and named Model No 1.
Birch, Plywood
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.