Three bar stools in pine made by Asko, Finland, 1970s
By Asko, Rainer Daumiller
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Great set of pine bar stools made by Asko, Finland, during the second half of the 20th century. Made in solid pine in the style of Rainer Daumiller.
Pine
Bar Stools by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs, France, 1960s
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Antwerp, BE
This piece exemplifies Perriand's pioneering approach to functional design and is a testament to the enduring quality of mid-century modern craftsmanship. A rare find, perfect for a ...
Chrome
Solid Bar X-Base Smoked Chrome Stool with Upholstered Seat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
X-Base Stool with Upholstered Seat and Solid Bar Smoked Chrome Base Circa Late 20th Century Artist / Designer Unknown " I would guess that this stool was custom designed and fabri...
Chrome
Set of Solid Teak 7 Aluminum Italian Outdoor Bar Stools
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of Solid Teak 7 Aluminum Italian Outdoor Bar Stools
Aluminum
Three Paper Clip Bar Stools Designed by Hugh Hamilton & Philip Salmon
By Hugh Hamilton & Philip Salmon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
3 Paperclip stools designed by Hugh Hamilton and Philip Salmon. Cantilever designed chrome metal base and upholstered seat. Designed in 1969 by Salmon - Hamilton. In very good vinta...
Chrome
Scandia Bar Stool by Fjord Fiesta with Steel Bolt Base
By Fjord Fiesta
Located in Rhinebeck, NY
Scandia / Bar Stool by Hans Brattrud The high back makes you sit by the bar for hours. Bar stool in laminated american walnut or american oak. With satin chrome steel bolt base. The...
Metal
$1,680Sale Price / set|30% Off
Oversized Vintage Woven Leather and Iron Bar Stools - A Pair
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of perfectly patinaed, woven leather, bar stools. Stools have beautifully worn leather for that great Industrial look. They are oversized, perfect for someone who needs just 2...
Iron
$5,516Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Warren Bacon Chrome & Wood Horseshoe Cantilever Bar Stools
By Warren Bacon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking pair of Warren Bacon chrome and wood horseshoe-form cantilever bar stools. Clean-lined and architectural in design, the sculptural chrome frames are beautifully balanced b...
Chrome
Set of Three 1970s Chrome Bar Stools with Chocolate Velvet Seats
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A set of three vintage bar stools dating to the 1970s, each pairing a polished chrome frame with a deep chocolate-brown velvet seat. The structured geometric design emphasizes the co...
Chrome
Metz & Co Set of Five Bar Stools with Rattan Seats
By Metz & Co.
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Metz & Co, set of five bar stools, cane, chrome-plated metal, The Netherlands, 1970s. Set of five modern bar stools manufactured by the well-known Dutch manufacturer of design furn...
Chrome, Metal
$2,225Sale Price / set|20% Off
THREE ORIGINAL AMERICAN SPORTS BOWL KiTCHEN BAR PUB STOOLS IN HARDWOOD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of three original vintage Sports Bowl kitchen bar stools in mahogany Please note the del...
Hardwood
Turned Bases Carved Seat Solid Oiled Walnut Bar Stools MINT!
By Wharton Esherick, Wendell Castle
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Turned Bases Carved Seat Solid Oiled Walnut Bar Stools MINT!
Walnut
French Mid Century Pierre Jeanneret Wood & Iron Low Stool for Chandigarh, 1950s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and decorative French mid century wooden low bar stool in dark brown stained teak and patinated iron by Pierre Jeanneret produced for Chandigarh, India 1950s.
Iron
Classic Contemporary Bar Stool Silver Aged Steel & Black Leather
By Jover + Valls
Located in Alcoy, Alicante
The Wanderlust contemporary barstool belongs to a collection of minimalist and serene pieces where exclusivity and precision are shown in small details such as the hand-turned metal ...
Steel
Saporiti Leather and Suede Swivel Bar Stools, Set of Five.
By Augusto Bozzi, Saporiti
Located in Dallas, TX
A great looking set of swivel bar stools in leather and suede desihned by Augusto Bozzi for Saporiti. Very comfortable and a unique design that stands out. Seat height is 29".
Metal
Pair of Italian Bamboo Bar or Counter Stools 29.5" height
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of sculptural bamboo bar or counter stools, Italy, circa 1960s. They have recently been reupholstered in a low maintenance black vinyl and are ready to use. They retain their wa...
Upholstery, Bamboo, Rattan
Set of 4 Pine Bar Stools, attr. Olof Ottelin, Finland, 1970s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Set of four bar height pine stools, attributed to Olof Ottelin. Solid knotty pine with a saddle seat and oval grip cutout, four splayed legs and a stretcher. Originally designed for ...
Pine
Danish Teak Bar Stools by Tarm Stole OG Mobelfabrik
By Tarm Stole
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Classic Danish modern design by Tarm Stole OG Mobelfabrik made from solid teak with form fitting seats. Sturdy construction, beautiful teak woodgrain and stylish dark gray upholstery...
Teak
Mobichalet Brutalist Bar Stools in Blond Pine Wood and Iron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mobichalet, bar stools, pine, Belgium, 1950s. These high stools are produced by Mobichalet in the 1950s. The stools are all slightly different in form which gives them their rustic ...
Wrought Iron
Harry Bertoia for Knoll Bar Stools, Metal Wire Design, Circa 2020s
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in San Antonio, TX
Bar stools are fairly new, made in the mid to late 2000s, little before 2020.
Steel, Chrome
American Designer, Bar Stool, Metal, Wood, Fabric, United States, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood, metal and fabric stool designed and produced in the United States, 1940s. Metal legs present with moderate oxidation as illustrated. Wood presents with wear consistent with ...
Metal
Pair of Fritz Hansen Ant Seats High Bar Stools Chairs
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Fritz Hansen Ant Seats high bar stools chairs in white.
Chrome
Pair of brutalist bar stools in oak and wrought iron, 1960s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Industrial style - Bar Stools Measures : Base : Ø 53cm Seat : Ø 27cm H:80cm Materials : Oak and Wrought iron Pair of unique Brutalist-style bar stools - Made of wrought iron with ro...
Iron
American Designer, Pair of Bar Stools, Iron, Velvet, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of black-painted iron and beige velvet bar stools, designed and produced in the US, 1950s.
Iron
American Designer, Pair of Bar Stools, Iron, Velvet, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of black-painted iron and beige velvet bar stools, designed and produced in the US, 1950s.
Iron
American Designer, Pair of Bar Stools, Iron, Velvet, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of black-painted iron and beige velvet bar stools, designed and produced in the US, 1950s.
Iron
Outdoor Dining Upholstered Bar Stool Powder Coated Stainless Steel Sunbrella
By Heather Ashton Design
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Inspired by the simplicity of midcentury design, the Fay dining Bar Stool is created using a stainless steel powder coated frame and specialized outdoor foam. The design is minimal a...
Stainless Steel
Set of Three ( 3 ) Silver Moon Bar Height Bar Stools by Pascal Mourgue, 1980's
By Pascal Mourgue
Located in Deland, FL
As rare as they are visually captivating these extraordinary barstools, designed by the acclaimed and visionary Pascal Mourgue, are the epitome of functional art. Recently redone in ...
Metal
Charles Hollis Jones "Mathis" Swivel Bar Stools in Polished Brass
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four "Mathis" bar stools with a swivel mechanism designed by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1960s. The bar stools are made of brass-plated steel and upholstered in the origina...
Brass
Mid Century Pierre Jeanneret Stool in Teak & Iron Produced for Chandigarh, 1950s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century low / bar stool in teak and iron by Pierre Jeanneret produced for Chandigarh, India 1950s.
Iron
French, Set Of 2 Twisted Grape-vine Roots Bar Stools 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Pair Grape-vine Roots Bar Stools . A pair of rustic art high stools made from branches of antique vine wood that is especially old, and thick, with dramatic expressive character an...
Walnut
Vintage Windsor Swivel Spindle Turned Legs Bar Stools, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair of historical bow back swivel windsor bar stools, counter stools with spindle back and legs in natural oak. Measurements are 21W x 17D x 40.75H. Seat interior width is 17.25"...
Oak
Industrial wood and iron adjustable bar stool, United States circa 1940.
Located in Milan, IT
Adjustable stool for the bistro industry. The 4 legs are made out of tubular iron, black color and the sit is made out of solid wood. Screwing or unscrewing the screw we can adjust t...
Iron
Eric Buck Teak Upholstered Bar/ Counter Stools for O.D. Mobler Denmark
By Erik Buch
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A set of two teak wood-based bar or counter stools with padded leatherette upholstered seats having a unique up turned back. With it's well built and sturdy frames and simple aesthet...
Upholstery, Teak
Set of Five Rotating Bronze Bar Stools with Upholstered Seats, C. 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stylish set of five rotating bar stools dating to circa 1960, distinguished by their sculptural mid-century form and elegant combination of bronze and upholstery.
Bronze
Brutalist Wrought Iron & Oak Bar Stools, 1970s, Set of 2
Located in Izegem, VWV
These crudely yet elegant made oak seat bar stools on a black forged iron base were made by hand in the 1970s. The seat height is 75,5 cm.
Wrought Iron
Custom Iron Bar Stools with Red Leather Seats by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom iron bar stools with red leather seats. Made in Los Angeles by Adesso Imports. Bar height and counter height available. Price and pictures shown are counter height. Measures...
Iron
Solid Walnut and Upholstered Leather or Boucle Seat Contemporary Bar Stool
By Luteca Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handcrafted stool in bar (28") or counter (24") height in solid wood with upholstered seat cushion. (COM) Midcentury inspired shape with a contemporary edge.
Upholstery, Walnut
Scandinavian Modern Teak Leather Model OD61 Bar Stool By Erik Buch
By Erik Buch, O.D. Møbler A-S
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful Scandinavian Modern bar stool was designed by the Danish designer Erik Buch circa 1960s for the furniture manufacturer Odense Møbelfabrik (O.D. Møbler). It is model no...
Leather, Teak
Set of Four Bar Height Wood Slat Stools by Arthur Umanoff
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in New York, NY
Unusual set off bar height stools designed by Arthur Umanoff, circa 1950's. The stools feature slatted backs and seats with solid wrought iron frames, on dowel form legs with exposed...
Wrought Iron
Spanish Rustic and Brutalist wooden Bar Stools in style of Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rustic and brutalist Spanish bar stools in the style of Sergio Rodrigues, 1950s. These characteristic, dark-stained, handmade bar stools are in beautiful, original, and sturdy condit...
Metal
Pair of Platform Bar Stools by Maurizio Peregalli for Zeus Noto
By Maurizio Peregalli
Located in London, GB
Maurizio Peregalli for Zeus Noto, Pair of Platform Bar Stools, c.1980s A pair of bar stools designed by Maurizio Peregalli for Zeus Noto in the 1980s. These stools feature a minimal...
Steel
Expertly Restored - Danish Modern Teak & Leather Bar Stools by Korup Stolefabrik
By Korup Stolefabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Teak Wood, New Italian Full-Grain Leather, New High-Density Foam ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like br...
Leather, Foam, Wood, Teak
Ralph Lauren Barstools Tan Leather Wrought Iron Forged Bar Stools Neoclassical
By Ralph Lauren
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous and extremely rare set of three late Mid Century leather and wrought iron barstools in super vintage condition.
Wrought Iron
Charlotte Perriand Inspired Bar Height Stool in Oak with Rush Seat
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand style bar stool with woven rush seat and oak frame. In original condition with visible wear, including scratching. Wear is consistent with its age and use. Other s...
Rush, Oak
Pair of Atomic Bar stools in the style of Frederic Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Atomic Bar stools in the style of Frederic Weinberg . Lightweight and space age in design these beauties spin as well.
Metal, Iron
Set of 2 Bar Stools By Till Behrens For Schlubach, 1980s
By Till Behrens, Schlubach
Located in Hilversum, NL
Elevate your bar or kitchen space with this impressive set of vintage bar stools, designed by renowned German designer Till Behrens for Schlubach in the 1980s. These stools feature ...
Stainless Steel
Contemporary Classic Bar Stool Natural Tobacco Leather & Black Rubber Metal
By Jover + Valls
Located in Alcoy, Alicante
The “Repose” contemporary barstool belongs to a collection that revisit the director chair collection, serene pieces where exclusivity and precision are shown in small details such a...
Steel
$627Sale Price|20% Off
Italian BAR / COUNTER STOOL ~ CAPPUCCINO ~ 50s 60s Style Iron / Brass / Velvet
Located in Landshut, BY
Italian ~ LIGHT CAPPUCCINO ~ BAR / COUNTER STOOL 1950s / 1960s style Lacquered iron / Solid brass / Velvet / Upholstered hq foam upholstered and kedered
Brass, Iron
$628Sale Price|20% Off
Italian BAR / COUNTER STOOL ~ TURQUOISE ~ 50s 60s Style Iron / Brass / Velvet
Located in Landshut, BY
Italian TURQUOISE BAR / COUNTER STOOL TURQUOISE 1950s / 1960s style Lacquered iron / Solid brass / Velvet / Upholstered hq foam upholstered and kedered
Brass, Iron
2 Bar Stools Tall Brushed Aluminum Indoor Outdoor EMECO Barstools Labeled
By Emeco
Located in Monrovia, CA
2 Tall Brushed Aluminum Indoor Outdoor EMECO Bar Stools, Labeled. These Sturdy Brushed Aluminum EMECO Indoor Outdoor Bar Stools Are Very Comfortable With The Three Vertical Slat Bac...
Aluminum
Pair of Bar Stools Metal Perforated by Maurizio Tempestini, Italy, 1950s
By Maurizio Tempestini
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of bar or counter stools white enamel metal perforated by Maurizio Tempestini. Famous design like Mathieu Matégot.
Metal, Enamel
Black, Red and Blue Seats Low Bar Stools, 1950s France
Located in Antwerp, BE
These fifties tri-colored low stools in wrought iron and reupholstered leather was designed in France 1953. Price a set.
Wrought Iron
Set of 6 Molded Bent Plywood Bar Stools by Davis MINT!
By Norman Cherner, Knoll, Davis Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of 6 Molded Bent Plywood Bar Stools by Davis MINT!
Oak, Plywood
$695Sale Price|26% Off
Tall Nakashima Inspired Bar Stool with Tree Trunk Slice Live Edge Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bar-height stool in the spirit of George Nakashima's organic craft approach, built around a thick live edge tree trunk slice seat approximately 2 inches deep. Four solid wood legs sp...
Iron
French Chrome Bar Stool in Original Burnt Orange Corduroy, 1960s
Located in Chicago, IL
A mid-century French bar stool from the 1960s, its form anchored by a cast aluminum base that flares into a weighted, trumpet-like foot.
Chrome
Brazilian Modern Pair of Bar Stools in Hardwood & Faux Leather, Unknown, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
This pair of barstools reflects the experimental spirit and material confidence that characterized Brazilian modern design in the postwar period. The stools articulate a balance betw...
Hardwood, Faux Leather
Italian High Bar Stools with Backrest, Beech Wood & Vienna Straw, 1960
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1957 - Rare pair of Italian high bar stools with backrest, in sturdy beech wood and Vienna straw seat, perfect. Just cleaned, without any paint. With a good price also.
Fruitwood
Set of Four Bar Stools by Vilhelm Wohlert, Teak & Oak, Denmark, 1950s
By Vilhelm Wohlert, Stolefabriken Odense
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four bar stools by Vilhelm Wohert for Stolefabriken Odense, c.1950s Denmark. These bar height stools feature a newly upholstered leather seat. The stools also feature teak and...
Teak, Leather, Oak
Charlotte Perriand Style Wicker Bar Stool with Rattan Seat and Chrome Frame
By Dirk Van Sliedregt, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand style bar stool with low rounded rattan seat back and chrome tubular frame. In original condition with visible wear consistent with age and use. Overall height is ...
Chrome
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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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