Four Mid-Century Modern Bar Stools with Black Leather Seats, 1970s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant set of four Mid-Century Modern bar stools. Striking Dutch design from the 1970s.
Metal, Chrome
Chrome and Black Canvas Stool by Jerry Johnson
By Jerry Johnson
Located in New York, NY
Chrome and black canvas stool / ottoman by Jerry Johnson, USA, circa 1970. This ottoman goes with the matching Jerry Johnson armchair (not included).
Chrome
Modernist Cal-Style Chrome Counter Stools Set of 3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a set of three minimalist mid-century counter stools designed to add a touch of elegance to any kitchen or bar area.
Chrome
Mid-Century Arthur Umanoff Style Bar Stool, Slatted Beech, Black Metal
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bar stool in the Arthur Umanoff style combines slatted beech wood with a black enameled tubular metal frame and chrome footrest. The curved slatted back and seat employ 16 beech slat...
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Mid Century Bench Stool, Turquoise Blue Dedar Plushy Velvet, Bauhaus, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Modernist Bauhaus - Art Deco chrome foot stool. Completely restored, new upholstery, cleaned chrome. About the fabric: A velvet in deep luminous colours, with a soft and pleasing...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Harry Bertoia for Knoll Bertoia Bar Height Stools - Set of 4
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Fabulous, authentic mid-century modern set of four Bertoia bar height stools designed by legendary sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia in 1952 and produced by Knoll.
Steel, Chrome
$896Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage MCM Stool Manner of Warren Platner Chrome Wire Base and Black Vinyl Seat
By Warren Platner
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage MCM or Mid-Century Modern stool in the manner of Warren Platner composed of a chrome wire rod waisted base and a newly upholstered black vinyl or faux leather seat.
Chrome, Wire
Chrome and Velvet Bar Stools, Set of Three, c. 1970s
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A set of three vintage bar stools defined by polished chrome frames and chocolate velvet seats. The design is structured and geometric, highlighting the interplay between reflective ...
Chrome
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Vinyl Swivel Barstools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This set of six vintage barstools features bar height chrome constructions with swivel vinyl seats. Textured designs in vinyl add to the Mid-Century style of the set, while flared le...
Chrome
Midcentury Chrome Bar Stools by Harry Bertoia for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century classic and iconic Bertoia for Knoll stools in a high chrome finish.
Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Vintage Pair Duo Chromed Metal Blue Barstools 1950s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage pair or duo barstools from chromed metal and electric blue faux leather 1950s Austria.
Chrome
Clean Lined Zebra Hide Chrome Bar Stools 30" Height
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Three Clean Lined Chrome and Zebra Hide Bar Stools, American, circa 1960s. They measure 30" height. You can measure your counter height and ideally you want around 8-10" of cl...
Metal, Chrome
$835Sale Price / item|20% Off
Five Stools in Chromed Metal and Leatherette, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
five stools in chromed metal and leatherette, circa 1970 Very good condition.
Chrome
Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an Industrial kitchen. The seat height adjusts from 16 inches...
Chrome
$1,920Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Five Tubular Chrome Swivel High Back Stools
Located in New York, NY
Hard to find the model, swivel stools with an upholstered back rest. Freshly upholstered seats, with original upholstery back rests. The chrome is in good condition, showing only ver...
Chrome
Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an Industrial kitchen. The seat height adjusts from 16 inches...
Chrome
$1,440Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair 1970's Mid Century Modern Faux White Leather Adjustable Bar Stools
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Mid Century Modern Faux White Leather Bar Stools. Adjustable height.
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
Midcentury Chromed and Brass Johansson Design Stools
By Börje Johanson
Located in Rome, IT
Borge Johansson Scandinavian Midcentury Modern Black Silk and Brass Stools, 1960 This fine Scandinavian modern chromed swivel stools designed by Borge Johansson are provenience from...
Metal
$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
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Black Leather Metal Stool Johannes Spalt Austria 1961
By Johannes Spalt
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage stool or foot stool from leather in black color by Johannes Spalt 1961.
Steel, Chrome
Set of 4 Vintage Industrial Stools 1970s, Chrome Adjustable Stools with Pagholz
Located in Hannover, DE
Set of 4 Vintage Stools, 1970s Price is for the set of 4 stools shown. A stylish set of vintage stools from the 1970s, featuring a clean industrial look with a combination of chrome...
Metal
Stunning Eichholtz Pony Hide Chrome Stool for Desks and Dressing Tables
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
This is delighted to offer this lovely Eichholtz Pony hide trestle stool for desks or dressing tables. This is a very good looking well made and comfortable stool, I have the matc...
Chrome
Set of Four Charlotte Perriand Style Wicker Counter Stools with Chrome Legs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Mid-Century, Charlotte Perriand style counter-height stools combine woven wicker with chrome tubular steel, made by Gebr.
Chrome
Vintage Avard Style Chrome Swivel Stools Newly Reupholstered in Cowhide - 4
By Avard
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Avard Style Chrome Tubular Swivel Base Stools Newly Reupholstered in Cowhide - Set of 4 Stunning set of mid century modern Avard style chrome squared tubular roun...
Chrome
British Mid-Century Modern Pair of Tractor Stools by Rodney Kinsman, 1960s
By OMK, Rodney Kinsman
Located in Renens, CH
A pair of tractor stools by Rodney Kinsman, designed during the 1960s for OMK (his own company). Kinsman’s pieces are regarded as icons of 20th century British furniture design. We...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Italian Art Deco Bar Stools, Leather & Chrome, Circa 1960s
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of vintage Italian Art Deco style marine bar stools. Each with black leather seats and chrome tubular foot rest, one is veneer of mahogany and the other is veneer of macassar....
Chrome
$2,280Sale Price / set|20% Off
Sexy Pair of 70s Gucci Style Bar Stools Daystrom Mid-Century Modern
By Daystrom Furniture
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A set of 2 Gucci style chrome bar stools with faux leather seats and fun giant rings with straps. These will need to be reupholstered but we just love the thick rolled backrest with ...
Aluminum, Chrome
$400Sale Price|84% Off
Small black with chrome Art Deco Stool in Original Fabric
Located in Ferndale, MI
Small Art Deco stool. Possibly French. Base is lacquered hardwood with chrome shaft holding worn original Art Deco era textile. Original finish lacquered base shows wear .
Chrome
Pair of Chromed Steel 'Cube' Stools by Verner Panton for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Verner Panton
Located in London, GB
A pair of chromed tteel 'Cube' Stools by Verner Panton for Fritz Hansen. Each formed from a continuous chromed steel wire frame with a loose upholstered cushion. The design was orig...
Steel, Chrome
Charlotte Perriand Style Wicker Counter Height Stool with Chrome Legs
By Rohe Noordwolde, Dirk Van Sliedregt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand Style Wicker Counter Stool with Chrome Legs by Dirk van Sliedregt with 25.75" seat height. In original condition with wear consistent with its age and use. Legs ca...
Chrome
Mid Century Vintage C1950 Tall High Back Bar Stools Original Naughahyde
Located in Port Jervis, NY
All original vintage vinyl material in overall excellent condition with a couple of minor blemishes. Pictured. Original feet on legs, very comfy contours to the backs and the chrome ...
Brass, Chrome, Steel
$660Sale Price / item|40% Off
Knoll "Tulip" Chrome Stool by Eero Saarinen w/ Nairobi Upholstery Seat
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Knoll "Tulip" Chrome Stool by Eero Saarinen with Sunbrella "Nairobi" acrylic upholstery seat making a striking black and white botanical fern pattern on the bark cloth fabric. The st...
Steel, Chrome
Leather & Chrome Model 8500 Stool by Voitto Haapalainen, Asko, Finland, 1960s
By Asko, Voitto Haapalainen
Located in Karis, Nyland
A rare 1960s Stool from the 8500 Series, designed by Finnish interior architect Voitto Haapalainen for Asko. The design pairs a polished metal frame with a woven seat made from padde...
Steel, Chrome
Charlotte Perriand Style Wicker Bar Stools with Angled Backs and Chrome Legs
By Dirk Van Sliedregt, Charlotte Perriand, Rohe Noordwolde
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand style wicker bar stools by Dirk van Sliedregt for Rohe Noordwolde. These stools have chrome legs with woven wicker seats and angled backrests. In original conditio...
Chrome
Unique White Round Bauhaus Chrome Stool, New High Quality Leather, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Small round Bauhaus chrome stool. Seat made of genuine leather. The author is unknown. Material: Chrome-plated steel and high quality Leather Period: 1960s Source: Germany Ma...
Chrome
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Vintage Pair of Lucite And Chrome Bar Stool Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones, Pace Collection
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pair of Vintage Lucite And Chrome Bar Stool. The barstools feature lucite construction with swivel functionality, a chrome leg rest, and a seat made of leather or pleather (not sur...
Chrome
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
Midcentury Chrome and Smoked Bronze Gauffraged Velvet Stool by Arthur Umanoff
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in New York, NY
It has been newly reupholstered in a luxe smoked bronze gauffraged velvet, which offers a striking tonal and material contrast to the chrome frames. With its clean modernist lines an...
Chrome
Gilbert Rhode for Troy Sunshade "Flamingo" Chrome Line Stool, 1940's
By Troy Sunshade Company, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Gilbert Rohde attributed Chrome and Leather Flamingo Chrome Line Stool. Featuring a strong circular four legged Chrome framework, 12.5 W corner to corner leg measurements, new black ...
Chrome
Set of Six Bar Stools in Black Patent Leather with Chrome Frames
By Milo Baughman
Located in Dallas, TX
Great looking set of six bar stools. Milo Baughman style. Upholstered in black patent leather with quality chromed frames.
Chrome
3 Pair of Oak and Chrome Counter Stools by Warren Bacon
By Warren Bacon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light oak and chrome are united to create these chic counter stools by Warren Bacon. Can also be sold as set of 4 or 6.
Chrome
Pair of Mid Century Charles Hollis Jones Acrylic Lucite Bar or Counter Stools
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredible vintage pair of matching stools by Charles Hollis Jones. They feature heavy thick clear acrylic construction with white & swiveling black Panton print naugahyde seats a...
Chrome
Eileen Gray Bar Stool No. 1 Black Leather Chrome, circa 1920
By Eileen Gray
Located in Vienna, AT
Eileen Gray bar stool no. 1, designed in 1920s, production by Classicon circa 1985- engraved and numbered. Classical design by Eileen Gray that is hovering between Art Deco and slee...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Hans Ullrich Bitsch, Chrome Plated Steel, Aluminum, Stool, Germany, 1980s
By Hans Ullrich Bitsch
Located in Stamford, CT
Hans Ullrich Bitsch, German Mid-Century Modern, Chrome Plated Steel, Aluminum, Series 8600 Stool, Germany, 1980s A single chrome plated steel "Series 8600" stool designed by Hans Ul...
Aluminum, Steel
Hans Ullrich Bitsch, Chrome Plated Steel, Aluminum, Stools, Germany, 1980s
By Hans Ullrich Bitsch
Located in Stamford, CT
Hans Ullrich Bitsch, German Mid-Century Modern, Chrome Plated Steel, Aluminum, Series 8600 Stools, Germany, 1980s Pair of chrome plated steel "Series 8600" stools designed by Hans U...
Aluminum, Steel
$1,421Sale Price / set|25% Off
3 MCM Samsonite Black Vinyl Faux Leather & Chrome Bar Counter Stools Adjustable
By Samsonite
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely vintage mid-century modern Samsonite black vinyl faux leather & chrome bar or counter stools set of 3.
Metal, Chrome
$544Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Vintage Luigi Bardini Lucite and Chrome Bar Stool for Hill Mfg
By Hill Manufacturing, Luigi Bardini
Located in Miami, FL
Lucite and tubular chrome bar height stool designed by Luigi Bardini for Hill Manufacturing Co. New black upholstered seat.
Chrome
Chrome and Olive Green Leather Swivel Vanity Stool by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous 1970’s swivel polish chrome vanity stool, part of the “Ball Line” by American renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones. Out of an Arthur Elrod Design estate in Palm Springs...
Chrome
Exceptional Set of Seven Lucite and chrome Bar Stools by Hills Manufacturers
By Hill Manufacturing
Located in Miami, FL
Fantastic and rare set of seven Lucite bar stools by Hill Manufacturers.
Chrome
Stool Dot Stacking Teak Chrome 3 Legs Arne Jacobsen Fritz Hansen 1955 Vintage
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Exceptional set of four, Mid-Century Modern Dot stools in original condition with teak seats on three chrome legs with the original grey plastic cappings on the feet
Chrome
Stool Dot Stacking Teak Chrome 3 legs Arne Jacobsen Fritz Hansen 1955 Vintage
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Exceptional set of four, Mid-Century Modern Dot stools in original condition with teak seats on three chrome legs with the original grey plastic cappings on the feet. - These dot s...
Chrome
Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an industrial kitchen. The seat height adjusts from 16 inches...
Metal
Set of Three Bruno Rey for Dietiker Light Birch Bar Stools with Chrome Footrests
By Bruno Rey, Dietiker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 beech bar stools designed by Bruno Rey for Dietiker. Small backrests and round, chrome footrests. Historically, created from the most successful Swiss chair ever produced, '...
Chrome
Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an industrial kitchen. The seat height adjusts from 16 inches...
Arthur Umanoff Upholstered Stool with Chrome Base by Thaden Metals
By Milo Baughman, Design Institute America
Located in Highland, IN
This sleek little stool designed by Arthur Umanoff for Thaden Metals has an half-round upholstered seat supported by chromed steel cantilevered base. 18.5"h X 20.25"w X 17"d
Steel
Set of 4 Charlotte Perriand Style White Rattan Bar Height Stools w/ Chrome Legs
By Rohe Noordwolde, Dirk Van Sliedregt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Charlotte Perriand style angle backed rattan bar stools with white rattan seating and tubular chrome frames. In original condition with visible signs of wear and minimal wic...
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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