Mid Century Counter Stool

Italian Modern Bar Stools

Arthur Umanoff Counter Stools

Counter Height Stools Set Of 3

Black Iron Stools

Inlay Mid Century Wood

Horseshoe Crafts

Counter Stool Walnut And Leather

Wood Inlay Midcentury Dining Table

$1,250 / set

Pair Mid Century Oak and Brass Foot Ring Counter Stools.

Located in Germantown, MD

Pair Mid Century Oak and Brass Foot Ring Counter Stools.

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Chromcraft Counter Stools - a Pair

$1,999 / set

$975 / set

Willy Rizzo Inspired Counter Stool

Located in New York, NY

Made to order, custom counter and bar stool in the manner of Willy Rizzo with upholstered leather. Custom dimensions, finishes and COM are available. Please inquire with Venfield for...

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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Leather

Mid-Century Modern Set of 4 Bar Counter Swiveling Stools by Arthur Umanoff

$1,495 / set

Mid-Century Modern Set of 4 Bar Counter Swiveling Stools by Arthur Umanoff

By Arthur Umanoff

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Fabulous set of 4 Granada bar stools in all original finish and condition. Designed by Arthur Umanoff for The Scott Boyeur Collection in the early 1960s. In excellent vintage conditi...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Iron

$476Sale Price|20% Off

$1,800 / set

$375

Vintage Cosco Step Stool Counter Chair, Circa 1950s

By Cosco

Located in Germantown, MD

Mid-century antique white Cosco step stool chair. Good condition. The chair steps pull out smoothly as it should and back into place. They need to be cleaned with some steel wool if ...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Metal

Brazilian Designer, Counter Stools, Wood, Velvet, Brazil, 1950s

$5,800 / set

Brazilian Designer, Counter Stools, Wood, Velvet, Brazil, 1950s

Located in High Point, NC

A set of three bar or counter stools designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 19.25"H x 12.875"W x 12.875"D Seat Height (inches): 19.25" All upholst...

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Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Velvet, Wood

Mid-Century Studio-Made Sculptural Iron Bar Stool

$495

Mid-Century Studio-Made Sculptural Iron Bar Stool

Located in Trenton, NJ

An evocative mid-century studio-made counter stool executed in hand-worked iron with suspended black upholstered seat and back.

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Metal, Iron

H 38.19 in W 20.87 in D 17.72 in

Black Bouclé Fabric and Brass Finishes Counter Bar Stool

Located in Tourcoing, FR

Counter bar stool in bouclé fabric and brass finishes.

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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

H 37 in W 18 in D 18 in

Giacomo Counter Chair or Stool in Cerused White Oak, Danish Cord, Brass Footrest

By Michael Yates

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sleek and comfortable chair (counter stool) for counter-height (36") surfaces. Also available in bar-top height. Shown in cerused white oak, handwoven danish cord seat and solid bras...

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21st Century and Contemporary North American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass

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$1,488 / item

H 28.75 in W 16.54 in D 15.75 in

Counter Stool Fox in Fabric Dedar Tiger 001 Designer Seating for Kitchen Islands

Located in Kyiv, UA

"Fox" counter Stool by Dmytro Kozinenko – Subtle Elegance with a Nature-Inspired Touch The "Fox" counter stool merges modern minimalism with a playful nod to nature. Its defining fe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Stools

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Metal

H 25 in W 30 in D 30 in

Huge MCM Style Brass Pendant Uplighter with 4 lights

By Gino Sarfatti, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston

Located in St- Leonard, Quebec

MCM style BRASS pendant Uplighter with 4 lights . Concave and convex disc are hand spun with prime quality brass . Solid sturdy hardware and construction . Diameter 30 in Low...

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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

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Brass

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Mid Century Counter Stool For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the mid century counter stool you’re looking for. Each mid century counter stool for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and fabric. Find 144 options for an antique or vintage mid century counter stool now, or shop our selection of 64 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer mid century counter stool, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right mid century counter stool, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Industrial and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one mid century counter stool that is appealing in its simplicity, but Bend Goods, Arthur Umanoff and Greta de Parry produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Mid Century Counter Stool?

Prices for a mid century counter stool start at $189 and top out at $25,970 with the average selling for $1,600.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

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.

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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The 21 Most Popular Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair Shook Modernism and Charmed Hollywood

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Herman Miller Got Its Start in the Office, but Its Legacy Is in the Home

The brand that turned Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and George Nelson into mid-century household names is just as relevant today as it was six decades ago.