Italian stool in orange capitonné satin by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milano, IT
A Rare Vintage Pouf by Paolo Buffa with Original Satin Fabric This elegant Italian pouf dates back
Satin, Wood
$1,690
H 16.54 in W 22.45 in D 14.57 in
1950s Stool Paolo Buffa Attributed Silk Velvet Cheetah Ottoman Seat Bench Italy
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
A classic late 1940s early 1950s stool with marquetry attributed to Paolo Buffa and newly
Fabric, Wood
$2,919
H 17.72 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
1950 Paolo Buffa MidCentury Italian Design Modernist Wood Stools - set of 2
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Brescia, IT
2 Stool Paolo Buffa Italy, 1950 Wood and fabric seat Brass feet Excellent Condiction stool 1: h
Wood, Fabric
$4,204 / set
H 19.69 in W 17.72 in D 16.15 in
Pair of Important Mid Century Stools by Paolo Buffa (Attr.), Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
famous Italian architect and designer Paolo Buffa. The stools have elegant and original lines, reporting
Fabric, Wood
$1,121Sale Price / set|49% Off
H 13.78 in Dm 11.42 in
Set of 2 Mid-Century Brass Stools Attributed to Paolo Buffa 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 2 Mid-Century brass stools attributed to Paolo Buffa 1950s Intact and in good condition
Brass
$1,690
H 18.51 in W 24.41 in D 15.75 in
1950s Italian Ebonized Stool in Jim Thompson Silk Velvet Animal MidCentury Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
A wild italian stool with four ebonised bullet shaped feet and upholstered in Jim Thompson silk mix
Fabric, Wood
$887Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.72 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Pouf in the style of Paolo Buffa and Gio Ponti
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti
Located in Lugo, IT
Pouf in the style of Paolo Buffa and Gio Ponti Defects but in good condition. Thank you.
Silk, Wood
Vintage Rush Stools
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of oak and rush stools by Paolo Buffa. Elegant tapered leg with a warm oak finish, this pair
Rush, Wood
$1,226Sale Price|30% Off
H 15.75 in W 18.9 in D 14.97 in
Mid-Century Rectangular Italian Design Stool Brass Feet Mahogany 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
design brass. Paolo Buffa attributed.
Brass
Italian 1940s Single Stool in Wood and White Linen
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1940s Single Stool in Wood and White Linen
Linen, Wood
1950 Italian Rare Vanity Stool in Elegant Satin
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti
Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH
New upholstery and cover in first class elegant satin.
Satin, Upholstery, Wood
Paolo Buffa Style Stools
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Pair of Italian stools with woven rush seats and scalloped wood Wonderful patina and scale
Rope, Wood
Sold
H 23.23 in W 22.05 in D 15.75 in
Pair of Midcentury Italian Stools Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of Italian stools attributed to designer Paolo Buffa from circa 1950. The stools have been
Velvet, Ebony
Pair of Italian 1950s Stools in Wood and Yellow Velvet
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Italian 1950s stools in wood and yellow velvet and brass feet.
Brass
Pair Of Stools Attributed To Paolo Buffa
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of foot stools attributed to Paolo Buffa. En suite with a pair of club chairs and settee.
Pair of 1950s Italian Stools
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 1950s Italian stools. Wooden frame with new uphostered Fabric in off-white from Bisson
Fabric, Wood
Paola Buffa Dressing Table Set
Located in London, GB
Stunning 1940s, Italian, Dressing Table by Paolo Buffa with Matching Stool and Matched Pair of
Birch
Paolo Buffa pair of stools 1960s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in bari, IT
Pair of stools wooden structure seated in olive green velvet in the style of Paolo Buffa Italian
Velvet, Walnut
Pair of Paolo Buffa Style Stools
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Pair of Paolo Buffa style stools. Recently upholstered.
Sold
H 16 in W 24.25 in D 14.5 in
Pair of Italian Modern Neoclassical Stools or Benches by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern neoclassical stools or benches by Paolo Buffa. The pair are
Upholstery, Hardwood
Italian green velvet & wood Mid Century Modern stools/ottomans
By Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Pair of bedroom stools also usable as ottomans. Wooden structure with cushioned seats upholstered
Velvet, Wood
Pair of Italian 1940s Stools
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Solid walnut structures with black lacquered details, Newly upholstered with beige cotton velvet. Midcentury, Italy.
A pair of walnut and rosewood tabourets by Paolo Buffa
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
An elegant pair of benches by Paolo Buffa. Carved walnut with rosewood veneer and cane seat.
Walnut, Rosewood, Cane
Barovier & Toso Murano Clear Glass Chandelier, Italy 1950's
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A entire Murano blown clear glass chandelier by Barovier & Toso, Italy, 1950s. With three downwards light-arms with glass tulips of hand-blown transparent bubble glass. This beau...
Brass
Vittorio Dassi dining chairs Italy 1950
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Unique Vittorio Dassi dining chairs manufactured in Italy 1950. These chairs feature beautifully shaped teak frames and the seats have been re-upholstered in a soft cream velvet fabr...
Velvet, Teak
$7,942
H 43.31 in Dm 9.45 in
Angelo Lelii certified brass and glass pendant light by Arredoluce, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare chandelier in brass and opaline glass, designed by Angelo Lelii, produced by Arredoluce in the 1950s, with original authenticity label issued by the Arredoluce archive. The l...
Brass
Black Ceramic Table Lamp Oatmeal Linen Shade, Barro Bruñido
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
This collection is shaped from clay sourced from the Sierra Madre mountains in Oaxaca. Local legend holds that the clay is blessed. Before firing, each piece is meticulously burnish...
Clay, Linen
$4,092 / set
H 34.65 in W 28.75 in D 31.5 in
Pair of Paolo Buffa Mid-Century Modern Italian Armchairs, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful pair of armchairs with curved armrests, made by Paolo Buffa in 1950. The structure in curved and padded wood, the upholstery was redone more than twenty years ago but is in...
Fabric, Beech
$4,686
H 49.02 in W 20.48 in D 94.49 in
Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi Sideboard Cabinet with Pink Mirrors, 1960s
By Salvati & Tresoldi
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
This sideboard cabinet, crafted in the 1960s by Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi, is a prime example of how neoclassical design principles were incorporated into midcentury Furn...
Glass, Cherry, Teak
Basurto 01 Contemporary Wooden and Fabric Stool
By Colección Estudio, Difane
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A tribute to the architectural style that characterized Mexico City during the mid-20th century. Inspired by its lines, symmetry, volumes and shapes, each piece is a miniature abstra...
Hardwood
Kai Kristiansen Walnut and Mohair Mohair Velvet Bench
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, England
A beuatiful bench designed by Danish master Kai Kristiansen in the 1950s and now produced under license by Dagmar in Denmark. This hand-made to order bench has a solid walnut frame ...
Mohair, Oak, Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Cabinet by Paolo Buffa, c.1930s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
Italian mid-century cabinet made by Paolo Buffa in cherry wood, circa 1930s. Dimension: W102 x D40 x H153 cm.
Wood
Paolo Buffa Wood Coffee Table, Italy 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Paolo Buffa side table, Italy 1940s.
Wood
$4,438
H 29.93 in W 30.71 in D 18.12 in
1950s Vanity or Writting desk by Ico & Luisa Parisi for La Permanente Mobili
By Ico Parisi, La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Fine 1950s Vanity or Writting desk by Ico & Luisa Parisi for La Permanente Mobili di Cantù ( labelled) in solid maple and top in teak veneer with geometric pattern About Ico & Luisa...
Maple
$3,095 / set
H 30.32 in W 25.4 in D 29.93 in
Mid-Cenutry Lounge Chair with Ottoman, Paolo Buffa Style, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Buffa, Brugnoli Mobili Cantú
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous Mid-Century armchair / lounge chair with ottoman fully made in beechwood. This iconic piece was designed by Paolo Buffa and produced by Brugnoli Cantù in Italy during the 19...
Wood, Cotton, Upholstery, Beech
$6,900
H 31.25 in W 22.5 in D 24.5 in
20th Century Italian Single Vintage Walnut Lounge Chair by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A single, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian lounge chair made of hand crafted polished Walnut designed by Paolo Buffa, in good condition. The detailed club chair is composed with tw...
Fabric, Bouclé, Upholstery, Walnut
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
Rare pair of Gio Ponti chairs
By Gio Ponti
Located in Albany, NY
Item: pair of chairs Designer: Gio Ponti Manufacturer: I.S.A. Bergamo Demensions: 35.25” h x 16.25” w x22.5” d. 18” seat height Material: Mahogany, metal sabots and upholstery ...
Mahogany
$13,526
H 31.3 in W 30.71 in D 32.68 in
Pair of Lounge Chairs, Denmark, 1950s, Newly Upholstered in Sheepskin
By Viggo Boesen, Flemming Lassen
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A super pair of lounge chairs, newly upholstered in grey / brown sheepskin, Denmark, 1950s. Fast shipping worldwide. .
Wood, Sheepskin
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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