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Rush Seat Counter Stools

Set of 3 Rush Seat Counter Stools after Loewenstein
By Hank Loewenstein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of vintage (c. 1990s) rush seat counter height stools in the manner of Hank Lowenstein’s
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Stools

Materials

Rush, Wood, Lacquer

Pair of Charlotte Perriand Style Low Counter Height White Stools with Rush Seats
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Charlotte Perriand Style Square Stools with Woven Rush Seat and White Painted Frame. In
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Rush, Wood

Charlotte Perriand Style Rush and Oak Counter Height Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Perriand style counter height stool with woven rush seat and oak frame. In original
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Rush, Oak

Set of 4 'Campagne' Steel and Rush Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 'Campagne' steel and rush counter stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 'Campagne' Steel and Rush Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 'Campagne' steel and rush counter stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 Hindeloopen Rush Counter Height Stools w/ Painted Designs on Black Wood
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Hindeloopen bar stools with rush seats, oak frame and hand-painted colorful designs. The
Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Rush, Wood

Vintage Country French Carved Oak Stools with Painted Rush Seat, Set of Four
Located in Dallas, TX
dressed with hand woven and hand painted rush. The two-ladder tall and sturdy stools are in excellent
Category

Late 20th Century French Country Stools

Materials

Rush, Oak

Reproduction French Louis XVI Style Bar Stool with Rush Seat and High Back
Located in Santa Monica, CA
design for our reproductions. We make side chairs, armchairs, counter and bar stools to customers
Category

2010s American Louis XVI Stools

Materials

Rush, Wood

'Provence' Counter Height Stools by Understated Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
powder coated steel frames with handwoven rush seat. Elegant detail on the bottom part of the stool
Category

2010s French Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of White 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but sturdy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 3 Slender 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 slender 'Campagne' counter stools by Design Frères. Comfortable, with a minimal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 Slender 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 slender 'Campagne' counter stools by Design Frères. Comfortable, with a minimal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 White 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but sturdy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 3 White 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but sturdy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but sturdy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 3 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 5 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 5 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 3 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 4 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 5 'Campagne' Counter Height Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 5 'Campagne' counter height stools by Design Frères. Chic combination of slender but
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Set of 8 Exotic Argentine Rosewood Counter Stools from Costantini, Umberto
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Umberto Counter stool is one of Costantini’s best selling original seating designs featuring a
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Stools

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Hand Made Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid Century hand made pine bar or counter stools.These stools have hand woven rush seats and a
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Stools

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Mid Century Hand Made Bar Stools
Mid Century Hand Made Bar Stools
H 25 in W 16.5 in D 16.5 in
Rustic Modern Counter Stool in Rush by Martin & Brockett, Finial Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin & Brockett's Sydney Counter Stool in Rush features two hand-turned finials on the stool back
Category

2010s Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

Pair of Custom 'Tree Trunk' Barstools by Michael Taylor
By Michael Taylor
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of custom carved and bleached pine 'Tree Trunk' counter stools with rush seats designed by
Category

Vintage 1980s Stools

Materials

Pine

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By Hank Loewenstein
Located in Hudson, NY
Simple yet elegant black counter height bar stools with rush seats. Strikingly comfortable. 6
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Located in Dallas, TX
Place these stools around a kitchen counter for extra seating; crafted in Normandy, France, the
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Stools

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Pair of Country French Carved Ladder Back Bar Stools with Rush Seat
Located in Dallas, TX
Place these stools around a kitchen bar counter for extra seating. Crafted in Normandy, France
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Stools

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Pair of French Louis XV Carved Beech Wood Bar Stools with Rush Seat
Located in Dallas, TX
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By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Located in Dallas, TX
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By Arthur Umanoff, Raymor
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Rush Seat Counter Stools For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of rush seat counter stools is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct rush seat counter stools — often made from natural fiber, rush and metal — can elevate any home. We have 2 antique and vintage rush seat counter stools in-stock, while there are 17 modern editions to choose from as well. Rush seat counter stools have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Rush seat counter stools are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI style is often sought at 1stDibs. Rush seat counter stools have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Design Frères and Michael Taylor are consistently popular.

How Much are Rush Seat Counter Stools?

Prices for rush seat counter stools start at $897 and top out at $9,000 with the average selling for $5,400.

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.