Wooden Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Stool in Molded Plywood by Tendo Japan, 1980s
By Tendo Mokko, Sori Yanagi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and iconic wooden mid century "butterfly" stool in molded plywood by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko Japan, 1980s.
Plywood
Minimalist Stacking Chair by +55design – Inspired by Yanagi’s Butterfly Stool
By Ilse Lang
Located in Jardim America, SP
This elegant stacking chair, designed by Ilse Lang, is a sophisticated reinterpretation of the structural purity found in Sori Yanagi’s renowned Butterfly Stool. Stripped down to its...
Metal
Sori Yanagi Rosewood Butterfly Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Sori Yanagi rosewood butterfly stool. Early and excellent example of this mid century classic.
Brass
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi, Japan, 1980s, simple, wabi-sabi.
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
An iconic “Butterfly” stool by Sori Yanagi, combining Japanese craftsmanship with modernist elegance in a fluid sculptural form.
Wood
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanaga
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1960s. Japan. Birch frame with brass stretcher. Signed
Brass
Harvey Probber Knights Bench Model 1173 c. 1950 mid century modern
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Similar form to the Sori Yanagi Butterfly stool with a refined elegant styling expected form the greats liek Harvey Probber, Edward Wormley, Vladimir Kagan, and T.H.
Brass
Sori Yonagi for Hida Bleached Oak Table and Chairs Reissue 2022
By Sori Yanagi, Hida
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sōri Yanagi died in 2011 at the age of 96. Key designs Elephant Stool, 1954 Butterfly Stool, 1956 Honours Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (UK), 2008
Oak
Pair of Kabuto Chairs by Isamu Kenmochi for Tendo Mokko
By Tendo Mokko, Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Main products include “Butterfly Stool (Sori Yanagi)” and “Low Chair (Junzo Sakakura Architectural Institute (Daisaku)”) Examples include the Kashiwado Chair (Isamu Kenmochi) and the...
Plywood
original Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
Located in Pasadena, CA
Yanagi designed this molded plywood butterfly stool for Tendo.
Wood
Vitra Miniature Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
In view of the above Yanagi's Butterfly stool can be described as unusual on a number of counts.
Plywood
Onda Stool
By Ilse Lang
Located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Inspired in Sori Yanagi's butterfly stool, onda subverts its seating position to feature high ergonomic quality.
Stainless Steel
Vintage "Butterfly" Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Stool "Butterfly" by Sori Yanagi
Brass
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Berkeley, CA
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko made of maple plywood.
Vitra Butterfly Stool in Maple by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
These items are only available in the United States. The butterfly stool uniquely combines Eastern forms with the plywood molding technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames. The...
Plywood
Vitra Butterfly Stool in Rosewood by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
These items are only available in the United States. The butterfly stool uniquely combines Eastern forms with the plywood molding technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames. The...
Plywood
Unavailable
H 15.15 in W 16.43 in D 12 in
Original Rosewood "Butterfly" Stool Designed by Sori Yanagi, circa 1950, Japan
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Butterfly' stool was designed in Japan by Sori Yanagi.
Brass
Original Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Chicago, IL
Butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko.
Brass
Unavailable
H 15 in W 16.5 in D 12 in
Sori Yanagi / Tendo Co. Ltd. / Japanese Crafts "Butterfly" Stool, circa 1956
By Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
The Japanese designer Sori Yanagi is best known for his 1956 Butterfly Stool.
Brass
Japanese Style Rosewood Plywood Seats
By Kenji Fujimori
Located in Meguro-ku, JP
Vintage Japanese style rosewood plywood seats manufactured by TENDO in Japan. The Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool is a famous product manufactured by TENDO.
Rosewood, Plywood
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A Sori Yanagi butterfly stool for Tendo in bent rosewood and brass.
Brass
Set of four Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stools
By Sori Yanagi
Located in North Miami, FL
Set of four Sori Yanagi butterfly stools. Signed. The butterfly stool uniquely combines Eastern forms with the plywood moulding technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames.
Plywood
Museum Quality Mid-Century Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stool" Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Museum quality Sori Yanagi Butterfly stool in rosewood. Sori Yanagi studied both art and architecture.
Brass
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
By Tendo Mokko, Sori Yanagi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'One of the most famous pieces of furniture is his Butterfly Stool, which won a gold prize at the Milan Triennial XI.
Stainless Steel
Original Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original production Sori Yangai "Butterfly" stool, very good vintage condition.
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Stools
Located in Pomona, CA
Pair of 1980s Sori Yanagi rosewood "Butterfly" stools.
Brass
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Stools . Earliest examples.
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An incredible example of an iconic Mid 20th Century masterpiece. Designed by Sori Yanagi in the late 1950.s These examples are the earliest examples of this form. As evidenced by ...
Rosewood
VINTAGE SORI YANAGI BUTTERFLY STOOL
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Sori Yanagi for Tendo an original Rosewood veneer Butterfly stool , designed 1954 , all original with the brass fittings .
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool by Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Denton, TX
Molded plywood butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi for Tendo Mokko.
Brass
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stool" Tendo Mokko, 1960s
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Rare butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi, manufactured by Tendo in Japan.
Brass
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stool" Tendo Mokko, 1960s
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Rare butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi, manufactured by Tendo in Japan Precious early works.
Wood
Sold
H 16.15 in W 16.34 in D 12.21 in
Sori Yanagi "Butterfly" Stool for Tendo Mokko, Early Production, Japan
By Sori Yanagi, Tendo Mokko
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
"Butterfly" stool designed by Japanese designer Sori Yanagi in 1954.
Metal
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool in Molded Blonde Rosewood for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Chicago, IL
The Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi, (1915 - 2011) an iconic figure in Japanese industrial design.
Rosewood
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool in Molded Blonde Rosewood for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Chicago, IL
The Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi, (1915 - 2011) an iconic figure in Japanese industrial design.
Rosewood
Pair of Sori Yanagi "Butterfly Stools for Tendo Mokko
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Rare butterfly stool designed by Sori Yanagi, manufactured by Tendo in Japan.
Sori Yanagi Rosewood Butterfly Stools
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pair of Sori Yanagi butterfly stools executed in rosewood. These examples have polished chrome stretchers.
Rosewood
BUTTERFLY Stool Stool Chair Design Sori Yanagi Stool
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
BUTTERFLY Stool Stool Chair Design Sori Yanagi Stool The “BUTTERFLY” stool by Sori Yanagi combines elegance and functionality in a timeless design.
Metal
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.