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Stools For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: Early 1900s
Mid-Century Modern Stools Designed by John Yellen - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Stools Designed by John Yellen - Pair These rare 1950s John Yellen stools are composed of wide seats in which one wrapped in the original blue and white vinyl w...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Vintage Sculpted Mahogany Tripod Stools by Smith & Watson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Vintage Sculpted Mahogany Tripod Stools by Smith & Watson Country: American Materials: Mahogany Maker: Smith & Watson Style: Antique Y...
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1950s American Vintage Stools

Materials

Mahogany

Isamu Kenmochi for Akita Mokko Japan Mid-Century Modern Stacking Stool
Located in St. Louis, MO
Single bentwood stool by Isamu Kenmochi (1912-1971) for Akita Mokko. Original condition, minor scuffs. Label, circa 1950s Kenmochi was one of the most significant designers in midcentury Japan. He was a founding member of the Japan Industrial Designers, which included Sori Yanagi and Riki Watanabe...
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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

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Beech

Oak Stools with Stitched Leather Tops
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of Tommi Parzinger X base stools in white wash oak and stitched leather tops.
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1950s American Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Leather, Oak

Børge Mogensen "J27" Beech Stool for FDB Møbler, Denmark 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Designed by Børge Mogensen in 1955, the “J27” stool remains a solid and practical piece. With a multitude of purposes, form and function remain at the forefront of this design. Almos...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Beech

Pirkka Stool by Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Pirkka stool by Ilmari Tapiovaara from the 1950s. Pinewood. Good vintage condition, minor wear consistent with age and use. Marked on the bottom. Iconic I...
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Pine

French Carved Stools
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Brutalist carved solid wood carved tripod stools France, circa 1940s Carved concave seats sit on tripod legs Priced individually.
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1950s French Vintage Stools

Materials

Oak

Hamilton Mfg Co High Back Adjustable Height Mahogany Architect Piano Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Hamilton Mfg Co. High Back Adjustable Height Mahogany Architect Piano Stool. Item features an adjustable height seat, tall back with carvings, ...
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Early 1900s American Craftsman Antique Stools

Materials

Mahogany

Charlotte Perriand 'Model 19' Stool in Oak and Rope
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Charlotte Perriand, model '19' stool, oak, rope, France, 1950s A beautiful design by Charlotte Perriand: this '19' stool, a piece from the 1950s that embodies natural beauty and impeccable design. Crafted with precision, the stool features a sturdy oak frame, boasting four straight, thick legs...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Rope, Oak

Andrianna Shamaris African Side Table or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Antique African side table or stool hand carved from a single block of wood. This side table or stool was sourced in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty ca...
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Early 1900s Organic Modern Antique Stools

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Tony Paul Attributed Stools, Woven Wicker, Solid Beech, United States, 1950s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Set of three stools with a handwoven wicker top and solid beech legs attributed to the famous American designer Tony Paul. Produced in the late 1950s these stools are in their ori...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Wicker, Beech

Charlotte Perriand "Berger" Stool, 1953
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful wooden stool 'Berger', designed by Charlotte Perriand, distributed by Steph Simon made with the typical Perriand connection on its tripod base.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood

Antique Hand Carved Coffee Table with 6 Stools by Ettore Zacchari, Italy, 1900s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an extremally rare Antique Wooden Hand-carved Coffee Table with the belonging set of 6 tripod stools done by Ettore Z...
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Stools

Materials

Oak

Paul McCobb for Directional X-Base Brass and Upholstered Stool or Ottoman, 1950s
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish Mid-Century Modern stool, bench, or ottoman By Paul McCobb for Directional USA, 1950s Brass legs and stretchers, with original turquoise vinyl upholstery...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Brass

1950s, Medical Adjustable Stool, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage medical stool made of iron. The hight is adjustable with 57 cm of the maximum hight. The seat diametr is 33 cm.
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1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Stools

Materials

Iron

Midcenrury Set of 3 Rustic Provincial Country Stools, France, 1950s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Midcenrury, Cottage style, Rustic Set of 3 Stools, France 1950s. Solid and stable. Red leather, brass details.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Leather, Wood

Restored Single Stand "Poof" Swivel Rattan Bar Stool, Set of 3
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Set of three 1950s single strand leg "Poof" Rattan and mahogany bar stool with oversize poof swivel seat. Custom cushions C.O.M. (Costumers Own Material) are included in the price. ...
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1950s Vintage Stools

Materials

Rattan

Alvar Aalto, Set of Commissioned Stools by Artek, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful set of three commisioned iconic 60 stool. These stools are higher than the standard model and stand at a height of. The stools are in birch and have a beautiful patina. T...
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1950s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

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Birch

Audoux Minet Rope Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet rope stool France, circa 1950s Braided seagrass is carefully coiled around a heavyweight base Secured with aged wooden pegs and ...
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1950s French Vintage Stools

Materials

Metal

Antique 1905 Liberty's London Qing Dynasty Stool / Side End Table Floral Carving
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare original Liberty’s London stool o...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Stools

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Hardwood

Paul McCobb for Directional X-Base Brass and Upholstered Stool or Ottoman, 1950s
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish Mid-Century Modern stool, bench, or ottoman By Paul McCobb for Directional USA, 1950s Brass legs and stretchers, with original turquoise vinyl upholstery...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Brass

Spanish Stool in Stained Wood with Braided Leather Seat
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Stool or ottoman, leather, brass, beech, plywood, Spain, 1950s This brutalist stool originates from Spain and stylistically refers to the late 19th century Revival period. The construction of the base resembles the chair known in Spanish as "Sillon de Caderas...
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1950s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools

Materials

Brass

Restored Single Stand Arched Rattan Bar Stool w/ Teal Green Seat, Set of Four
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored single stand arched rattan bar stool comprised of 4 arches with a bottom foot rest connected to a dark green vinyl seat. We only purchase and sell only the best and fine...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Rattan

Børge Mogensen "J27" Beech Stools for FDB Møbler, Denmark 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Designed by Børge Mogensen in 1955, the “J27” stool remains a solid and practical piece. With a multitude of purposes, form and function remain at the forefront of this design. Almos...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Beech

Steel Wire Stool Cees Braakman for Pastoe, 1958
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice attractive, steel Wire Foot stool. Black color. Model FM06 Super rare. Design by Cees Braakman for Pastoe 1958. Good condition. Normal wear and tear.
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Metal

Pine Stools Visingsö by Carl Malmsten
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming Pair of Vintage Pine stools in model Visingsö by Carl Malmsten. Marked with the makers initials CM underneath and probably made by Carl Malmstens o...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Pine

Wishbone Ottoman by Hans J. Wegner
Located in Dorchester, MA
Hans Wegner designed this rarely seen ottoman to accompany his Wishbone seating for Carl Hansen. The original tapered oak frame features a papercord seat, newly wrapped. Manufactu...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Papercord, Oak

Mid-Century Modern Organic Vintage Rattan Metal Stool, 1950s, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage stool from woven rattan and black metal feet designed and manufactured Vienna 1950s. A stunning and comfortable lightweight stool from woven rattan with four black lacquered metal feet with a slightly curved seat. This stool shows a wonderful appearance through its rattan and metal combination and could add such a textured accent into your home. The organic Material rattan embodies a kind of easygoing chic, which we particularly love and try to offer in our storefront. This rattan stool works very well with Rustic accessories as well as Japanese or Asian interiors...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Steel

Vintage Pilastro Style Dutch Tripod Task Stool with White Legs and Wood Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Little tripod task stool with white enameled legs with a plywood round seat. In original condition with visible wear, consistent with its age and use.
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Metal

Sensational 1950s Bar Stools Set of 3 Gray Naugahyde Brass & Black Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sensational 1950s Bar Stools Set of 3 Gray Naugahyde, Brass & Black Satin Wood Made in Mexico. Solid wood legs with black satin finish Refreshed preservation to the wood finish. ...
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1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Brass

Stool Tripod, 1950s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Brutalist Wood STOOL. Condition: no restoration, original, vintage.
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1950s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Hardwood

Stool Attributed to Jean Prouvé, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool design attributed to Jean Prouvé, circa 1950. Manufactured in (France) Lacquered metal base and laminated wood seat. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Metal

Beech Stool by Stella, France, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
four legged and copper plated steel ring stool by Stella manufacture France 1950's this item will ship from France and can be returned to either France or to an upstate NY USA location...
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1950s French Vintage Stools

Materials

Copper

Brutalist Spanish Mid-Century Sculptural Tripod Chair '50
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful designed tripod chair or stool that used to be often placed in a corner. Looks very good in a brutalist, minimalist interior where it is...
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood

Iron and Leather Bar Stool by Frederic Weinberg
Located in Dorchester, MA
Philadelphia-based artist and industrial designer Frederic Weinberg created this classic mid-century modern bar stool. A wrought-iron frame with hairpin legs supports a comfortable r...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Wrought Iron

1955 Series 7 Bar Stool Chair Designer Arne Jacobsen Fritz Hansen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Series 7 bar stool 3197 chair designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955 Fritz Hansen Listed Price is per unit. (Five stools are available) 44 tall x 20 w...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Vintage bentwood Low Tables or Stools After a Design by Alvar Aalto
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of vintage 3-legged low stools or tables from the designer Alvar Aalto were first introduced in the 1930s. Both made circa 1955 and clearly having always lived their life t...
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1950s Finnish International Style Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Mid-Century Modern Set of Four Stools in Cowhide, Europe, ca 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Most of Europe has a long history of furniture-making. Through the 19th century, the country also had a very strong tradition of cabinetmaking, or producing traditional furniture by ...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Cowhide, Wood

Wood Base, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wood Base, circa 1950, Manufactured in Spain. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. ...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood

Midcentury Stool in Beech, Made in Denmark, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Stool in beech with fabric seat. Designed and med in Denmark, 1950s.
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1950s Austrian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Beech, Fabric

Paul McCobb Set of Two Mid-Century Iron Stools with New Leather Upholstery
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Set of 2 Mid-Century Modern iron stools by Paul McCobb. Newly reupholstered as they originally were, with no-sag springs, foam and a thick vintage ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Iron

1950s Fully Restored Danish Stool
Located in Knebel, DK
1950s Fully restored danish stool. The stool feature a simple and elegant design with it's curved upholstered seat on top of it's four fluted chair leg...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Beech

Swedish Desk and Stool by Göran Malmvall 1940s/'50s
Located in Brescia, IT
Pine wood table and stool set designed by G.Malmvall for The Swedish Fur company. Two pieces of furniture of Scandinavian origin, evident in the type of wood used and the rustic b...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Pine

Stool Model 927 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stool model 927 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Mahogany and rattan. Measures: H: 43 cm W: 43 cm D: 28 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Rattan, Mahogany

Set of 4 Lacquered Stools Model A105 by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Four black lacquered stools by Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA. Adjustable version with adjustable polished plywood seat.
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1950s Italian Vintage Stools

Materials

Iron

Wood Base, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wood Base, circa 1950, Manufactured in Spain. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. ...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood

Midcentury Stool in Oak, Made in Denmark, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Stool in solid oak and fabric, designed made in Denmark, 1950s.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Leather, Oak

Wood Tripod Heart Stool, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique heart tripod stool made in France, circa 1950s. Substantial and chunky heart shaped seat with three sturdy club legs with faceted sides. Perfe...
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1950s French Brutalist Vintage Stools

Materials

Wood

Spanish Rustic Stools in Stained Wood and Straw
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Stools, stained beech, straw, Spain, 1950s. This piece of furniture embodies an evolved provincial character with great quality of elegance. The sincere construction and type of upholstery, give the chair a character of its own. The seat features a rush seat created by using a weaving technique where long, dried grass...
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

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Straw, Beech

Bertel Gardberg, Set of 5 Stools from 1950s'
Located in Helsinki, FI
These amazing stools were designed by marvelous Finnish designer Bertel Gardberg (1919-2007) in 1950s'. He was the master of form and function. The stools ar...
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1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Pine

A Sculptural MID-CENTURY-MODERN RUSTIC STOOL, PIERRE CHAPO Style, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A beautiful and sculptural massive elm Stool, thick and sensual lines, Modernist, Forme Libre, Brutalist, Folk Art, in the spirit of Pierre Chapo & Charlotte Perriand, to be attribut...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Elm

Original Josef Hoffmann Stool, Prag Rudniker Wicker-Fabrication
Located in Vienna, AT
Expertise Dr Gerti Draxler Dorotheum Wien, aus einer Sitzgruppe im Salon des Haus Biach, 1902-03, comparable to : Hocker Alexander Brauner, Hohe Warte 1904, Wiener Werkstaette Muster...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Stools

Materials

Wicker, Beech

One Vintage Stool of the Fibrocit Brand, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
one stool circa 1950 Normal wear, scratches, lack of peinyures, small superficial rust spots.
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Metal

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Custom Brass Curule Bench for the Kandell Residence
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Likely one-of-kind solid cast brass stool bench, weighing roughly 75 lbs, that stood at the entrance foyer to the Penthouse apartment at the original Ritz Carlton on Park Ave. South....
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1950s American Vintage Stools

Materials

Brass

Spanish Rustic Stools in Stained Wood and Straw
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Stools, stained beech, straw, Spain, 1950s This piece of furniture embodies an evolved provincial character with great quality of elegance. The sincere construction and type of upholstery, give the chair a character of its own. The seat features a rush seat created by using a weaving technique where long, dried grass...
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Straw, Beech

Gio Ponti Set of Two Stools in Black Lacquered Wood and Fabric 1950s Italy
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two stools with legs in black lacquered wood and seats upholstered in light blue fabric. Attribuited to Gio Ponti, Italian Manufacture 1950s Gio Ponti was an icon of the m...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Dunbar Thebes Stools by Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully restored pair of Dunbar Thebes stools designed by Edward Wormley.
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1950s Vintage Stools

Materials

Mahogany

Norman Cherner Bar Stool Chair Black
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Norman Cherner bar stool from 2004. Beech plywood in black lacquered colour and chrom feet. Classic iconic design in the bar stool variation.       
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique, New and Vintage Stools

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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