Rare Modernist Stool by Andre Sornay
By Andre Sornay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cowhide upholstered stool by Andre Sornay. Made in France circa 1930s. Literature: Thierry Roche, André Sornay 1902-2000, Paris, 2002
Vintage 1930s French Stools
Metal
A designer and sculptor, Paul Evans was a wild card of late 20th century modernism. A leading light of the American Studio Furniture movement, Evans’s sideboards, credenzas, coffee tables and other work manifests a singular aesthetic sense, as well as a seemingly contradictory appreciation for both folk art forms and for new materials and technologies.
Evans’s primary material was metal, not wood, which was favored by his fellow studio designers, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, neighbors George Nakashima and Phillip Lloyd Powell. He trained in metallurgy and studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the famed crucible of modern design and art in suburban Detroit. For a time early in his career, Evans also worked at Sturbridge Village, a historical “living museum” in Massachusetts, where he gave demonstrations as a costumed silversmith.
Evans’s earliest work unites these influences. The pieces that made his reputation are known as “sculpted-front” cabinets: wood cases faced with box-like high-relief patinated steel mounts laid out in a grid pattern. Each mount contains a metal emblem, or glyph, and the effect is that of a brawny quilt.
Evans’s later work falls into three distinct style groups. His sculpted-bronze pieces, begun in the mid-1960s, show Evans at his most expressive. He employed a technique in which resin is hand-shaped, and later sprayed with a metal coating, allowing for artistic nuance in the making of chairs, tables and case pieces. Later in the decade and into the 1970s, Evans produced his Argente series for celebrated manufacturer Directional (a brand known to vintage mid-century modern furniture collectors everywhere): consoles and other furniture forms that feature aluminum and pigment-infused metal surfaces welded into abstract organic forms and patterns.
Last, Evans's Cityscape design series — a milestone in the history of brutalist design — meshed perfectly with the sleek, “high tech” sensibility of the later ’70s. Evans constructed boxy forms and faced them with irregular mosaic patterns that mixed rectangular plaques of chromed steel, bronze or burlwood veneer. These, like all of Paul Evans’s designs, are both useful and eye-catching. But their appeal has another, more visceral quality: these pieces have clearly been touched by an artist’s hand.
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Rare Modernist Stool by Andre Sornay
By Andre Sornay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cowhide upholstered stool by Andre Sornay. Made in France circa 1930s. Literature: Thierry Roche, André Sornay 1902-2000, Paris, 2002
Metal
Mid Century X Stool
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid Century X Stool, inspired by traditional Spanish ironwork, the base is fabricated from steel and finished in a light, champagne patina. The bo...
Metal
Antique Style Decorative Stool
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique Style Ddecorative stool. Dimensions. Diameter 13 ; 12 1/2 Height.
Wood
Roger Tallon Stool
By Roger Tallon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Roger Tallon Module 400 stool Editions Lacloche France, 1966 aluminum, and original latex foam
Aluminum
Contemporary Italian Stool
Located in London, London
Stool Fabric Wooden supports and legs This one is in stock in Italy but can be made to order Different fabric options are available Italy Contemporar...
Fabric, Beech
Stool, 1970's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Stool, 1970's Additional Information: Style: Mid century, Scandinavia Produced in Sweden Dimensions (W x D x H): 34 x 34 x 34 cm
Wood
Modernist French stool from the 1950s.
Located in Antwerp, BE
A charming little French stool from the 1950s, with all the quiet character of honest, everyday modernism. The simple silhouette is elevated by its black-stained wooden frame—beautif...
Linen, Wood
Stool by Jose Zanine Caldas
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in London, England
Stool by Jose Zanine Caldas reupholstered in Loro Piana
Fabric, Plywood
early 20th century quirky stool ...
Located in Brecht, BE
quirky and unusual by shape this small industrial stool ...
Iron
Umanoff Stool
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in New York, NY
Rare cow horn back, swivel stool, on wrought iron base, designed by Arthur Umanoff. This is a hard to find form, with the sculpted wood backrest, cord seat, a...

George Nelson Bench or Stool
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson for Herman Miller bench or vanity stool, model 4698 Solid black lacquer legs with ergonomic curved seat reupholstered with great plains boucle.
Upholstery, Wood

Hugh Acton Unique Side Table
By Hugh Acton
Located in Chicago, IL
Hugh Acton unique side table, from the residence of Hugh Acton, Birmingham, Michigan. Similar to the iconic production benches, V legs in solid bras...
Travertine, Brass

Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Janus Group Ottoman, circa 1955
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Janus Group Ottoman, circa 1955 – Reupholstered Tufted Pillow-Top with Splayed Mahogany Legs Description An iconic mid-century design by Edward Wormley for...
Upholstery, Walnut

California Craft Arthur Espenet Carpenter Three Leg Counter Stool in Walnut
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
California Craft Arthur Espenet Carpenter Three Leg Counter Stool in Walnut Features original woven leather slung seat with sculpted wood L-shape frame. The stool has a 360 degree sw...
Leather, Walnut
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Unique Stool - Walnut and Steel (circa 1965)
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Unique Stool - Walnut and Steel (circa 1965) This striking unique stool, designed by Arthur Espenet Carpenter, features a combination of welded wrought iron ...
Wrought Iron
William (Billy) Haines — Pair of Swivel Stools, c. 1955
By William Billy Haines
Located in Chicago, IL
William (Billy) Haines — Pair of Swivel Stools, c. 1955 Upholstery, painted wood Dimensions: 12 h × 21 dia in (30 × 53 cm) A sophisticated pair of low swivel stools by legendary Holl...
Upholstery, Wood