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Period: Mid-20th Century
Creator: Sori Yanagi
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A butterfly stool, model "S-0521/M", by Sori Yanagi, in wood and patinated brass, manufactured by Tendo Mokko, Japan, with the old editor’s label, model designed in 1954.
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi, "Butterfly" Stools, Walnut, Brass, Japan, 1954
Located in High Point, NC
A set of first production walnut "Butterfly" stools, designed in 1954 by Sori Yanagi and produced by Tendo Mokko, Japan, c. 1960s.
Unlabeled.
Seat height: 15.75"
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi Rosewood and Brass Butterfly Stool Vintage
By Sori Yanagi
Located in North Miami, FL
This iconic and collectable butterfly stool is a work of simple and elegant sculpture by the Japanese designer Sori Yanagi. It is rosewood and brass structure. The combination aesthe...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Brass
Sori Yanagi ‘Elephant’ stool for Kotobuki, Japan 1954
By Kotobuki, Sori Yanagi
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Elephant stool by Sori Yanagi for Kotobuki Seating Company, Tokyo 1954. Yanagi originally designed the stool as a work chair for his studio, a couple of years later it was released b...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
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Fiberglass
Armchair X by Tendo Mokko, circa 1960
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Venezia, VENETO
This very unique vintage armchair has been manufactured by Tendo Mokko in the 1960's. It is a very rare item coming from a facilities in Japan, after the relocation of the warehouse,...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Rare Japanese Stool by Soetsu Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Uccle, BE
This stool was made for the In 1936, the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum. Made of Japanese cherry wood and seagrass. Today, you can still see the original benches made for this museum.
Yanagi Soetsu (1889 – 1961), also known as Yanagi Muneyoshi, was a Japanese art critic, philosopher, and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s. His son, Sori Yanagi, was a renowned industrial designer. In 1916, Yanagi made his first trip to Korea out of curiosity about Korean crafts. The trip led to the establishment of the Korean Folk Crafts Museum in 1924 and the coining of the term mingei by Yanagi, potters Hamada Shoji (1894–1978) and Kawai Kanjiro...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Seagrass, Cherry
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool Rosewood Brass
By Sori Yanagi
Located in San Diego, CA
Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stool in rosewood and brass. Designed in 1954 and produced in the 1990s. Signed, Sori Yanagi.
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Stools
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Pair Black Sori Yanagi Elephant Stools by Kotobuki Japan c. 1950s
By Sori Yanagi
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Pair of black Sori Yanagi Elephant Stools by Kotobuki, Japan c. 1950s.
Yanagi foil sticker on underside.
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Stools
Materials
Fiberglass
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