Mid-Century Modern Stools
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Stool S13A old version by Pierre Chapo in Elm, France, 1970's
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Uithoorn, NL
This stool is a striking example of Pierre Chapo's craftsmanship, featuring the S13a model from the 1970s, made in France. Crafted from solid elm, the stool shows a timeless elegance...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Elm
White Wicker/Rattan Drink/Plant Stand/Table or Vanity/Bohemian Stool
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This little stool is a sweet as it can be! It has been painted white at least once in it's lifetime as can be ascertained by the thickness of the paint and the drips, I love the hist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wicker, Paint
Achille Castiglioni Mezzadro Stools
Located in Dronten, NL
Very early bright red Mezzadro stool designed by Achille Castiglioni for Zanotta.
In the hands of the Castiglioni Brothers, the Mezzadro stool for Zanotta transforms a simple tractor...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Basurto 01 Contemporary Wooden and Fabric Stool
Located in Mexico City, MX
A tribute to the architectural style that characterized Mexico City during the mid-20th century. Inspired by its lines, symmetry, volumes and shapes, each piece is a miniature abstraction of the buildings from
that period, allowing to have at home a city in scale.
Basurto 01...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Thonet Romanian Bentwood Cane Bar Stools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare pair of mid-century modern bar stools crafted from bentwood after Thonet. The stools feature a classic heart motif back crafted from gracefully curved beech. The round seat has woven cane inset and is supported by long straight legs conjoined by round and curved stretchers. The lower ring stretcher serves as a footrest with a seat height of 29.5 inches high. Each chair is stamped on bottom "made in Romania" with missing paper labels. Styled after the famous No. 16 sweetheart chairs...
Category
20th Century Romanian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Industrial Three-legged Stool C. 1930's
Located in New York, NY
Industrial three-legged stool made of green-painted steel, featuring a swing-out step.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Swedish Designer, Stool, Pine, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine stool designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Pine
Swedish Designer, Stool, Pine, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine stool designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
The seat presents with light staining and scratching.
Dimensions: 18.675” H x 13.5” W x 12.25” D
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Pine
Isamu Noguchi Rocking Stool for Vitra
By Vitra, Isamu Noguchi
Located in New York, NY
Iconic low rocking stool with a maple top and base and chrome-plated steel rods, a 1954 Isamu Noguchi design for Knoll re-issued by Vitra in 2001. Intended ...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
Basurto 02 Contemporary Wooden Stool with Leather Details
Located in Mexico City, MX
A tribute to the architectural style that characterized Mexico City during the mid-20th century. Inspired by its lines, symmetry, volumes and shapes, each piece is a miniature abstraction of the buildings from
that period, allowing to have at home a city in scale.
Basurto 02...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
French Counter Chair in Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Counter chair, chrome-plated metal, velvet, France, 1970s.
This counter or bar stool convinces the viewer's eye with the well-proportioned tubular frame combined with a vibrant red ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Barstool, 31", Cantilever, Black Danish Cord, Walnut, Mid Century, Semigood
Located in Issaquah, WA
This listing is for a 31" H Walnut with Black Danish Cord Rian Cantilever Barstool. Can be made with any domestic or exotic hardwood of your choosi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Cord, Hardwood
Ojai Swivel Barstool by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ojai barstool features a sculptural wood base, powdercoated metal footrest and an upholstered swivel seat.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handmade in Los Angeles...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Mohair, Walnut
Cherner Under Counter Stool, Counter Height
Located in Berkeley, CA
The latest design from Benjamin Cherner. The under counter stool features a molded plywood seat with laminated wood base and a bright chrome footr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four Harry Bertoia for Knoll Barstool in Chrome & Black Leatherette
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deisgned in the early 1950s by genius up-and-coming designer Harry Bertoia, this chair stands today as part of an entire line produced by Knoll. Accompanied by Bertoia's Diamond chai...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Kazuhide Takahama Sitting Landscape of 10 'Esa' Hexagonal Poufs for B-Line
Located in Tilburg, NL
Kazuhide Takahama 'Esa' Hexagonal Pouf for B-Line Italy. Designed in 1968, current production.
Esa is a hexagonal-shaped pouf which combines the ess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Small Woven Stool in the Manner of Charlotte Perriand, France, 1950s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A wonderful small woven stool in the style of Charlotte Perriand, France c. 1950s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Rush, Oak
Folding Wood and Fabric Stool, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Folding wood and Fabric Stool, circa 1960. By unknown artisan in Spain, circa 1960. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age a...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pebble Stool Type 01, Natural Light Acacia Wood
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
A three-legged wooden stool that looks like the arrangement of rock to form a structure. This work was born from the skill and instinct of a master craftsman where designers give the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Midcentury Italian Upholstered Stools with Black and Gold Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of vintage Italian stools from the mid 20th century, with round upholstered seats, black paint and gilt accents. Created in Italy during ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Copper Stools / Tables by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of stools / tables from Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956, copper and wood. The stools showcase the Japanese influence present throughout...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Copper
Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta "Mezzadro" Stools 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Couple of italian midcentury modern design stools Mezzadro model ‘sprung metal seat’ designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta in 1957 with painted metal seat, chr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Steel
Set of Two Design Stools Vitamin, Ikea, Nicholai Wiig-Hansen, Sweden, 1990s
By IKEA
Located in Praha, CZ
marked
min seat height: 51 cm
max seat height: 71 cm.
Category
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Midcentury Stool or Tabouret, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Mid-Century Pair of Roger Tallon Ts Folding Stools for Sentou, France 1970s
By Roger Tallon
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely pair of foldable stools designed by Roger Tallon and produced by Sentou in France in the 1970s.
These TS stools are fully made in a beautiful maple wood and were ingeniously...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Maple
Italian mid-century modern round rattan high bar stools, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern round rattan high bar stools, 1960s
Set of four high rattan bar stools with round base. The structure of the stools is given by three circles, the first is...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Rattan
Folding Wood and Fabric Stool, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Folding wood and Fabric Stool, circa 1960. By unknown artisan in Spain, circa 1960. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age a...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Charlotte Perriand Mexique Stool Outdoor For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Mexique Stool Outdoor For Cassina
Cassina interprets the Mexique designer tables and stools by Charlotte Perriand in new versions, for outdoor living enjoyment at its best. With materials and finishes suited to outdoor use that maintain the same harmony and purity of line that distinguish the entire collection.
Charlotte Perriand began designing the “en forme libre” series of tables in 1938 and devised Mexique in 1952 for the students’ rooms in the Maison du Mexique at the Cité Universitaire Internationale in Paris.
The iconic triangular shape with bevelled edges - designed to make the best use of the space - is the unmistakable feature of the seat of the Mexique Outdoor design stool, as well; it can be paired with the high bar table from the same collection.
STRUCTURE AND FOOTREST
In stainless steel, matt black powder-coat finish
SEAT
In okoume plywood, matt lacquer finish.
FEET
In black plastic
Charlotte Perriand began designing the “en forme libre” series of tables in 1938 and devised Mexique in 1952 for the students’ rooms in the Maison du Mexique at the Cité Universitaire Internationale in Paris.
Re-edited by Cassina for the first time in 2014, it gave rise to a collection that includes several iterations, all while staying true to the original designs. Now, working closely with Pernette Perriand-Barsac, daughter and sole heir of Charlotte Perriand, Cassina introduces the Mexique tables and stools in new versions for en plein air enjoyment to the max.
The iconic triangular shape with bevelled edges - originally designed to make the best use of the available space - remains the unmistakable trait in the Mexique Outdoor line, launched this year as a low table, dining table and high table with matching stool, available in two heights. New materials available in fresh, novel finishes and colours differentiate and emphasize the elegant design of this family. For all of the pieces in the series, Okoume wood, ideal for outdoor use, comes with matt lacquer finish in the following colours: marron glacé, China red, comfort, petroleum, light grey, sage green, a new shade of blue and Capri blue; the low tables also come with glossy glazed ceramic finish in the following shades: mossy green, basalt grey and light grey, while a natural teak seat is also available for the stools.
Thanks to this vast and varied product range, it is possible to mix and match the various styles to create dynamic, free-form arrangements in absolute Charlotte Perriand spirit.
As is true of all the works in the Cassina I Maestri Collection, each piece is authenticated by the Cassina logo, Charlotte Perriand’s signature and by a serial number that corresponds to the data on its ID card.
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About The Designer:
Charlotte Perriand full membership of that avant-garde cultural movement which, from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave birth to a truly modern sensitivity towards everyday life. In this context, her specific contribution focuses on interior composition, conceived as creating a new way of living, still today at the heart of contemporary lifestyle.In the sphere of twentieth century furnishing history, the advent of modernity made possible the entrepreneurial audacity of this true reformer of interior design. At the beginning of her professional career she was acclaimed by critics for her Bar under the roof, exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1927 and constructed entirely in nickel-plated copper and anodized aluminium. In the same year, when she was just twenty-four years old, she began a decade-long collaboration with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, at the famous design studios at 35, rue de Sèvres in Paris.Her presence in the Le Corbusier studio is visible in all the furnishings designed with him and with Pierre Jeanneret: and so Charlotte Perriand becomes a cornerstone in the reformation project promoted by the architect, adding a distinct dimension of humaneness to the often cold rationalism of Le Corbusier. In her creations she manages to animate the fundamental substance of daily life with new aesthetic values: in particular her talent and intuition in the discovery and use of new materials manifest themselves to their full extent.The ten-year long collaboration with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, and her Japanese experience, represent periods of intense creative effervescence in the life of the artist. During her long stay in the Far East (‘40-‘46), she reveals her artistic talent to the full, through a reinterpretation of the reality of life to echo both tradition and modernity. By way of example, worthy of mention are the furnishings produced using traditional bamboo processing techniques, capable of enhancing the new forms already experimented using steel-tubing.After her work as a professional, she concentrates on a series of original and balanced productions, commissioned by top-level authorities and leading companies of the calibre of Air France, and by a number of foreign organizations, authenticating the fame she had by now gained on the international scene.The distinguishing factor of Charlotte Perriand’s personality is a sincere loyalty to the principles of humane and innovative rationalism, preserved intact in her projects, on which she worked with such passion, also in readiness for their revival in the “Cassina I Maestri” collection.
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Ventaglio
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Table Montparnasse
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Le Monde de Charlotte Perriand
LE MONDE DE CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
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Chaise Longue Indochine
CHAISE LONGUE INDOCHINE
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Mexique Outdoor Table
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7 Fauteuil tournant, Durable
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8 TABOURET TOURNANT, DURABLE
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Banquette Mauritanie
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Bureau Boomerang
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Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Knoll Barcelona Stools by Mies Van Der Rohe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Iconic Pair of Barcelona stools or ottomans, designed by Mies van der Rohe for Knoll, American, circa 2000s. Retains Knoll tag underneath. They have been cleaned and a leather condit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
A pair of chrome bar stools attributed to Milo Baughman, circa 1970s.
Located in Houston, TX
A pair of chrome bar stools attributed to Milo Baughman, circa 1970s. Their sculptural chrome frames create a floating effect, give them a timeless appeal that still feels relevant t...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Jamaica Stools by Pepe Cortes
By Amat-3, Pepe Cortés
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are these amazing Postmodern Jamaica stools featuring a sculpted and polished cast aluminum seat on chrome base.
The seat height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Niels Hvass Outdoor 'Cutter' Stool in FSC Certified Teak for Skagerak
Located in Glendale, CA
Niels Hvass outdoor 'Cutter' stool in FSC certified teak for Skagerak
Skagerak was founded in 1976 by Jesper and Vibeke Panduro, who took inspiration from their love of Scandinavi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Teak
Pair of 20th Century Pink Pattern Velvet Vintage Footstools, Edmund Homa, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Stools from the turn of the 1960s. Beautiful pink pattern high quality italian velvet upholstery. The stools consists of an upholstered part, a seat and wooden legs narrowing downwar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric
Midcentury Rattan and Wicker Round Pouf Stool, Tito Agnoli, Italy, 1970s
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Mid-Century organic pouf made in curved rattan and hand-woven wicker. This French Riviera style pouf was designed by Tito Agnoli in Italy during the 1970s.
This delightful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Audoux Minet Rope Barstools, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Barstools in wrought iron, the stem wrapped in thick natural rope on wooden ball feet.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Wonderful Pair Milo Baughman Style Chrome X Base Bench Stools Midcentury
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful pair of Milo Baughman chrome X base stools. We love the large scale size of these measuring 21" T x 23” W x 21" D. The tops were upholstered in white faux leather a few yea...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
Le Corbusier LC14 Tabouret Nantes Rezè Wood Stool For Cassina
By Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier LC14 Tabouret Nantes Rezè Wood Stool For Cassina
The model of this design stool or low table predates - in its 3-D composition - the Tabo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Set of Four English Oak Bar Stools with Backs and Cushions, Midcentury Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of four English oak bar stools from the midcentury period, with rectangular seats and open backs designed for comfort and durability. The frames ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Oak
Salve Bar Stools by Ehlén Johanssonv for IKEA in Natural & Red Plywood, 90s
By IKEA
Located in Roma, IT
I am offering for sale a "Salve" model bar stool designed by the Swedish designer Ehlén Johansson and produced by IKEA during the 90s and currently out of production.
This stool from the mid-90s is inspired by the work of the father of Scandinavian design of the mid-20th century: Alvar Aalto.
Attention, we deliberately used the term "inspired" because unlike other Ikea products such as the well-known Frosta stool...
Category
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Plywood
Charlotte Perriand, Stool Méribel, Circa 1960, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Hasselt, VLI
The Méribel Stool is a part of Charlotte Perriand's design legacy, associated with her work on the Hôtel le Doron in Méribel during the 1950s. As part of the interior design of this ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Straw
Orsini Barstool by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orsini barstool is made with a solid brass spun base that features rounded feet and an upholstered seat. Shown here in matte black.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
El Cap Counterstool by Levi Christiansen x Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The El Cap Barstool has a sturdy, detail-rich, hardwood frame topped with a channel tufted seat that resembles an ocean swell.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handmade...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Börje Johanson Barstool in Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Börje Johanson for Johanson Design, barstool as part of 'Johanson Jupiter Collection', metal, leatherette, Sweden, 1970s.
Highly comfortable high barstool in red velvet upholstery. ...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Bamboo Rattan Stools in the Style of Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italian midcentury rattan and bamboo stools / side tables, 1950s-1960s
Handcrafted
These eye-catching stools / footstools can be used as end tables, side tables or nightstands.
They have a nice construction and a clean design inspired in Michael Thonet bentwood stools...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Hollis Jones Lucite and Leather Stools with Metal Footrest
Located in Wichita, KS
These rare mid-century lucite and metal barstools are attributed to Charles Hollis Jones. The white leather is in good shape for its age and the footrests are made of thick metal. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
American Designer, Bar Stools, Iron, Leather, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of black-lacquered iron and white leather bar stools designed and produced in the US, 1950s.
Dimensions: 28.25” H x 18.25” Diameter
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Maple Stool for W.H. Gunlocke Chair Company
By Gunlocke
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A straight forward solid maple stool in maple having splayed legs and gently arching stretchers.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Maple
Set of two extraordinary barstools by David Marshall
Located in HAARLEM, NL
A pair of rare David Marshall, mixed metal stools. Composed of brass legs, foot rests, and stems. Finished with open work, aluminum seats along the tops. Spain, 1970s. Set price
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Woven Leather Counter Stool in Ebonized Ash and Cream Leather by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
Originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1956 and officially reintroduced by his daughter Judy Smilow in 2017, the woven leather counter stool ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Ash
Carimate Barstools by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1962
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare pair of Carimate bar stools designed by Vico Magistretti for Cassina.
More common are the dining chairs, these bar stools have been produced in lower quantities.
Very good con...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wicker, Oak
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-SI-21-A Pair of High Stools / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
These items are raw and sturdy. Their rugged textures and bold lines define that radical character. Their presence is uncompromising and captivating. Sculptural qualities define the...
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1960s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Cane, Teak
Bar Stools by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs, France, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bar stools designed by Charlotte Perriand for the renowned Les Arcs Ski Resort in France during the 1960s. Each stool features a chrome-plated tubular metal frame and seats crafted f...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
"Chaises Basses" Low Chairs by Charles Dudouyt, France 1930s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Turned chairs — sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs — represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that had a vogue in late 16th and early 17th century England, New England and Holland. The technique was carried on to the 20th century and was widespread in Europe as well, where craftsmen created durable pieces for various interiors and purposes.
These chairs were designed by French designer, Charles Dudouyt, who originally created this pair of small carved chairs as ‘fireside’ chairs, hence the “chaises basses...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Papercord, Wood
Set of Four Bar Height Wood Slat Stools by Arthur Umanoff
Located in New York, NY
Unusual set off bar height stools designed by Arthur Umanoff, circa 1950's. The stools feature slatted backs and seats with solid wrought iron frames, on dowel form legs with exposed...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wrought Iron
Alvar Aalto Danish Modern Beech Stools or End Tables Model 60
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Danish Modern Bentwood Beech Stools or End Tables, designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, circa 1990s. They are constructed of beech with low maintenance white laminate ...
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1990s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Laminate, Beech
Barstools in Metal and Teal Green Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Barstools, chrome-plated metal, metal, leatherette, Europe, 1960s.
Set of eccentric barstools executed in black lacquered metal with green faux leather seatings. Its design shows c...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Rare Mexican Small Folding Stool Attributed to Don Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Amazing, rare and interesting folding stool, it can be used as magazine rack, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Pine
Set of Two Giuseppe de Vivo Bar Stools in White Lacquered Iron, Italy 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of two Giuseppe de Vivo bar stools was made in Italy in the 1950s. They are made exclusively of lacquered iron, which has a beautiful patina due to its age.
Do not hesitat...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Style Orange Velvet Triangle Medium Stool, by Vintola Studio, Europe
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Comfortable and stabile triangle stool.
They are contemporary stools inspired of 1960s style.
They can be used as a bar stools.
Stool was designed by Vintola Studio, a Polish brand...
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2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bouclé, Velvet, Wood
Vintage Bohemian Blonde Pressed Bamboo Mushroom Shaped Stool Mid-Century Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Organic modern bamboo plywood mushroom shaped stool, low chair Mid-Century Modern Period.
Stunner done with pressed Bamboo strips in circular alignment.
In good vintage condition wit...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bamboo
Charlotte Perriand, Stools, Pine, France, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of pine stools from Les Arcs designed by Charlotte Perriand, France, 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Pine
Custom Ab Ovo Barstool by William Emmerson
Located in Hudson, NY
William Emmerson "Ab Ovo' bench with solid bent walnut wood legs, woven cording and antiqued bronze stretcher - is a very well known piece. And this custom bar-stool is from the same...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Walnut
Rare Barstool Enameled, Brushed Chrome Steel w/ Upholstered Seats By Knoll, 1960
By Knoll
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bar or counter stool having a patinated steel frame with a floating satin steel footrest and an upholstered square seat.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Gray Bottega Counter Stool
Located in Hudson, NY
This leather-wrapped stool engineered for support and sophistication. The modern design creates a simple harmony. Lightly padded for added comfort, this stool is a beautiful addition...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Handcrafted Studio Three Legged Stool by Fabian Fischer, Germany, 2023
Located in Berlin, DE
Made to order Windsor chair by German Woodworker Fabian Fischer. Made in the tradition and quality of American Studio Craftsmanship. The price reflects ...
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2010s German Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Alma Brown Solid Wood Bar Stool
Located in Naperville, IL
The Alma Bar Stool is perfect for any bar or leisure area of your mom. This modern stained bar stool will help to entertain guests while adding a style functionality that you can’t m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Pelle Stacking Stools by ICF (5 Available)
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful and sleek set of 9 stackable stools designed by Toyoda Hiroyuki for ICF. Thick black leather covering a heavily chromed base. Wonderful details of stitched and laced leathe...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
Eero Aarnio, pair of rattan Juttu stools
By Eero Aarnio, Artek
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Embrace the timeless beauty of Scandinavian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of rattan Juttu stools by the legendary designer Eero Aarnio. These stools exude a natural elegance...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Handmade Oak Barstools with 31" H, S/3
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1950s
Set of handmade oak barstools in oak with X shaped stretcher supports. No maker's marks, believed to be handmade. These would be great reuphol...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Cleo Baldon Style Black Swivel Bar Stools for Inca Products - Set of Two
By Cleo Baldon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of classic mid-century black leather swivel bar stools for Inca Products, USA, circa 1960s in the style of the legendary Cleo Baldon.
Price is for the pair.
This vintage pa...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Mid Century Pierre Jeanneret High Stools in Teak & Iron Produced, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare mid century bar / high stools by Pierre Jeanneret in blue lacquered iron and teak seatings. Matching patina and letterings on the sides. In good original condition.
Dimensions...
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1950s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Charlotte Perriand, Vintage Berger Stool, circa 1950s, Mahogany
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Vintage berger stool - circa 1950s - solid single slab mahogany top - provenance private residence Paris, France
The Berger stool, a timeless piece o...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
A set of 4 Scandinavian Vintage Stools in Rattan, in Style of Tony Paul, 1960s
By Tony Paul
Located in Odense, DK
A set of four Scandinavian vintage rattan stools from the 1960s, designed in the style of Tony Paul. Featuring elegant woven rattan legs and seats, these stools blend mid-century mod...
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1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Rattan
Mid-century Modern stools for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern stools for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage stools created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern stools made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original stools, popular names associated with this style include Charlotte Perriand, Lawson-Fenning, Knoll, and Cassina. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for stools differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $132 and tops out at $133,498 while the average work can sell for $1,746.