Modern Stools
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Maharam Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings
Small Dot Pattern by Charles and Ray Eames, 1947
105 Charcoal
Tinted beechwood base with Small Dot pattern textile....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Stools
Materials
Textile, Wood
Bar Stool model "Jamaica" stool by Pepe Cortes, aluminium swivel seat steel legs
By Pepe Cortés
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Jamaica Stool is Spanish classic, and one of the best designed stools in history. Designed in 1991 by interior designer Pepe Cortes, the stool remains as modern as ever. Its mate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Contemporary ceramic side table column stool matt dust beige off white drips
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Unique handmade stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw. The...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Retro Style Counter Height Stools With Solid Wood Frames
By Mondo
Located in New York, NY
This piece seamlessly combines a retro vibe with contemporary lines, offering both functionality and style. The design features exposed legs that support a wing-shaped padded backres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Facetated Ceramic Side Table Column Stool Glazed Black
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handcasted and facetated stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather s...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Contemporary Barstool in Brown Leather and Wooden Structure
By Mondo
Located in New York, NY
This stool stands out as a remarkable piece, featuring sleek lines, a curved back, and lower arms. Upholstered seat and back with a wooden structure, this exceptional design effortle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Leather
Set of 2 Vintage Gold Leaf Cast Resin Tree Stump Stools, Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of two modern Tree Trunk Stumps made of cast resin and gold leafed.
This set looks very real and is not as heavy as wood. these are very versatile, could be used as tables or sto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Materials
Resin
Minimal Style, Solid Wood Stool, Textiles or Leather Seatings, Caning Backboard
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Wing chair solid wood collection, flexibility, modern aesthetics, comfort and softness are the keywords for this collection. The concept is inspired by the B-52 plane design, this inspiration gave us the freedom to create a collection where the design appropriate subtle elements, harmonic transitions and thin but resistant wood thicknesses, that gave life to a unique and contemporary collection.
Our studio objective was to abstract most of the figurative elements and arrive in the very sweet spot in this design, the “cream”, driving the details in a three dimensional way. All our objects are drawn using the Da Vinci's "golden section", and the wing collection is not an exception, this assures pleasing proportions and contrast between each design part that composes the object in a deep study in the thicknesses and the relationship between each component sizing.
The Wing chairs and stools are crafted with passion using premium materials and the latest technologies in furniture manufacturing, with a very precise quality control, on its beauty there is the subtle variations between the wood veins in a real living item without ethnic appeal yet been warm resulting in well-rounded comfortable pieces, delicate in design and sturdy in construction.
All this qualities converge in and merge in a collection made to participate in the life of our clients as a breeze, comfortably, pleasant, harmonic and positive.
We offer a caning back solution and a solid back option, stools and chairs versions. There are three solid wood tonalities as standard and a solid Ebonized black, we also offer wood harmonisation if needed, so we work the tonality to approximate a particular target. All woods and materials are certified and responsibly sourced and manufactured.
Listing features the black ebonized solid wood stool...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Materials
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood, Leather
4 French Mid-Century Modern Industrial Iron Stools / Benches
Located in New York, NY
Two pairs of French Mid-Century Modern / Industrial Design stools
Priced and sold by the pair.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Modern Cream Velvet Wave Stool with Ebony Veneer Base
Located in Porto, PT
Modern cream velvet wave stool with ebony veneer base
Cadiz Stool combines bold shapes with comfort. A modern design stool, upholstered in velvet, for any...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Velvet, Ebony, Wood
Karl Springer Set of 4 "J.M.F. Barstools" in Brown Leather 1986 'Signed & Dated'
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 exceptional “J.M.F. Barstools” in brown leather with brushed brass foot rests by Karl Springer, American 1986 (signed and dated on bottom “Karl Springer 1986”). The craftsma...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Arches Bar Stool, Smooth Velvet & Brass, Insidherland by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
The Arches bar stool is designed in the likeness of the architectural scale that suggests a crossing through the structures of a utopian city, organiz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Olive Green Leather and Walnut Counter Height Stool
By Brett Paulin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Khwarizmi stool is crafted from solid walnut to construct the frame with brass joinery details.
This stool also features a handstitched leather seat cushion with a padded leath...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Contemporary Ceramic Facetated Side Table Column Stool Unglazed Stoneware
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade earthenware facetated side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Contemporary Zun Drumstool in Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zun drumstool
Black lacquer
Hand repoussé
Limited edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa...
Category
2010s Modern Stools
Materials
Lacquer
Senufo Ottoman, Unique Signed Stool, Arno Declercq
Located in Geneve, CH
Senufo ottoman, unique signed stool, Arno Declercq
Iroko wood and sheepskin by Carine Boxy
Measures: L 45 cm x W 45 cm x H 40 cm L 17.7” x W 17.7” x H 15.7”
Material: Iroko wood
...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Lottie Stool, Small Shearling Stool by Christian Siriano
Located in New York, NY
Made to order gray shearling and red oak stool designed by Christian Siriano.
Fabric: shearling (available in custom fabric)
Base: Red Oak (available in custom finish)
Dimensions: ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Layla Stool, Large Boucle Stool by Christian Siriano
Located in New York, NY
Made to order ivory boucle and wood base with ball legs designed by Christian Siriano.
Fabric: Ivory Boucle (available in custom fabric)
Base: Red Oak (available in custom finish)
...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Oak, Bouclé
Industrial Round Rolling Steel Stool or Seat with Cushion Manner of Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Industrial Round Rolling Steel Stool or Seat with Cushion Manner of Brueton
Minimalist construction on heavy duty casters, satin stainless steel topped with a welted, black vinyl cus...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Matungo" Stool, by Inês Schertel, Brazilian Contemporary Design
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The Matungo Stool by Inês Schertel is a compelling example of Brazilian contemporary modern design that marries traditional techniques with a modern aesthetic. Schertel is known for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Stools
Materials
Sheepskin, Wool
Macaron Stool Designed by Daniel Basso and Estudio Florida, Argentina, 2022
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
"Macaron" stool designed by Daniel Basso and Estudio Florida. Argentina, 2022.
Currently there are two available of the same color.
Exhibited in "BOMBONERA" a collective design exhi...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 4 Piet Hein Bar Stools for Fritz Hansen, Denmark
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 4 Piet Hein Bar Stools for Fritz Hansen from 1980. Seats were recovered in beautiful fabric. Ready for a new home.
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Proportions of Stone Stool by Lee Sisan
Located in Geneve, CH
Proportions of stone stool 01 by Lee Sisan, 2019
Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 45 cm
Materials: Stainless steel, natural stone
Each piece is made to order and uses natural stones, so ...
Category
2010s South Korean Modern Stools
Materials
Stone, Steel
Contemporary Ceramic Side Table Column Stool Caramel Glazed Stoneware
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw. The pieces...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Earthenware
Lily Stool, Dark Green Bouclé Stool by Christian Siriano
Located in New York, NY
Made to order bouclé stool designed by Christian Siriano.
Also available in: Ivory Bouclé, Taupe Bouclé, Light Gray Bouclé, Dark Gray Bouclé, Charcoal Bouclé
Measures: Stool width...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Bouclé
Sylvia Bar Height Stool with Brass Footrest
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This piece is an all-wood stool with subtle brass detailing. Our focus was to create a unique modern shape that shows off the natural hardwood details while echoing the timeless cha...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Ceramic Side Table Column Stool Dark Grey Glazed Stoneware
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware side table manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, straw, or heather straw. The pieces...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
Sylvia Counter Height Stool with Brass Footrest
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This piece is an all-wood stool with subtle brass detailing. Our focus was to create a unique modern shape that shows off the natural hardwood details while echoing the timeless cha...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Nino Pouf with Brushed Brass Plinth and Buttons
Located in Frazão, Porto
In our Nino stool we can appreciate the beautiful details and finishes like the buttons and the plinth in brushed brass.
Upholstered with grey Siège 886 (structure) and camel safety...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Origami Fiberglass Stool by Kunaal Kyhaan
Located in Pune, IN
The origami fiberglass stool is Hand-Crafted from cast fiberglass, the Origami Fiberglass Stool by Kunaal Kyhaan celebrates the paperlike quality of fiberglass. Inspired by festive I...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Fiberglass
Italian Designer, Stools, Metal, Brass, Velvet, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass, black-lacquered metal and green velvet stools designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
Seat height: 18.25”
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Three Design For Leisure Modern Steel Bar or Counter Swivel Stools 1980s
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Set of Three Design For Leisure Modern Steel Bar or Counter Swivel Stools 1980s
Bar stools in polished and brushed nickel over steel frames with newer red upholstery on cushion seat....
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Willoughby Style Stools - Set Of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W20.5 D19 H25.5 SW18 SD18 SH15
Ottoman: W18.5 H18 SW17
Custom or contemporary stools newly upholstered in checkered nubby wool. Set origin is unknown previously came from a home wi...
Category
2010s Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric
Fiberglass Wood Stump by Kunaal Kyhaan
Located in Pune, IN
The Fiberglass Wood Stump by Kunaal Kyhaan is the dichotomy of a tree stump that is simultaneously bright blue as well a being featherweight ostensibly deceives the eye on first enco...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Fiberglass
Stack Vert Glossy Ombre by Timbur REP by Tuleste Factory
By Timbur
Located in New York, NY
Stack Vert by Ezra Ardolino, Timbur
2024
Baltic Birch Plywood, Resin
W 16" x H 18" x L 16"
The Stack Vert. The most pure expression of Timbur’s technique for stack laminating plywo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Birch, Plywood
Galaxy Fiberglass Pebble Pouf by Kunaal Kyhaan
Located in Pune, IN
The Galaxy pebble pouff seat by Kunaal Kyhaan is a stack of pebbles moulded in layers of fibreglass, balanced above each other to create a totemic tower. The fiberglass pebble has be...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Lacquer, Fiberglass
Inácio Stools in brazilian solid wood.
Located in São Paulo, SP
The Inácio stool plays with geometric shapes, aiming to create a sense of movement and fluidity. It is made entirely from leftover solid wood from other projects, which would typical...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Inez Counter and Barstool by Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez counter stool and barstool by Crump and Kwash
Upholstered seat top / premium foam cushion / solid wood base / hand rubbed oil finish / solid steel construction / durable powder coat finish / 360 degree rotating...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Geppo Stool Marco Baxadonne Contemporary Natural Cedar Made in Italy Riva 1920
By Riva 1920
Located in Cantù, IT
Stool in solid wood of scented cedar made from a single block, is characterized by its “soft” and curvilinear shape. Its particular shape with an open space under the seat is useful ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Cedar, Wood
Mono Contemporary Side Table in Wood
Located in London, GB
Mono is an object between a stool and a sidetable. It´s monolith- like, static appearance makes it a stand-alone piece but also works great in company. The object provides the functi...
Category
2010s German Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Maui Armchair Terry Dwan Contemporary Natural Cedar Made in Italy Riva 1920
By Terry Dwan
Located in Cantù, IT
Armchair made from a single block of scented cedar. A sculptured monolith with a curvy and sinuous design. It has an ergonomic seat in a continuous line with the back. Available with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Cat Cave, Bordeaux House for Cats, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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In Stock in Los Angeles
Cat Cave is project by Stefano Giovann...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Plastic
Bone Carved Solid Wooden Stump by Kunaal Kyhaan
Located in Pune, IN
The Bone Carved Solid Wooden Stump by Kunaal Kyhaan is cut from a solid trunk of Acacia and carved in a unique bone like pattern to reveal the darker layers of the wood within, givin...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Solid Bentwood Side Chair Stool, Velvet Upholstery by Raka Studio
By Raka Studio
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
A side/filler chair made in solid ashwood by bending wood. Three of the legs have been made using the wood-turning technique to adopt an abstract natural wave-like design. It has bee...
Category
2010s Unknown Modern Stools
Materials
Ash, Bentwood, Velvet
Opinion Ciatti Tab.u Small Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Take a wooden frame, cover it in aluminium and then work its surface, ""scrunch” it by hand to achieve a crimpled profile. This is the process at the core of the Tab.u Collection, stools and tables with absolutely distinctive lines. The low Tab.u stool, the firstborn in the family, is a really versatile object. It is perfect in any environment and for all uses: around the table for an unexpected guest, in the bathroom to rest objects or towels, in the living room when there is no more room on the sofa or in the bedroom instead of the usual bedside table. Its elder brother, Big Tab.u is a traditional tall bar stool. It is stunning around a counter or a kitchen island, both at home or in the most glamorous clubs. The family is complete with the addition of the Tab.u Mirror and the Tab.u Lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Lloyd Bar Stool with Leather or Shearling Cushion
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Lloyd Bar Stool
by Crump and Kwash
Solid wood construction / hand rubbed oil finish / metal rungs / leather wrapped back support / leather wrapped s...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Lloyd Counter Stool with Leather or Shearling Cushion
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Lloyd Stool
by Crump and Kwash
Solid wood construction / hand rubbed oil finished / metal rungs / leather wrapped back support / leather wrapped seat cushion
Dimensions : 23” W ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Kartell Upper Step Ladder in Cobalt by Alberto Meda, Paolo Rizzatto
By Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stepladder has a strong personality and great functionality. It is also a successful marriage of form and function. Its pragmatism is made possible by the technology employed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Kartell Eur Stool in White by Fabio Novembre
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The EUR stool by Fabio Novembre is a cube printed with shapes and geometries inspired, to scale, by Italian rationalist architecture of the 1930s and 1940s. The stool can be multi-pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Concrete Contemporary Stool & Side Table, Light Grey Cement Color
Located in Rome, Lazio
The Tadao line, created in homage to the famous architect with whom we share a Minimalist approach and the creative use of the material, is the perfect synthesis of our philosophy: o...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Montgomery Woven Leather Bench 60in
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Montgomery Bench
by Crump and Kwash
Solid wood frame / handwoven vegetable tanned leather seat / no VOC oil finish
Dimensions:
18 H x 16 D x 60 ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Maple, Leather
Inez Modern Barstool or Counter Stool with Swivel
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez Stool
by Crump and Kwash
Carved solid wood seat and base / hand rubbed zero VOC oil finish / solid steel construction / 360 degree rotating seat top....
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
GUFRAM The End 1516 Stool by TOILETPAPER
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Gufram pulls back from the world of design. It declares it and turns the page – with a tombstone. Since the time has come to call it quits because of the many mudslinger that have al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Other
Abstract Brown and White Stoneware Ceramic Stool Roz Herrin La Borne Table 8/11
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Roz Herrin
Stoneware ceramic stool by the English artist based in France in La Borne.
Woodfiring ceramic production.
Original perfect condition, si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic
Stool / Table in Carbon Dyed Cedar with Carrara Marble Top by Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
Cast-off cedar logs are given second life as a crystalline form. Named Little Gem, the natural beauty of reclaimed wood is harnessed in this side table and sculpture piece where nature informs design. Each Little Gem is hand-shaped and faceted based on the different characteristics of the log used, and variations in wood grain. Top surface and finish further ensure that no two are alike.
Stool is sold as an individual piece. Shown in main image is carbon-dyed Western red cedar...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Stools
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Stone, Metal
Reyes Counter Stool in Walnut with Black Leather
Located in Mendocino, CA
This is a walnut counter stool with a stretched leather seat and back. The frame is solid walnut with a gentle radius at the interior joints and ...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Reyes Counter Stool in Cherry with Russet Leather
Located in Mendocino, CA
This is a cherry counter stool with a stretched leather seat and back. The frame is solid cherry, with a gentle radius at the interior joints and softly rounded edges. The leather is...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Ghidini 1961 Leporello Junior Stool in Dark Oak and Satin Brass Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Leporello Junior (small) stool is an adjustable stool made in brass and solid oak. Measure: Height ranges from 48-54cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
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