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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Customizable Items Only
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Beech Wood & Velvetforthy Glicine by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, vienna chair, natural beech wood, and velvetforthy glicine by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Natural Beechwood chair with stra...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 4, Vienna Chair, Beech Wood & Velvetforthy Glicine by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Vienna chair, Natural Beech Wood, and Velvetforthy Glicine by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Natural Beechwood chair with st...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Light Blue by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Vienna chair, Natural Beech Wood, and Nord Wool- Light Blue by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Natural Beechwood chair with s...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Red by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Vienna chair, Natural Beech Wood, and Nord Wool Red by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Natural Beechwood chair with straw bac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 4, Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Red by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Vienna chair, Natural Beech Wood, and Nord Wool Red by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Natural Beechwood chair with straw bac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 4, Vienna Chair, Natural Beech Wood, Nord Wool Green by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Vienna chair, Natural Beech Wood, Nord Wool Green by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm.
Materials: Natural Beech wood chair with straw bac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Red by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, natural beech wood, and nord wool red by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: natural Beechwood chair with straw back and upho...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
$1,422 / item
Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Blue by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, natural beech wood, and nord wool - blue by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: natural beechwood chair with straw back and u...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
$1,422 / item
Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Beige by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Nord Wool Beige by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and upholstered se...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
$1,493 / item
Vienna Chair, Beech Wood, Ocre by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, natural beech wood, and nord wool - Ocre by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: natural beechwood chair with straw back and u...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
$1,422 / item
Vienna Chair, Beech Wood & Velvetforthy Glicine by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, natural beech wood, and velvetforthy Glicine by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: natural beechwood chair with straw back a...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Ocre by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, Canaletto, Nord Wool Ocre by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and upholstered sea...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
$1,493 / item
Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Acid Green by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, Canaletto, Nord wool acid green by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: stained beech wood chair with straw back and upholster...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
$1,493 / item
Set of 4, Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Acid Green by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, vienna chair, Canaletto, nord wool acid green by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Vienna Chair, Natural Beech Wood, Nord Wool Green by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, natural beech wood, nord wool green by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm.
Materials: Natural Beech wood chair with straw back and upho...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Beech
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Anthracite by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Vienna chair, Canaletto, Nord Wool Anthracite by Colé Italiawith Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Light Blue by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Vienna chair, Canaletto, Nord Wool Light Blue by Colé Italiawith Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Light Blue by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Vienna chair, canaletto, nord wool light blue by Colé Italiawith Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and upholstere...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
$1,493 / item
Set of 4, Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Blue by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, vienna chair, canaletto, nord wool blue by Colé Italiawith Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and uphols...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Set of 2, Vienna Chair, Canaletto, Ocre by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Vienna chair, Canaletto, Nord Wool Ocre by Colé Italia with Emmanuel Gallina
Dimensions: H 78, W 48, D 50 cm
Materials: Stained beech wood chair with straw back and uphol...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Mint Cielo Bar Stool by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Mint Cielo bar stool by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: Galvanized and powder-coated tubular steel. PVC strings are made from recycled plastic.
Technique: Made from recycled plastic a...
Category
2010s German Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
$1,293 / item
Black Cielo Footstool by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Cielo footstool by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: Galvanized and powder-coated tubular steel. PVC strings are made from recycled plastic.
Technique: Made from recycled plastic and weaved by local craftspeople in Cartagena, Colombia.
Dimensions: W 70 x D 45 x H 41.8 cm
Also available colors: brown, mint/ black, black-black, olive/ menta, purple/ carne , honey/ menta.
The Cielo foot stool is the perfect companion to the Cielo lounge chair...
Category
2010s German Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
$799 / item
Bluemoon Ottoman by Patrick Jouin
Located in Geneve, CH
Bluemoon ottoman by Patrick Jouin
Materials: Fabric upholstered on polyurethane foam. Shell in molded wood. Structure in lacquered bronze
metal.
Dimensions: D 83 x W 80 x H 45 cm
Als...
Category
2010s French Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$1,901 / item
Oak Lahmu X Stool by Sizar Alexis
By Sizar Alexis
Located in Geneve, CH
Oak Lahmu X stool by Sizar Alexis
Limited edition of 10 pieces
Dimensions: D 70 x W 90 x H 50 cm
Materials: Burned American oak.
Available in natural cherry, natural oak, or burned ...
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
$25,542 / item
Redemption Round Stool by Albert Potgieter Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Redemption round stool by Albert Potgieter Designs
Dimensions: H 45 x W 40 cm
Materials: Walnut and mahogony wood
“Look and Feel designs”, this is the Tagline and the way of designi...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
$1,293 / item
Unique Dark Black Wood Seating Decorative Time of Action No. 21-2, Chaeyoung Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Dark Black Wood Seating Decorative Time of Action No. 21-2, Chaeyoung Lee
Materials: Ebonized and carved wood
Dimensions: 42 x 42 x 41 cm
Ebonize...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
De Sede DS-31 Stool in Teak Upholstery by Antonella Scarpitta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The DS-31 model series is one of the classics of our manufacture. This is where design, craftsmanship and leather expertise come together to form a timelessly beautiful item of uphol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
De Sede DS-51 Stool in Nougat Upholstery by Antonella Scarpitta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The DS-51 swivel armchair helped establish De Sede’s worldwide reputation for Swiss hand craftsmanship and production of the highest quality. Optionally available with or without armrests, this design classic guarantees high comfort and convenience despite its filigree appearance and blends into any interior with its timeless esthetics. The low seat height and generous proportions help create an extravagant lounge effect.
That tingling feeling during manu-facture is the same today – especially with DS-51, the swivel armchair De Sede launched in the 1970s. Crafted from a single piece of leather, the seat and back are elaborately handstitched with needle and thread...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
De Sede DS-144 Stool in Taupe Upholstery by Werner Aisslinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sit the way you would sit in a racing car. Minimalist, streamlined lan guage of design for maximum seating comfort: sitting in the lounge chair is like sitting in a quick, sleek spee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
Contemporary Sissi Stackable Seat Orange and Red in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Totem or piece of furniture? Choose yourself: Sissi is a design piece of furniture that can be used as a single chair but, if you want to make a sculpture of it, stack the five seats...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Sissi Stackable Seat Green and Yellow in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Totem or piece of furniture? Choose yourself: Sissi is a design piece of furniture that can be used as a single chair but, if you want to make a sculpture of it, stack the five seats...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Sissi Stackable Seat Yellow and Orange in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Totem or piece of furniture? Choose yourself: Sissi is a design piece of furniture that can be used as a single chair but, if you want to make a sculpture of it, stack the five seats...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Sissi Stackable Seat blue and green in Aluminium by Altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Totem or piece of furniture? Choose yourself: Sissi is a design piece of furniture that can be used as a single chair but, if you want to make a sculpture of it, stack the five seats...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Lingottino pouf in aluminium by altreforme
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
Considered as Lingotto coffee table’s little brother for its very same charming shapes, offers a multiple functionality. In fact it can enhance both in...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Grey & Pink Stretch Stool
Located in Providence, RI
Carnevale Studio's most popular collection, “Stretch”.
Through experiments with a number of different materials I chose latex, bungee and rope for their bright colors and wondrous ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$917 / item
Grey & Pink Stretch Chair
Located in Providence, RI
Carnevale Studio's most popular collection, “Stretch”.
Through experiments with a number of different materials I chose latex, bungee and rope for their bright colors and wondrous ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$1,587 / item
Turquoise Stretch Stool
Located in Providence, RI
Stretch Stool made for to withstand outdoor elements.
Carnevale Studio's most popular collection “Stretch”. This collection brings some of the exuberance of the fashion world into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$917 / item
Donut Chair ‘Set of 2’ in Copper Finish by Alessandra Baldereschi & Mogg
Located in New York, NY
"Stools straw. Handmade stuffing with the marsh grass (sedge still green) is an old art always used to cover the seats, an artisan culture that belongs to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Fuschia Stretch Stool
Located in Providence, RI
New special edition colorway: Fuschia Stretch Stool with fluorescent accent - exclusive to 1stdibs.
Handmade in the Netherlands and first edition to be made in Europe.
Carnevale Stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$733 Sale Price / item
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21st Century by Tarek Merlin "Wentworth" Spun Stools in White Carrara Marble
Located in massa, IT
Marble Spun Stools "Wentworth Maxi" designed by Tarek Merlin.
WENTWORTH maxi size: Diameter 46 x h50
Also available:
WENTWORTH mini size : Diameter 40 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Carrara Marble
Tusk Counter Stool, Aluminum with Faux Bronze Finish, USA, 2023
By Alex Roskin
Located in New York, NY
Alex Roskins Tusk Series reflects his penchant for an animality in form. The versatile chairs and stools can be used as a salon chair, a desk chair, a bar stool, or grouped for a din...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
Price Upon Request
Limited Edition, Hand-sculpted Contemporary Golden Bronze Stool by Niclas Wolf
Located in Geneve, CH
Exsitu bronze stool by Niclas Wolf
Unique piece, numbered
Materials: Bronze
Dimensions: H 37 x W 37 x D 29.5 cm
Weight: 18.2 kg
Certificates are issued for all pieces.
exsi...
Category
2010s German Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Modern stools for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern stools for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original stools, popular names associated with this style include Jover + Valls, Emeco, Jasper Morrison, and Kartell. 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.