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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Holly Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Swivel Low Stool by C. Pillet for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic swivel low stool, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with chromed or matte black painted steel structure and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Time of Action n. 20-4 Contemporary Stool in Wood
Located in London, GB
Work begins with a small idea of the form of life. What makes us valuable is not the possession of something but every moment that appears in the process.
Series uses ebonizing and ...
Category
2010s South Korean Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
$3,678 / item
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Swivel High Stool by C. Pillet for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic swivel high stool, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with chromed or matte black painted steel struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Gervasoni Brise 23 Dining Chair by Federica Biase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The freedom of composing the space around an outdoor table inspires the offer for outdoor seating Brise. The collection of chairs is made of stainless steel tubes with seating and ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
$1,455 / item
"Chubby Chic" Fiber Pouf with Handle in Dark Brown Leather by Moroso for Diesel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Chubby Chic" is a stool or a pouf, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring stress-resistant polyurethane foam with differen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Wood, Foam, Plastic, Velvet, Fabric
Crofton Bar Stool with Black Stained Pinewood Frame by Daniel Schofield
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crofton bar stool with black stained pinewood frame by Daniel Schofield
The CROFTON Stool collection gives an understated nod to elegant Asian design traditions whilst embracing h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Holly Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Daisy Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Sylvia Counter Height Stool with Brass Footrest Set
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
$3,900 / item
Jasmine Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Gervasoni Inout 828 Barstool in Gray Elastic Belts with Grey Aluminium Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stool characterised by its essential and minimal structure, Inout 828 develops around a light structure in white, grey or sage painted tubular aluminium, an ecological material, uniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Rubber
Gervasoni Kasane 35 Table by Nendo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Literally “overlapping”, Kasane is the latest collection designed by the Japanese studio, Nendo. Thanks to a play on the weaving and overlapping of different elements, each product becomes a sculpture. Inspired by the way in which the cups, stacked one on top of the other, become gradually taller, the collection of poufs and tables...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Foam
$5,946 / item
"Deco Futura" Wood & Stainless Steel Coated Fir Base Stool by Moroso for Diesel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Deco Futura" is a stool or a pouf, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring stress-resistant polyurethane foam with differen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
Industrial Round Rolling Steel Stool or Seat with Cushion Manner of Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Fort 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
Baloo Boucle Hello Chair by NOOM
Located in Geneve, CH
Baloo Boucle Hello Chair by NOOM
Dimensions: W 53 x D 61 x H 78 cm
Materials: Ashwood, plywood, metal, moulded foam, textile.
Weight: 13 kg
Also available in other materials and co...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,315 / item
Oak Large Parkdale Bench with Cushion by Hollis & Morris
Located in Geneve, CH
Oak large Parkdale bench with Cushion by Hollis & Morris
Dimensions: 75" x 16" x H 17.5"
Materials: Solid wood, Cold rolled steel, hard wax oil, Powder-coated metal. Fabric.
Also ...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Jasmine Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Kartell Masters Bar Stool in White by Philippe Starck & Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kartell also offers a stool version of the Masters chair, winner of the Good Design Award 2010 and the Red Dot Award 2013, and a worldwide best seller. The legs are lengthened and the seat is shrunk, but the frame's unmistakable graphic look, created by the weave of the silhouettes of three iconic chairs, remains the same. Masters Stool...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Plastic
$550 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Set of 2 Kartell Charles Ghost Large Stools in Light Blue by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The shape conjures up stools of the 1800s and the line of the legs is rounded and slightly upturned, an icon of the classic high stool. Charles Ghost is constructed from a single blo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
$783 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 2 Kartell Charles Ghost Large Stools in Glossy Black by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The shape conjures up stools of the 1800s and the line of the legs is rounded and slightly upturned, an icon of the classic high stool. Charles Ghost is constructed from a single blo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
$783 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Friends Stool by Lara Bohinc, Pistachio Coloured Cork , organic, outdoor indoor
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
This stool has been inspired by the idea of a gathering of friends. Supported by bulbous egg formations it features one large inflated seating area. This stool forms composition toge...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Cork
"Meridiana" Leather and Steel Swivel High Stool by Christophe Pillet for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic swivel high stool, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with chromed or matte black painted steel struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Unique Italian Modernist Angled Chair
Located in Westport, CT
Unique Mid Century Italian chair with low back in beechwood and composed of sleek and angular lines.
Origin: Italy By Vittorio Armellini
Dating 1960ca
Condition: Wood in excelle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Beech
Dark Black Wood Seating Occasional Table Time of Action No. 20-2, Chaeyoung Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Black Wood Seating Occasional Table Time of Action No. 20-2, Chaeyoung Lee
Materials: Ebonized and carved wood
Dimensions: 34,5 x 32 x 41 cm
Eboniz...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Shaker Modern Backless Stool by AMBROZIA, Black Cowhide, Walnut & Balck Metal
By AMBROZIA
Located in Drummondville, Quebec
The shaker backless modern counter stool is made to order from our unique Ambrozia black textured steel tubing frame and a cowhide upholstered seat. Also available in Genuine leather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Stool Low Table Polyurethane Marble Resin Scapin
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Anodo design By Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni
Limited Edition
Anodo can be used as side/low table or stool. Resin circles, lines and orbits blended together on a t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Marble
Lily Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,527 / item
Stocker Chair Stool by Matthias Scherzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Stocker chair stool by Matthias Scherzinger.
Dimensions: W 48 x L 54 x H 61.5 cm.
Materials: Solid wood oak.
The stocker is a fusion between a stool and a chair.
The light stac...
Category
2010s German Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
$2,418 / item
Contemporary Post-War Leather Bar Stools
Located in Queens, NY
3 Contemporary Post-War Design dark wood stained square bar stools with a black leather seat and a double stretcher with a foot rest. (priced each).
Category
20th Century American Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Leather
$750 / item
Soft Stool and Wobbly Carpet by Wendy Andreu
By Wendy Andreu
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Soft stool and wobbly carpet by Wendy Andreu, Regen Camouflage collection, France, 2019. Nilufar edition. The Regen Camouflage Soft Stool is made in cotton ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silicone
Set of 2 Kartell One More Square Bar Stools in Black by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
If you want to sip a drink at the bar in peace and quiet, you need a comfortable tall stool with a back to lean against. Sometimes one drink is not enough, and you need "One more" an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
$1,003 Sale Price / set
20% Off
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Stool Low Table Red Levanto Marble Polyurethane
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Anodo design by Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni
Limited Edition
Glossy or matte, Anodo’s large tripartite base in lacquered polyurethane is now available in eight...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Marble
Daisy Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Grasso Brown Stool by Stephen Burks
Located in Geneve, CH
Grasso brown stool by Stephen Burks
Dimensions: diameter 39 x height 80 cm
Materials: tubular steel frame (25 mm) stool upholstered in different materia...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
$2,644 / item
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
Holly Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
New York Soleil Armchair with Black Rope Frame & White Legs by Sergio Bicego
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The New York outdoor collection expands with a line of exclusive woven seating made entirely by hand. New York Sofa Soleil is the product of careful r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Rope
Jasmine Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
IVY Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Chrome Modernist Italian Stools
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of modernist chrome Italian stools with stylized bamboo chromed legs. Each stool features a clear glass lower tier for functionality. There are four of these stools available in...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Chrome
$1,850 / set
Jasmine Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
$2,445 / item
Kartell Smatrik Outdoor Stool in Black by Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Smatrik stool joins the family of seats created by Tokujin Yoshioka and is crafted using a mould which enables the recreation of a 3D net that overlaps and crosses over.Thanks to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
$726 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Trio Stool in Stone Grey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Martino Gamper suggests a new reading of the concept of informal seat, with the stool TRIO, available in two heights, Trio alto and Trio basso. The tripod structure plays with the brand’s icons, proposing bent wooden elements of different angles, recalling the geometry of the triangle. Three sections of the offset semicircle define the linking support of legs, which holds a triangular seat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
MILLEPIEDI Stool by Studio Catoir for Driade
By Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Millepiedi was inspired by the archetypal 3 legged milking stool, a simple minimalistic object yet intriguing and useful. The repetition emphasises, in a playful way, the beauty of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
$3,075 / item
De Sede DS-160 Stool in Turquoise Leather Upholstery by De Sede Design Team
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Five individual elements, each measuring 80 x 80 cm, form the basis of the seating landscape: various varia tions of armchairs with or without armrests as well as in termediate eleme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
Gueridon Ottoman in COM, tons of options
Located in Stratford, CT
INTRODUCTION
Gueridon handmade ottomans are made to order to your liking and specifications. 100% made in USA.
Following the success of its ottomans, GUERIDON launched a full line ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$2,480 / item
21th Century Moss Stool U in blue plain weave fabric handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Introducing our Moss line with a timeless design and a sturdy wooden frame. Crafted from high-quality wood, these chairs are built to last and provide both comfort and style. Availab...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood
Milk Medium Stool in Beech Seat with Marsala Red Legs by Paolo Cappello
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The concept for Milk is found in the chairs used in the past for milking. It is a homage to rural tradition, where everything is proudly made at home, between exposed brick and acres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
De Sede DS-218/55 Barstool in Off White Upholstery by Paolo Piva
By De Sede, Paolo Piva
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plays a decisive role in moulding the character of a room. A focus on clear-cut structures, cubist forms, straight lines and a Minimalist selection of materials. A unique combination...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
De Sede DS-218/05 Stool in Black Upholstery by Paolo Piva
By De Sede, Paolo Piva
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plays a decisive role in moulding the character of a room. A focus on clear-cut structures, cubist forms, straight lines and a Minimalist selection of materials. A unique combination...
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 arm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Stools
Materials
Leather
"Kyo-Co" Veneered Plywood Stool Designed by Nathalie Orlandi for Dessie'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kyo-Co" is a stool, designed by Nathalie Orlandi and manufactured by Dessie', made in plywood and natural oak, natural wengè, Santos rosewood or walnut veneered.
Indoor use only.
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wenge, Walnut, Rosewood, Oak, Plywood
De Sede DS-144 Stool in Black 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
Tabouret en grès émaillé ST25 de Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stool or coffee table, form and function are one and the same.
Functional and decorative stoneware object, crafted by pinching and coiling. The ceramic surface is applied either w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
$4,030 / item
Rock Stool, Velvet, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Rock is a stool with the same form of the smaller table of the Three Rocks set.
The handcrafted upholstery work in velvet involves this unique creation with irregular shapes, turning...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
Scandinavian modern dark yellow long pile fabric and metal pouf or stool, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Scandinavian modern dark yellow long pile fabric and black metal rod pouf or stool, 1970s.
Pouf or stool with upholstered seat with its original yellow long pile fabric and with blac...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Stool Low Table White Carrara Marble Polyurethane
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Anodo design By Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni
Limited Edition
Glossy or matte, Anodo’s large tripartite base in lacquered polyurethane is now available in eight...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Marble
ECO Pouf in Aqua Green and Brass plinth, Available Now
Located in Frazão, Porto
ECO pouf: STOCK UNIT - Available for immediate delivery
An elegant piece, with a base in brushed brass and a beautiful detailed top.
Upholstered with green nature 2767 combined wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
$538 Sale Price
60% Off
Moooi Monster Naked High Barstool in Tonica 2, 773 by Marcel Wanders Studio
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish barstool as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the coura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery
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