A Walnut "X"-Based Stool

This chair, based on a vintage Italian chair, features a nipped in "waist", nailhead detailing and inset angled back legs. Created originally as a dining chair, this chair would work...

A striking set of four low-profile swivel bar stools in copper-plated metal with original oxblood leather upholstered seats, produced for the American commercial hospitality market during the golden age of the supper club and cocktail lounge. The warm rosy-copper finish and compact, refined proportions place these firmly within the best Mid-Century American bar seating tradition — the kind of stool that furnished the finest hotel bars, steak houses, and private clubs of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy eras. Each stool features a generously proportioned circular padded seat above a slim central post, with a circular footrest ring braced by a clean cross-support. The flared trumpet base provides stability with an elegance typical of the period's best commercial seating. The seats swivel freely. The design reflects the tighter, more refined silhouette characteristic of late 1950s and early 1960s American bar furniture — before the heavier forms of the 1970s took hold — and anticipates the rose gold aesthetic by several decades. All four retain their original copper-plated finish showing a pleasing natural variation and patina consistent with age. The oxblood seats display surface crazing consistent with honest vintage use. Consistent in quality and character with production by American commercial seating manufacturers such as Chromcraft, Shelby Williams, or Admiral Chrome Corp...