An ode to stools

1 may 2023

BEAUTIFUL STOOLS

What piece of furniture is more versatile than the stool? Its functionality stretches beyond simple seating alone. Besides being a practical, everyday seat, it may serve as a nightstand, a plant table, a pedestal, or even please us as a beautiful, well-designed sculpture in itself.

Amsterdamse School Stool

1920s, The Netherlands

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Stool by Artist Gerrit van Bakel (1943-1984)

Van Bakel Jr.
1960s, The Netherlands

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Modernist Stool Quartet

1950s, The Netherlands

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Mid-Century Stool by W. van Gelderen (1903-1992)

’t Spectrum
1940s, The Netherlands

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Modernist Stool by Architect Hendrik Wouda (1885-1946)

H. Pander & Zonen
1920s, The Netherlands

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