Sori Yanagi, born 1915, studied at the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts between 1936-1940. Yanagi taught at Tokyo Women's College of Art between 1953-1954 and later at the Kanazawa University of Arts and Craft. He came to the US in the 1950's.

Yanagi's Butterfly Stool designed in 1954 is made of 2 identical molded plywood forms and held together with a brass stretcher. It is an elegant and harmonic synthesis of Eastern and Western cultures.

The Butterfly Stool is now available in both sizes designed by Sori Yanagi, the smaller size is available in maple or rosewood plywood and the larger size is available in plywood with a cherry veneer.

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Item		Description		Highbrow price
small butterfly stools
1370		yanagi butterfly stool, maple		$645
1371		yanagi butterfly stool, rosewood		$850
large butterfly stools
1372		large yanagi butterfly stool, cherry		$860
butterfly pillow
21501203		pillow for maple and rosewood butterfly stools upholstered in red hallingdal fabric		$160