Tolix Xavier Pauchard Marais Yellow Counter Stools, Set of 4. Original Price: $1,780

Design Plus Gallery presents a Set of Four Marais Counter Stools by Tolix. Designed by Xavier Pauchard in 1934. Built to be sat upon or to be used as a handy surface to hold tools or other items. All Tolix furniture is still made in Autun, the same Burgundy town where the company first began. Slight surface abrasions and markings are characteristic of the material and part of its hardworking machine aesthetic. These stools are in yellow finish. Made in France.

“Xavier Pauchard was born in the thickly wooded Morvan region of Burgundy, France, and began his career as a roofer and zinc worker, like his father and grandfather before him. It’s ironic that a young man who grew up surrounded by innumerable pine forests in an area with a thriving timber industry would go on to become the first manufacturer of galvanized steel domestic goods in France. Metalworker Xavier Pauchard not only brought the art of galvanizing steel to France but also took the process to the next level by creating the Marais A Chair (1934), as well as a selection of stools.”