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Nowhere else will you find six matching Tolix Bar Stools, let alone six in their signature mustard yellow together in a collection. Not in Ireland, not on the planet. These are that rare. Purchased in Toulouse at auction for €5000 in 2016, from a closing factory that had them for 75 years. Selling in pairs only or all six. The listed price is for each chair or 5000 for all 6. Genuine reason for sale. The price will not be dropped. Original patina, no damage, just age-related wear. You can see the paint wear from the hands that pulled the chairs in and out for decades. No negotiation, no offers and chairs must be picked up, or arrangements made by you for shipping. These are not modern knockoffs. They will survive the apocalypse.

History of Tolix.
The original Tolix chair was designed by Xavier Pauchard in 1934. Pauchard’s father and grandfather were zinc roofers, and it was through his metal-related expertise that in 1907 Pauchard discovered it was possible to protect sheet metal from rusting either by dipping it in molten zinc or galvanising it.

Ten years after making this discovery, Pauchard set up his own factory manufacturing steel household goods under the brand name Tolix, which is still operational today. The 1934 Tolix chair, which was known as the Model A, was designed for indoor use as well as all-weather outdoor use, which is why it features holes in the seats for the rain to drain off. However, despite its instant appeal among café and bistro owners across France, they complained that the chairs were impractical as they wouldn’t stack properly. Taking this feedback on board, a slimmer-framed, stackable Tolix chair which could be stacked 25 chairs high to 2.3 metres, was launched in 1956. The chair’s popularity went from strength to strength, being used in factories, hospitals and offices as well as hospitality settings.

Since then, the Tolix chair has become a worldwide favourite in restaurants, bars and homes thanks to its hardwearing retro chic. Indeed, such is the iconic status of the design that examples are on display in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Paris’s Pompidou Centre.