Stools
19th Century French Country Antique Stools
Rush, Walnut
2010s American Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
1950s Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-19th Century North American Antique Stools
Wood
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Rush, Oak
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1960s Swedish Vintage Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century Egyptian Revival Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Leather, Cane, Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1990s Post-Modern Stools
Metal
Late 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Stools
Ceramic
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel, Chrome
1920s Austrian Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1850s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Metal
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Birch
2010s Turkish Modern Stools
Ceramic
2010s Polish Organic Modern Stools
Steel
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Stools
Steel
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bouclé, Wood, Velvet
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Stools
Spruce
1950s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Wood
2010s Dutch Stools
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Stools
Steel, Iron
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Steel
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Brutalist Stools
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Wood
2010s German Modern Stools
Lacquer, Leather, Upholstery, Bentwood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
20th Century Italian Stools
Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Raffia, Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Stools
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Cherry, Maple
Late 20th Century Asian Organic Modern Stools
Palmwood
1970s Swedish Vintage Stools
Pine
1830s William IV Antique Stools
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Mahogany
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Oak
1950s Vintage Stools
Wood
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Wood
1970s Swedish Vintage Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Leather
1970s Finnish Vintage Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Stools
Chrome
1970s Finnish Vintage Stools
Birch
1980s Italian Vintage Stools
Foam
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Antique, New and Vintage Stools
Stools are versatile and a necessary addition to any living room, kitchen area or elsewhere in your home. A sofa or reliable lounge chair might nab all the credit, comfort-wise, but don’t discount the roles that good antique, new and vintage stools can play.
“Stools are jewels and statements in a space, and they can also be investment pieces,” says New York City designer Amy Lau, who adds that these seats provide an excellent choice for setting an interior’s general tone.
Stools, which are among the oldest forms of wooden furnishings, may also serve as decorative pieces, even if we’re talking about a stool that is far less sculptural than the gracefully curving molded plywood shells that make up Sōri Yanagi’s provocative Butterfly stool.
Fawn Galli, a New York interior designer, uses her stools in the same way you would use a throw pillow. “I normally buy several styles and move them around the home where needed,” she says.
Stools are smaller pieces of seating as compared to armchairs or dining chairs and can add depth as well as functionality to a space that you’ve set aside for entertaining. For a splash of color, consider the Stool 60, a pioneering work of bentwood by Finnish architect and furniture maker Alvar Aalto. It’s manufactured by Artek and comes in a variety of colored seats and finishes.
Barstools that date back to the 1970s are now more ubiquitous in kitchens. Vintage barstools have seen renewed interest, be they a meld of chrome and leather or transparent plastic, such as the Lucite and stainless-steel counter stool variety from Indiana-born furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones, who is renowned for his acrylic works. A cluster of barstools — perhaps a set of four brushed-aluminum counter stools by Emeco or Tubby Tube stools by Faye Toogood — can encourage merriment in the kitchen. If you’ve got the room for family and friends to congregate and enjoy cocktails where the cooking is done, consider matching your stools with a tall table.
Whether you need counter stools, drafting stools or another kind, explore an extensive range of antique, new and vintage stools on 1stDibs.
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