Splayed Leg Stool
Antique Mid-19th Century Welsh Folk Art Footstools
Wood
20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Pine
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique 19th Century North American Stools
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Stools
Elm
2010s American Stools
Steel
Antique Late 19th Century English Stools
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Stools
Oak
Antique 1860s English Stools
Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Elm
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century English Stools
Oak
Late 20th Century American Stools
Wood, Faux Leather
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Vintage 1910s English Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century British Industrial Stools
Steel
20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Maple
Mid-20th Century European Rustic Stools
Elm
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Fur, Suede, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Industrial Stools
Wood
20th Century European Stools
Wood
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Stools
Oak
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Stools
Oak
Vintage 1950s Chinese Other Stools
Elm
Vintage 1940s British Stools
Oak
Antique Early 19th Century French Stools
Elm
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Stools
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Country Stools
Walnut
2010s British Scandinavian Modern Stools
Wood, Ash, Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century Chinese Stools
Pine
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Stools
Birch
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Stools
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak
20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Antique Late 19th Century British Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Stools
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Primitive Stools
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Stools
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Elm
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Elm
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Stools
Elm, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak
Vintage 1920s American Industrial Stools
Steel, Iron
Antique Late 19th Century French Rustic Stools
Wood, Ash
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Stools
Wood, Leather
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Stools
Oak
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Stools
Oak
1990s Spanish Organic Modern Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Leather, Wood
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Finding the Right stools for You
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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