20th Century Silk Footstools
Funky Vintage Brass Suzani Seat, Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage swivel stool made of solid brass , upholster with beautiful hand embroidery vintage Suzani textile , silk embroidered flowers and vine with wine and turquoise c...
Category
20th Century American Footstools
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani and Carved Wood Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile.
Great decorative item for any room.
Category
Vintage 1920s American Footstools
Materials
Silk, Wood, Cotton
Antique Hand Carved Suzani Embroidery Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made of hand carved wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile. Great decorative item for any room.
Category
Vintage 1920s American Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
French Louis XVI Style Carved Walnut Petite Window Bench with Silk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Footstools
Materials
Silk, Cane, Walnut
Funky Vintage Suzani Upholstered Drum Wood Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant stool made wood, originally was Yamaha drum, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage foot stool made of hand carved wood upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile.
Great decorative item for any room.
Category
20th Century American Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Brass Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage foot stool made of solid brass upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile .
great object of art for display.
Category
20th Century American Footstools
Materials
Brass
Vintage Foot Stool Upholstered with Antique Suzani Textile
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, beautiful trimming. Newly upholstered, some professionally textile rep...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional foot stool multiple sides, made of hand carved solid wood that was base of Indian wood pillar, newly upholster with beautiful vintage silk hand embroidery Suzani. Great d...
Category
20th Century Indian Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Vintage Suzani Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Hand Embroidery Suzani Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made wood, upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, decorative trimming all around, great decorative stool.
Category
20th Century American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Amish Suzani Hand Crafted Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional amish foot stool made of wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile great decorative item for any room.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Vintage Painted Wood Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Decorative stool made of carved wood, hand painted , newly upholster with beautiful vintage hand loom silk - organza Textile .great decorative item for any room.
Category
20th Century Italian Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Antique Suzani Bronze Stool or Side Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional stool artistically made of hand embroidery vintage silk embroidery Suzani textile top, professionally mounted on antique bronze antique Chinese rain drum base, with four ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Footstools
Materials
Bronze
Milo Baughman Parsons Style Pillow Top Ottoman, c. 1960s
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Milo Baughman Parsons Style Pillow Top Ottoman, c. 1960s with button tufted seat.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood, Upholstery
Early-20th Century English Chinoiserie Hand-Painted and Cabriole Leg Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A beautiful hand painted stool from 1900s, England. The antique is upholstered in a creamy gold silk fabric that is affixed to the frame using the same creamy gold-colored gimp tape....
Category
Early 20th Century English Stools
Materials
Silk, Hardwood
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21st Century Contemporary Minimal White Velvet Bench With Black Lacquered Base
Located in Porto, PT
Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
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Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
H 18.51 in W 63 in D 19.69 in
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Silk
H 39.38 in Dm 37.41 in
French Louis XVI Style Carved and Bleached Benches
Located in Dallas, TX
Stylish French Louis XVI style carved and bleached benches. Upholstered in a creme colored linen like fabric. A great choice for a variety of decors! Note: Price listed is per item.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
A Louis XV style painted and carved upholstered foot stool C 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Louis XV style painted and carved upholstered foot stool C 1920.
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Vintage 1920s Louis XV Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Quality Maitland Smith Varigated Marble Top Gilded Directoire Console Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous console table with a fantastic gilded and carved frame and even better marble top. The table is in excellent condition and so is the top. The table is 62 wide x 36...
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Early 2000s Unknown Directoire Console Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble
H 36.5 in W 62 in D 23 in
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Giltwood Upholstered Canapé en Corbeille
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style giltwood canapé en corbeille from the 19th century, with carved flowers and new upholstery. Created in France during the 19th century, this gilded canapé fea...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Canapes
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Bergère Armchair Upholstered Green Velvet, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI style bergère armchair upholstered in sage green velvet, 19th century
Deep and comfortable, Classic French chic
Dimensions: 38" H x 29" W x 28" D
Seat height 18...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
H 38 in W 29 in D 28 in
Antique Carved French Walnut Bench, Rush Seat
Located in Port Chester, NY
A fancifully carved walnut bench from 19th century France. Graceful curved arms with inset detail and subtle cabriole legs. Marvelous color and good natural patina complete the look....
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Antique 19th Century French Benches
Materials
Rush, Walnut
Vintage Carved Walnut Round Dining Table on Four-Leg Wrought Iron Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in the USA circa 1980, the elegant table stands on forged wrought iron base with scrolled legs. Almost 5 feet in diameter, the circular wooden top features old walnut planks ...
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Late 20th Century American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century English Oak Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century Oak side table from England with a two plank top, which has a beveled edge, following down to simple sides and a single drawer in the front. The drawer has a molded edge...
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Carved Walnut Foot Stool
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique French carved walnut foot stool. This was made in France, and it dates from around the 1930’s.
The quality is superb, the solid walnut frame has beautiful floral...
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Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Stools
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
English Antique Mahogany Ball and Claw Footed Stool
Located in Port Chester, NY
A lovely early English ball and claw footed stool, recently covered in natural French linen. The mahogany has a beautiful color and patina, fully restored. Measure: Seat height of 18...
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Early 20th Century English Stools
Materials
Linen, Mahogany
Pair of Empire Style Mahogany Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular upholstered seats with klismos form bases with turned stretchers, bronze mounts and paw feet.
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Benches
Materials
Mahogany
Petite Antique Hand Carved Needlepoint Textile Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Petite Elegant foot stool made hand carved woof wood, upholstered with beautiful floral motif needlepoint textile.
Great decorative object of art for any room.
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Vintage 1910s American Stools
Materials
Wood, Wool
Carved Teak Foot Stool
Located in Wilson, NC
Carved teak foot stool, the raised fabric cushion features two women at a well with flowers and foliage around them., this is followed by a 2'' wide flat surface. The apron has ca...
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Antique 1890s Indian Stools
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Bench
Country: France
Materials: Carved Wood, Linen
Condition: Newly Reupholstered
Style: French Louis XVI
Year: 1920’s
$1,895
Dimensions:
30”H ...
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Linen, Wood
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20th C. Louis VXI Style Tabouret Upholstered in Cut Velvet with Gimp Braid Trim
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., Louis XVI style tabouret with concave sides to a rectangular upholstered seat, on channeled base raised on round tapering stop-fluted legs. The seat is upholstered in a jewe...
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XVI Footstools
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Silk, Velvet, Wood
H 15 in W 24 in D 30 in
French Clarence House Upholstery Foot Stool
Located in Tampa, FL
A vintage French foot stool upholstered with vintage 1970s, silk velvet animal print fabric by Clarence House. Circa 1940s.
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Vintage 1940s French Footstools
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Silk, Velvet, Wood
Vintage Foot Stool Upholstered with Antique Suzani Textile
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, beautiful trimming. Newly upholstered, some professionally textile rep...
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Silk, Wood, Cotton
Vintage Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Funky foot stool made of hand carved wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile ,beautiful floral and vine motif .Great decorative item for any room.
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20th Century American Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani Textile Upholstered Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant stool made of solid wood, upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
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Vintage 1980s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani Textile Upholstered Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant stool made of solid wood, upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
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Vintage 1980s American Stools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Foot Stool Upholstered with Antique Suzani Textile
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, beautiful trimming. Newly upholstered, some professionally textile rep...
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani Textile Upholstered Low Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant antique hand carved wood stool upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
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Vintage 1920s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani Textile Upholstered Low Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant antique hand carved wood stool upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
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Vintage 1920s American Stools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Hand Embroidery Suzani Textile Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made wood, upholstered with beautiful vintage hand embroidery Suzani textile, great decorative stool.
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Mid-Century French Carved Walnut Diamond Form Footstool
Located in Dallas, TX
Rest your feet up with style and comfort with this elegant Louis XV foot stool! Crafted in France circa 1960 and having a diamond form, the stool stands on cabriole legs ending with ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Footstools
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Over Vintage Suzani Upholstered Wood Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, and beautiful trimming. Newly upholstered, some professionally textile...
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Antique Suzani American Hand Crafted Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made of hand crafted wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile. Great decorative item for any room.
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Vintage 1920s American Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Funky foot stool made of hand carved wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani. Great decorative item for any room.
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20th Century American Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Vintage Suzani Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, and beautiful trimming. Newly upholstered, some professionally textile...
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
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Cotton, Wood, Silk
Vintage Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Decorative foot stool made of hand carved wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani .great decorative item for any room.
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20th Century American Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Antique Suzani Hand Carved Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique French style foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile and exceptional hand embroidered trimming. Great decorat...
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Vintage 1920s American Footstools
Materials
Silk, Wood, Cotton
Antique Chinese Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made beautifully hand carved wood base upholster with quality cotton textile, and antique hand embroidery Suzani textile trimming.
One of a kind objec...
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Vintage 1920s Asian Footstools
Materials
Silk, Wood, Cotton
Vintage Suzani Upholstered Sitting Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant sitting stool made of wood, upholstered with beautiful antique hand embroidery Suzani textile, firm, and great decorative sitting stool or could use as foot stool.
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Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Silk
Early 20th Century French Walnut Footstool with Floral Silk Fabric
Located in Dallas, TX
Put your feet up with style and comfort with this elegant Louis XVI foot stool. Crafted in France circa 1920 and rectangular in shape, the antique stool stands on tapered legs over a...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Footstools
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Silk, Walnut
Funky Antique Suzani Elephant Wood Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Funky foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile, and hand embroidery trimming. Great decorative item for any room.
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20th Century American Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile and exceptional hand embroidered trimming .great decorative item for ...
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Vintage 1920s American Footstools
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Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made of hand carved wood, upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile and exceptional hand embroidered trimming. Great decorative item for ...
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Vintage 1920s American Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Antique Suzani Bronze Stool or Side Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional stool artistically made of hand embroidery vintage silk Suzani top, professionally mounted on antique bronze antique Chinese rain drum base, with three decorative handles...
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20th Century Chinese Footstools
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Bronze
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique foot stool made of hand carved wood upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile great decorative item for any room.
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Vintage 1920s American Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
Funky Antique Suzani Stool or Side Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional stool artistically made of hand embroidery vintage silk Suzani top, professionally mounted on antique bronze base with three clawfeet. Beautiful object of are for room di...
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20th Century Uzbek Footstools
Materials
Bronze
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional foot stool made of hand carved wood that was base of Indian wood pillar, newly upholster with beautiful vintage silk hand embroidery Suzani. Great decorative item for any...
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20th Century Indian Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional foot stool made of hand carved wood that was base of Indian wood pillar, newly upholster with beautiful vintage silk hand embroidery Suzani. Great decorative item for any...
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20th Century Indian Footstools
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Cotton, Silk, Wood
Pair of Small French Louis XV Style Footstools with Antique Aubusson Silk Fabric
Located in Dallas, TX
From France, this beautiful pair of Louis XV Style footstools have been upholstered in antique flat-woven Aubusson. This type of Aubusson fabric was primarily used for very large cha...
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20th Century French Footstools
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Brass
H 11 in W 13.5 in D 11 in
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Tufted Benches Stools Ottomans Baughman Parsons 1960s
By Parsons, Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a great pair of benches, stools or ottomans, by Milo Baughman for Parsons, circa the 1960s. In very good vintage condition, but need re-upholstery. The dime...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
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Silk
H 17.5 in W 16 in D 16 in
Antique Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional foot stool made of hand carved wood of part base of Indian wood pillar, newly upholster with beautiful vintage silk hand embroidery Suzani. Great decorative item for any ...
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20th Century Footstools
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Pair of Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted and Gilt Footstools
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevate your feet while sitting in your favourite armchair with this elegant pair of antique footstools. Crafted in France, circa 1920, each round stool on four tapered legs, feature...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Footstools
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Silk, Beech
Mid Century leopard print silk waterfall bench in the style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This gorgeous leopard print bench in the style of Milo Baughman is such a stunner! Covered in a silky leopard print, this piece would be wonderful as a vanity seat, in a bedroom, a c...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Benches
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Suzani Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional unique foot stool made of hand-carved, 19 century Indian wood carving that was part of a wood pillar, Upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani fregment. Great deco...
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20th Century Indian Footstools
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Wood, Cotton, Silk
1950 Stools by "Colli" Turin
By Colli Torino
Located in Milano, IT
1950 stools by "Colli" Turin, base in gilded metal and raw silk.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Ottoman, 1960
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Southampton, NY
Elegant T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings ottoman, Grand Rapids, MI, 1960s, bleached walnut, silk velvet upholstery.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
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Silk, Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut
Italian Brass Stool
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Italian mid-century modern stool with spindle brass legs and upholstered in a candy apple green shantung silk fabric.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Suzani Carved Wood Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Unusual Indian wood base made to be foot stool ,Apolstry made of hand made Suzani textile from Uzbekistan .
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Vintage 1960s Indian Quilts and Blankets
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Wood, Cotton, Silk
pair footstools
Located in Houston, TX
pair wood carved Italian footstools
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Vintage 1930s Italian Footstools
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Wood, Silk
Pair of Faux Bamboo Chrome Ottomans
Located in New York, NY
Great pair of faux bamboo ottomans with tangerine color raw silk cushions. Located at 113 Stanton St. 212-358-8000.
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Pair of Silk Upholstered Hollywood Regency Stools
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A striking pair of Hollywood Regency stools newly upholstered in a beautiful striped silk and finished in an Hermes orange lacquer. A pleated edge completes the look.
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Vintage 1960s American Footstools
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Italian Neo Classical Stool
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Beautiful and stylish stool with a hoofed foot. A painted and gold leafed finish accents the details. Upholstery is new and is Silk. Finish to the stool is original with a beautif...
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Early 20th Century Italian Footstools
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Wood, Silk, Upholstery
Rope Motif Wrought Iron Bench (GMD#1965)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Painted and Gilded Wrought Iron Rope Motif Bench With Attached Silk Upholstered Seat w/Decorative Rope Trim. Note: Height given to top of side handles 22.5H
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Vintage 1940s Italian Benches
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Iron
Set of Two Decorative Italian Stools
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of decorative italian foot stool painted and gilted wood with silk fabric.
Category
20th Century Italian Footstools
Materials
Wood, Silk
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20th Century Silk Footstools For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of 20th century silk footstools for sale on 1stDibs. 20th century silk footstools are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Louis XVI and Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made 20th century silk footstools over the years, but those made by Atelier Lam, Milo Baughman and Colli Torino are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are 20th Century Silk Footstools?
20th century silk footstools can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $875, while the lowest priced sells for $325 and the highest can go for as much as $4,800.
Finding the Right Footstools for You
Antique and vintage footstools might add a dose of fun to your living room, but they’re also hard workers.
Even as they’ve morphed into objects with plenty of functions over time, the footstool has a royal past. In Ancient Egypt, a footstool was used to climb onto an elevated chair or placed under someone’s feet as he or she was seated in a temple or private residence. Footstools were also in use during the Ottoman Empire. In fact, the ottoman, an upholstered seat or small bench that initially had no back or arms, was the main seating furniture in a home. Ottomans were a way to merge floor seating with cushions and mats.
Poufs, which originated in France, are also thought of as convenient seating furniture as well as occasionally serving as a side table, if needed. (Although, a pouf is typically not as firm as an ottoman.)
Over the years, footstools have taken on varying purposes. They have been used as small portable chairs, for example.
During the 18th century, a footstool might have been long with a low profile, which rendered it perfect for fireside seating. Victorian footstools were small but not unassuming, as furniture makers of the era would upholster the pieces so that they paired with the nearby sofa or wingback chairs. Footstools have even become a storage solution at home, with designers outfitting them with compartments. Today, a footstool might be used to organize quilts and blankets or other textiles, especially if you’re trying to keep things uncluttered in a small apartment.
Footstools are now available in all sorts of provocative colors, upholstery and more. No one is going to put a velvet footstool out on the curb, right? When shopping for your own footstool, try to find one that meets the height of your sofa or other seating (or is a tad lower). It should also be sturdy but not a heavy, clunky piece that’s a chore to move around.
The footstool is both decorative and functional. Not unlike a good throw pillow, interior designers have found numerous uses for this versatile, vibrant furnishing. Find yours in the growing collection of antique and vintage footstools today on 1stDibs.
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