Antique Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut End Table or Stool
Located in Forney, TX
Similar to a box-stretcher joint stool, the H-form stretcher-joined base rises on four turned legs, joined by a hand hewn cross-stretcher that adds to the relaxed rustic warmth and e...
Walnut
Rustic 18th/19th Century Country Continental Oak Side Table
Located in Forney, TX
Hand-crafted of solid oak in Continental Europe in the late 18th / early 19th century, French Louis XIII style, joint stool taste, featuring high-quality pegged construction, having ...
Oak
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
The bed model features the wood construction in detail including the slab base, the surrounding frieze panels, the foot stool, exposed joints and corner brackets. There are holes of ...
Stoneware
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
The bed model features the wood constructing in detail including the slab base, the surrounding frieze panels, the foot stool, exposed joints and corner brackets. There are holes of ...
Stoneware
Antique Handcrafted and Stable Solid Oak & Great Patina Joint Stool Or Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Solid oak joint stool, great shape and beautiful color. This handcrafted joint stool seat is both rustic and stylish.
Oak
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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