At 1stDibs, there are several options of chrome bar stools available for sale. Frequently made of
metal,
chrome and
animal skin, all chrome bar stools available were constructed with great care. There are 861 antique and vintage chrome bar stools for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 39 modern editions to choose from as well. Chrome bar stools have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Chrome bar stools are generally popular furniture pieces, but
mid-century modern,
modern and
Art Deco styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Some chrome bar stools are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller chrome bar stools, measuring 4.73 inches across, are available at 1stDibs. Chrome bar stools have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by
Knoll,
Milo Baughman and
Dirk Van Sliedregt are consistently popular.
Prices for chrome bar stools can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, chrome bar stools begin at $10 and can go as high as $24,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,210.
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.