Braided Stool
20th Century Stools
Rattan
Late 20th Century Spanish Stools
Rope, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Natural Fiber, Straw, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Fabric, Upholstery
Late 20th Century Spanish Stools
Leather, Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Acrylic, Cane
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Iron
1990s American Organic Modern Stools
Rattan
1990s Bohemian Stools
Wicker, Rattan
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
1990s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bamboo, Rattan, Rope, Leather
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rattan, Bamboo, Cane, Rope
Late 20th Century Spanish Benches
Rope, Wood
Late 20th Century Spanish Benches
Rope, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Luggage Racks
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Stools
Wicker, Pine
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rope
Antique 19th Century French Stools
Tapestry, Braid
Antique 1710s English George I Stools
Walnut
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Footstools
Chrome, Iron
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Stools
Wood, Wicker
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Bohemian Stools
Rope, Wood
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Straw
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak, Rush
Mid-20th Century Danish Shaker Stools
Papercord, Birch
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s German Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Vintage 1930s German Industrial Stools
Wood, Braid
Vintage 1930s German Industrial Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Braid, Wood
Vintage 1980s Stools
Leather, Bamboo, Rope
Mid-20th Century Dutch Shaker Stools
Oak, Papercord
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood
20th Century French Stools
Oak, Cane
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Dining Room Sets
Rattan, Rope
Mid-20th Century Dining Room Sets
Rattan, Rope
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rope, Oak
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Oak, Rush
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rush, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Vintage 1950s French Stools
Mohair, Upholstery, Wicker, Rattan
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Braid
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Stools
Oak, Rush
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Stools
Rush, Oak
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Footstools
Rush, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Footstools
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Rope, Beech, Plywood
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rope, Birch
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Braided Stool For Sale on 1stDibs
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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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