Antique Empire-Style Stool
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Antique Empire-Style Stool in Carved Wood, France, XIX century An elegant and finely crafted stool from the French Empire period, dating to the early 19th century.
Walnut
20th century modern empire style stool with cowhide upholstery
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a late 20th century Empire inspired upholstered stool. The stool has been newly upholstered in a natural cowhide and sits on top of an aluminum Empire style base.
Metal
French Empire Style Curule Stool with Gilded Accents and Linen Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant French Empire-style stool, crafted around 1900, captures the grandeur of the period with its bold design and intricate details.
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Swedish 1830s Empire Style Painted and Upholstered Stool with Spindle Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Empire style painted wooden Curule stool from the mid-19th century, with spindle arms, X-form base and new upholstery.
Upholstery, Wood
Empire Style Velvet Upholstered Curule Stools, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of French Empire Style Blue Velvet and Golden Upholstered Curule Stools, with carved wood X-form bases. 19" H x 18.25" W x 16" D.
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
$2,200 / set
Pair of Empire Style Parcel Gilt Stools
Located in El Monte, CA
A magnificent pair of Empire-style parcel-gilt stools that exude timeless elegance.
Wood
Swedish Late 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany Stool
Located in Skanninge, SE
A very stylish and elegant 19th century model. Newly upholstered in cream white/yellow fabric. The mahogany frame is in a good unrestored condition. This stool/banquette is free stan...
Bronze
Danish Empire Style Piano Chair / Stool with Velvet Seat, Early 1900s
Located in Odense, DK
This elegant piano chair, stool, or bench in the Empire style—is distinguished by its characteristic intersecting semicircular frame that forms both the base and armrests.
Textile, Velvet, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Mahogany French Empire Style Spinx Bronze Mounted Stool Bench
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Late 19th Century Mahogany French Empire Style Spinx Bronze Mounted Stool Bench Dimensions : 19.75" Wide X 19.75" Deep X 19.75" Tall This bench was made in France in the late 19th ...
Mahogany
19th Century High-Adjustable Empire Piano Stool
Located in Greven, DE
Antique piano stool in Empire style France Mahogany 19th century Dimensions: H: 45-60 cm, D: 43 cm Description: Round piano stool with centred screw mechanism for continuous heigh...
Brass
19th Century Empire Style Gilt X Frame Stool, French Provincial
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Empire Style Gilt X Frame Stool A superb antique Neo-Classical X Frame stool in the Empire style, the stool has relatively new upholstery and the show wood is carved an...
Giltwood
$960Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Empire Curule Stool, Beech Wood, Upholstered Seat, France
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An extremely elegant 19th-century Empire-style curule stool standing on veneered, curved X legs linked by a turned baluster-shaped stretcher and terminating in lion's paws.
Beech
$445Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage Empire-Style Upholstered Ottoman in Mahogany, 20th Century
Located in Trenton, NJ
This Empire-style upholstered ottoman offers a strong, traditional presence with sculptural scroll supports and a substantial platform base. It’s a versatile accent that brings old-w...
Upholstery, Wood
Italian Midcentury Empire Style Painted and Upholstered Bench with Ram Heads
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian midcentury Empire style painted bench with carved ram heads and new upholstery.
Upholstery, Wood
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Patinated Bronze Caryatids Iron Empire Style Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast iron Empire style bench with paw feet, draped swag and winged maidens, patinated bronze lacquer finish. Black textured velvet seat covering. Would also make an uncommon vanity s...
Iron
Pair of Midcentury Mahogany Stools
Located in Reepham, GB
A stunning pair of empire style mahogany stools with ormalu foliate mounts.
Mahogany
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Camel Stool Benches
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The stools are styled after Middle Eastern camel saddle stools in a playful, opulent design.
Fabric, Giltwood
$250 / item
Carved and Fluted Empire Style Foot Stool
Located in Bronx, NY
Carved and fluted Empire style foot stool ready for finish and upholstery.
Vintage Italian Empire Style Gold Giltwood Swedish Gout Stool Footstool Ottoman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Empire Style Gold Giltwood Swedish Gout Stool Footstool Ottoman.
Fabric, Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Bronze Mounted Ormolu Mahogany French Empire Stool Bench, circa 1920s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Timeless and versatile, this Empire-style ormolu mounted stool embodies the neoclassical influence of Napoleon’s France, combining classical inspiration with early 20th-century craft...
Bronze
Mid Century Regency Style Ebonized Gold Painted Upholstered Stool Pouf Bench
Located in Dayton, OH
This beautiful vanity stool showcases a sophisticated blend of French Empire and Regency styling, featuring an expertly ebonized black wood frame accented with gold detailing.
Fabric, Hardwood
Pair of Empire Aesthetic Leather Giltwood Ottoman Footstools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A dramatic pair of foot stools or ottomans crafted in the Napoleonic Empire or Aesthetic Movement style.
Leather, Giltwood
Midcentury Italian Entry Art Deco age Stool in Ebonized Walnut New Upholstered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant stool, bench, Empire style period Art Deco of the 1930s.
Brass
Pair of Neoclassical Revival Carved Wooden Benches
Located in Sheffield, MA
A pair of neoclassical stools in the Empire style, the stools have caned seats, wood is carved and gilded in the classical style.
Wood
Trouvailles French Empire Campaign Stool
By Trouvailles Furniture Inc.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish French Empire style stool is very much in the pieces designed for the campaigns of Napoleon and the piece was created by Trouvailles Furniture.
Brass, Steel
Pair Of French Empire Style Painted Stools
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of French Emprie style painted stools.
Upholstery
Unavailable
H 18 in W 21.5 in D 17 in
French 2nd Empire Napoleonic Style Ebonised & Parcel Gilt X-frame Stool
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
French late 19th century 2nd Empire Napoleonic style ebonised and parcel gilt neoclassical X-frame stool, circa 1880.
Fabric, Beech
Unavailable
H 44.89 in W 17.72 in D 22.45 in
Bar Stool in Black Finish with Gold Leaf Finish and Blue Italian Fabric
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Exquisite empire-style bar stool in black finish with gold leaf applications.
Gold Leaf
#3332 Pair of Empire Style Iron & Brass Pillow-Top Stools
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Empire Style Pillow Top Stools with Brass Swan Heads and Brass Paw Feet.
Wrought Iron, Brass
Empire-Style Stools, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of mahogany Empire style stools with paw feet and x-shaped frames with balustered stretchers.
Wood
French Empire Style Stool
Located in Stamford, CT
French Empire style overall gilded stool, upholstered in striped fabric.
Wood
Stool Empire Style
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Swedish empire style stool, mid-19th century. With large carved ram heads.
Wood
French Early 19th Century Empire Style Sabre Leg Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An elegant Empire style stool from early 19th century, France, circa 1830.
Mahogany
French Late 19th Century Painted Empire Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An elegant Empire style stool from the latter part of the 19th century, France.
Wood
Empire Style Curule Seat, 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Mahogany Empire style stool or Curule seat standing on curved X-legs finished by lion paws, linked each other by turned baluster shaped stretchers.
Brass
Pair of Empire Style Curule Seats, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mahogany Empire style stools or Curule seats standing on curved X-legs finished by lion paws, linked each other by turned baluster shaped stretchers.
Brass
Pair of Empire Style Curule Seats, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mahogany Empire style stools or Curule seats standing on curved X-legs finished by lion paws, linked each other by turned baluster shaped stretchers.
Brass
Antique French Empire Style Brass Stool / Chair
Located in London, GB
A wonderful solid brass stool in the antique French Empire style. This was probably made in France or Italy & it dates from around the 1960’s period.
Brass
20th Century Empire Style Painted and Gilded Stool
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
20th Century Empire style painted and gilded stool. Circa 1940.
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Empire-Style X Form Painted Stools
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of 20th century Empire-style Curule benches are painted black with protective brass feet and escutcheons. The center bar is turned wood. The padded seats are newly upholster...
Brass
Pair of French Empire Style Mahogany Stools
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful pair of French Empire style mahogany stools, hand carved details.
Mahogany
Sold
H 18 in W 20.5 in D 14.5 in
French 1920s Empire Style Painted Upholstered Curule Stool with Carved Rosettes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style painted wood curule stool from the early 20th century, with carved rosettes and new upholstery.
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Stool
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century Italian Empire style walnut stool. Interesting carving with a gold gilt finish.
Upholstery, Walnut
Sold
H 19 in W 18.75 in D 15 in
French 1880s Empire Style Painted Curule Stool with Printed Fabric and Paw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style painted wood curule stool from the late 19th century, with printed upholstery, lion paw feet and distressed finish.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold
H 18 in W 16 in D 16 in
Set of three square Italian Empire style Painted and Giltwood Stools, C. 1890.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A refined trio of stools, each featuring a white-painted and giltwood frames with classical carved details and turned tapering legs. The combination of painted surfaces, gilded acce...
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
19th Century Empire Style Gilt X Frame Stool A superb piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Empire Style Gilt X Frame Stool A superb piece, this antique Neo-Classical X Frame stool is in the Empire style, it has an old silk upholstered seat with matching gol...
Giltwood
Pair of Empire Style Walnut Curule Stools, Attributed to Jansen
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each with a rectangular padded seat raised on curule supports joined by a turned stretcher ending in swan heads. With a Jansen Paris stamp as well as numbers presumably correspondin...
Wood, Fabric
French Empire Walnut Bergère Kidney Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Empire style Bergère kidney shaped stool. This is a charming French empire style walnut stool, the stool has a charming golden colour and a very attractive shape, the seat ...
Walnut
20th Century Empire Style Curule Bench
Located in Houston, TX
A beautifully carved 20th century Empire style Curule bench. Hand carved hardwoods have lovely fruitwood stain with gilded details. This bench has is professionally upholstered in a ...
Mohair, Giltwood
Empire Style Campaign Ottoman
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Empire inspired leather ottoman with brass finials and feet.
Brass
French Empire Style Gilt Boudoir Window Seat, Velvet Upholstery
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A French Empire style gilt Boudoir window seat, velvet upholstery.
Set of Three Black Lacquered Empire Style Leather Barstools
By Karges Furniture
Located in Houston, TX
A set of three newly black lacquered and gilt wood Empire style leather barstools. Each of these newly upholstered barstools feature French nailhead detailing, a brass footrest, and ...
Brass
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.
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