Early 20th Century African Oromo Sculptural Hardwood Tripod Leg Stool
Located in New York, NY
Solid piece, and can still be used as a low seat. These stools are traditional to the Oromo tribe of Ethiopia
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Oromo African Stool, Hand-Carved Wood, Tribal Style
Located in Odense, DK
A beautifully crafted Oromo stool from Ethiopia, dating to the mid-20th century.
Wood
$793Sale Price|59% Off
Wabi sabi solid wood "Oromo" stool, Ethiopia 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Wabi sabi hand crafted stool. Made by the Oromo people of Ethiopia around the 1950s.
Hardwood
$1,050Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Oromo Carved Hardwood Stools, Ethiopia, 1970s
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Pair of hand-carved hardwood stools attributed to the Oromo people of Ethiopia, 1970s.
Wood
African Oromo Tri-Leg Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
The petite stool follows woodworking traditions of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, known for their sculptural stools with arched tripod legs and gently cupped seats.
Wood
Wooden Tribal or Oromo Style African Three Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African, Ethiopian three leg table or Oromo stool. The solid wood piece is a compliment and unique style stool or side table.
Wood
African ‘Oromo’ stool, Ethiopia early 20th century
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Original hand carved African 'Oromo' stool, Ethiopia early 20th century. Very nice design carved out of one solid piece of wood.
Wood
African 'Oromo' Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
This shape is traditional for tribal stools from Ethiopia, especially for the ones created by the Oromo people in the forest area of Southern Ethiopia.
Wood
African Oromo Tripod Stool
Located in New York, NY
This Southern Ethiopian stool, made by the Oromo people in the mid twentieth century, was carved from one piece of wood with simple out-curved legs and a concave circular seat.
Wood
An Oromo Carved Wood Stool
Located in Riverdale, NY
the circular dish shaped seat with a Mongolian sheep skin loose cushion on three out turned ruff cut legs
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.