Ghana Stool
African Ashanti Styled Wood Carved Animal Stool / Ottoman Ghana
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A hand carved primitive wooden Ashanti styled West African Ghana stool or ottoman . The personality
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Primitive Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Wood Stools West Africa, Ghana
Located in Montreal, QC
Ashanti wood stools West Africa, Ghana.
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Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Wood Stools West Africa, Ghana
Located in Montreal, QC
Ashanti wood stools West Africa, Ghana.
Category
Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Wooden Stool West Africa, Ghana
Located in Montreal, QC
Ashanti wooden stool West Africa, Ghana.
Category
Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Wood Stools West Africa, Ghana
Located in Montreal, QC
Ashanti wood stools West Africa, Ghana.
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Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Wood Stools West Africa, Ghana
Located in Montreal, QC
Ashanti Wood Stools West Africa, Ghana
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Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Art Deco Ashanti Elephant Stool, Ghana, 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
African Art Deco Ashanti elephant stool, Ghana, 1920s
Wonderfully carved piece.
A similar piece
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Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Art Deco Stools
Materials
Wood
African Art Deco Ashanti Elephant Stool, Ghana, 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
African Art Deco Ashanti elephant stool, Ghana, 1920s
Wonderfully carved piece.
A similar piece
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Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Art Deco Stools
Materials
Wood
Antique ASHANTI Queen Mother Carved Wooden Stool Ghana Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique GHANA, ASHANTI "Queen Mother" type hardwood hand carved stool.
Hand-carved stool made by
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
Traditional Wooden Carved African Elephant Stool by the Ashanti Tribe Ghana
Located in Den Haag, NL
Authentic African carved wooden elephant stool. Originates from the Ashanti Tribe of Ghana. It is
Category
Vintage 1930s Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
$895
H 12.6 in W 20.08 in D 9.06 in
Ghana African Intricately Carved Bench 1980's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1348 African carved tribal bench.
Category
Vintage 1980s Stools
Materials
Fruitwood
Ashanti Fawohodie Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The tiered
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Style Tribal Stool
Located in Pasadena, TX
Ashanti Style Tribal Stool
Stool in the style of the Ashanti Tribe of Ghana. Beautifully carved
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Stool, West African Hand Carved Hardwood Stool, Wabi Sabi, 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A highly decorative handcrafted Ashanti stool, made in West Africa(Ghana) in the 1970s. A unique
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Organic Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
$552 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12.21 in W 17.72 in D 7.88 in
Geometric Ashanti African Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
An indicator of status and family, stools play an integral role in traditional Ashanti culture
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Tribal Stool from Africa
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large scale, hand carved and silver painted Ashanti tribal stool. Likely painted silver in the
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood, Paint
Ashanti stool in wood, African design, 1950
Located in JASSANS-RIOTTIER, FR
Stool designed in Ghana, Africa, in the fifties
Ashanti model
Carved in one piece of wood
Geometric
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Wooden Carved Stool Figural Group
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Wooden carved Akan stool with figural group.
Category
Vintage 1960s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Boxwood
West African Ashanti Stool in Carved Hardwood, 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This sculptural stool is carved from a single block of solid wood, showcasing a distinctive
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Organic Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Large Tribal Brown Hand-Carved Early 20th Century Ashanti Stool
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional and unusually large early 20th century African Ashanti hand-carved wood stool from
Category
Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Fine Ashanti Stool with Bird Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This fine Ashanti stool from Ghana, which dates to the first half of the 20th century, features an
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Finely Carved Early Ashanti Stool With Bird Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This large early Ashanti stool consists of an attractive support featuring a double-sided bird
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Located in Leuven , BE
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Carved from a single piece of wood
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Ghanian Ashanti Style Stool with Leopard Carved, Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
leopard stool.
Animal leopard stool hand-carved wood from Ghana.
This is the "OSEBO GWA" ( The Leopard
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Seated Female Figure on Stool Holding a Sword Ewe Ghana, West Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Seated female figure on classic Akan stool holding a sword. From the Ewe people of Ghana, West
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$950
H 15 in W 6 in D 6 in
Small Ashanti tribal headrest stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small early 20th century Ashanti tribal stool, headrest. Carved from a single piece of
Category
Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Recent Sales
Vintage African Ashanti Stool, Asegua, Ghana, Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Vintage African Ashanti Stool (Asegua), Ghana, late 20th century. Hand carved from a solid piece of
Category
Vintage 1980s Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Carved Wood Chair, Ghana, circa 1900
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
A carved wood chair, Ethnie Ashanti (Ghana), circa 1900. # E5421.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Asanti/Ashanti Stool
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This abstract stool was carved from one single piece of wood and has been used in the grasslands
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Futurist
By Chris Martin 1
Located in Ames, IA
calls friends.
The stool is the symbol of chieftaincy in Ghana and is arguably the most recognized
Category
2010s American Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Ashanti Carved Stool
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Ashanti stool from Ghana, carved from a single piece of wood.
Wonderful carved details of
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20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Large Scale Vintage Ashanti Stool
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Ghana, home of the powerful Ashanti Empire.
At the bottom of the stool, "Made in Jumapo."
These
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Vintage 1950s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Large Ashanti Stool
Located in London, GB
A large Ashanti stool from Ghana. Larger than average with good patination, signs of wear and tear
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large African Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A larger than normal Ashanti tribal stool from Ghana. Based on the form of an animal, possibly a
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Asante Tribal Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A mid-20th century tribal stool. Carved from one piece of wood, this stool was made by the Ashanti
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Akan Ashanti Tribal Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
A great example of a mid to late 20th century African Ashanti stool. Carved from one piece of wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Stool
Located in London, GB
A very interesting African tribal stool. Possibly from the Ashanti tribe featuring an animal as its
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Asante Stool
Located in Des Plaines, IL
Asante Stool
Ghana 20th century wood & pigments H x W: 16.25 x 24 inches
Each piece of tribal
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Ashanti African Wooden Stool, Ghana, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920's Ashanti African wooden stool from Ghana.
Stool has a perferated top and tiered bases
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Elephant Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Ashanti culture of central Ghana, stools indicate power, status, and lines of
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
A Ghanian Asanti Stool
Located in New York, NY
A caved wood Asanti stool - priced indiv.-
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20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
A Ghanian Asanti Stool
Located in New York, NY
A pair of carved wood Asanti stools - priced indiv.-
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Ashanti Wood Stool, Ghana, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
1920s Ashanti African wooden stool from Ghana.
Twisted knot design on a flat wood base with
Category
Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Large Old Ashanti Stool from Ghana
Located in Rochester, NY
An old large African Ashanti stool with beautifully aged old surface color patina to carved wood
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Ebonized Stool from Ghana
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal handcrafted stool.
Hand-carved from African hardwood with a curved seat raised on
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Mahogany Ashanti Stool, Ghana
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Ashanti stool from Ghana, hand-carved from a single piece of African mahogany, circa 1920
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Ashanti Stool from Ghana
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stools were carved from a single piece of wood, with different designs and meanings. They were
Category
20th Century Stools
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carved African Stool by the Ashanti of Ghana
Located in Troy, MI
This Ashanti carved stool dates from the 1980s and was found in Ghana. Hand carved and crafted from
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Beautifully Elaborate African "Ashanti" Wooden Stool, circa 1930, Ghana
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Girona, Spain
Beautifully sculpted Ashanti wooden stool.
Deep patina.
Elegant design.
circa 1930, Ghana
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carved Small African Stool by the Ashanti of Ghana
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Ghana, this Ashanti carved stool dates from the 1980s. Hand carved and crafted from a
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Late 19th or Early 20th Century Ashanti Stool from Ghana
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an unusual and highly decorative Ashanti stool from Ghana. The stool features a carved
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Ashanti Tribe Hand Carved Stool, Ghana, Africa
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a hand carved wooden stool from the Ashanti Tribe in Ghana, Africa, dating to the
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Asante Stools
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved tradtional Asante (Ashante) Stools from Ghana. Metal stripped tacked onto seat add
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Ashanti Bronze Stool
Located in PARIS, FR
Ashanti stool in bronze, Ghana late 20th century. In the style of ceremonial stools. Good condition.
Category
Vintage 1980s Ghanaian Brutalist Stools
Materials
Bronze
African Ashanti Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elaborate hand carved wood Ashanti stool. Made in Ghana, circa early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Ashanti Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elaborate hand-carved wood Ashanti stool. Made in Ghana, circa early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
African Ashanti Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elaborate hand-carved African Ashanti Stool. Made in Ghana, circa early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Tribe Stool
Located in London, GB
A very large scale carved hardwood Ashanti tribe stool
Ghana, 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Carved Ashanti Stool
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Remarkable hand carved "Ashanti" stool. This piece is quite striking and carved from a solid block
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Unique Asante Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A unique Asante stool depicting a speared catfish on a grill resting under a a curved seat
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Ashanti Stool
Located in Pomona, CA
1910 Ashanti tribal stool. This stool was used by the tribal leader's wife.
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Ashanti Stool
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A remarkable Ashanti stool, with tribal markings & designs, carved from a solid block of wood
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Asante Stool End Table, Large
Located in New York, NY
A large Asante Stool, hand carved. Metallic strips hand tacked on the seat add a dimension to this
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20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wooden Akan / Ashanti Stool
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Original hand carved African tribal Ashanti stool - Ghana, early 20th century. Very nice details
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Stools
Materials
Wood
1960’s /Ashanti /Ashanti stool
Located in London, Lambeth
Superbly crafted
Vintage chief's stool from the Asante people of Ghana. Raw natural finish. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Other
Hand Carved Akan or Ashanti Stool
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Original hand carved African tribal Ashanti stool, Ghana, early 20th century. Very nice almost
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Tribal African Adinkra Symbol Carved Ashanti Stool
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Hand carved teak African (Ghana) Ashanti stool.
Carved at the center is the Adinkra " Gye Name
Category
Antique 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Ghanaian Ashanti 'Wisdom Knot' Stool Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
particular wooden stools are traditionally hand-made from one piece of wood
From the Ashanti Tribe of Ghana
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood, Cedar
African Ashanti Mid Century Styled Carved Wooden Stool
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A primitive handcrafted wooden African Ashanti styled tribal stool or ottoman done with Mid Century
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Primitive Stools
Materials
Wood
Antique Tribal African Hardwood Hand Carved Stool Side Table No. 1
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An antique tribal African stool, made from hardwood with hand carved decoration from the early 20th
Category
Antique 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Antique Tribal African Hardwood Hand Carved Stool Side Table No 2
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Pair of antique tribal African stool, made from hardwood with hand carved decoration from the early
Category
Antique 19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Ashanti tribal stool Ghana
By Akan Ashanti
Located in London, GB
An early to mid 20th century Ashanti tribal stool. An original piece which has been well used and
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Stool , Ashanti, Ghana
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Stool has its roots in the Ashanti culture of Ghana. It is highly regarded as a universal symbol of
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Primitive Footstools
Materials
Wood
Asante Stool from Ghana
Located in Pasadena, CA
An early 20th century Ashanti stool in traditional form with a curved seat over a rounded support
Category
20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Teak Ashanti Stool, Ghana, Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Ashanti stool, traditional personal stool from Ghana. Mid 1970s.
Hand-carved from a single
Category
Vintage 1970s Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Ashanti Prestige Stool with Elephant Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This impressive early twentieth-century stool, from the Ashanti culture in Ghana, depicts an
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Ashanti Stool or Low Seat from Ghana, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Ashanti stool from Ghana. Hand carved from a single piece of blonde mahogany
Category
Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Tribal End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Asante Stool
Located in New York, NY
An Asante Stool from Ghana. Carved from a single piece of wood. 18" tall. Use as a side table or
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Lobi Animal Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
The stools created by the Lobi people of Ghana and Burkina Faso are wonderfully simple in form
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Fawohodie Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Ashanti culture, stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession. The flat
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Prestige Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the "classical" stool used as an icon of leadership throughout the Ghanian region: a curved seat is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Ghanaian Footstools
Materials
Wood
Asante Stool Side Table, Small
Located in New York, NY
Asante Stools from Ghana. Hand carved. All have a simple curved seat and a central base uniquely
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Benches
Materials
Wood
Ghanaian Ashanti Incised Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The flat
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Tethered Beast Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Ashanti culture, stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession. The
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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The supports for Akan stools take many forms, they can be purely geometric or architectural with simple posts and columns, or, as in this case, figural, with humans or animals suppor...
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
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Wood
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Wood
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Bamileke Figurative Round Stool
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Tribal Chair from Nigeria
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A low slung African stargazer chair carved from one piece of wood, having three (3) legs.
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Tribal Art
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Wood
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Ghana Stool For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Ghana stool you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and mahogany, every Ghana stool was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Ghana stool — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A Ghana stool, designed in the Folk Art, Art Deco or Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Ghana Stool?
A Ghana stool can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,200, while the lowest priced sells for $394 and the highest can go for as much as $6,500.
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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