$1,750 / item
Inez Modern Barstool or Counter Stool with Swivel
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez Stool by Crump and Kwash Carved solid wood seat and base / hand rubbed zero VOC oil finish / solid steel construction / 360 degree rotating seat top.
Bronze
$1,750 / item
Inez Counter Stool by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez Counter stool by Crump and Kwash Carved, solid wood seat, base, and under cap / hand rubbed oil finish / solid steel construction / durable powder coat finish / 360 degree r...
Steel
Inez 18" Modern Round Stool with Swivel and Solid Wood Seat.
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez 18" stool by Crump and Kwash Carved solid wood seat and base / hand rubbed zero VOC oil finish / solid steel construction / 360 degree rotating seat top.
Bronze
$1,750 / item
Inez Counter and Barstool by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Inez counter stool and barstool by Crump and Kwash Upholstered seat top / premium foam cushion / solid wood base / hand rubbed oil finish / solid steel construction / durable powde...
Steel
Walnut Round Top Foundation Side Table / Stool
Located in Portland, OR
Solid wood stool / side table in stunning hand oiled Oregon Black Walnut. With a clean and minimal design, these stools are handmade in Portland, Oregon with mortise and tenon joiner...
Walnut
$1,540 / item
H 19.69 in Dm 19.69 in
Sculptural Round Table Crafted from Solid Suar Wood, Natural Finish
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural round side table featuring a natural finish. Its neutral pigment and subtle wood texture makes it perfect for any space. A uniquely sculptural and versatile ...
Wood
$900 / item
H 38.59 in W 17.72 in D 20.08 in
Simonini Designer Bar Stool, Solid Wood, Customizable Height, Modern
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
A study in proportion, softness, and structural grace. The Wing Collection is born from the pursuit of equilibrium, balancing structure and lightness, geometry and comfort, precisio...
Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood, Leather, Faux Leather
$1,496 / item
H 28.15 in W 15.16 in D 16.74 in
Designer Counter Stool Wave with Leather Seat and Steel Frame - Artistic Seating
By Igor Lugerin
Located in Kyiv, UA
Counter Stool Wave with Leather Seat and Steel Frame – A Modern Seating Solution for Residential and Commercial Spaces The Counter Stool Wave is a refined seating option designed to...
Steel
Round Plant Stand Side Table with Glass Top and Turned Legs
By Meredith Hart Furniture
Located in Durham, NC
These tables are built to have a visual lightness while also being plenty strong for plants, books, drinks, etc. The are constructed using mortise and tenon joinery with a spline con...
Glass, Cherry
Bertu Stools, Boca Dos Wood Stool, Solid
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Stools, Boca Dos Wood Stool, Solid Please scroll down to read IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT OUR STUMPS before purchase! Why buy BERTU HOME stumps? KILN DRIED Our stumps all...
Wood, Maple
Pasqualina Counter Stool by Grassi&Bianchi
By Enrico Pellizzoni
Located in Milan, IT
This sturdy counter stool features a tubular steel frame completely covered in terra-colored leather and a black, embossed footrest. Black technical fabric covers the metal seat pan....
Leather
Lloyd Bar Stool with Leather or Shearling Cushion
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Lloyd Bar Stool by Crump and Kwash Solid wood construction / hand rubbed oil finish / metal rungs / leather wrapped back support / leather wrapped seat cushion Dimensions : 23...
Brass
$1,300 / item
H 18 in W 12.75 in D 12.75 in
Boot Stool – Modern Handcrafted Sculptural Solid Wood Stool
By Marmar Studio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Boot Stool makes furniture a friend. Inspired by toys and figurines, this stool or low table is the happy companion to a space. Marmar Studio is a furniture and object design p...
Hardwood
Lloyd Modern Barrel Back Solid Wood Bar or Counter Stool
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Lloyd bar stool Solid wood frame / hand rubbed oil finish / solid brass rungs / leather wrapped back support / recessed leather seat cushion Measures: 23” W x 21” D x 39” H (30” s...
Brass, Steel
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool for Cassina, Italy - new
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Berlin, DE
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Prices vary dependent on size and material of the stool. Available materials: Natural ...
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Roberts Counter Stool with Wood Inlay Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
This sleek stool has a thin carved wooden seat that rests on a steel tubing base. The elegant seat is curved for seamless comfort while displaying a stunning intersecting diagonal ac...
Steel
Custom Made to Order Solid Walnut Stool with Linen Inset Cushioned Top
By Lance Thompson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom made to order solid walnut stool (or side table) with inset linen cushioned top (COM) in the French 40's style.
Linen, Walnut
$995 / item
H 25.6 in Dm 17.33 in
Dietiker Rey Counter Stool, Mid-Century Modern, Designed by Bruno Rey, 1971
By Dietiker, Bruno Rey
Located in Stein am Rhein, CH
Referred to as "the most successful piece of Swiss Furniture of all time" by the Swiss Museum of Design in Zurich, the Rey chair is a Swiss design icon since 1971. This is the count...
Aluminum
Sculptural Round Side Table in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Coffee or side table, walnut, Europe, 1970s This beautiful table, influenced by the artistic sensibilities of the Art Deco movement with a post-modern twist, is distinguished by its...
Walnut
From $578 / item
H 25.6 in Dm 14.18 in
Hardie Wood Counter Stool with Wood Seat and Black Steel Frame
By Please Wait to be Seated
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Hardie stool is a clean-lined and no-nonsense piece. The stool is made of three identical bent metal tube columns and a seat. The tubes pair up where they join, adding rigidity a...
Steel
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 9.85 in
Cult Stool, Sculptural Side Table, Hand-Carved Green Onyx Marble Conglomerate
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Cult stool/ side table; a hand sculpted stone from a Mexican marble and Mexican onyx conglomerate, remits to primal sculptural-architectural language while displaying materials in a ...
Onyx
Minho Mirror
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Minho Mirror Designed by Project 213A in 2024 The Minho mirror is framed in solid wood with an abstract organic shape. Crafted by Skilled artisans in Northern Portugal. Bespoke dime...
Mirror, Oak
Set of 3 Slender 'Campagne' Counter Stools by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 slender 'Campagne' counter stools by Design Frères. Comfortable, with a minimal footprint. Extra support under the rush seat. Feet pads to protect flooring.
Steel
$1,635Sale Price / item|10% Off
H 5.25 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
By Maison Paname, Pierre Chareau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le ...
Alabaster, Steel
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
$9,432 / item
H 16.54 in W 52.37 in D 17.72 in
Civil Bench 057 by Pierre Jeanneret for Cassina, Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Civil bench 057 by Pierre Jeanneret for Cassina. Prices vary dependent on the chosen material. Available in teak, oak or black stained oak. Assembly, consists of three consecutive ...
Rattan, Wood, Oak, Teak
$638Sale Price / item|55% Off
H 33.47 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Dining Chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, Model Razorblade, Denmark, Oak
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of striking dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, made of oak and boucle. Refreshing design with bold Baroque coming together nicely with Mid-Century Modernism. Model: Razorblade ...
Oak
$1,341 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
$8,092 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Poplar Burl by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Structure: Made from Poplar Burl veneer with solid oak edging, the Park Nightstand is finished with matching veneer on both the exterior and interior. The inside includes an adjustab...
Wood, Poplar, Burl
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp by Achille Castiglioni , Italy, 1960s
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp by Achille Castiglioni , Italy, 1960s
Resin
LU Swing Sconce
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Inglewood, CA
Beautiful brass LU swing sconce made by Lumfardo Luminaires in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as well as all mounting hardware. Priced in...
Brass
$1,836 / item
H 27.17 in W 25.2 in D 21.26 in
Balance Dining Chair by Dmytro Kozinenko, Inspired by the Art of Rock Balancing
By Dmitriy Kozinenko
Located in Kyiv, UA
The Balance dining chair invites us to slow down and find the equilibrium we keep looking for. Its design is inspired by the art of rock balancing — natural stones stacked into pilla...
Steel
$5,129 / item
H 28.75 in W 19.69 in D 20.87 in
Mid-Century Modern Grand Swivel Dining Chairs, DEDAR Wool, Handmade Greenapple
By Dedar, Greenapple, Rute Martins
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Grand Swivel Dining Chair, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern. The Grand swivel dining chair is a versatile piece that combines eleg...
Brass, Stainless Steel
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
Charles Pollock Leather Executive Desk Chair in Brown
By Knoll, Charles Pollock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Charles Pollock for Knoll leather executive chair redone in medium brown color. This executive desk chair has a swivel base with adjustable height. Swivel base with all wheel...
Chrome
Handmade Blackened Steel Side Table by J.M. Szymanski
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
TABLE NO. 8 - STOOL OR SIDE TABLE J.M. Szymanski d. 2021 A perfectly simple stool or side table. Solid 3/4” steel components are combined to make a dynamic form. Finished in black w...
Steel, Iron
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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.