$4,800
17th Century Joint Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare 17th century English small table, also known as a child's joint stool, the single plank top with bead molded edge over molded stretchers with scalloped edge, standing on reverse...
Oak
Black Ebonized Wabi-Sabi Wood Stool with Butterfly Joints
Located in Benalmadena, ES
A defining feature of this gallery-quality piece is a natural fissure, which has been expertly stabilized using two traditional wooden butterfly joints (also known as bowtie joints),...
Wood
An Oak Joint Coffin Stool, Occasional Table, Sewing Box
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
An Oak Joint coffin stool, occasional table, sewing box This a good Oak Joint or Joined Stool which has the added advantage of an opening top with a storage compartment inside Th...
Oak
Antique English Jacobean Style Carved Oak Joint Bench Stool
Located in London, GB
Antique English Jacobean style carved oak joint bench stool circa 1920 A good size piece.
Oak
Rare Alvar Aalto Finger Joint Wartime Stool Model 60, Artek, 1940s
By Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy, Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
A war-time stool can be easily distinguished by the way the legs are bent, or actually in this case joint together near t the L shaped curve that goes under the seat.
Wool, Wood
French Fruitwood Milking Stool
Located in Faversham, GB
A charming early 19th century stool of simple joint construction. The stool has a thick top in fruitwood, probably cherry wood and four splayed legs in oak.
Fruitwood
$1,950 / item
Modernist Solid Oak Counter Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In addition to being newly restored, these stools were produced with 0 screws or hardware, all smooth and clean joint work.
Oak
Early 19th Century Oak Stool
Located in Faversham, GB
A simple vernacular oak stool of joint construction with a thick block top complemented with an oval recess carry handle.
Oak
$546Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Vintage Lounge Stools, French, Leatherette, 1960s Stool, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage lounge stools. A French, leatherette 1960s stool, dating the mid-20th century, circa 1960.
Faux Leather
English 19th Century Oak Stool
Located in Faversham, GB
A simple vernacular oak stool of joint construction with a thick block top.
Oak
$874Sale Price|25% Off
19th Century Stool in Renaissance Style
Located in Paris, FR
The nails used to fasten the seat to the base are flower shaped and the sides of the frame are sculpted. The feet and central joint of the stool have carved, stylized clovers.
Leather, Wood
Rustic Antique Wooden Elm Side Lamp Table Stool
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Traditional construction joints the stools are primarily constructed from elm with some stretchers oak or pine.
Elm
Pair of Chinese Rosewood Drum Stools or Drink Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The seams and joints on the stool are remarkably tight. Very good, well preserved condition.
Rosewood
Decorative Carved African Hardwood Stool / Tribal Art Piece, Mid-20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A remarkable example of African tribal art, this hand-carved hardwood stool is an authentic ethnographic object, crafted from a single solid piece of wood with no assemblies or joint...
Hardwood
Pair of Athens Stool in Iroko Wood by Leonard Kadid for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Put together using a groove joint, they brace the stool in every direction and create a seat.
Hardwood
Jamestown Lounge Co. Bench English Jacobean Revival Style
By Jamestown Lounge Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Exceptional, solid oak joint stool-bench with authentic early Jacobean design elements of mid size with rectangular single plank top, marvelous hand carved grapevine frieze; turned l...
Oak
Iron Side Table W/Antique Top
Located in Nashville, TN
Reclaimed stool tops from a 19th Century English joint stool and remade into a wonderful side table with an iron base, this custom made side table is sure to find a perfect spot in y...
Metal
Antique Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut End Table or Stool
Located in Forney, TX
Similar to a box-stretcher joint stool, the H-form stretcher-joined base rises on four turned legs, joined by a hand hewn cross-stretcher that adds to the relaxed rustic warmth and e...
Walnut
Japanese Jointed Marble Sculptural Stool / Side Table
By Chris Miano
Located in Union City, NJ
Inspired by traditional Japanese wood joinery, this minimalist stool/side table is a material study of stone. Shown in Calacatta Gold & Nero Marquina Marble. Sure to make a statement...
Stone, Marble
Japanese Jointed Marble Sculptural Stool / Side Table
Located in Union City, NJ
Inspired by traditional Japanese wood joinery, this minimalist stool/side table is a material study of stone. Shown in Rosso Levanto.
Stone, Marble
Japanese Jointed Marble Sculptural Stool / Side Table
By Chris Miano
Located in Union City, NJ
Inspired by traditional Japanese wood joinery, this minimalist stool/side table is a material study of stone. Shown in Calacatta Gold & Rosso Levanto Marble. Sure to make a state...
Stone, Marble
Japanese Jointed Marble Sculptural Stool / Side Table
By Chris Miano
Located in Union City, NJ
Inspired by traditional Japanese wood joinery, this minimalist stool/side table is a material study of stone. Shown in Calacatta Gold & Verde Green Marble. Sure to make a stateme...
Stone, Marble
Rustic 18th/19th Century Country Continental Oak Side Table
Located in Forney, TX
Hand-crafted of solid oak in Continental Europe in the late 18th / early 19th century, French Louis XIII style, joint stool taste, featuring high-quality pegged construction, having ...
Oak
Mid-Century Modern English Joint Solid Mahogany Turned Legs Bench Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Amish crafted English joint solid mahogany bench / stool in excellent condition.
Mahogany
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Stool 60 with finger joint seat by Alvar Aalto for Artek (1950s)
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Centreville, VA
Date of Manufacture: circa 1950s "The finger joint detail vanished in the mid 1960s. (The finger joint detail exists) Only in birch veneered stools.
Bentwood
Contemporary sculptural chenille wood Silhouette counter stool by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching counter stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influence...
Brass
Contemporary sculptural chenille wood Silhouette bar stool by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching bar stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced th...
Brass, Metal
Pair of contemporary chenille wood Silhouette bar stools by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching bar stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the ...
Brass, Metal
Contemporary stained beech wood COM Silhouette bar stool by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching bar stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the ...
Brass
Contemporary stained beech handmade COM Silhouette counter stool by InsidherLand
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching counter stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced ...
Brass
$5,404Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 3 contemporary chenille wood Silhouette bar stools by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching bar stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the ...
Brass, Metal
$7,198Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 4 contemporary chenille wood Silhouette bar stools by InsidherLand
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an eye catching bar stool. The joint dimension of people and objects strongly influenced the ...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Danish Reclining Teak and Leather Footstool Berg Furniture
By Berg Furniture
Located in Hamburg, DE
Note the intricate wood joints. The stool can be tilted to two different angles using a hidden lever, which enhances comfort when used as an ottoman.
Leather, Teak
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
The bed model features the wood construction in detail including the slab base, the surrounding frieze panels, the foot stool, exposed joints and corner brackets. There are holes of ...
Stoneware
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
The bed model features the wood constructing in detail including the slab base, the surrounding frieze panels, the foot stool, exposed joints and corner brackets. There are holes of ...
Stoneware
Antique Handcrafted and Stable Solid Oak & Great Patina Joint Stool Or Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Solid oak joint stool, great shape and beautiful color. This handcrafted joint stool seat is both rustic and stylish.
Oak
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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