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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Hide, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Stools
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Post-Modern Dressers
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Fabric, Wood, Velvet
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
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Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Loveseats
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Leather, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Organic Modern Stools
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood, Plastic
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chairs
Rattan, Maple
2010s Mexican Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Blown Glass
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Steel, Chrome
2010s Carts and Bar Carts
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Late 20th Century Italian Stools
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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.