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2010s American Modern Stools
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools
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Antique Late 18th Century European Gustavian Stools
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Stools
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Stools
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Stools
Plastic
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Antique 1860s English Late Victorian Stools
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Benches
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Vintage 1940s American End Tables
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2010s South African Minimalist Pedestals
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Cane, Teak
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Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
2010s American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Stools
Giltwood
Antique 1870s French Victorian Stools
Giltwood
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Stainless Steel
Vintage 1960s Ottomans and Poufs
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Resin
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Brass
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Stools
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Iron
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Stools
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Stools
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Upholstery, Wood
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Upholstery, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Stools
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Early 20th Century French Stools
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
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Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Stools
Aluminum
Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Stools
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Canadian Side Tables
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Wood, Velvet
Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Benches
Velvet, Wood
Vintage 1940s American End Tables
Vintage 1960s Benches
Wood, Upholstery
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Georgian Footstools
Walnut
Antique 1830s English William IV Footstools
Upholstery, Hardwood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Resin
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Stools
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Stools
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Brass
Mid-20th Century Stools
Wood
Antique 19th Century Louis XVI Stools
Fabric, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Stools
Cedar
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Stools
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Benches
Upholstery, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Swedish 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.
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