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Tripod Milking Stool

Oak Tripod Milking Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patinated wooden tripod milking stool. The stool features a thick hand carved rounded seat with
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Oak Tripod Milking Stool
Oak Tripod Milking Stool
H 12.5 in Dm 9 in
Teak Tripod Milking Stool
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Teak tripod milking stool. The stool features a thick hand carved rounded seat that sits atop three
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Teak Tripod Milking Stool
Teak Tripod Milking Stool
H 19.5 in W 18 in D 15 in
French Tripod Milking Stool
Located in Dallas, TX
These 1960’s French milking stools are a work of functional design made to assist in “dairying
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Vintage 1960s French Rustic Stools

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Ash

French Tripod Milking Stool
French Tripod Milking Stool
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in D 13 in
Wood Tripod Milking Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wooden milking stool made in France, circa 1950s. Thick seat with tripod legs. No nails or
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Vintage 1950s French Stools

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Wood

Wood Tripod Milking Stool
Wood Tripod Milking Stool
H 11.5 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Danish Wooden Tripod Milking Stool, Denmark 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
-century, and there is hardly a better example than this milking stool. In earlier days, similar stools
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Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Stools

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Wood

1950s Three Tripod Milking Stools Style of Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Set of 3 Rustic Milking Stools Carved Solid Wood Three-Legged tripod in the style of Pierre
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Wood

Brutalist Rustic Oak Tripod Milking Stool, French Craftsmanship, Gouge, 1950
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
alluring rustic French stool, crafted in 1950 from solid oak, with tripod-style splayed feet. This
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Oak

Brutalist Rustic Oak Tripod Milking Stool, French Craftsmanship, Gouge, 1980
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
alluring rustic French stool, crafted in 1980 from solid oak, with tripod-style splayed feet. This
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Oak

Antique Danish Sculptural Wooden Milk Stool 3-Legged, Mogens Lassen Style 1920s
By Mogens Lassen
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Antique Danish tripod milk stool made from solid darkened wood. Made ca 1920s by a cabinetmaker
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Early 20th Century Danish Rustic Stools

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Wood

Selection of Wood Stools
Located in Atlanta, GA
15"H x 14.5"D x 14.5"W. 4) Rustic tripod milking stool, American, circa 1940s or earlier. It
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Vintage 1950s American Rustic Stools

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Metal

Selection of Wood Stools
Selection of Wood Stools
H 15 in W 14.5 in D 14.5 in
Two black French Brutalist tripod stool Rustic milking stools, 1940's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Two old milking stools from France. The stools can be used as side tables or bedside tables and add
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Vintage 1940s French Brutalist Stools

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Pine

Tyrolean Old Country Tripod Stool Milk Cow in Chestnut Wood, Polished with Wax
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Tyrolean old country tripod stool milk cow in chestnut wood , restored, polished with wax Measures
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Mid-20th Century Italian Country Stools

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Rustic French Wooden Tripod Stool
Located in Madrid, ES
, resembling a simple milk stool. Ideal to decorate rustic areas.
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Mid-20th Century French Rustic Stools

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Rustic French Wooden Tripod Stool
Rustic French Wooden Tripod Stool
H 11.62 in W 13.78 in D 10.04 in
Ingvar Hildingsson Milking Stool 1970's, signed
By Ingvar Hildingsson
Located in Uccle, BE
Simple Brutalist pine wood stool by Ingvar Hildingsson. This stool is also called Milking Stool as
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools

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Ingvar Hildingsson Milking Stool 1970's, signed
Ingvar Hildingsson Milking Stool 1970's, signed
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H 16.54 in Dm 11.42 in
Arne Hovmand Olsen Tripod Stool in Wood
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Arne Hovmand-Olsen, milking stool, beech, Denmark, 1950s. This Danish tripod stool by Arne
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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Stools

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Beech

Arne Hovmand Olsen Tripod Stool in Wood
Arne Hovmand Olsen Tripod Stool in Wood
H 19.3 in W 15.75 in D 11.03 in
Ingvar Hildingsson Set of milking Stools 1970's
By Ingvar Hildingsson
Located in Uccle, BE
be happy to find a solution with you. This stool is also called Milking Stool as Hildingsson sought
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools

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Wood, Pine

Ingvar Hildingsson Set of milking Stools 1970's
Ingvar Hildingsson Set of milking Stools 1970's
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H 16.54 in Dm 11.42 in
Brutalist Rustic Oak Tripod Stool, France, 1930
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Step into the past with an authentically rustic piece of French history – a milking stool dating
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Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Stools

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Oak

French Patinated Pine Milking Stool circa 1940 Brutalist Decorative elements
By Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Forest, BE
Very decorative massive pinewood patinated stool. This tripod stool show nice details. Made in
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Early 20th Century French Brutalist Stools

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Pine

Charlotte Perriand Berger Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in New York, NY
the classic tripod wood milking stool. This particular stool shows considerable wear and age
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Stools

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Hardwood

1970s Modernist Milking Stool style Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modernist Milking Stool style Pierre Jeanneret sculptural art piece low tripod stool. Hand
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Primitive Wooden Brutalist Stool, Milking Stool, French, Folk Art, circa 1900
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Primitive wooden brutalist stool, France, french folk art, circa 1900. French milking stool or
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20th Century French Brutalist More Folk Art

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Wood

Swedish Country Wooden Foot Stool
By Ingvar Hildingsson
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully designed wooded tripod foot stool. Striking figure that represents the evolution of the
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Footstools

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Oak

Swedish Country Wooden Foot Stool
Swedish Country Wooden Foot Stool
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in

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Tripod Milking Stool, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Berkhamsted, GB
The iconic Danish tripod milking stool in solid beech, 1950s. Sensitively restored. Beautiful
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Tripod Milking Stool, Denmark, 1950s
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French Rustic Milking Stool
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By Charlotte Perriand
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Patinated Wood Tripod Milking Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patinated wooden tripod milking stool. The stool features a thick slightly concave rounded seat
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Patinated Wood Tripod Milking Stool
Patinated Wood Tripod Milking Stool
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Wood Tripod Milking Stools
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Elm Wood Tripod Milking Stool or Side Table
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Tripod Milking Stool For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the tripod milking stool you’re looking for. Each tripod milking stool for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and beech. There are 18 variations of the antique or vintage tripod milking stool you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the tripod milking stool you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A tripod milking stool is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made tripod milking stool over the years, but those crafted by Mogens Lassen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Tripod Milking Stool?

Prices for a tripod milking stool start at $325 and top out at $1,800 with the average selling for $717.

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.

Questions About Tripod Milking Stool
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    A milking stool is a stool that has three legs and a semicircular seat. The original purpose of the stool was for farmers to sit on while milking cows. However, people now use them as everyday indoor accent chairs and even as decorative accents. Find a variety of milking stools on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    Merrill T. Hamilton invented the milking stool and received a patent for his design in 1906. He created the stool with three legs instead of four to increase stability on uneven surfaces in barns and pastures, so a farmer could more easily milk cows. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of milking stools.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    How tall milking stools are varies from piece to piece. However, most of the three-legged wooden stools are 12 inches high or less. This height made them ideal for their original purpose: allowing people to sit comfortably while milking a cow. On 1stDibs, find a selection of milking stools from some of the world's top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    Milking stools typically have three legs. The reason for this design is that three legs tend to keep stools stabler on uneven ground in barns and pastures. Shop an assortment of milking stools on 1stDibs.