Grotto Stool
Italian Antique Wooden Grotto Stool w/Carved-Shell Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
adjustable seating heights. This late 19th century Venetian grotto stool would be a lovely piano stool (as
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Early 20th Century Italian Stools
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Wood
Mid-Century French Hand Carved Chestnut Piano Grotto Stool with Shell Motif
Located in Dallas, TX
This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in France, circa 1950. Perfect as a piano
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Stools
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Chestnut
H 23 in W 17 in D 17.5 in
Gorgeous Fruitwood Grotto Piano Stool, Venice, circa 1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A beautiful carved antique fruitwood grotto stool, the bench standing on cabriole legs joined with
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Pine
Stool, Walnut, Venetian, Putti, Cherub, Amorini, Grotto, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
fabulous 18th century, Baroque, Venetian, walnut, grotto stool. In the form of a beautifully sculpted
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Antique 1730s European Baroque Stools
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Walnut
Carved Wood Grotto Style Shell Stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grotto style carved wood shell stool.
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20th Century Stools
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Carved Walnut Grotto Shell Stool Swivels
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved walnut swiveling stool with a shell motif and a tripod base. Cabriolet legs with paw
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Vintage 1980s Italian Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
Italian Putti or Cherub Garden Stools of Composition Stone - Four Available
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Italian garden seat or grotto stool of cast stone in the Baroque style - featuring a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Garden Ornaments
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Stone, Cast Stone, Composition
H 19.5 in W 14 in D 13.25 in
Very Rare 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool Height Adjust
By Pauly et Cie
Located in GB
Venetian height adjustable Grotto Fantasy stool after the genius that is CIE Pauly
What a piece, it is
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Antique 1880s Italian Victorian Stools
Materials
Walnut
H 22.84 in W 16.93 in D 18.71 in
Pair of Silvered Italian Rococo Side Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
the Grotto fashion with arched backs supported by gently scalloped apron and cabriole legs
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20th Century European Rococo Revival Dining Room Chairs
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Wood
Mattia Bonetti Unique “Jelly” Bedroom Console Table circa 2009
By Mattia Bonetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
electric blue, lilac, orange and raspberry. Hot-red consoles were given branches for legs and stools were
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Early 2000s French Post-Modern Console Tables
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Plexiglass, Oak
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H 19.3 in W 29.14 in D 10.24 in
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Carved Mahogany Revolving Grotto Stool
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Located in Edinburgh, GB
Carved mahogany revolving grotto stool, with the trade label of Edwards and Roberts, London, circa
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Venetian Late 19th Century Pine Putto and Shell Grotto Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative Venetian late 19th century pine putto and shell Grotto adjustable stool.
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Italian Gilt Grotto Piano Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian giltwood grotto adjustable piano stool that screws up and down for height adjustment.
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Italian, Venetian Giltwood Grotto Form Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian, Venetian giltwood grotto form stool on trifed base.
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18th century Grotto stool
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Venetian painted grotto stool
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Stools
20th Century Walnut Piano Grotto Stool with Shell Motif, Italy
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in Italy, circa 1950. Perfect as a piano
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Walnut Grotto Stool
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carved walnut shell shaped dressing table chair or piano stool. The seat on this stool is
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1940s Venetian Grotto Stool
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stylish hand-carved Italian wood which has been painted and parcel-gilt. The seat is carved to look like a cushion and has a wonderful worn silver gilt finish.
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Venetian Carved Wood Grotto Stool
Located in New York, NY
A carved wood swivel piano stool, manufactured in Italy, within the late 19th century period
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Italian Grotto Stool, circa 1890 -1900
Located in Norwalk, CT
Hand carved with the classic shell motif in fine walnut, a swivel stool with decorated knees and
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19th Century Shell-Shaped Grotto Piano Stool in Beechwood
Located in Vista, CA
An Italian beechwood carved grotto stool.
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Fruitwood Grotto Piano Stool, Venice, circa 1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Fruitwood
Very Rare Fully Restored 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool
By Pauly et Cie
Located in GB
circa 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy stool after the genius that is CIE Pauly
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Antique Venetian Italian Grotto Piano Stool Carved Gold Gilt Shell Rocaille Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Stools
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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Walnut stool, Louis XV style
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Chairs
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19th Century Italian Grotto Shell Carved Walnut Stool
Located in Stamford, CT
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Stools
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Antique Venetian Grotto Music Chair Stool, Circa 1880
Located in London, GB
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Antique Carved Wood Piano Stool Grotto Design Ca. 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Stools
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Wood
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Shell Form Grotto Swivel Stools
Located in Dallas, TX
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Fantastic Italian Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Grotto Revolving Music Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Gorgeous Fruitwood Grotto Piano Stool, Venice, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in Newport Beach, CA
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Carved Grotto Stool on Dolphin Splayed Feet-
Located in San Francisco, CA
fun looking piece with swivel seat
of carved sea shell
and articulate carved detail
terminating to dolphin splayed feet
of carved sea shell
and articulate carved detail
terminating to dolphin splayed feet
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Vintage 1960s Stools
19th Century Venetian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Grotto Stool
Located in New York, NY
Carved Stool with Rotating Shell Seat
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
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Pair of Italian Rococo Style Gilt Shell Stools
Located in Denver, CO
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Vintage 1950s Italian Stools
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Pair of Italian Giltwood Grotto Stools Upholstered in Leather, circa 1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare pair of Italian carved and giltwood stools in the grotto or fantasy furniture style
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Grotto Style Piano Stool
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venetian Grotto Style Adjustable Piano Stool
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
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Grotto Shell Swivel Stool
Located in Dallas, TX
A Fench Grotto Shell Swivel Stool. Many times these came in large sets & were used by orchestras
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Antique 19th Century French Stools
Grotto 'Shell' Stool - Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
A whimsical and useful stool. The seat carved as a large shell supported on three scrolling lion
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
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Venetian Grotto Adjustable Piano Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Late 18th c. Venetian Grotto (fantasy furniture) Adjustable Piano stool with a dolphin on rocks
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Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
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Pair Of Lacquered Grotto Inspired Bar Stools
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Superb Pair of High Gloss lacquered grotto inspired barstools with elegant brass center foot rest.
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Vintage 1970s Stools
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Grotto Stool For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal grotto stool for your home. Each grotto stool for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. Your living room may not be complete without a grotto stool — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A grotto stool is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Hollywood Regency and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. Pauly et Cie each produced at least one beautiful grotto stool that is worth considering.
How Much is a Grotto Stool?
Prices for a grotto stool can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,000 and can go as high as $7,850, while the average can fetch as much as $3,548.
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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Antique Garden Chair And Table
Garden Stool Set
Branch Stool
Boudoir Seat
Terracotta Garden Seat
Antique Pianos Hand Carved
Cream Accent Chair