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Vintage Ice Cream Parlor Stools

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Set of 4 Vintage Ice Cream Parlor Stools
Located in Essex, MA
A set of 4 vintage ice cream parlor stools with swiveling circular walnut seats on acanthus leaf
Category

Early 20th Century American Stools

Materials

Iron

1950s Vintage Parlor Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This set of swivel stools comes straight from the 1950's ice cream parlor. Heavy polished chrome
Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Stools

tg Ice Cream Parlor Bistro Dining Set Tall Table & Chairs Victorian - 3pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Ice Cream Parlor Bistro Dining Set Tall Table & Chairs Victorian Style - 3pc Set. Item
Category

Mid-20th Century Victorian Serving Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Ice Cream Parlor Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage iron base stools with metal foot rest and vinyl swivel seats. Metal needs a fresh coat of
Category

Vintage 1930s American Stools

Ice Cream Parlor Stools
Ice Cream Parlor Stools
H 31 in Dm 13 in
Pair of French Bistro Pub Bar Stools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
twisted legs. Classic ice cream parlor stools made in an vintage industrial style.
Category

20th Century French Arts and Crafts Stools

Materials

Metal

Pair of Porcelain Enamel Soda Fountain Stools with Wood Seats, circa 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
cream parlor, the soda fountain was always stationed behind a counter lined with tall stools. Dated
Category

Vintage 1930s American Stools

Materials

Iron

Four Vintage Ice Cream Parlor, Soda Fountain Stools
Located in Crockett, CA
These have cast iron bases with a white porcelain finish. and original seats and backs that have a sprayed black finish on vinyl. One back is not quite as curved as the other three. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Stools

Materials

Iron

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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.