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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Napoleon III Stool
Located in Houston, TX
Napoleon III stool, circa 1870-1889: ebonized frame newly covered in white linen.
Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may cause antique and vintage wood...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Wood
English Chinese Chippendale Giltwood Faux Bamboo Stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Chinese Chippendale style gilded faux bamboo stool from the mid-19th century, its square crown seat with canted corners upholstered with a leopard print cut velvet in orange ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Aesthetics Movement Antique Faux Bamboo Stool
Located in Norwood, NJ
English Aesthetics movement faux bamboo gilt stool. Finest quality spoke and ship wheel or wagon wheel aesthetic design.
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Anglo-Indian Carved Footstools
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Anglo-Indian carved footstools
Each one with exceptional pierced figural carving, with newly upholstered cushions in a subtle neutral stripped silk. Raised on ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Napoleon III Fauteuil and Foot Stool Covered in Blue Band Antique Hemp
Located in Washington, DC
A Napoleon III fauteuil and foot stool covered in blue band antique hemp and castors. Foot stool dimensions: 14" H x 26" W x 32.13" D
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Footstools
Materials
Hemp, Wood
1890s French Louis XVI Footstool
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1890s Louis XVI carved wood footstool. Needs reupholstering.
Category
1890s Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
18Thc Original Painted & Mortised Walnut Bench / Foot Stool From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 18Thc Mortised & Original painted foot stool is in very sturdy condition. The patina is amazing and worn top of stool. Really great condition especially given the age.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Small Antique Victorian Walnut Cabriole Legged Footstool Embroidered Upholstery
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian circa 1880 hand carved walnut Cabriolet legged footstool with floral embroidered upholstery
A very decorative and well made piece, the top has a period Victorian embroidery...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Large Victorian Leather Stool
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Victorian leather stool, of long rectangular form, the deep buttoned top reupholstered in blue-black leather, the frieze pierced with a band ...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather
Gustavian Antique, Round Stool, Swedish Cabinetmaker, Late 18th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Such a beautiful rare and original gustavian stool, made in giltwood with horsehair upholstered seat. Made in by a Swedish cabinetmaker in the late 18th century.
A great vintage o...
Category
19th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Footstools
Materials
Giltwood
Small Swedish 19th Century Brown Leather Footstool
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Swedish 19th century brown leather footstool with great patina and burn branded initials underneath.
Category
19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
1960's Danish Poul Hundevad Folding Footstool in Oak and Leather Seat
Located in Knebel, DK
1960's Danish Poul Hundevad folding footstool in oak and leather seat
Poul Hundevads footstool was an almost exact copy of of the almost intact 35...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair of Regency Mahogany Curule Form Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bowed cross banded seats with carved bosses on the four outside corners and at end of stretchers , curule form legs with cylindrical stretcher.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Upholstered Benches with Cabriole Legs C. 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian baroque style upholstered benches with flanking carved serpentine skirts, and resting on the original cabriole legs with pad feet. Late 19th century.
Category
1880s Italian Baroque Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
Pair French 19th C Ebonised & Gilt Velvet Stools
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1870.
Pair French 19th C ebonised & gilt velvet stools.
Exceptional examples.
Sku 1131
Measures: W52 x D40 x H62cm.
Category
19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet
2 Amaizing Art Deco Stool in Leather and Wood, France, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
2 stools Art Deco
Material: leather and wood
You want to live in the golden years, this is the stool that your project needs.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art N...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Louis XV Style Upholstered Footstool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rectangular footstool was crafted in 19th century France in the Louis XV style with an upholstered seat and an elegant carved fruitwood base. The stool rests on four short cabri...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Fine Pair of Georgian Style Antique Carved Walnut Benches
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The pair in a handsome deep amber tone walnut with good graining. Rounded rectangular benches raised on carved cabriole legs with shell knees and ball-and-claw feet. The slip seats n...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Régence Style Walnut Carved Footstool
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique hand carved footstool, made of solid walnut, in the French Régence style. Little gold-colored accents on the carving. The stool has been reupholstered with a deep red fabr...
Category
1880s French Regency Revival Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Haywood Wakefield Stool in Tiger Velvet Upholstery
Located in Tampa, FL
Haywood Wakefield turn of the century or maybe a little older. The stool has been reupholstered in silk tiger velvet. It is made out of wood and ratt...
Category
1890s American Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Rattan, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Georgian Mahogany Footstools
Located in Lincoln, GB
A pair of 19th century Georgian mahogany footstools in the George II style. A beautiful pair of stools in excellent condition currently upholstered in a contemporary fabric. On four ...
Category
19th Century George II Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Late 1940's Moderne / Deco Footstool or Ottoman
Located in New York, NY
French, late 1940’s Jacques Adnet stool in Cerused white oak purchased from Miguel Saco Inc. in New York City. Upholstered in Ashbury calf hide leather in a warm off white with sligh...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Oak
19Thc Plank Stool With Three Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Plank Seat stool with three legs similar to shaker style.This super comfortable milking stool is in great condition with a nice mellow patina.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Fine Thomas Clarkson & Son Ltd circa 1940 Hand Carved Claw & Ball Foot Stool
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Thomas Clarkson & Sons LTD circa 1940 hand carved claw & ball cabriolet legged stool based on a George III design.
A very decorative and well made piece, the top has a period Victorian embroidery...
Category
1940s English Victorian Vintage Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Regency Antique Simulated Rosewood Gilt Lined X Frame Stool
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A beautifully drawn Regency simulated rosewood, decorated and gilt lined x-frame stool in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster and London, upholstered in beige ho...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Footstools
Materials
Beech
Antique Early Victorian circa 1840 Hardwood Footstool Use with Wingback Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice early Victorian circa 1840 footstool with nice hand carved Georgian style legs
A good looking and well made piece. These types o...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
English 19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Upholstered Stool
Located in Wells, ME
English Chippendale style mahogany upholstered stool with carved cabriole legs, ball and claw feet and shell carved knees. This substantial stool conforms well with the Chippendale s...
Category
Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
Large 19th Century Walnut Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in London, GB
This large upholstered foot stool was made in England in the 19th century. It is beatifully carved all the way around and sits on the original ceramic castors.
We have reupholstered this piece in Mark Alexander...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Antique Early Victorian Hardwood Footstool Gillows Turned Legs Wingback Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very nice early Victorian footstool with Gillows of Lancaster & London style turned mahogany legs
A good looking and well made piece. These types of...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Art Deco Stool, Black Lacquered Oak, France, circa 1940
Located in Regensburg, DE
Original Art Deco stool, black lacquered Oak solid wood, France circa 1940
Elegantly curved legs, glossy black piano lacquer. Upholstered with white fabric and double keder.
Dimens...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Oak, Lacquer
Mid 19th Century Country Candle Stool in Elm, English, circa 1840
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This candle stool is a very good example of English Country furniture with a lovely polished elm top.
The thick rectangular top is made o...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Elm
William IV Era Clawfoot Upholstered Footstool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
William IV era footstool with decorative brass claw feet and handle rings, upholstered in cream-colored linen. A uniquely charming addition to any seating arrangement.
England, c...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
Small Victorian Wingabck Armchair Walnut Embroidered Footstool Maple & Co Style
By Maple & Co.
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely small Maple & Co style Victorian Walnut with ornately Embroidered top, footstool
A good looking well made and decorative piece, the ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Fireside Footman
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English fireside footman made from brass. Lovely pierced design on the front plate, beneath a wonderfully shaped turned rail across the top. Supported on wrought iron le...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Ebonized Stools. Vienna, c. 1825-30.
Located in Vienna, AT
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This rare Biedermeier ebonized stools were made in Vienna circa 1825-30.
Ebonized Biedermeier pieces were mostly made in Vienna, Austria and account for only 1-2 % of all Bie...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Footstools
Materials
Pearwood
Stunning Antique 19th Century Hand Carved Giltwood Pliant x Frame Folding Stool
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century giltwood hand carved Italian x framed folding stool
A good looking well made and decorative piece, this is actually qu...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Giltwood
Hand Carved Antique Victorian Nutwood and Deeply Buttoned Green Velor Foot Stool
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and excellent condition antique footstool.
This incredibly good looking, large size and beautifully designed antique stool is as strong and stabile as the day it was handcra...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Nutwood
Pair of Queen Anne Style Mahogany and Velvet Footstools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century matching pair of mahogany footstools made in the Queen Anne taste. Featuring plush, velvet upholstery bordered by brass tack nail heads. Supported by cabriole legs endin...
Category
19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
19th Century Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench/Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench/settee
Typical of the Italian Renaissance with carved Florentine backs.
This pair cre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Stool Bench Floral Tapestry Needlework Carved Oak c1890
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak Louis XV Stool Bench Tapestry Needlework
~Direct from France~
~One of several great antique stools and benches fr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
Small Carved Oak Chest or Shoe Box Coffer
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Small carved oak chest or shoe box coffer
The chest has 2 carved panels to the front and and decorative nailed and scalloped corners, inside is clean and it has blacksmith made hinges
This small oak...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
Exquisite Victorian circa 1860 Tan Brown Leather Ottoman Stool Footstool Storage
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely original Victorian tan brown leather and mahogany ottoman stool
A well made and good looking traditional Victorian Country House Ottoman. The...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather
Pair of Antique Hardwood Lion Hairy Paw Feet Footstools for Wingback Armchairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of Victorian mahogany small footstools with Lion’s hairy paw feet
What a find, this are stunning, they were originally desig...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Exquisite Silk Upholstered Victorian Style Ottoman Stool Footstool with Storage
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely ottoman footstool with oak frame and silk embroidered upholstery
This is without question the most iconic, fine furniture, high Victorian stool design ever made. It just screams country house sophistication. The frame is oak, the upholstery is silk embroidered and very sophisticated indeed
This is an ottoman stool as you can see so has internal storage, there are some light marks here and there from age and use, in truth I can only see one but its nothing you wouldn't expect from a used stool...
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Silk, Oak
Large Deeply Buttoned Chesterfield Leather Library Stool
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Deeply Buttoned Chesterfield leather Library Stool
This is a good Sturdy Library Stool it has turned and fluted mahogany legs with brass caster...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather
Victorian Walnut Embroidered Footstool with Tapered Ottoman Sides Lovely Find
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian Walnut with ornately Embroidered top, footstool
A good looking well made and decorative piece, the top has a very floral l...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Asian Gilt Bronze Cast Iron Ottoman
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, rare and wonderfully unique Asian antique gilded bronze cast iron ottoman footstool. Rich, luxurious gilt bronze rose gold color, late...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Footstools
Materials
Iron
Large Victorian Rosewood Centre Stool, 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Large Victorian rosewood centre stool
A large mid-19th century Victorian rosewood centre stool.
The stool has cabriole shaped legs with a scroll toe...
Category
19th Century English Antique Footstools
Materials
Rosewood
Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Pad Foot, Oval Footstool, English, Late 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Black lacquer chinoiserie pad foot, oval footstool.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Paint
Handmade Oak Stool with Leather Strap Top, Arts & Crafts Late 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good handmade stool with a well turned solid oak frame and a woven leather strap top, all dating to the Arts & Crafts period of the late 19th century.
The stool is made of solid oak. The frame joints into four legs with ring turned detail and with four jointed rectangular cross stretchers between the legs, making this a very strong construction. The seat top is made of interwoven reddish-brown leather straps which sit on fabric webbing below the leather and give additional support to the seat. The seat is finished off with four narrow leather strips that run along the lower seat edge, one on each side, that are secured by brass nail studs.
The stool has developed a good patina from age and use and the reddish-brown leather has a deep natural mature shine, only achieved by repeated polishing and use over the years.
This piece is made in the 17th century Jacobean style but we date the stool to the late 19th century, made in the English Arts & Crafts period of the late 19th century.
Please note the images are taken both indoors and outdoors in different light conditions.
Notes on English leather topped seating
Leather covers on English seating dates back to the middle ages and the 16th century. Mature leather seats can be as tough and polished as the wood of the frame itself. During the reign of Elizabeth 1st...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Oak
Antique Victorian 1880 Hand Carved Claw & Ball Feet Piano Stool or Bench Seat
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian hand carved Claw & Ball Cabriolet legged stool based on a George III design
A very decorative and well made piece, the top has a period Victorian embroidery...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery
19th Century French Petite Foot Stool with Aubusson
Located in Dallas, TX
Pretty 19th century French petite foot stool with Aubusson. A beautiful decorative accessory!
Category
19th Century French Aubusson Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood, Fabric
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Provincial Taburettes/ Stools with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian Provincial taburettes / stools.
Handscraped to its originalcolor.
Beautiful fluted legs.
The taburettes is reholstery in beautiful linen fabric.
Th...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Footstools
Materials
Pine
Italian Pair of Faux Bamboo Walnut Benches, Last Quarter 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each with an upholstered seat and raised on “bamboo” carved tapering legs joined by x-form stretchers with centered turned finials.
Category
1880s Italian High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Victorian Carved Walnut and Gilt Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A pretty Victorian carved walnut and gilt stool with an elegant shaped carved walnut and gilt frieze It is raised on four lovely carved walnut and gilt sh...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Ancient African Wooden Stool
Located in Soho, London, GB
Ancient wooden stool with four feet dating to the 19th century. From Congo, Africa.
Provenance: Galerie Démons et Merveilles, Paris; Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Gold Leaf Footstool with Hand Embroidery
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful footstool is in great condition with hand embroidery and original beautiful gold leaf gilt work over hand carvings. Circa 1880.
Footstools have evolved throughout ...
Category
1880s Swedish Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Ash
Exquisite Upholstered Victorian circa 1860 Ottoman Stool Footstool with Storage
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely original Victorian upholstered pitch pine ottoman stool
A well made and good looking traditional Victorian Country House Ottoman. The frame i...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
Antique and Vintage Footstools
Antique and vintage footstools might add a dose of fun to your living room, but they’re also hard workers.
Even as they’ve morphed into objects with plenty of functions over time, the footstool has a royal past. In Ancient Egypt, a footstool was used to climb onto an elevated chair or placed under someone’s feet as he or she was seated in a temple or private residence. Footstools were also in use during the Ottoman Empire. In fact, the ottoman, an upholstered seat or small bench that initially had no back or arms, was the main seating furniture in a home. Ottomans were a way to merge floor seating with cushions and mats.
Poufs, which originated in France, are also thought of as convenient seating furniture as well as occasionally serving as a side table, if needed. (Although, a pouf is typically not as firm as an ottoman.)
Over the years, footstools have taken on varying purposes. They have been used as small portable chairs, for example.
During the 18th century, a footstool might have been long with a low profile, which rendered it perfect for fireside seating. Victorian footstools were small but not unassuming, as furniture makers of the era would upholster the pieces so that they paired with the nearby sofa or wingback chairs. Footstools have even become a storage solution at home, with designers outfitting them with compartments. Today, a footstool might be used to organize quilts and blankets or other textiles, especially if you’re trying to keep things uncluttered in a small apartment.
Footstools are now available in all sorts of provocative colors, upholstery and more. No one is going to put a velvet footstool out on the curb, right? When shopping for your own footstool, try to find one that meets the height of your sofa or other seating (or is a tad lower). It should also be sturdy but not a heavy, clunky piece that’s a chore to move around.
The footstool is both decorative and functional. Not unlike a good throw pillow, interior designers have found numerous uses for this versatile, vibrant furnishing. Find yours in the growing collection of antique and vintage footstools today on 1stDibs.
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