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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
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
Kilim Upholstered Stool on Reeded Nineteenth Century Legs
Located in London, GB
An upholstered stool with mid nineteenth century mahogany reeded and tapered legs covered in a vibrant tri-coloured striped Turkish Kilim.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Other Antique Footstools
Materials
Natural Fiber, Mahogany
Antique Wood Hand Carved Low Table /Sit/Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautifully hand carved Antiqe piece professionally restored , exceptional vivid carving with one side Mythological face , upholstered with exceptional antique Kazak rug with geometr...
Category
1920s Vintage Footstools
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Wood
1920s, Mahogany Upholstered Footstool
Located in Germantown, MD
A charming and patinated George III style mahogany upholstered footstool.
Category
Early 20th Century American George III Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
William and Mary Style Walnut Leather Upholstered Small Footstool with Storage
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual and charming walnut William and Mary style leather upholstered small trunk with nailhead trim, opening to reveal a wood lined interior, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English William and Mary Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Historicism upholstered stool, footrest, 1910´s, Austria Hungary
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This stool/footrest was made in Austria-Hungary territory around 1910.
It´s made of beech wood and it´s upholstered in fabric. In good condition, new fabric, shows slight signs of a...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech
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
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
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
1930s Mahogany Upholstered Large FootStool
Located in Germantown, MD
A charming 1930s vintage mahogany upholstered footstool.
Measures 20" in width, 16" in depth and stands 14" tall. Good vintage condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
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
1890s French Louis XVI Footstool
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1890s Louis XVI carved wood footstool. Needs reupholstering.
Category
1890s Antique Footstools
Materials
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
Leather Tufted Footstool
Located in Norwood, NJ
Leather tufted mahogany footstool/ottoman with turned legs olive green/beige weathered leather.
Category
Early 20th Century English Footstools
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Mahogany
Knaus Mfg. Arts & Crafts Low Footstool in Distressed Leather and Wood Oneida, NY
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1914 Grand Rapids featuring Knaus Mfg Arts & Crafts Low Ottoman Foot Stool in Distressed Leather and Wood Oneida, NY
9 tall x 12 x 12
Maker's brass label...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, 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
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
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
Antique Edwardian Brown Leather & English Oak circa 1900-1910 Small Footstool
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this nice original hand made in England oak & leather footstool
A good looking and functional small footstool, t...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Oak
Thonet Rocking Footrest
By Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Thonet rocking footrest in very good original condition with signs of usage.
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Rattan, Bentwood
Pair Gothic-Style Stools
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a unique pair of Gothic-Style stools that date to the early 20th century. The frames of the stools are well carved in an octagonal Gothic tracery design. The seats are newly ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Gothic Revival Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut, Paint
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
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
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
French Leather Upholstered Long Foot Stool
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French leather upholstered long foot stool
A Lovely piece standing on fluted shaped legs and the 5” deep seat is upholstered in beautifully soft “M...
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Footstools
Materials
Leather
Victorian Carved Mahogany Horseshoe Needlepoint Gout Stool Footstool Ottoman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Victorian carved mahogany horseshoe needlepoint gout stool footstool ottoman. Item features floral needlepoint seat, solid wood frame, nicely carved details...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Victorian Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
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
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
Pair of Empire Style Mahogany Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular upholstered seats with klismos form bases with turned stretchers, bronze mounts and paw feet.
Category
1820s French Empire 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 Jacobean Walnut Salesman Sizing Fitting Stool Bench Foot Rest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Jacobean Walnut Salesman sizing fitting stool bench foot rest. round walnut seat, angled footrest, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, very nice antique item, grea...
Category
Early 20th Century Jacobean Footstools
Materials
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
Arts and Crafts Style Upholstered Long Foot Stool
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Style Upholstered Long Foot Stool
A Lovely piece standing on Cabriole legs and the deep seat is upholstered in a stunning Arts and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
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
Pair Antique Footstools or Benches
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique footstools or benches on casters with floral upholstery. Good condition overall with slight finish loss due to age and use. Can be...
Category
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Footstools
Materials
Hardwood
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Wooden Tobacco Plantation Mini Chair, Java, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Mini Chairs such as these were once abundant amongst Indonesian tobacco plantations for workers to sit and cut cultivated tobacco. The present mini chair is...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Footstools
Materials
Teak
Egyptian Revival Maple Thebes Stool, Liberty & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 20th century, Egyptian Revival, medium-toned maple, Thebes stool styled after the stools of ancient Egyptian royalty, attributed to Liberty & Co.
Category
Early 20th Century English Egyptian Revival Footstools
Materials
Maple
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
Stool Art Deco in Walnut by Gino Maggioni for Attelier Borsani Varedo Upholtered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italy antique stool Art Deco in walnut by Gino Maggioni for Attelier Borsani Varedo new Upholtered, wax polished
Measures cm: H 45, W 50, D 34.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Wilhelm Schmidt Made by Prag-Rudniker, a Vienna Secession Oak Piano Stool
Located in London, GB
Wilhelm Schmidt and made by Prag-Rudniker, in Vienna. Two Vienna Secessionist Arts and Crafts oak piano stools, priced separately.
Tulip-sty...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Oak
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
Fabric, Leather, 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
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
Fabric, Wood
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
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
Louis XV Style Painted and Gilt Decorated Footstool
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style painted and gilt decorated 6 leg footstool, circa 1920. With old original paint.
Category
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Japanese Taishō Period Negora Lacquer Arm Stool with Cinnabar Color
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period negora lacquer arm stool from the early 20th century, with cinnabar color. Created to be used on an opium bed, this Japanese Taisho ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Footstools
Materials
Wood
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
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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