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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
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
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
Danish Mid-Century Modern Beech and Vinyl Footstool with Storage
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Teak Danish footstool with storage, circa 1960's. Handy flip top divided storage compartment. Tapering, sleek removable legs and original vinyl upholstery.
Some minor marks consist...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Beech
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
Pair Of 1960s Ottomans On Casters
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1960s ottomans on casters.
Category
1960s Vintage Footstools
Materials
Wood
Stool in Oak with Original Fabric by Åke Fribyter, Sweden
Located in Goteborg, SE
This stool was designed by Swedish designer Åke Fribyter and made in solid oak at Nybrofabriken, Fröseke. The details in the woodwork are in high quality. The pad has got the origina...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Oak, Fabric
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
Vintage Danish Teak Stool, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish teak stool 1960s
Elegant Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern footstool. Curved seat with upholstery and handles in solid teak. Round tapered legs in solid teak.
Good hei...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Teak
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
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
Antique 19th Century American Empire Ottoman
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique 19th century American Victorian Empire box seat ottoman or stool featuring large crotch flame mahogany wood veneer with rolling casters. The ottoman has a large size seat mak...
Category
19th Century American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
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
Swiss Design Classic Eternit Hocker by Ludwig Walser, 1950s
By Ludwig Walser, Eternit
Located in Renens, CH
Handcrafted Eternit footstool or Hocker designed by Ludwig Walser in 1959, introduced during the horticultural exhibition in Zürich in that same year.
This footstool is considered...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Amish Suzani Hand Crafted Foot Stool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional amish foot stool made of wood, newly upholster with beautiful hand embroidery Suzani textile great decorative item for any room.
Category
1960s American Vintage Footstools
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood
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 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
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
De Sede Patchwork Black Leather Poufs
By De Sede
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous black leather poufs by Swiss designer De Sede with rectangular patchwork. Perfect accent piece. Good vintage condition.
Six poufs total, priced individually.
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather
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
Charlotte Perriand Style Pine Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collectible pine stools in the style of Charlotte Perriand. No screws or hardware used on stools. Beautiful joinery and grain details. Four available. Priced individually. Very good ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Footstools
Materials
Pine
Rare Antique Georgian circa 1800 Footstool with Angel Cherub Upholstery Fabric
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Georgian circa 1800 scroll footstool with Cherub upholstery
What a find! This has to be the most sculptural and ornate little footstool I have ever seen, the lines are amazing from every angle. The upholstery depicts Cherubs floating around clouds
We have cleaned waxed and polished it, a new hessian base cover has been fitted with antique...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Brazilian Stool Footrest Ottoman by Jean Gillon
By Jean Gillon
Located in New York, NY
Hard to find item by Brazilian designer Jean Gillon. This example is in fair condition, showing cosmetic wear and one tenon has been cracked and re-glued.
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Midcentury French Blonde Oak Stools in the Manner of Guillerme et Chambron '11'
Located in London, GB
A run of up to 11 dining stools,
circa 1960s, blonde oak.
Good craftsmanship in the manner of Guillerme et Chambron.
Sourced in Belgium, but likely French.
Priced and sold in...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Oak
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
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
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
Chinese Low Daybed Step, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This low 19th-century table is actually a step used for easily getting in and out of a raised daybed. Crafted of northern elmwood (yumu), the step features a plank top surface, carved lotus spandrels, and a prominent apron carved with floral scrollwork. The wooden step is finished with dark lacquer, now lightly worn along the edges with rich texture. Today, we love this low step as a tabletop display stand or a footstool beside a plush armchair...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Footstools
Materials
Elm
Viennese Footrest Josef Jaworek Nr. 2, circa 1875
By Michael Thonet, Josef Jaworek
Located in Praha, CZ
Manufactured in Austria by the Josef Jaworek Company, which was one of the first competitor of the Gebrüder Thonet Company. Marked with early paper label, which is used before the ye...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Footstools
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
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
Italian Rococo Revival Carved Giltwood Bench, 3rd Quarter 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an upholstered seat above a carved giltwood frame with shell and scroll motifs, the cabriole legs terminating is split toe feet.
Category
1860s Italian Rococo Revival Antique Footstools
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century English Oak Curule Bench
Located in Charleston, SC
This English Country house bench is solid oak in the Classic Curule design. This window bench has a warm oak patina and rich red velvet seat.
Me...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Elizabethan Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
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
1880s English Bronze Lion Footstool
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s English bronze lion footstool.
Category
1880s Antique Footstools
Materials
Bronze
Perriand Style Pine Tripod Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome wood stool from France in the style of Charlotte Perriand. Made of Pine in the 1960s. Standing on three tapered legs. Good vintage condition.
Category
1960s French Vintage Footstools
Materials
Wood
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
Pair of Antique Victorian Hand Carved 19th Century Asethetic Movement Stools
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Victorian late 19th century hand carved pine stools in the Aesthetic movement taste
This stools are very decorative and we...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Footstools
Materials
Pine
Rare Barcelona Ottomans by Mies van der Rohe for G.R. Griffith, Original Label
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Barcelona ottomans by Gerald R. Griffith for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1960s. By Gerald Griffith for Mies van der Rohe, produced for a short period of time by this Chicago metal...
Category
1960s American Bauhaus Vintage Footstools
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Pair of Regency Foot Stools
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a unique pair of period Regency foot stools that features beautifully carved hairy paw feet and finely cast lion head side handles. The stoo...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Walnut Needlework Footstool
Located in Birmingham, AL
A lovely French Napoleon III period footstool handcrafted of walnut in Normandy having a beautiful floral needlework seat embellished with a velvet trim and brass nailheads, circa 18...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Very Small Georgian circa 1800 Footstool Round Hardwood Frame Original Fabric
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very small Georgian footstool with original upholstery
A good looking period original stool, very small by modern standards, its tot...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Antique Hand Carved English Georgian Claw & Ball Feet Footstool Brown Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Georgian circa 1820 hand carved English footstool with new leather upholstery
A very good looking and well made piece, the frame is ...
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather
1965 Arne Jacobsen Oak Footstool-Sidetable for Saint Catherine's College
Located in Knebel, DK
Arne Jacobsen was the architect and designer of St. Catherines College "new buildings" In the years 1959-64. To this projekt He made the well known "Oxford" series. To the dorm rooms...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Oak
Sublime Antique Victorian Hardwood Heavily Carved Piano Stool Porcelain Castors
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare original early Victorian circa 1840 hardwood piano stool with internal storage
A very good looking collectable and rare stool. As you...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
George II Style Mahogany Stool, Late 19th Century in Etro paisley fabric
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
The Etro paisley upholstered seat on leaf capped, cabriole legs with claw and ball feet.
Category
Late 19th Century European George II Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Danish Modern Ottomans by Spottrup
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of beautiful ottomans produced by Spottrup Mobler, Denmark, circa 1960s. Teak wood, reupholstered in silk/linen.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Teak
Pair of Anglo-Indian Solid Ebony Footstools
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Anglo-Indian solid ebony footstools, each with two scrolling and reeded rails, cane seats and later cushions, circa 1810.
Category
1810s Antique Footstools
Materials
Ebony
1830s, American Carved Mahogany Large Curule Foot Stools
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of 2 large carved mahogany Curule base footstools, Boston, 1830s. Recently reupholstered in red Scalamandre linen fabric. Larger stool is 32.5” wide x 24” deep x 16” tall.
Small...
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
Sublime Pair of circa 1860 Antique Victorian Footstools Stools Carved Hardwood
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of early Victorian hand carved in solid mahogany footstool stools
These are a very high end luxurious pair of stools, they ha...
Category
1860s English Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Italian Neoclassical X-Form Stool
Located in Sheffield, MA
An elegant Italian neoclassical X-form stool painted Ivory and decorated with giltwood floral and vegetal ornaments. The stool has upholstered seat covered in paisley design fabric.
...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Liberty & Co A Large Size Walnut Thebes Stool with ring turned legs & stretchers
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co.
A rare large Walnut Thebes stool with studded leather seat with turned stretchers uniting the turned legs.
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
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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