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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Antique American Empire Classical Greco Flame Mahogany Needlepoint Stool 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique American Empire Classical Greco Flame Mahogany & Floral Needlepoint Footstool 19thC
Measur...
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Footstool ~ Vanity Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI painted footstool ~ vanity bench represents a tailored expression of the Neoclassical Revival that for all practical purposes never really ended! handcr...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Fruitwood, Paint
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
Edwardian Turned Mahogany and Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Edwardian Turned Mahogany and Upholstered Foot Stool
Category
Early 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Footstools
Materials
Hardwood
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, Chinese Provincial Fan Shaped Stool
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chinese carved wooden stool with a fan shaped seat. Features splayed legs with stretchers on each side and a carved apron on the front. Constructed with old world mortise and tenon j...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Old Hickory Foot Stools with Suede Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th Century old hickory foot stool in amazing condition with a new suede seat. Its been newly upholstered in suede over the hand made rush seat.
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century French, Louis XIV Painted Stool/Bench with Lion's Paw Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XIV Painted Stool features tailored architecture and masculine adornment, plus an original painted finish that makes it more compatible with today's casual ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Footstools
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Garden Seat
Located in Pomona, CA
A profusely decorated Chinese garden seat. Features daily life with many figures in traditional Chinese dress. Multi-color enamels. Top and b...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Footstools
Materials
Pottery
Empire Ottoman/Italian Zebra Upholstery
Located in Malibu, CA
Flame mahogany curvy 19thC English Empire period ottoman in Italian Zebra Upholstery on the original casters.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
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 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
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
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
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
Antique Embroidered Footstool, English, Gilt Brass, Fireside, Stool, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique embroidered footstool. An English, gilt brass fireside or bedroom stool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating example of Victorian crafts...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
Antique Shoe Boy's Stool, English, Oak, Footstool, Art Nouveau, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique shoe boy's stool. An English, carved oak and upholstered footstool in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Delightfully presented ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
Antique X Frame Stool, English, Walnut, Needlepoint, Footstool, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique X-frame stool. An English, walnut and needlepoint footstool, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Utterly beguiling Regency craftsmanship with a beautiful s...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
PAIR OF ANTiQUE VICTORIAN KILIM UPHOLSTERED WINGBACK ARMCHAIR FOOTSTOOLS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of Victorian mahogany Wingback armchair footstools with super collectable Kilim upholste...
Category
19th Century English Kilim Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery
Antique Petite English Oak Woven Cord Rope Footstool Riser or Stand circa 1920
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming diminutive antique english oak woven cord rope footstool, riser, or stand, circa 1920. This petite stool has hand turned bobbin legs and a hand woven corded string seat an...
Category
1920s English Vintage Footstools
Materials
Rope, Oak
19th Century Unusual Long Cricket Stool
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Unusual Long Cricket Stool, a very early 19th Century or possibly late 18th Century cricket foot stool in original grey paint. This is in an extremely unusual long size,...
Category
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Footstools
Materials
Hardwood
English 19th Century Upholstered FootStool
Located in Southampton, GB
Recently upholstered in quality chevron weave fabric with complimenting tassles.
Wonderful turned leg frame.
England, circa 1880.
Height - 52 cm
Top - 36 cm x 33 cm
Please messag...
Category
19th Century English Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French 19th Century Original Red Velvet Upholstered Footstool
Located in Southampton, GB
he most wonderful red velvet 19th Century footstool with original traditionally upholstered swab, stitched in to the base.
Iitting on a mahogany x frame stretcher with ball feet.
Fr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet
William 1Vth English circular Footstool Box Inlaid Hardwood, Circa 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare example of an English Combination Lidded Foot Stool complete with an integral box or sewing box, hardwood with inlaid detail and dating to the early 19th century, Will...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood, Walnut
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
Late 19th Century Indonesian Meditation Footstool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Finely woven leather seat on turned legs with tendon joints.
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Scandinavian Art Deco Stool Chinoiserie Style in Original Upholstery, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
Charming stool made in the 1920s in Scandinavia in Art Deco Chinoiserie style. Original upholstery and paint.
Category
1920s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Birch
Pair of Antique Stools, Ebonized Beech Wood, Creme Fabric, France circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
A beautiful pair of petite stools from the french restoration / Biedermeier period.
Solid beech wood, ebonized and polished. Newly upholstered and covere...
Category
1820s French Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique English Footstool With Vintage Scalamandré
Located in Tampa, FL
A lovely 1880s round carved wooden footstool with brass. Upholstered in 1970s silk Scalamandré animal print fabric.
Category
1880s English Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
Exceptional and Rare 19th Century Irish X Framed Stool
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional and rare 19th century Irish oak stool, with beautifully rich patination and grain. The padded brass studded seat is of rectangular form ...
Category
19th Century Irish Antique Footstools
Materials
Brass
19th Century American Aesthetic Period Grain Painted Stool with Upholstered Seat
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
American Aesthetic Movement footstool on four tapered legs below a shaped and pierced apron, the legs connected with ball and ring turned x-stretcher centering a large red sphere wit...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Queen Anne Mahogany and Upholstered Storage Foot Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Queen Anne Mahogany and Upholstered Foot Stool with storage Newer upholstery in great shape
Measures 22" in width, 13" in depth and 13" in height.
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Velvet Upholstered Footstools
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century Velvet Upholstered Footstools
Category
19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Wood
A 19th Century X Framed Rosewood Stool
Located in Conwy, GB
The seat upholstered in a worn tumbling block silk work tapestry, particularly well carved rosewood X-frame base.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Footstools
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century American Empire Magogany and Needlepoint Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century American Empire Magogany and Needlepoint Upholstered Foot Stool.
Measures 21.75" in width, 15.75" in depth and 9.5" in height.
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
19th Century American Empire Round Upholstered Footstool.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century American Empire Round Upholstered Footstool.
Round, footed stool with rich mahogany wood veneer stands on four short, hand-carved, flared and graduated legs. A great room accessory...
Category
19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Superb Pair Centennial Carved Chippendale Mahogany Square Foot Stools
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
These gorgeous stools are absolutely gorgeous and feature incredible carved ball and claw feet and acanthus leaves on the leaves. The upholstery is not symetrical but is well done an...
Category
1890s English Chippendale Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
Important Rare Important 19th Century Carved Wooden Red Leather Stool Table
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is a Rare Outstanding 19th Century Red Leather Upholstered Top Carved Wooden Antique Stool Table. Stool Table i...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Victorian Mahogany and Needlepoint Upholstered Footstool
Located in Germantown, MD
A Victorian Mahogany and light yellow Needlepoint Upholstered Footstool with brass nail studded.
Measures 16.5" in width, 16.5" in depth and 9.5" tall. Very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Victorian Aubusson Needlework Footstool Claw & Ball Carved Wood Foot Bench
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An antique early Victorian footstool with finely detailed hand-carved claw and ball feet made of walnut wood, upholstered with a rich ornated Aubusson tapestry with an heraldic lion ...
Category
1840s French Aubusson Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut, Nutwood, Wood, Wool, Tapestry, Fabric
19th Century Oriental Carved Wood Stool
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully stylish 19th century Oriental style stool, with pierced fretwork decoration to the frieze, stuff over upholstered seat, raised on classical carved cabriole legs with my...
Category
19th Century French Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Carved Walnut Distressed Antique Needlepoint Upholstered Stool
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous French antique walnut foot stool with a gorgeous needlepoint upholstered seating surface. The stool is in antique distressed condition and will show parts of the b...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
English William IV Black Lacquered X Frame Stool with Original Gold Decoration
Located in Wells, ME
English William IV X-Frame stool. This elegant stool retains its original black lacquered surface with original hand painted gold decoration. The finely detailed gold work and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Footstools
Materials
Gold, Brass
Pair Antique English Victorian Carved Mahogany Leather Upholstered Stools 19 Ct.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Hand Carved Victorian solid Mahogany frame upholstered identical pair of occasional Stools of square form and of English origin. Circa last quarter of the Nineteenth Century....
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Mahogany
American Empire Revival Foot Stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylis, chic and charming provencial foot stool is the American interpritation of the French empire style with its scrolled legs and simple strealined form. The top fabric is a ...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Wood
Circa 1880 Queen Anne Style Footstool or Small Bench, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 Queen Anne style footstool or small bench, English. Walnut. Very well executed cabriole legs with c-scroll moldings & pad feet. Inset, removable walnut seat with loose nee...
Category
Late 19th Century British Queen Anne Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Pouf in gilded wood in imitation of bamboo. Circa 1880.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pouf in gilded wood in imitation of bamboo, round in shape, decorated with spinning tops in the central part. Crowbar-shaped, ribbed base. Velvet fabric and black quilted with its tr...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Victorian circa 1880 Liberty London Ianthe Upholstered Ottoman Footstool Trunk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian ottoman footstool upholstered with Liberty London Ianthe fabric
My favourite type of stool in my favourite liber...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Late Gustavian Footstools
Located in Huntington, NY
A beautiful pair of Late Gustavian footstools. In the style of Ephraim Ståhl. Rectangular frame with slight bowfront and back. Featuring a decorative hand-carved scroll with fleurons...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of Large Tabourets, Beech Wood, France, circa 1860
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful pair of large french stools or tabouret from the mid 19th century.
Solid beech, partly ebonized. Restored and hand polished with shellac.
Newly upholstered and covered with...
Category
1860s French Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Velvet, Beech
19th Century James Shoolbred London Victorian Gothic Oak Footrest Stool
Located in Norwich, GB
An unusual Victorian gothic oak footrest/stool made by James Shoolbred of London. Circa 1880. Maker's label.
The footrest has shaped ends with pierced de...
Category
19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
footrest or small oak stool in Louis XIII style, late 19th century
Located in Mouscron, WHT
footrest or small oak stool in Louis XIII style, late 19th century
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
Antique Carriage Stool, English, Walnut, Fireside Foot Rest, Victorian, C.1840
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carriage stool. An English, walnut and silk cotton raised fireside foot rest, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840.
Rest...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Antique Jacobean Turn Carved Walnut Handmade Cane Seat Footstool Ottoman - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Jacobean Turn Carved Spiral Twist Walnut Handmade Cane Seat Footstool Ottoman - Pair. Item features hand woven cane seats, beautiful wood grain, very nice complimentary pair ...
Category
19th Century Jacobean Antique Footstools
Materials
Walnut
Antique Fireside Stool, English, Needlepoint, Footstool, Early Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fireside stool. An English, mahogany and needlepoint footstool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Cheerful n...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
American Aesthetic Oak Thebes Stool
Located in Essex, MA
Square in the Egyptian revival style. Curved slat seat with turned legs and stretchers.
Category
1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
A footstool from the early 20th century - turned wood and caning - France.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A footrest from the early 20th century, made of solid turned wood and caning. In excellent condition with a beautiful patina.
Category
1920s French Vintage Footstools
Materials
Cane, Wood
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Nailhead Keepsake Shoe Shine Box Foot Stool 15
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian quartersawn oak shoeshine box / foot stool / footrest featuring brass nailhead accents and turned column legs.
Dimensions:
14.75" x 10.25" x 11" (Width x Depth x H...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Rubber, Oak
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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