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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
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
Lion Feet Ottoman
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Lion feet ottoman upholstered in Antique textile from Katie’s personal collection. Complete with 4200 and green tape trim.
22″d x 32″w cushion, 37″ d x 27″ w including legs.
19″ ov...
Category
19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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
French Napoleon III Giltwood 19th Century Footstool with Needlepoint Upholstery
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming petite French footstool dates from the Napoleon III period. Features include a hand-carved painted giltwood frame with neoclassical motifs and decorative molding. The s...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
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
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
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
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
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
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
19th century carved oak footstool
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very unusual 19th century footstool. Made from oak with wonderful carved designs to every surface. Good size and could even be used as a side table. The decoration really m...
Category
19th Century Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
English 19th Century Large Bespoke Made Centre Footstool Country House
Located in Southampton, GB
Super scale centre footstool.
The frame has been bespoke made by a joiner, using 19th century swept-away mahogany lion paw legs, on original brass castors.
The upholstery in hessian ...
Category
19th Century British 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
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
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
Huge Fully Restored Chesterfield Hand Dyed Brown Leather Hearth Footstool
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original, extra large, late Victorian, fully restored, Chesterfield cigar brown leather hearth footstool
A very good looking coll...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather
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
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
Restored Coral Orange Naugahyde Footstool
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Restored Coral Orange Naugahyde Footstool, adorned with vibrant Naugahyde upholstery and rattan loop legs, harmonizes vintage allure and modern sophistication. Its retro charm is...
Category
1940s Vintage Footstools
Materials
Naugahyde, Rattan
Art deco Footstool, Tabouret, or pouf, 1940's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Fabrik,Wood
Good Original Condition
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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
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
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Footstools
Located in Huntington, NY
A pair of 19th century Swedish Gustavian style foot stools with detailed fleurons on the corners. The leg tops are finished with vertical reeded over-collaring atop turned and slight...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
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
1920s Bottle Green Sewing Box / Foot Stool By Otto Schulz for Boet Sweden
By Otto Schulz, Boet
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
A beautiful foot stool designed by Otto Schulz for Boet Göteborg in Sweden.
This foot stool is upholstered with bottle green faux leather and studs.
It has a storage compartment so ...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Faux Leather
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
Antique Restored Brown Leather Chesterfield English Oak Footstool Ottoman Stool
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this restored Victorian circa 1860-1880, hand dyed cigar brown leather single stool or ottoman with internal storage
Please note the delivery fe...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Oak
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
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 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
Anglo Indian Teak Stool
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A unique Anglo-Indian Teakwood Carved Table/Stool. Its original blue paint, exceptionally carved details, and weathered patina give this piece a distinct personality.
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Footstools
Materials
Teak, Paint
Long Victorian Footstool
Located in Faversham, GB
A charming long Victorian footstool made of walnut.
Raised on cabriole legs with a central scrolling design to the centre of each side.
The seat of the stool has been restored with...
Category
Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Calico, Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Late Gustavian Footstools
Located in Huntington, NY
A beautiful pair of Swedish Late Gustavian footstools. Featuring a decorative hand-carved Guilloché scroll with reeded fleurons on the corners. Turned legs are tapered and fluted. Su...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Footstools
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
19th Century Anglo-Indian Stool
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century heavily carved Anglo-Indian footstool featuring floral, foliage and mythical beast details. This footstool is newly upholstered and is also available C.O.M. with quick t...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Swedish Gustavian Ottomans
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Ottomans in white paint and parcel gilt. In a white painted finish, the carved frames in the Louis XVI style with cylindric...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th century Italian Painted Footstools
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of 19th century Italian painted Footstools standing on cabriole legs with richly foliate carvings and gilt wood decorations.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Regence Tabouret in Carved Walnut by A. Dubois, Le Mans, France
By A. Dubois
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from rich walnut wood in France during the 1800s, this Regence-style tabouret has a production stamp under the seat that reads “A. Dubois Sculpteur-Ebeniste Le Mans”. The...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Louis XV Style 19th Century French Footstool with Carved Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style wooden footstool from the 19th century with carved cabriole legs and double welt linen custom upholstery. Elevate the elegance of your living space with this ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Primitive Welsh Splayed Leg Stool
Located in Houston, TX
Primitive Welsh splayed leg stool with rectangular-shaped slatted seat. This charming dark brown color wooden stool was probably built and used on a farm. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Welsh Folk Art Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
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
Refinished Pair Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Hand-Carved Cheetah Stools
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Luxurious late 19th Century Anglo-Indian ottoman heavily carved. Newly reupholstered with a gorgeous cheetah fabric with black velvet piping. The colors and lighting on the fabric is...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Small 19th Century Louis XV Style French Walnut and Burlap Foot Stools
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of small 19th century Louis XV Style French Walnut and Burlap foot stools.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Burlap, Wood, Walnut
English Cane Stool
Located in Nashville, TN
This beautiful Barley twist stool has a light colored cane top that contrast perfectly from the ornate dark stain wood of the base. This is a gorgeous piece that would be beautiful i...
Category
1880s Antique Footstools
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Oak Carved Side Table Low Stool Footstool
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique 19th-Century French oak hand carved side table or footstool. This charming stool would make a wonderful foot rest or a small side table, perfect for a beverage or a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Footstools
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style 19th Century French Stamped Pihouée Footstool with Carved Décor
By Alexandre Pihouée
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style wooden footstool from the late 19th century stamped Alexandre Pihouée with carved base, tapered fluted legs and needlepoint upholstery. Indulge in the refine...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Footstools
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Blackened Footstools with Leather, Set of 3
Located in Dallas, TX
Incorporate neoclassical beauty into your home with this exquisite suite of antique footstools. Crafted in Paris, circa 1880, and made of walnut wood, each stool sits on small scroll...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Footstool with Carved Décor and Fluted Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style wooden footstool from the 19th century with carved apron, rosettes on the knees, fluted legs and new custom linen upholstery. Elevate the sophistication of y...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Classical Carved Mahogany Upholstered Foot Stool Ottoman
Located in Essex, MA
A Classical carved mahogany footstool, or ottoman, the top newly upholstered in leopard print velvet fabric over scrolled supports joined by a vase and ring-turned stretcher, Boston, circa 1820. Beautifully made and very solid, this stool may serve as additional occasional seating...
Category
1820s American Neoclassical Antique Footstools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
French Painted Upholstered Stool
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 19th C French painted stool, upholstered in Colefax and Fowler fabric. Very stylish. 1890.
Internal reference: JG1
Reference: 8050
D...
Category
19th Century French Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Beech
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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