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Footstools For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
EXQUISITE VICTORIAN CiRCA 1860 TAN BLACK LEATHER OTTOMAN STOOL FOOTSTOOL STORAGE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian black leather and mahogany ottoman stool
Please note the delivery fee listed...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Footstools
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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
Scandinavian Modern Triangular Stools in Blue Floral Tapestry, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
Pair of triangular stools made by a Danish cabinetmaker in the 1950s. The stools are made of an elegant curved wooden frame, that has been reupholster...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Hexagonal Tripod Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stubby wooden hexagonal stool, made in France, circa 1950s. Thick seat with three rounded legs. No nails or hardware. Great lines and shape. Petite stoo...
Category
1950s French Vintage Footstools
Materials
Wood
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 / Sewing 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 sewing box, hardwood with inlaid detail and dating to the early 19th century, William 1Vt...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood, Walnut
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
Walter Lamb Ottomans
By Walter Lamb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walter Lamb
Ottomans model C-5706, pair
Brown Jordan
USA, c. 1952
bronze, cotton cord
17½ h × 23½ w × 15 d in (44 × 60 × 38 cm)
Literature: Walter Lamb, manufacturer's catalog, 1954,...
Category
1950s American Vintage Footstools
Materials
Bronze
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
Italian Set of Side Chairs with Footstool in Wood and Bouclé, 1950
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and very rare set of three pieces composed of two low slipper chairs and one stool or footstool.
Made in Italy in the 1950s, original pieces.
The peculiarity of this set i...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Metal
Pirkka Stool by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Puu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pirkka Stool by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Puu, c.1950s, Finland. This pine stool features a dark stained rectangular seat and four splayed legs.
Dimensions
17" width x 12.25" d...
Category
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Pine
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
Pair of Italian Wrought Iron Gilded X Form Tassle Benchs Stools
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous pair of benches from the 1950-60s era in the Hollywod Regency style. The benches are in good vintage condition and may show minor wear or minor subtle stains to up...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Footstools
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
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
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
Rare oak hunting footstool by Heinz Heger, Germany 1950s
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Crafted from oak and fabric in Germany during the 1950s. Manufactured by PGH Erzgebirgisches Kunsthandwerk Annaberg Buchholz. To accompany the the Heinz Heger hunting lounge chair or...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Oak
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
Vintage Leather Rhino Footstool by Abercrombie & Fitch, 1950s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A leather rhino ottoman/footstool by Abercombie & Fitch, circa 1950s. Thick brown leather with beautiful patina and character. Missing tail!.
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Leather
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
Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen Stool for Willy Beck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cane stool by Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen for Willy Beck, c.1950s, Denmark. The stool features a woven cane seat and tapered teak dowel legs.
Dimensions
22" width x 16" dept...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Teak, Cane
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 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
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
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
Stool, Model 78a In Rosewood With Black Leather Niels O. Møller From 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
This stool is a Model 78a made of rosewood with black leather, designed by Niels O. Møller for J.L. Møller's Møbelfabrik in 1950. It has a simple and functional design, typical of Mø...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Rosewood
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
Austrian Midcentury Black Steel and Wicker Side Table by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming set of small Austrian Midcentury Modern square sized tables or stools designed and made by Carl Auböck II, Vienna, Austria, circa 1950 in beautiful condition.
It´s frame i...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Footstools
Materials
Steel
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
1950s Burnt Tortoise Bamboo Foldable Footstool
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a stunning stool, circa the 1950s. This piece is crafted from bamboo, a lightweight and sustainable material, its appeal is enhanced by a burnt tortoise finish, giving it a distinct look. The burned bamboo...
Category
1950s English Bohemian Vintage Footstools
Materials
Bamboo
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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