Stools
Early 1900s Antique Stools
Leather
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Steel
Late 20th Century English Georgian Stools
Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Stools
Metal
1950s British Victorian Vintage Stools
Leather
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century French Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Birch
Early 20th Century European Stools
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Stools
Beech
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1950s European Art Deco Vintage Stools
Steel
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Pine
1680s English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
20th Century European Stools
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Stools
Fabric, Wood, Beech
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wrought Iron
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Stools
Metal
17th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Leather, Wood, Giltwood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wood, Palisander, Parchment Paper
1980s American Vintage Stools
Fabric
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Stools
Elm
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Fruitwood, Walnut
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Aluminum
1960s French Vintage Stools
Beech
1950s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan, Wood
20th Century European Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century European Stools
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
20th Century Modern Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Stools
Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wicker, Bamboo
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Stools
Steel
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Papercord, Teak
20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Stools
Steel, Chrome
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch, Paint
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Oak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Stoneware
Early 20th Century English William and Mary Stools
Upholstery
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1980s French Modern Vintage Stools
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century Modern Stools
Lucite, Oak
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Elm
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools
Acrylic, Lucite
1980s Danish Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Elm
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Walnut
Antique, New and Vintage Stools
Stools are versatile and a necessary addition to any living room, kitchen area or elsewhere in your home. A sofa or reliable lounge chair might nab all the credit, comfort-wise, but don’t discount the roles that good antique, new and vintage stools can play.
“Stools are jewels and statements in a space, and they can also be investment pieces,” says New York City designer Amy Lau, who adds that these seats provide an excellent choice for setting an interior’s general tone.
Stools, which are among the oldest forms of wooden furnishings, may also serve as decorative pieces, even if we’re talking about a stool that is far less sculptural than the gracefully curving molded plywood shells that make up Sōri Yanagi’s provocative Butterfly stool.
Fawn Galli, a New York interior designer, uses her stools in the same way you would use a throw pillow. “I normally buy several styles and move them around the home where needed,” she says.
Stools are smaller pieces of seating as compared to armchairs or dining chairs and can add depth as well as functionality to a space that you’ve set aside for entertaining. For a splash of color, consider the Stool 60, a pioneering work of bentwood by Finnish architect and furniture maker Alvar Aalto. It’s manufactured by Artek and comes in a variety of colored seats and finishes.
Barstools that date back to the 1970s are now more ubiquitous in kitchens. Vintage barstools have seen renewed interest, be they a meld of chrome and leather or transparent plastic, such as the Lucite and stainless-steel counter stool variety from Indiana-born furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones, who is renowned for his acrylic works. A cluster of barstools — perhaps a set of four brushed-aluminum counter stools by Emeco or Tubby Tube stools by Faye Toogood — can encourage merriment in the kitchen. If you’ve got the room for family and friends to congregate and enjoy cocktails where the cooking is done, consider matching your stools with a tall table.
Whether you need counter stools, drafting stools or another kind, explore an extensive range of antique, new and vintage stools on 1stDibs.
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