Stools
1880s Belgian Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1840s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Stools
Birch
Late 19th Century English Antique Stools
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Antique Stools
Beech
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Stools
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Oak
1850s Egyptian Antique Stools
Wood
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Stools
Elm
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Wood, Fabric
19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Beech
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Marble
Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Stools
Leather
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Elm
19th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Stools
Leather, Oak
Late 19th Century English Antique Stools
Leather, Mahogany
1860s English Antique Stools
Fabric, Rosewood
Early 19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Stools
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Stools
Pearwood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Elm
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Antique Stools
Elm
1880s English Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Stools
Giltwood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Stools
Velvet, Nutwood
19th Century North American Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Stools
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
1880s Italian Post-Modern Antique Stools
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Oak
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century European Rococo Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 19th Century Mexican Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Beech
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Fabric, Leather, Oak
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
Early 1800s French Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Stools
Elm, Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood
19th Century English Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Irish Antique Stools
Tapestry, Silk, Mahogany
19th Century Chinese Other Antique Stools
Wood
1820s Regency Antique Stools
Mahogany
1850s English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Upholstery
19th Century English Victorian Antique 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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