Stools
19th Century Mexican Rustic Antique Stools
Hardwood
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Stools
Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Stools
Giltwood
1920s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century Ukrainian Modern Antique Stools
Steel
19th Century French Antique Stools
Beech, Cherry
19th Century Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century English Baroque Antique Stools
Brass
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Elm
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Stools
Wood, Trimming
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood
1890s French Louis XIV Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century North American Antique Stools
Pine, Paint
1880s Italian Post-Modern Antique Stools
Metal
Mid-19th Century Chesterfield Antique Stools
Walnut
1920s English Country Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wicker
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Silk, Giltwood, Damask
19th Century English Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century British Antique Stools
Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Stools
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Stools
Rattan, Wood
1850s French Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Reed, Elm
Late 19th Century Country Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Stools
Metal
Late 19th Century Antique Stools
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Stools
Wood, Hardwood
19th Century Antique Stools
Elm
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Antique Stools
Rosewood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Other
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Beech
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Stools
Cane, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Birch
1890s French Louis XIV Antique Stools
Tapestry, Giltwood
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Stools
Walnut
1850s English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 19th Century Ukrainian Modern Antique Stools
Steel
1920s Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Stools
Elm
Late 19th Century English Antique Stools
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Antique Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Stools
Metal
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Stools
Giltwood
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Velvet, Maple
Early 19th Century British Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Antique Stools
Beech
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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