Stools
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Stools
Wood
2010s Modern Stools
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Metal
1950s Swedish Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Chestnut
2010s American Modern Stools
Iron
20th Century European Neoclassical Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s American Modern Stools
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Walnut, Oak, Ash, Cherry
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Wood
1970s American Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Walnut, Chestnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s French Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Stools
Metal, Bronze
2010s Dutch Modern Stools
Leather
2010s Turkish Modern Stools
Fabric, Natural Fiber
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Bouclé, Oak
2010s Tunisian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s English Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Chrome
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Stools
Steel
20th Century French Modern Stools
Oak, Rush
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s American Modern Stools
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Stools
Oak
1980s American Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Stools
Resin, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Steel
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Fabric
2010s Modern Stools
Lacquer
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Foam
1990s American Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
2010s American Modern Stools
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Modern Stools
Wood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Stools
Wood, Lacquer
Early 2000s Italian Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
1970s Swedish Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
2010s French Modern Stools
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Fabric, Foam, Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Stools
Velvet, Wood
2010s French Modern Stools
Fabric, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Oak
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.