Stools
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Resin, Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Leather, Textile, Cane, Wood, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Onyx
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools
Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Rope
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Brutalist Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XIII Stools
Brass
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Stools
Steel, Iron
Late 19th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Wood, Leather
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Stools
Iron
2010s American Modern Stools
Walnut
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Stools
Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century European Vienna Secession Stools
Cane, Bentwood
1980s Unknown Vintage Stools
Iron
20th Century American Art Deco Stools
Fabric
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
2010s American Modern Stools
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Stools
Resin
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Teak
Early 20th Century Taisho Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Bouclé, Beech
1970s Italian Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Stools
Wood, Fruitwood
17th Century English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
Early 20th Century Indonesian Organic Modern Stools
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Aluminum
19th Century English Antique Stools
Fabric, Linen, Upholstery, Hardwood
1950s European Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
2010s British Post-Modern Stools
Linen, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Steel
2010s American Shaker Stools
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Scandinavian Modern Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Rustic Stools
Rope, Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1950s American Rustic Vintage Stools
Metal
1920s Unknown Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
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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