Stools
1950s French Modern Vintage Stools
Concrete
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Stools
Fiberglass, Lacquer
1930s Balkan Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
2010s French Modern Stools
Antler, Plywood
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Leather
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
2010s Stools
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Stools
Metal
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Leather, Fabric, Oak
Early 20th Century Taisho Stools
Wood
20th Century American Moorish Stools
Fabric
1940s Vintage Stools
Fabric, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Sheepskin, Walnut
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Seagrass, Birch
Late 20th Century American Regency Stools
Steel
1940s Italian Vintage Stools
Brass
Early 20th Century European Brutalist Stools
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Stools
Metal, Bronze
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel, Chrome
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
2010s Bulgarian Post-Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Stools
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Elm
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Stools
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian French Provincial Stools
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Birch
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Stools
Iron
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Cotton, Upholstery, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Leather
19th Century French Empire Antique Stools
Beech
1930s Danish Baroque Vintage Stools
Oak
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Imbuia
1970s North American Vintage Stools
Stainless Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Leather
2010s Argentine Modern Stools
Leather, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Stools
Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Stools
Brass
1950s Belgian French Provincial Vintage Stools
Oak
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Stools
Leather, Velvet
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Stools
Metal, Steel
1940s French Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wicker
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Stools
Wood
1930s French Rustic Vintage Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century 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.
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