Stools
Mid-17th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Stools
Pine
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Stools
Animal Skin, Wood
1930s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Oak
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
17th Century English Charles II Antique Stools
Oak
1930s Swedish Vintage Stools
Iron
17th Century English Charles II Antique Stools
Oak
18th Century English Georgian Antique Stools
Walnut
16th Century Antique Stools
Wood, Oak
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch, Fabric
1680s Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Stools
Mahogany
1930s French Louis XV Vintage Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch, Paint
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Beech
16th Century Antique Stools
Wood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan, Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Iron
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Pine
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Stools
Steel
1930s French Egyptian Revival Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Beech
1930s Italian Vintage Stools
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
1930s Angolan Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Stools
Walnut
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bentwood
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1930s American Rococo Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
18th Century British Georgian Antique Stools
Oak
1930s Swedish Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Birch
Mid-18th Century British Antique Stools
Fruitwood
1930s Swedish Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Pine
Early 18th Century English Rustic Antique Stools
Oak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Rope, Plywood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1930s German Rustic Vintage Stools
Leather
18th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Tapestry, Oak
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch, Bentwood
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Mohair
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Stools
Stainless Steel
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Stools
Textile, Mahogany
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Chrome, Steel
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Stools
Wood, Walnut
1930s African Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
Late 18th Century British Antique Stools
Upholstery
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Oak
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
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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