Stools
1890s French Antique Stools
Textile, Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Stools
Linen, Wood
1820s French Neoclassical Antique Stools
Fabric, Beech
Mid-19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Stools
Iron
Late 17th Century English Charles II Antique Stools
Oak
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Acrylic, Beech
1880s Indian Antique Stools
Hardwood, Paint
1890s Indian Antique Stools
Fabric, Teak
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Stools
Cane, Paint, Wood
19th Century Rustic Antique Stools
Elm
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1880s English Victorian Antique Stools
Fruitwood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Hardwood, Paint
Early 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Wood, Upholstery
1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Wood, Birch
Mid-19th Century Antique Stools
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century French Antique Stools
Oak
1880s Gothic Antique Stools
Oak
Mid-19th Century French Restauration Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Birch
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Stools
Wood, Fabric
19th Century French Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
1880s English High Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Tapestry, Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Textile
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Stools
Cane, Fruitwood
19th Century English Antique Stools
Mahogany
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Walnut
1880s French Louis XIV Antique Stools
Fabric, Giltwood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Stools
Linen, Oak
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Leather, Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Stools
Elm
19th Century French Other Antique Stools
Pine
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Stools
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Antique Stools
Horn, Upholstery
1680s English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
1680s English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
1680s English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
18th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Elm
Mid-18th Century Norwegian Antique Stools
Wood
17th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Leather, Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Stools
Pine
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Stools
Linen, Oak
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Stools
Giltwood
Late 18th Century Austrian Gustavian Antique Stools
Fruitwood, Upholstery, Silk
1850s French Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
1840s American Empire Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Stools
Tapestry, Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Pine
19th Century Dutch Victorian Antique Stools
Iron
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Irish Antique Stools
Brass
Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Antique Stools
Hardwood
1890s French Louis XV Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch
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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