Stools
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Brass
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Stools
Iron, Sheet Metal
1950s American Adirondack Vintage Stools
Pine
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Stools
Mohair, Walnut
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1950s Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Teak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Mohair, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Stainless Steel
1930s Vintage Stools
Mahogany
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Tapestry, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Oak
1880s French Biedermeier Antique Stools
Oak
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wrought Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Walnut
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Steel, Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1940s Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rope, Hardwood
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Lucite
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Fabric
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Late 19th Century French Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Acrylic, Beech, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century English British Colonial Stools
Bamboo
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Teak, Leather
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1950s French Vintage Stools
Wood, Beech
1950s French Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo, Rattan
1930s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s European Brutalist Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Linen, Wood, Paint
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Rosewood, Teak
Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Stools
Fabric, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Stools
Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Cord, Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo
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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