Stools
1890s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Wood, Paint
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
20th Century French Art Nouveau Stools
Ceramic
1980s Czech Industrial Vintage Stools
Chrome, Metal, Iron
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Brass
Early 20th Century British Industrial Stools
Steel
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Birch
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Stools
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Chrome
1980s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Chrome
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Stools
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Stools
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Aluminum, Nickel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Stools
Wood, Fabric, Birch
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Wood, Braid
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Steel
1980s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
1890s British Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Textile, Wood
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
20th Century Belgian Industrial Stools
Wood
2010s French Industrial Stools
Polystyrene
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Metal
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Stools
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Industrial Stools
Steel
20th Century Spanish Industrial Stools
Oak, Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Stools
Iron
20th Century North American Industrial Stools
Wood
1980s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Stools
Leather, Plastic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Stainless Steel
1920s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Aluminum
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Steel
1970s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal, Aluminum
2010s American Industrial Stools
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron
1950s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Stools
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Industrial Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Stools
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Steel
1940s English Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
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.