Stools
Mid-20th Century African Primitive Stools
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
1980s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Maple
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century African Primitive Stools
Hardwood
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
1910s Japanese Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Wood
20th Century Ivorian Primitive Stools
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Birch
1880s Austrian Folk Art Antique Stools
Hardwood, Paint
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Stools
Wood
Early 18th Century Swiss Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood, Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Stools
Wood
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Primitive Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Primitive Stools
Wood
Early 1800s French Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Stools
Elm, Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Leather
1780s English Folk Art Antique Stools
Fruitwood
19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
1880s Austrian Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
1850s Burmese Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood, Paint
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Oak, Walnut, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Stools
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Stools
Hardwood
1970s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Hardwood
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.