Stools
2010s French Industrial Stools
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Stools
Iron
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Wood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Stools
Cane
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Stools
Cotton, Wood
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Imbuia
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Rush, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Hardwood, Walnut, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Polish Organic Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Stools
Marble
1950s Finnish Vintage Stools
Birch, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Stools
Cotton, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Stools
Birch
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Stools
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rush, Oak
2010s German Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Unknown Modern Stools
Bentwood, Ash, Velvet
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Cherry
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Stools
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rope, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Aluminum
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Other Stools
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Stools
Elm
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Walnut, Beech, Fabric, Chenille
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Stools
Beech
2010s American Stools
Concrete, Cement
2010s American Stools
Bronze, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stools
Brass
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Stools
Fiberglass, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
1970s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Primitive Stools
Wood
2010s American Stools
Brass
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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