Stools
19th Century English Rustic Antique Stools
Iron
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Wood
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Walnut
1890s French Louis XV Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Stools
Beech
19th Century English Antique Stools
Mahogany
1890s English Antique Stools
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Stools
Wool, Wood
Mid-19th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch
Late 19th Century British Antique Stools
Iron
Early 1900s French Antique Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
1890s American Adirondack Antique Stools
Leather, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Tapestry, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Stools
Wood, Braid
1890s British Chippendale Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood
19th Century English Antique Stools
Upholstery, Oak
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Brass
19th Century British Antique Stools
Ash, Elm
Early 1900s German Industrial Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
19th Century French Other Antique Stools
Wood, Upholstery
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Oak
19th Century English Antique Stools
Walnut
1870s British Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Welsh Antique Stools
Ash
Mid-19th Century Louis XV Antique Stools
Giltwood, Tapestry
Mid-19th Century French Brutalist Antique Stools
Rattan, Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Brass
19th Century French Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Stools
Linen, Oak
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Stools
Cane, Paint, Wood
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Poplar
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Stools
Oak
Early 1900s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Stools
Iron
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Beech
Late 19th Century English Antique Stools
Oak
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Stools
Linen, Oak
Late 19th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Rustic Antique Stools
Iron
19th Century French Other Antique Stools
Velvet, Wood
19th Century English Other Antique Stools
Oak
Early 1900s English Antique Stools
Oak
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Antique Stools
Wood
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood, Foam, Fabric
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Stools
Wood
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Stools
Oak
Mid-19th Century American Antique Stools
Bamboo
1850s French Antique Stools
Wood
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Stools
Rattan, Bentwood
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
1840s Swiss Antique Stools
Wood
Early 1900s Louis Philippe Antique Stools
Pine
1890s Belgian Folk Art Antique Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Velvet, Oak
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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