Stools
2010s Stools
Fabric, Oak
2010s Italian Stools
Wood
2010s Italian Stools
Textile
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Upholstery
2010s German Post-Modern Stools
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Marble
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rope, Wood
Early 19th Century British William IV Antique Stools
Textile, Boxwood, Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Oak
2010s French Modern Stools
Antler, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Stools
Wood, Fruitwood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Rosewood, Fabric
1890s British Chippendale Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood
19th Century French Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1880s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Stools
Fabric, Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Beech
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Ash
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Stools
Leather, Wood, Pine
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Stools
Leather, Plastic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rush, Wood
20th Century Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Stools
Wood
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Brutalist Stools
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Chestnut, Oak, Walnut
20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Stools
Wood, Walnut, Oak
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
2010s American Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bouclé, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal, Brass
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Jacaranda, Leather
2010s Polish Organic Modern Stools
Steel, Stainless Steel
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Rattan
1970s French Vintage Stools
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary French Stools
Bronze
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
19th Century British Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1970s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Leather
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Stools
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Velvet, Oak
1960s European Vintage Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood, Beech
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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