Stools
1940s Spanish Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Rococo Antique Stools
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Mahogany
1940s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Plywood
Early 19th Century German Bohemian Antique Stools
Birch, Lacquer
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Stools
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Oak, Lacquer
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1810s English Regency Antique Stools
Mahogany
1940s Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Burkinabe Tribal Vintage Stools
Hardwood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
Early 19th Century Irish William IV Antique Stools
Mahogany, Upholstery
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Mahogany
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Oak
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
Early 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Stools
Upholstery, Rosewood, Pine
1940s French Vintage Stools
Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
1940s Finnish Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Belgian Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Stools
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Rosewood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Velvet, Wood
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Birch
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Stools
Ormolu
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Canvas, Birch
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Elm
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Stools
Wood, Hardwood
1940s Italian Industrial Vintage Stools
Walnut
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Stools
Ash
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Stools
Cane, Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Stools
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Wood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Beech
1940s Mexican Spanish Colonial Vintage Stools
Brass
1940s Vintage Stools
Iron
1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Vintage Stools
Metal
Early 19th Century British Antique Stools
Walnut
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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