Stools
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century American Victorian Antique Stools
Wood, Oak
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Elm
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Stools
Wood
1860s German Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Bamboo
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Stools
Oak, Walnut, Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Bamboo
1860s French Victorian Antique Stools
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Stools
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Rosewood
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Stools
Tapestry, Wood
1920s British Victorian Vintage Stools
Elm
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Victorian Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early 2000s English Early Victorian Stools
Leather
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Stools
Yew
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Stools
Bentwood
1860s English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
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.