Stools
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Aluminum
1950s American Rustic Vintage Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s American Modern Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Velvet, Wood, Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
1930s French Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s American Modern Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Stools
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s Unknown Modern Stools
Bentwood, Ash, Velvet
1910s British Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
1950s French Modern Vintage Stools
Concrete
2010s German Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Wood
2010s German Modern Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Stools
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
2010s North American Modern Stools
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Chrome
2010s American Modern Stools
Wood, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Upholstery, Hardwood, Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Aluminum
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Leather, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Metal, Steel
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Stools
Wood, Pine
19th Century British Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stools
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Wood, Ebony, Velvet
2010s American Modern Stools
Iron
2010s Ukrainian Modern Stools
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Sheepskin, Faux Fur
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Velvet, Wood, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
2010s Ukrainian Modern Stools
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Stools
Velvet, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Stools
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Stools
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Aluminum
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.