Stools
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1980s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Leather
1920s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Rattan, Birch
1980s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1950s European Spanish Colonial Vintage Stools
Brass, Wrought Iron
1960s Space Age Vintage Stools
Metal, Steel
2010s Stools
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Stools
Ash, Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Stools
Wood
2010s Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century Chinese Stools
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Stools
Plastic
2010s American Stools
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Dutch Stools
Stainless Steel
1940s Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Stainless Steel, Brass
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Stools
Pine
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Onyx, Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bamboo, Rattan, Cane
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Stools
Steel, Zinc
2010s French Modern Stools
Bronze
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Stools
Concrete, Cement
1970s Dutch Space Age Vintage Stools
Fabric
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Leather
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal, Chrome
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Leather, Rattan, Walnut
20th Century British Stools
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Stools
Wool, Walnut
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Stools
Fabric, Birch
Early 1900s British Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
2010s American Modern Stools
Iron
1970s Space Age Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bronze
1940s French Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Stools
Fabric, Foam, Wood
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Stools
Brass
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Stools
Metal
Late 19th Century English Antique Stools
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Organic Modern Stools
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
Early 20th Century Spanish Rustic Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Stools
Brass
1960s Vintage Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Stools
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Bouclé, Cherry
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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