Stools
Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Stools
Upholstery
17th Century English Country Antique Stools
Oak
Mid-18th Century Antique Stools
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Stools
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wood
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Stools
Other
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Chrome
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
17th Century Italian Antique Stools
Wood, Walnut
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Stools
Chrome
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Wood
1690s European Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
17th Century Danish Antique Stools
Wood, Oak
18th Century English Other Antique Stools
Burlap, Wood
1780s English George II Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1770s English Antique Stools
Fabric, Mahogany
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Chrome
1930s European Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Chrome
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Oak
1930s Danish Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Mahogany
1930s Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Beech
Early 18th Century Swiss Folk Art Antique Stools
Wood, Pine
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Stools
Silk
1930s Art Deco Vintage Stools
Steel
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Stools
Oak
1930s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Seagrass, Cherry
1930s Estonian Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Plywood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Stools
Chrome
1930s Estonian Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Plywood
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Elm, Lacquer
Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Stools
Pine
1930s Italian Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Velvet, Mahogany
1930s German Vintage Stools
Iron
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
1740s British George II Antique Stools
Oak
1780s English Georgian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Steel
1720s English George I Antique Stools
Walnut
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Oak
Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Stools
Wood
1790s American Sheraton Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
18th Century Danish Georgian Antique Stools
Oak
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Stools
Wood
Early 1600s Indian Mid-Century Modern Antique Stools
Teak, Cotton, Rope
1650s Indian Mid-Century Modern Antique Stools
Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Giltwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Chrome
18th Century English Georgian Antique Stools
Ash, Elm
18th Century George II Antique Stools
Upholstery, Mahogany
Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Stools
Gold Leaf
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Birch
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Birch
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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