Stools
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Revival Stools
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bouclé
Mid-20th Century Stools
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Birch
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Wenge, Faux Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century French Modern Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century European Rustic Stools
Elm
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Pine
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
17th Century English Jacobean Antique Stools
Oak
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
1940s Industrial Vintage Stools
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Plywood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Leather, Wood, Beech
1960s French Vintage Stools
Birch
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Stools
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Sheepskin, Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
1720s English George I Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Cane, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Aluminum, Steel
1950s French Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wool, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Steel
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chenille, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Leather, Plywood, Teak, Plastic
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Beech
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Beech
18th Century Italian Antique Stools
Wood, Giltwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
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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