Stools
2010s South Korean Post-Modern Stools
Plaster
2010s Danish Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Oak
2010s Danish Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Oak
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Stools
Wood, Ash
2010s Danish Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Oak
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Stools
Steel
2010s Korean Post-Modern Stools
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Acrylic, Lucite
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Marble
2010s Italian Post-Modern Stools
Plastic
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Travertine
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Other, Iron
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Brass
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Onyx, Marble
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Brass
2010s Polish Post-Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Polish Post-Modern Stools
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Stools
Clay
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Stools
Brass
Late 20th Century Canadian Post-Modern Stools
Metal
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Onyx, Marble
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Stools
Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Stools
Onyx
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood, Oak, Paint
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Wood
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Stools
Brass
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Wood
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Other
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Travertine
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Stone
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Marble
1970s European Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
2010s Georgian Post-Modern Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century North American Post-Modern Stools
Chrome
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.