Stools
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Oak
1720s British George I Antique Stools
Oak
1680s English Baroque Antique Stools
Ebony
1940s Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Stools
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Stools
Wood, Giltwood, Silk
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Metal
1750s Irish George II Antique Stools
Mahogany
1790s Scottish Hepplewhite Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-17th Century British Charles II Antique Stools
Oak
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Birch
18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Stools
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1940s Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s North American Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s American Vintage Stools
Mahogany
Early 1600s English Renaissance Antique Stools
Oak
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
18th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1780s European French Provincial Antique Stools
Elm
1940s Swiss Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1790s French Antique Stools
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Leather, Wood
1940s French Vintage Stools
Iron
1940s Scandinavian Vintage Stools
Oak
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
1750s Great Britain (UK) George II Antique Stools
1780s English Chippendale Antique Stools
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Stools
Giltwood
1940s American Vintage Stools
PVC, Oak
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stools
Brass, Steel
1940s French Vintage Stools
Sycamore
1940s American Vintage Stools
Naugahyde
1940s Russian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1940s North American Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
Late 18th Century English Antique Stools
18th Century Swedish Antique Stools
Silk, Wood
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Stools
Wood, Upholstery
Mid-18th Century Louis XV Antique Stools
Wood
18th Century English Antique Stools
Elm
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1730s Great Britain (UK) George II Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Stools
Wood
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Stools
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Oak
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Stools
Silver Leaf
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Stools
Oak
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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