Stools
1950s Austrian Industrial Vintage Stools
Oak, Hardwood
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Stools
Beech
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Wrought Iron
20th Century European Industrial Stools
Iron
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
1940s Swiss Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Iron
20th Century British Industrial Stools
Metal, Steel
20th Century American Industrial Stools
Wood, Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Stools
Chestnut
1950s Italian Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron, Steel
1920s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
1950s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
20th Century American Country Stools
Paint, Wood
Early 1900s French Country Antique Stools
Wood
1910s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
19th Century French Country Antique Stools
Wood
Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mexican Country Stools
Hardwood
1880s Belgian Industrial Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
1890s American Industrial Antique Stools
Maple
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Stools
Iron
Early 20th Century Mexican Country Stools
Hardwood
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
Early 20th Century French Industrial Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Steel
1960s Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron
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.