Stools
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Stools
Walnut
1940s Swedish Vintage Stools
Cherry
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
17th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-18th Century English Antique Stools
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Stools
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Oak, Pine
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Stools
Gold Leaf
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1940s Vintage Stools
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Stools
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Stools
1940s American Vintage Stools
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Goatskin
1940s French Vintage Stools
Oak
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Lambskin, Elm
1730s English George I Antique Stools
Mahogany, Silk
Late 18th Century Italian Directoire Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood, Cherry
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Wood
Early 18th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch, Pine
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bronze
1940s French Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
1940s French Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Linen, Wood
1940s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Stools
Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Beech
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Stools
Leather
1760s English George III Antique Stools
Mahogany
1940s French Vintage Stools
Rattan, Oak
18th Century Chinese Antique Stools
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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