Stools
1890s English Antique Stools
Oak
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Wood
1830s French Renaissance Revival Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Limestone
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Stools
Walnut, Upholstery
19th Century English Other Antique Stools
Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Textile, Fabric
Mid-19th Century British Antique Stools
Leather
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Antique Stools
Elm
19th Century English Antique Stools
Upholstery, Wood, Rosewood
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Stools
Pine
1890s Georgian Antique Stools
Leather
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Stools
Hardwood
Late 19th Century British Antique Stools
Upholstery
Mid-19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Wood, Oak
19th Century French Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Antique Stools
Velvet, Walnut, Trimming, Wood
Mid-19th Century European Georgian Antique Stools
Abalone, Mahogany
19th Century Egyptian Revival Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stools
Brass
19th Century Antique Stools
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Fabric, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Stools
Fabric, Birch
1840s American American Empire Antique Stools
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Cane, Oak
Mid-19th Century Regency Antique Stools
Cowhide, Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Regency Antique Stools
Giltwood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Hardwood
1890s French French Provincial Antique Stools
Chestnut
Early 19th Century English Rococo Antique Stools
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Stools
Ceramic, Tapestry, Walnut
19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Stools
Ceramic, Tapestry, Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Stools
Birch
Mid-19th Century French Antique Stools
Oak
1880s French Rustic Antique Stools
Wood
Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Stools
Fabric, Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Stools
Tapestry, Upholstery, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Stools
Giltwood
1810s English Regency Antique Stools
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Stools
Fabric, Wood
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Stools
Beech
19th Century Italian Antique Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Stools
Walnut, Cotton
Mid-19th Century German Antique Stools
Oak, Lacquer
19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
19th Century Antique Stools
Elm
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Elm
19th Century Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Rattan, Elm
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Stools
Pine
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stools
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century German Bohemian Antique Stools
Birch, Lacquer
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
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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