Stools
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Birch
2010s French Post-Modern Stools
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Pine
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Lucite
2010s Polish Post-Modern Stools
Paint
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Iron
Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Stools
Beech
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Aluminum, Chrome
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Faux Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Stools
Metal
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Papercord, Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wrought Iron
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Stools
Steel, Chrome
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Teak, Cane
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Walnut
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stools
Acrylic, Lucite
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Elm
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Elm
2010s Australian Post-Modern Stools
Stone, Steel
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.