Stools
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s Ecuadorean Brutalist Vintage Stools
Leather, Rosewood
1810s English Regency Antique Stools
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather, Walnut
1960s Chinese Vintage Stools
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Plastic
1960s British Victorian Vintage Stools
Walnut
1960s European Vintage Stools
Pine
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Stools
Leather, Oak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bouclé
1960s French Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak, Papercord, Birch
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rosewood
1960s Belgian Rustic Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather, Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Teak
Early 19th Century Antique Stools
Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s French Vintage Stools
Wood, Beech, Pine
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stools
Wool, Upholstery, Mahogany
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wicker
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Fiberglass
1960s European Vintage Stools
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Beech
1960s American Spanish Colonial Vintage Stools
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Ash
1960s Mexican Rustic Vintage Stools
Wool, Alpaca, Bouclé, Wood
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Stools
Beech
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Stools
Limestone
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal, Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Fabric
1960s American Modern Vintage Stools
1960s Danish Vintage Stools
Teak, Upholstery
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Copper
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Aluminum, Chrome
1960s French Vintage Stools
Wood, Mahogany
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Upholstery, Rosewood
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s French Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Hardwood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Papercord, Birch, Teak
1960s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Papercord, Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Stools
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood, Leather
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s American Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Beech
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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