Stools
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Stools
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French Rustic Stools
Wood
1970s Brazilian Vintage Stools
Steel
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Stools
Fabric, Wood, Beech
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Papercord, Beech
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood, Beech
20th Century French Louis XV Stools
Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet
1960s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal
Late 20th Century French Stools
Aluminum
1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Stools
Leather, Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rush, Wood
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Velvet, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fiberglass, Walnut
1950s French Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Aluminum
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Stools
Chestnut
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Stools
Wood
1790s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Stools
Birch
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Stools
Pine
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Elm
20th Century Industrial Stools
Zinc
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Pine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Pine
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rosewood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Stools
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Stools
Bronze, Wrought Iron
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1980s Vintage Stools
Acrylic
1960s French Brutalist Vintage Stools
Oak
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Stools
Bamboo
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Stools
Velvet, Wood
Early 20th Century French Stools
Pine
1930s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stools
Wicker
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Cowhide, Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Birch
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Stools
Fabric, Beech
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
1970s American Vintage Stools
Brass
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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