Stools
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Hardwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Porcelain, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Marble
Early 20th Century European Chinese Export Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Elm
1960s Italian Chinese Export Vintage Stools
Majolica, Terracotta
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Elm
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Stools
Ceramic
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Copper, Brass
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Stools
Wood, Elm
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Elm
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Ceramic
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Hardwood
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Stools
Padouk
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Stools
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Jacobean Stools
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Stools
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Asian Qing Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Wood, Elm
1980s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Stools
Ceramic
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Stools
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Stools
Wicker, Rubber
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Oak
Late 20th Century Chinese Stools
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Stools
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Stools
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Enamel
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Stools
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Pottery
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Stools
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Terracotta
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.