Stools
1930s Croatian Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Primitive Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
1950s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
1920s English Primitive Vintage Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Stools
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
1920s Dutch Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Oak
Late 19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Pine
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Leather, Oak
18th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Elm
2010s German Arts and Crafts Stools
Hardwood, Oak
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
1960s Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Leather
Mid-20th Century Primitive Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Arts and Crafts Stools
Rope, Wood
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
1930s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Oak
1890s Canadian Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Stools
Steel
2010s Mexican Primitive Stools
Wood
1910s Japanese Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Stools
Straw, Wood
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Stools
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Walnut
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century North American Primitive Antique Stools
Hardwood
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood, Paint, Oak
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Stools
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Arts and Crafts Stools
Walnut, Oak, Wood, Paint
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Stools
Oak
1960s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Primitive Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Stools
Wood, Oak, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Stools
Fruitwood
2010s Emirian Arts and Crafts Stools
Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Lacquer, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Stools
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Stools
Linen, Oak
1930s Angolan Arts and Crafts Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Stools
Hardwood
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Oak
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.