Stools
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Fabric, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Primitive Stools
Wood, Hardwood
Late 20th Century French Primitive Stools
Wood, Hardwood
Late 20th Century French Primitive Stools
Wood, Hardwood
Late 18th Century Unknown Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century American Primitive Stools
Wood
1930s Croatian Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
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
21st Century and Contemporary Croatian Primitive Stools
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Stools
Lambskin, Beech
Late 19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Pine
19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
20th Century Baroque Stools
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Stools
Lambskin, Oak
Mid-20th Century Primitive Stools
Wood
1680s Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
2010s Mexican Primitive Stools
Wood
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Stools
Walnut
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Pine
19th Century North American Primitive Antique Stools
Hardwood
18th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Tapestry, Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Primitive Stools
Pine
1930s French Primitive Vintage Stools
Oak
Early 20th Century American Primitive Stools
Wood
19th Century Baroque Antique Stools
Upholstery, Velvet
1890s Spanish Baroque Antique Stools
Oak
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Stools
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Baroque Stools
Leather, Wood, Pine
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Stools
Wood
1890s French Primitive Antique Stools
Elm
2010s Japanese Primitive Stools
Wood, Driftwood
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Primitive Stools
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Baroque Stools
Wood, Pine
19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Wood, Fruitwood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Velvet, Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Baroque Stools
Cowhide, Pine
Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-20th Century African Primitive Stools
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century African Primitive Stools
Hardwood
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century French Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Stools
Wood
1910s Japanese Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
19th Century French Baroque Antique Stools
Giltwood
1930s Mexican Primitive Vintage Stools
Wood
1650s Italian Baroque Antique Stools
Fir
19th Century English Baroque Antique Stools
Brass
20th Century Ivorian Primitive Stools
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Baroque Stools
Wood, Fabric
Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Stools
Pine
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.