Stools
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Oak
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Maple
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Velvet, Resin
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wrought Iron
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Textile
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather, Acrylic, Wood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Oak
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Chrome
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Ash
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Rope
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Leather, Lucite
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Velvet, Beech
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Bouclé, Beech
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood, Beech
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Brass
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric
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
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Hardwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Faux Leather, Walnut, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Oak
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Stools
Plywood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Bouclé, Teak
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Birch
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Lucite
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Iron
Late 20th Century American Country Stools
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan, Reed
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Rattan
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Fabric, Wood
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stools
Metal
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.