Stools
1980s Czech Industrial Vintage Stools
Chrome, Metal, Iron
1960s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Iron
2010s Spanish Industrial Stools
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Industrial Stools
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Stools
Iron
20th Century Industrial Stools
Zinc
1930s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
20th Century Industrial Stools
Metal
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
2010s French Industrial Stools
Steel
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Stools
Metal, Brass
1940s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Early 20th Century English Industrial Stools
Steel
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Rosewood
1860s British High Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Oak
1930s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Early 20th Century Industrial Stools
Steel
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Rosewood
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Mahogany
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
2010s Italian Industrial Stools
Metal
Early 2000s Industrial Stools
Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Stools
Wood
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Iron
1930s American Industrial Vintage Stools
Copper
1930s Danish Industrial Vintage Stools
Beech
Mid-19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Stools
Iron
1930s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Iron
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Industrial Stools
Iron
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Fabric, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Steel
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Steel
1880s English Victorian Antique Stools
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Industrial Stools
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools
Steel
1880s English High Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Stools
Leather, Walnut
1960s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1950s British Victorian Vintage Stools
Leather
1950s Belgian Industrial Vintage Stools
Steel
1930s French Industrial Vintage Stools
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Stools
Walnut
19th Century Dutch Victorian Antique Stools
Iron
Early 20th Century English Industrial Stools
Steel
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.