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Industrial Stools

INDUSTRIAL STYLE

Industrial floor lamps, bar stools, desks and other industrial-style furnishings have experienced a resurgence in popularity with the rise of interest in minimalist design.

It's a look that celebrates the past even as it suggests vigor, productivity and brawn. The newly chic industrial style of decor repurposes the simple, sturdy furniture of an earlier world of commerce — brushed-metal storage cabinets and display shelves, task lamps and pendant lights with enameled shades, work tables with worn wooden tops and cast-iron bases — and couples them with aesthetic touches emblematic of energy and optimism, from bright upholstery fabrics to flowers.

The rise in prominence of the industrial style has come hand-in-hand with the residential repurposing of former manufacturing and warehouse districts throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In many loft apartments created in shuttered factories, the architectural envelope has been left intact.

Industrial-style interiors feature elements like raw brick walls, exposed steel beams and oak floors whose history is written in every pit and gouge. Iron and glass transom windows give definition and interest to small kitchen areas anchored by kitchen islands made of marble, steel and brass, while taxidermy or vintage neon signs serve as wall art in living rooms dotted with leather club chairs. Patina is the keynote to a decor in sync with such surroundings. 

On 1stDibs you will find industrial furniture designs that wear their age beautifully — and were built to last.

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Style: Industrial
Period: Mid-20th Century
Industrial Swivel Stool, 1960's
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Industrial workstool from the 60's. With a iron base and a wooden seat. Adjustable in height. Maximum height: 70 cm. Minimal height: 54 cm. 4 pieces in stock.
Category

1960s Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Dentist's Stool on Wheels Prod, Girolet, France, 1960s
Located in Parma, IT
Dentist's stool on wheels French production 1960s marked Girolet. Height-adjustable back and seat, 360-degree swivel. Metal base and frame, upholster...
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1960s French Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an Industrial kitchen. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Chrome

Industrial Adjustable Brushed Steel Drafting Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, drafting stool features a brushed steel frame and back with a 14 inch round, swivel, maple seat that is height adjustable from 27.5 - 31 inches.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Drafting Stools by Harco for Garrett Tubular Products
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century architectural drafting stool by Harco for Garrett Tubular products. Height adjustable bentwood backrest & seat, steel frame and post con...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

1 Vintage Gunlocke Remington Rand Industrial Stool in Birch
Located in Pasadena, TX
1 Vintage Gunlocke Remington Rand Industrial stool in birch Rare, nicely patinated 1940s American industrial stools with turning adjustable height mechanism and foot rest. Ran...
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1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Set of Four Vintage Chrome and White Leather Adjustable Rolling Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 vintage chrome and white leather adjustable rolling stools. Heavy, sturdy and fully functional. Great for an industrial kitchen. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

4 Matching Black Drafting Working Stools by Friso Kramer, Ahrend De Cirkel, 1960
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
A hard to find matching set of 4 drafting and swivelling University working stools by Dutch industrial designer Friso Kramer for Ahrend De Cirkel, design...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Vintage Industrial Stools, Set of 5
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Nicely worn cast iron Industrial stools. The stools have turnable seat mounted on a cast iron base. The simple design makes them attractive. The height of the stools can be ...
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1950s Latvian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of Swiveling Workshop Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Swiveling Workshop Bar Stools. Very sturdy.
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of Industrial Stools and Wooden Seats, Italy, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of adjustable stools with footrest for the bistro industry. The 4 legs are made out of tubular iron, black color, and the site is made out of solid wood. Screwing or unscrewing ...
Category

1930s Italian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Vintage Industrial Stool, 1950s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Great looking vintage tripod base factory stool with a backrest. Made from a black metal base, anicely crafted round wooden seat and backrests. Beautiful wear, even with an ori...
Category

1950s Belgian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Rare 1950 Industrial Factory Swivel Stool by Evertaut Musician Guitarist Stool
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A rare and highly unusual splayed factory stool from the 1950s, by Evertaut. Likely made as a special factory piece or exhibition piece. In excellent original condition, with lovely...
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Mid-20th Century British Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Vintage Medical Adjustable Stool, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage metal adjustable stool from former Czechoslovakia. Was used in hospitals or doctor's offices. Original condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Set of Three Mid Century Industrial Metal Bar Stools with Backrests
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Authentic set of three Industrial bar height stools with back rests, round black vinyl seats. All original and very sturdy, wear appropriate with...
Category

1960s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Set of Six American Industrial Bar Stools, Attributed to Toledo Metal Furniture
Located in Buffalo, NY
A handsome set of 6 vintage American Industrial iron bar stools with foot rests, bent-stock feet, attributed to Toledo metal furniture, metal recentl...
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Enamel Rolling Adjustable Stool by American Optical Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, midcentury, medical, optometrist stool by American Optical Company with orange vinyl upholstered, 12 inch diameter seat is height ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Mid Century Industry Stool, 1950's, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Czechoslovak vintage industry stool, made in the 1950´s. It features an unconventional design. It was made of beech wood and iron structure. In very...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Industrial Brushed Steel Hospital Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, brushed steel, counter height, hospital stools feature seats that slope down one inch with handles on either side.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Vintage Wooden Sled, 1930s-1940s
Located in Uppsala, SE
Wooden sled with metal runners under the rockers. The legs and rockers have the original red paint and the seat has its original dark stained wood with ve...
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Authentic Vintage Industrial Factory Stool
Located in Oakville, CT
Authentic vintage factory industrial stool. Made from wood and steel. Distressed army green original paint. Seat diameter - 15", seat height - 24", o...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal, Steel

Vintage Industrial Stool, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage Industrial stool. It features a grey iron body and a solid wooden seat. The weight of the stool is 7 kg.
Category

1960s Czech Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Industrial Counter Height Toledo Shop Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, 1940s shop stool by Toledo Metal Furniture Co. features a steel frame with 15 inch round walnut seat. The stool is counter height.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Vintage Toledo Style Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bentwood seat on sturdy metal frame in the Toledo style. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).     
Category

1960s Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Gymnastic Vintage Czech Leather Gym Stool Bench Pommel Horse, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This Czech gym stool or turn bock was produced in the 1930s. It has been shortened to a height of 50 cm. The iron feet are preserved. The thick cowhide has been cleaned and preserved...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Tall Industrial Brushed Aluminum and Leather Pedestal Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall, industrial stool features a brushed aluminum, tulip pedestal base with foot rest and 13 inch diameter blush leather seat.
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Industrial Stools

Materials

Aluminum

Gymnastic Vintage Czech Leather Gym Stool Bench Pommel Horse, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This Czech gym stool or turn bock was produced in the 1930s. It has been shortened to a height of 51 cm. The iron feet are preserved. The thick cowhide has been cleaned and preserved...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Midcentury Industrial / Work Stools Chairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Industrial chairs / work chairs. Seat and back of veneered teak, frame and legs of green lacquered steel. Adjustable back, 1950-1960, H. 82 cm. Seat height 49 cm. Traces of wear, scr...
Category

1950s Austrian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Hardwood, Oak

Design Stool Adjustable in Height Italian Production of the 40s
Located in bari, IT
Italian Industrial archeology technical stool from the 1940s. The stool can be adjusted in height by +/- 5 cm in reference to the standard hei...
Category

1940s Italian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Walnut

1930s Dimpled Industrial Artists Painters Sculptors Stool Vintage Iron Wheels
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very heavy, vulcanized and waffled upholstery is starting to tattered along the edges. Super weighty over 25 lbs. Seat dia: 13 1/2 x base dia: 14 1/2 x H: 19 1/4 to 24 1/2 in.
Category

1930s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Aluminum and Leather Adjustable Dentist Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, midcentury, medical, dentist stool with newly upholstered, 12 inch diameter, leather seat is height adjustable from 22 - 30 inches.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Aluminum

Small Industrial Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage metal stool on casters with wood top. Frame and top have been restored. (Please confirm item location, NY or NJ, with dealer).  
Category

1940s Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Wood

Wood and Metal Modern Industrial Vintage Stool, Heavy Patina, Belgium 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Excellent patina. For use as a stool or side table.
Category

1940s Belgian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

Tall Industrial Shop Stool by Toledo Metal Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall, industrial, shop stool by the Toledo Furniture Co., features a green painted steel frame with back and 15 inch diameter oak seat.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Vintage Toledo Style Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial style drafting stool with bentwood seat and back and metal base. Listing is for one stool. Two have matching bases. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with deal...
Category

1950s Vintage Industrial Stools

Vintage 1940's Industrial Green Metal Truss Drafting Stool
Located in Lafayette, IN
This great little stool was made by the Angle Steel Stool company and was used in a Pharmacy Dept lab at Purdue University its whole life. Stool features a heavy-duty, riveted, bridg...
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Pair of Industrial Swivel Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of Industrial stools featuring a slatted back, sturdy black iron legs and upholstered swivel seating. (Please confirm item location - N...
Category

1960s Vintage Industrial Stools

Pair of Swiveling Workshop Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of swiveling workshop bar stools. Very sturdy.
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

20th Century Chaise d’Atelier Nicolle, Workshop Chair by Paul-Henry Nicolle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage French Industrial workshop chair made of brushed, waxed metal, the seat height is adjustable. Designed by Paul-Henry Nicolle and produced by NICO...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Painted Steel Train Conductor Step Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, painted steel, train conductor's step stool that tapers at the top to 15.5 x 13.5 inches features it's all original work-worn patina.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Industrial Swivel Green Leather and Metal Stool
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This circa 1940 swivel leather and metal stool could have been used by a dentist or doctor's office. It can be rotated to raise or lower the green leather seat.
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Work Stools by Ama, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial work stools by Ama, circa 1930s - Price is per stool - Steel frame - Solid Elm seat with ply back rest - Designed by Albert Menger - Produced by Ama, Nordhalben -...
Category

1930s German Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Industrial Work Stools by Ama, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial work stools by Ama, circa 1930s - Price is per stool - Steel frame - Solid Elm seat with ply backrest - Designed by Albert Menger - Produced by Ama, Nordhalben - G...
Category

1930s German Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Industrial Brushed Steel And Maple Drafting Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, drafting stool features a brushed steel frame with a maple back and 14 inch round, swivel seat that is height adjustable from 27.5 - 31 inches.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Industrial Work Stools by Ama, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial work stools by Ama, circa 1930s - Price is per stool - Steel frame - Solid Elm seat with ply backrest - Designed by Albert Menger - Produced by Ama, Nordhalben - ...
Category

1930s German Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Industrial Metal Machine Age Shop Stools from Schrade Knife Factory in NY
Located in Wallkill, NY
Fantastic set of six industrial metal stools from schrade knife factory in Ellenville NY.
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Work Stool By Ama, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial work stool by Ama, circa 1930s - Ply seat - Sprung steel back rest - Designed by Albert Menger - Produced by Ama, Nordhalben - German, 1930s - Measures: 39cm wide ...
Category

1930s German Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Beech

Vintage Industrial Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stool has been restored in a bare metal style finish. Wide set legs gives this factory stool a nice flair as well as better balance. (Please confirm item location NY or NJ wi...
Category

1940s Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

W.H. Gispen for Gispen, for Make Up Tabouret in Chrome and Black, circa 1930
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

1930s Dutch Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Chrome

Patinated Cast Iron Barstool
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A patinated cast iron barstool with a dished wooden swivel seat and "pleated" apron on a leaning base culminating from a teardrop foot.
Category

1930s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Iron

1940s Metal Medical Industrial Stool
Located in Wallkill, NY
1940s metal swivel medical stool. Wonderful addition to your Industrial or Mid-Century Modern space. Measuring seat diameter 13-3/4 inches base 13-1/8 inches height 31-1/2 in swivels...
Category

1940s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Bomber Stool Seat Chair Vintage Polished Aluminum Aircraft Airplane Swivel
Located in Oakville, CT
Authentic vintage polished aluminium aircraft aviation airplane swivel seat, chair, stool on walnut base. Overall dimensions are as follows: Height ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of French Industrial Metal and Wood Stools
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A pair of black painted steel stools with round wood seats. Geometric design with a rounded footrest, topped with stained and lacquered pressed wood seats.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Industrial Orange Powder Coated Blue Suede Stool
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Bright orange Industrial era stool with blue faux suede fabric seat. This fun and bright stool has a seat that adjusts for height. Bold and mighty, this fun ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Set of Four Adjustable Shop Stools by Basler Eisenmöbelfabrik Sissach, BES
By Basler Eisenmöbelfabrik Sissach
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of four, Industrial, height adjustable, bent plywood and steel, swivel, shop stools by Swiss maker Basler Eisenmöbelfabrik Sissach, BES feature a well worn patina. Measures: S...
Category

1940s Swiss Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Steel

Little Folding Portable Stools in Brown Leather and Metal Industrial Style
Located in Rome, IT
An unique French vintage folding industrial style chair. It is small enough to put into a normal knapsack, functions perfectly and has vintage ...
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Vintage Adjustable Hema Stolen Stool
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage 1960s Hema Stolen Stool from Sweden Label reads “Hema Stolen Industristolar Ab Stockholm” Base measures 15″ x 15″ Depth measures 17 1/2″ Seat height adjusts from 19 1/2″ ...
Category

1960s Swedish Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal, Steel

Solid Oak and Leather Workshop Drafting Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930's, solid oak, workshop stool with newly upholstered caramel brown leather seat. The diameter of the seat is 14in and the foot ring is 13in high.
Category

1930s American Vintage Industrial Stools

Materials

Leather, Oak

Industrial stools for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Industrial stools for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage stools created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Industrial stools made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original stools, popular names associated with this style include Zieta, Jover + Valls, Oskar Zieta, and Toledo Metal Furniture Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for stools differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $128 and tops out at $12,928 while the average work can sell for $796.

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