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Early 20th Century French Country Wabi Sabi 3-Leg Milking Stool in Ash
Beech
Located in Berlin, DE
This milking splayed leg wood stool was made circa 1900 in Germany.
The seat is carved out of a
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Country Stools
Materials
Ash, Beech
Early 20th Century Wabi Sabi 3-Leg Milking Stool in Ash and Beech, around 1910
Located in Berlin, DE
This primitive milking splayed leg wood stool was made circa 1910. The seat is out of a solid piece
Category
Vintage 1910s German Folk Art Stools
Materials
Ash, Beech
Late 19th Century Mezquite Milking Wood Stool with Thick Round Top
By G. None
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
Antique natural Mezquite milking stool wood stool with thick round top found in Western Mexico
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Stools
Materials
Wood
Antique Scandinavian Stool Late 19th Century
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1494 Antique 19th century milking stool initialed WD
Top diameter 11"
Category
Antique 1890s Stools
Materials
Hardwood
1950s Danish Farm House Black Beech Saddle Stool Scandinavian Shaker Bohemian
By Ejvind A. Johansson, FDB Møbler
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Tight and strong little milking stool. Or room accent, towel prop.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Beech
Perriand Style Stool
Located in Houston, TX
Inspired by the traditional milking stools used by shepherds in the Alps, this Charlotte Perriand’s
Category
20th Century French Stools
Materials
Wood
Teak Stool by Mogens Lassen
By Mogens Lassen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A reinterpreted Classic milking stool with a hand-turned sculpted seat and three screw on, knock
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Teak
French Spiral Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual wooden milking stool made in France, circa 1950s. Thick seat with three spiral legs. No
Category
Vintage 1950s French Stools
Materials
Wood
$1,400
Hand Crafted Swiss Made 3 Legged Stool with Ball Leg
Located in Rümmingen, BW
milk stool on a swiss cow farm. The shape of the stool is very reminiscent of the traditional milk
Category
Late 20th Century French Primitive Stools
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Set of Vintage Stools
Located in Nijlen, BE
A pair of midcentury stools, 1960.
French design.
Could be used as a milk stool, handy ergonomic
Category
Vintage 1960s French Other Stools
Materials
Oak
Scandinavian Tripod Stool, Lacquered Black
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Danish tripod stool or "milking stool" in the spirit of Mogens Lassen. Solid beech black
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Stools
Materials
Beech
Hen
s Nest
Art Populaire Walnut Mountain Stool, Iron Support, France, c. 1900
Located in Brooklyn, NY
'Hen's Nest' art populaire walnut mountain stool, iron support, France, c. 1900
Milk stool from
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Stools
Materials
Iron
French Wooden Tripod Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual wood tripod milking stool made in France, circa 1950s. Great patina to wood with scalloped
Category
Vintage 1950s French Stools
Materials
Wood
Wooden Tripod Stool 19th Century
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
carving which is probably a grip.
This stool is very likely an early European milking stool to milk cows.
Category
Antique 19th Century European Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
Petite Pierre Chapo Inspired Brutalist Fireside Stool
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This little Brutalist solid oak fireside or milking stool with heavy patina. It can be used as a
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Stools
Materials
Wood
Sergio Rodrigues
Mocho
Stool, Brazilian Design
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Brazilian midcentury furniture.
Sergio Rodrigues was inspired by traditional milking stools with one leg and
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Stools
Materials
Wood
Swedish pine stool by Andreas Zätterqvist
Located in Forserum, SE
Swedish milking stool crafted from pine, with decorative dot shaped teak & oak inlays. Handcrafted
Category
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Teak, Pine
Milkstool, 1920
s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The milking stool was made around 1920. Beautiful patina on the seat. It has three legs so that the
Category
Vintage 1920s French Industrial Stools
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern "Mocho" Stool by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil, 1950s
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
traditional cow-milking stools used in Brazil, the three-legged Mocho is a 1954 creation by the acclaimed
Category
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Brutalist Rustic Oak Tripod Stool, France, 1930
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Step into the past with an authentically rustic piece of French history – a milking stool dating
Category
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Early Rustic Wooden Farmhouse Stool, Primitive Carved Milking Bench Late 1900s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
can produce. Originally used as a milking stool, shoemaker’s bench, or child’s footrest, these stools
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Rustic Stools
Materials
Wood
Sergio Rodrigues "Mocho" stool, OCA mark, 1950s, Brazil Modern
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Immenstaad am Bodensee, DE
Rodrigues in 1954. Made from solid turned wood, it is a free interpretation of the "milk stool". In 1955
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Milking tripod Stool / Low Table hand carved in solid rustic fir wood
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Roma, IT
this stool was used in the past as a Milking Stool given its good state of conservation and its
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Stools
Materials
Oak
Pair Vintage Charlotte Perriand ‘Berger’ Low Stools, 1950s
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by rustic “staked” furniture of the Alps such as simple milking stools, this modern
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Hardwood
mid 19th Century Wabi Sabi 3 Leg Stool, Austria Around 1860s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This mid 19th century wabi sabi 3 leg milking stool from Austria is an excellent example of this
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
late 19th Century Wabi Sabi 3 Leg Stool, Austria Around 1890s - 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This late 19th century wabi sabi 3 leg milking stool from Austria is an excellent example of this
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
Primitive Hand Painted Wooden Stool, Round Three Legged, Floral Motive
Located in Rümmingen, BW
Traditional hand painted swiss milk stool. This primitively made stool is made from wood and is
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Primitive Stools
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Sergio Rodrigues Pair of Mocho Stools, 1954
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in London, England
inspired by traditional Brazilian milking stools.
Provenance: From a private collection in Rio de
Category
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Rosewood
American Folk Art Carved Painted Rustic Wooden Stool Fishing Fly Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
traditional milking stools, and a hand-painted motif of a large fishing fly in the center of the seat
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood, Maple
Pair of Vintage Mocho Stools by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazilian Mid-Century, 1954
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
its original cushions.
As a free interpretation of a typical rural artifact, the cow-milking stool
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Tabouret Berger (Berger Stool) by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Centreville, VA
the creation of two historic design low table-stools inspired respectively by the milking stool used
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Antique Rustic Early American Shaker Woven Rush Milking Foot Stool Jute Seat 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century rustic early American / country farmhouse / Shaker style milking stool / foot
Category
Early 20th Century Shaker Footstools
Materials
Rush, Hardwood
Carved Dark Tripod Stool, Europe Ca Mid-20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
natural form as much as possible, with only the hand carving interrupting its texture. A milking stool at
Category
Mid-20th Century European Other Stools
Materials
Wood
European Solid Wood Stool with Mortise and Tenon Joinery, Europe ca 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
milking stool. With a highly functional history and modernist look, this stool is a rare and stylish piece
Category
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Solid Wood Wabi-Sabi Stool with Tripod Legs, Europe Mid-20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
milking stools, utilizing wedged mortise and tenon joinery. The tripod legs are splayed for additional
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Hand Made Wooden Milk or Step Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional milk or step stool hand crafted of solid wood with no modern screws, or nails. The
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Stools
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Sabino Min Milking Wood Stool
By G. None
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
Antique natural Sabino mini milking wood stool with thick round top found in Western Mexico .
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Rustic Stools
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Berger Walnut Wood Stool For Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
historic design low table-stools inspired respectively by the milking stool used by mountain shepherds in
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Amazing 19thc Bittersweet Original Painted Stool From New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic early plank seat 19thc milking stool was found in New England originally and is in
Category
Antique 19th Century American Painted Furniture
Early Rustic 19th Century Farm House Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. This milking stool looks like it ended up being a cobblers bench. This 19th century beauty is early
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Adirondack Primitives
Materials
Wood
Yellow Painted Paper Pulp Milkstool
Goodnight Moon Edition
By Fort Makers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Milk stool by Chiaozza
2021
Materials: Painted paper pulp
Dimensions: H 9" x W 14" x D 5
Category
2010s North American Modern Bookcases
Materials
Paper
"Mocho" Stool by Sergio Rodrigues in Solid Jacaranda for OCA, Brazil, 1950
s
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Uithoorn, NL
, easy to use and comfortable to sit on.
The Mocho is inspired by a cow-milking stool. A piece of
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Jacaranda
Pair of Primitivist Wooden Stools Wanderwood, France, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
These small and quirky ‘milking’ stools are crafted from hardwood and evoke a more Primitive and
Category
Early 20th Century French Rustic Side Tables
Materials
Wood
19th C Hand Painted Stencil Stool with Star
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C hand painted stencil milking/step. Stool is from Soap Hollow, West Pennsylvania.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Country Stools
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern Mocho Stool by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil 1950
s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
traditional cow-milking stools used in Brazil, the three-legged Mocho is a 1954 creation by the acclaimed
Category
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Jacaranda, Rosewood
Small Tribal Wooden Stool, Tanzania, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
small wooden stool served primarily as a milking stool, and comes from any one of a number of pastoral
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Small Tribal Wooden Stool from Tanzania, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
as a milking stool, and comes from any one of a number of pastoral or agricultural groups in Tanzania
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Small Tribal Wooden Stool from Tanzania, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
primarily as a milking stool, and comes from any one of a number of pastoral or agricultural groups in
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Wigtownshire Creamery Co Stranraer Stoneware Transferware Pot
Located in Houston, TX
milkmaid holding a bucket and milking stool, surrounded by a scrolled cartouche showing the name of the
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Edwardian Jars
Materials
Ironstone
Set of six Rainer Daumiller solid pine dining chairs for Hirtshals Savvaerk
By Hirtshals Savvaerk, Rainer Daumiller
Located in London, GB
Drawing from the traditional Danish milking stool, designer Rainer Daumiller carefully balanced
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Pine
Victorian Style Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
heads, flanked by cast panels displaying country scenes. On the left panel-a milk maid with her milking
Category
Vintage 1940s English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Short Tribal Wooden Stool from Tanzania, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
unusual, and quite charming. It served primarily as a milking stool, and comes from any one of a number of
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Staffordshire Rare Transfer Printed Cow
Milkmaid Pottery Figure
By Staffordshire
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
on a milking stool. The body of the cow is unusually transfer printed to two sides in blue against a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
All Original Milk Glass and Iron Swivel Stool Industrial Factory Table
By Sani Products Company
Located in Peekskill, NY
spot. This is the original with the iron and wood chair backs and a one inch thick milk glass tabletop
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Iron
PRIMITIVE ANTiQUE 1800 SPANISH 18TH CENTURY FOUR LEGGED BENCH OR COFFEE TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
milking stool but those were much smaller, this wouldn't work for that function so I have no idea what it
Category
Antique Early 1800s Spanish Primitive Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Milking Stool
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wooden milking stool with N. A. Floden stamped underneath seat. Swedish, c1820.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Stools
Materials
Wood
$850
African Milking Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
African Milking Stool
Category
20th Century Stools
Materials
Wood
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Find a variety of milking stools available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique milking stools was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and oak. Find 471 antique and vintage milking stools at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 101 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of milking stools available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Milking stools made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made milking stools over the years, but those made by Charlotte Perriand, Cassina and Sergio Rodrigues are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Milking Stools?
Milking stools can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $757, while the lowest priced sells for $100 and the highest can go for as much as $173,813.
Finding the Right Stools for You
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.
Questions About Milking Stools
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023Milking stools typically have three legs. The reason for this design is that three legs tend to keep stools stabler on uneven ground in barns and pastures. Shop an assortment of milking stools on 1stDibs.
- How tall are milking stools?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023How tall milking stools are varies from piece to piece. However, most of the three-legged wooden stools are 12 inches high or less. This height made them ideal for their original purpose: allowing people to sit comfortably while milking a cow. On 1stDibs, find a selection of milking stools from some of the world's top sellers.
- What is milking stool?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023A milking stool is a stool that has three legs and a semicircular seat. The original purpose of the stool was for farmers to sit on while milking cows. However, people now use them as everyday indoor accent chairs and even as decorative accents. Find a variety of milking stools on 1stDibs.
- Who invented the milking stool?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023Merrill T. Hamilton invented the milking stool and received a patent for his design in 1906. He created the stool with three legs instead of four to increase stability on uneven surfaces in barns and pastures, so a farmer could more easily milk cows. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of milking stools.
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