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17th Century and Later Oak Joined Stool
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
17th century and later oak joined stool
Of unusual design, with canted square top and tall
Category
Antique 17th Century British Stools
Materials
Oak
Pair of 19th Century French Walnut Stools
Located in High Point, NC
central finial. This pair of stools is very unusual in shape and size. They would be a lovely addition to
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Stools
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Colonial Era Ethiopian Stool with Decorative African Carving
Located in New York, NY
A great Ethiopian stool with unusual motifs carved on the legs. The patina is rich and the carving
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Rattan Stools Made in Spain 1950
By Franco Albini
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
of heavy usage or weakened parts of framework. These particular stools have unusual shaped frames and
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Rattan
Low French Midcentury Wooden Bobbin Stool or Side Table
Located in London, GB
An unusual turned bobbin stool which would work as a side table or plant stand.
French, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Unique Pair of Midcentury Adrian Pearsall Swivel Bar Stools
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ensuring optimal comfort. This rare and unusual pair of swivel back stools have a thick padded seat covered
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Three Midcentury Italian Bar Stools in Brushed Aluminium and Steel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This very sculptural set of bar stools is very unusual and absolutely gorgeous.
Original black
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Sought after
Hourglass Framed
Leather Charlotte Perriand Stool Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Markington, GB
Perriand stool, stunning stools very unusual and sought after, designed by Charlotte Perriand for and used
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Bar Stool with Cain Seat, Made in Italy
Located in Vienna, Austria
An unusual Italian bar stool with cane seat. The metal has a brass color with a lovely patina. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Decorative French Napoleon III Single Foot Stool, France, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century very decorative and unusual French Napoleon III foot stool.
Ebonized frame with red
Category
Antique 19th Century French Stools
Materials
Linen
Pair of Danish, 1950s Oak and Cane Stools by Olholm
By Ølholm Møbelfabrik
Located in Skanninge, SE
A pair of unusual, 1950s stools by Ölholm Möbelfabrik. Oak and with cane seats.
Both the oak
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Set of 4 Midcentury French Twisted Grapevine Handcrafted Root Bar Stools
Located in London, England
A set of 4, French, unique and unusual, midcentury organic grapevine root bar stools.. This unusual
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Italian Wrought Iron Bar Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. These unusual parlor stools have splayed feet and a round kick rest with excellent detail. This sturdy
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Moorish Style Tabouret Stools Hand Carved Wood and Embroidered Leather C1950s
Located in Trensacq, FR
Unusual Moorish style tabouret stools C 1950s Morocco. Hand-embroidered green leather upholstery
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Stools
Materials
Leather, Pine
William 1Vth, Regency Period, Mahogany, COLUMN STAND or STOOL, circa 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an unusual STAND or STOOL made from mahogany with a central pine core.
The stand has an
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British William IV Stools
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany, Pine
Vintage 3 Original Leather Selected by Charlotte Perriand Stools for Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Markington, GB
Perriand stools in France, stunning stools very unusual and sought after, selected by Charlotte Perriand
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Vintage cognac colour Leather Stools Selected by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Markington, GB
These are the rarest tallest stools by Charlotte Perriand available!
Sought after six leather
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Pair of Solid Oak Arts and Crafts Stools, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Solid and well-made pair of solid oak stools of unusual design. Elegant, with nice attention to
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Stools
Vintage Six Original Leather Selected by Charlotte Perriand Stools for Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Markington, GB
These are the rarest tallest stools by Charlotte Perriand available!
Sought after six leather
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Vintage 3 Original Leather selected by Charlotte Perriand Stools for Les Arcs
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Markington, GB
These are the rarest tallest stools by Charlotte Perriand available!
Sought after 3x leather
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Vintage Four Black Leather Stools Selected by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Markington, GB
,
stunning stools very unusual and sought after, these were selected by Charlotte Perriand for and used in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Set of Four Early 20th Century Copper Bar Stools from an Italian Ocean Liner
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A rare and very unusual set of four bar stools with copper bases and orange yellow velours seats
Category
20th Century Italian Streamlined Moderne Stools
Materials
Copper
“Grégoire” Tabouret by Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, France, 1960s
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Utrecht, NL
quite unusual for stools in general. In a perfectly symmetrical arrangement, the legs are connected by
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Sheepskin, Oak
Pair of Unusual Foot Stools
By Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual foot stools in the style of Phillip Powell, circa 1960s, walnut with caned tops
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Footstools
A Set of Three Unusual Libriary Stools
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A set of three libriary or child stools. Super sturdy and well-made of solid birch circa 1950s
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Unusual Hand-Carved African Stool, Early-Mid-20th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
African carved wood stool from Ghana, circa 1920s-1930s, very unusual form, twisted knot design on
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Roland Ward Unusual Roman Walnut Chair with Deer Feet
Located in Leuven , BE
This is a rare and unusual taxidermy stool. The walnut upper section of the X-frame with turned
Category
Antique 19th Century British Taxidermy
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Yoruba Style Figurative Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in a classic Yoruba form, this figurative stool is unusual for its highly patterned painted
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Pr. Bentwood Thonet Ottoman Stools
By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of iconic Thonet bentwood and caned stools, by Thonet. Unusual to find these as in pairs, both
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Footstools
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Antique campaign daybed ottoman centre stool
Located in Stroud, GB
Unusual campaign dissembling stool standing on substantial turned Walnut legs.
Secured with hand
Category
Antique 19th Century British Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Oak
Danish Modern Three-Legged Stool by Selig
By Selig
Located in Toledo, OH
An unusual Danish Modern Stool. The stool features three teak legs with black inlay. Top is
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Antique Leather Foot Stool with Nail Head Trim
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An unusual, vintage brown leather foot stool with a wood frame and saddle shape, decorated with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Footstools
Materials
Leather
19th Century Gothic Oak Stool, British or Possibly Irish
Located in Brecht, BE
A very unusual quirky Gothic oak "bat" stool, 19th century,
British or possibly Irish.
Category
Antique 1820s British Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Cent. Metamorphic Low Chair / Prayer Stool / Prie Dieu
Located in San Francisco, CA
A unusual prie dieu (prayer stool ) chair, early 19th century, Italian, with padded arms,hingeing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Campaign Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
1950s American Modern Mid Century Reversible Top Small Chess Table/Stool
By Lane Furniture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very unusual cube chess table / stool, in walnut circa 1950s beautiful grain on the wood, top
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Naugahyde, Walnut
Square Walnut Coffee Table with Four Nesting Upholstered Stools, France 1940
s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Unusual coffee table with nesting stools, walnut & leather.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Upholstery
William IVth, Fruitwood Stool or Stand, Turned Legs and Stretchers, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an unusual English low stand or stool.
The top is rectangular and very thick (about 1.75
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany
20th Century Lounge Chair with Foot Stool Steel Furniture German Desta Berlin
Located in Epfach, DE
Unusual lounge chair with foot stool made tubular steel, what is special that the chair is still
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Bronze Ottoman by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan ca
1950
s
By Walter Lamb
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Unusual, early production foot stool by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan, ca' 1950's. Nice patina
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1950s Italian Footstools or Ottomans, Brass and Green
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A pair of unusual brass Italian stools with the original green upholstery. Left as found but could
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Footstools
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Oval Footstool with Walnut Frame and Tapestry Top
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Victorian period, circa 1840-1850.
The stool has an unusual oval shape with a solid walnut frame sitting
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Footstools
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
William 1Vth English circular Footstool Box Inlaid Hardwood, Circa 1830
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
storage / sewing box. as the top is hinged, which is most unusual. The stool is circular with a hinged
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood, Walnut
Unique Mid-Century Modern Vinyl and Lucite Bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful vintage modern bench or stool features unusual winged Lucite sides designed for optimal
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Faux Leather, Lucite
A Pair of Leather Stools
Located in New York, NY
Pair of unusual round leather Stools.
Original leather.
Diameter of seat: 14
Category
20th Century French Stools
Materials
Leather
Italian 1950s Vintage Stool in the Shape of the Lips
Located in London, GB
This beautiful and unusual stool in the shape of the lips been found in Italy, circa 1950
Category
20th Century Italian Stools
James II Design Walnut Stool
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A most unusual stool of James II design in walnut on well carved shaped supports, the upper section
Category
Antique 19th Century British James II Stools
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Walnut Saddle Seat Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality late 19th century walnut saddle seat stool.
This unusual stool has a shaped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Stools
Materials
Walnut
Unusual bicycle form stools
Located in New York, NY
These stools are made from bicycle parts. They may have been made for a club here in NYC. The
Category
Vintage 1970s American Stools
Materials
Steel
Unusual Victorian Brass Music Stool
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5365 Rare Victorian music stool in brass, having newly covered, height adjustable seat with low
Category
Antique 19th Century Stools
Materials
Brass
Unusual Aluminum and Leather Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant and very graphic stool/bench in aluminum and leather. This piece has a great profile and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Stools
Materials
Aluminum
Unusual Victorian Stool with Banded Legs
Located in Hudson, NY
a very unusual Victorian swivel stool with a beautiful base and legs with a tapering banded design
Category
Antique 19th Century American Stools
Materials
Brass
Great Set of Unusual Industrial Stools, Netherlands
Located in Hudson, NY
Great set of unusual Industrial stools, Netherlands, circa 1960 with bowed stretchers.
Category
Vintage 1960s European Stools
Materials
Metal
Unusual 3-legged Stool with Sculpted Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual "modern meets primitive" 3-legged stool with a beautiful sculpted seat and faceted legs
Category
20th Century American Stools
Unusual Jacobean Style Oak Revolving Stool/Table
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Jacobean Style Oak Joint Stool and Revolving Table, England, Late 19th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century English Stools
Materials
Oak
Unusual Chinese Root and Burl Stool, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual Chinese Root and Burl Stool, circa 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Stools
Unusual Edwardian period oak stool from England c. 1940
Located in Houston, TX
An unusual Edwardian period oak bench from England c. 1940. This charming piece of seating
Category
Vintage 1940s English Stools
Materials
Oak, Upholstery
An Unusual English Elm Top "Windsor" Style Stool, circa 1800
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unusual English elm top "Windsor" style stool with rounded seat, circa 1800.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Stools
Materials
Elm
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An assortment of unusual stools is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct unusual stools — often made from wood, metal and fabric — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of unusual stools available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Unusual stools made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many unusual stools are appealing in their simplicity, but Lane Furniture and Toledo Metal Furniture Co. produced popular unusual stools that are worth a look.
How Much are Unusual Stools?
Prices for unusual stools can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, unusual stools begin at $270 and can go as high as $40,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.
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.
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