Victorian Adjustable Piano Stool by Charles Parker, USA, 1890s
By Charles Parker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian Piano Stool, attributed to Charles Parker, features a round, solid wood seat atop a turned central post and four splayed, lathe-turned legs connected by curved stretchers.
Glass, Wood
19th Century Cast Iron Piano Stool by Charles Parker Co.
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Late 19th century circa 1885–1905 American adjustable piano or organ stool by the Charles Parker Company of Meriden, Connecticut, clearly stamped “CHAS.
Metal, Iron
Sold
H 19 in Dm 14.5 in
1900s Antique Victorian Piano Stool Charles Parker Brass Glass Eagle Claw Feet
By Charles Parker
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s antique Victorian piano stool Charles Parker Solid wood and brass glass eagle talon claw feet Measures: 14.5 diameter x 19 tall Seat height is adjustable.
Brass
Late 19th Century Pair of Charles Parker & Co Piano Stools, Side Tables
By Charles Parker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very near pair of Charles Parker & Co piano stools, with their original heavily worn paint.
Walnut
Late 19th c. Mahogany Claw Foot Piano Stool c.1880
By Charles Parker
Located in San Francisco, CA
CREATOR The Charles Parker Co. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880-1900.
Iron
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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