Stools

A stool does more than one job: a seat at the table, a step, a side table in the corner, a sculpture when nobody sits on it. Wood, stone, ceramic, leather and metal, from makers large and small. Every product links straight to the maker's own site.

Stool V.SS.01

Verk

Live Edge Stump

Kalon

Masonry Stool

Lland

Bell Stool

Studio Sam Klemick

Sgabello

Bitossi Ceramiche

2 finishes

Pressure Stool

Tim Teven Studio

Albert Stool H500

Mass Productions

KARUSELL stool

Ingridsdotter

Fig 14

Cultivation Objects

Eros

Giulio Zizzari

NATIONALPALLEN

Källemo

Stool Five

Another Country

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How this Edit is chosen

12 pieces from 444 stools by 103 makers, taken one per maker where possible so no single maker fills the page. They are not ranked. The full range is on the stools page.

What to look for

Match the height to the surface: commonly around 45 cm at a dining table, 60-65 cm at a counter.
Check the seat shape and size, because with no back the seat does all the work.
Three legs sit steadier on an uneven floor; four need a level one.

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