There are two distinct types of stools. The earliest is the simplest type of seat furniture probably devised by human beings, consisting of a short wooden bench standing either on four legs or sometimes a flat-shaped support at either end. The legs may be square or turned, and in primitive versions simply sticks cut from a tree. Round milking stools usually had only three short legs. The second more sophisticated type of stools, were constructed with a frame joined by mortice and tenon joints. Using this construction method, padded or upholstered stools for use in the drawing room have been made since the 17th century, following the trends in stylistic design over the years.

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A circular footstool with plum velvet button upholstery, 19th…

Plum Velvet Button Footstool, 19th Century

A circular footstool with plum velvet button upholstery, 19th century, 10 cm high, 32 cm diameter

A Victorian green velvet covered footstool, 40 x 60 x 60 cm

Victorian Green Velvet Footstool - 40x60x60cm

A Victorian green velvet covered footstool, 40 x 60 x 60 cm

A 19th century folding X stool with tapestry upholstery, 26 cm…

19th Century Tapestry X Stool from Stevens Estate

A 19th century folding X stool with tapestry upholstery, 26 cm high. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens.

A Victorian mahogany tapestry foot stool, timber legs with a…

Mahogany Tapestry Foot Stool with Floral Design

A Victorian mahogany tapestry foot stool, timber legs with a floral tapestry, 21 x 38 x 33 cm

Victorian mahogany revolving piano seat

Victorian Mahogany Piano Seat

Victorian mahogany revolving piano seat

Victorian pine milking stool

Victorian Pine Milking Stool

Victorian pine milking stool

Victorian long foot stool with beaded upholstery, 116 cm x 29 cm

Beaded Victorian Foot Stool (116cm x 29cm)

Victorian long foot stool with beaded upholstery, 116 cm x 29 cm

A small Victorian footstool, 19th century, with cabriole legs…

Victorian Blue Velvet Footstool with Cabriole Legs

A small Victorian footstool, 19th century, with cabriole legs and whorl feet, upholstered in blue velvet

Victorian mahogany oblong footstool, with upholstered top

Mahogany Footstool with Upholstered Top

Victorian mahogany oblong footstool, with upholstered top

Late Victorian commode stool, with a hinged top, opening to…

Victorian Commode Stool with Hinged Top and Turned Legs

Late Victorian commode stool, with a hinged top, opening to bowl and cover, raised on four turned legs

Late Victorian commode stool, of square form, with hinged cover,…

Victorian Commode Stool with Hinged Cover

Late Victorian commode stool, of square form, with hinged cover, on four turned legs

A Victorian mahogany leather top circular swivel piano stool,…

Victorian Swivel Piano Stool with Leather Top

A Victorian mahogany leather top circular swivel piano stool, 51 x 39 x 39 cm

Victorian swivel piano stool, with blue velvet upholstered top,…

Blue Velvet Victorian Swivel Piano Stool

Victorian swivel piano stool, with blue velvet upholstered top, height 50 cm approx

A late Victorian mahogany & tapestry foot stool, 15 x 36 x 31 cm

Victorian Mahogany Tapestry Foot Stool

A late Victorian mahogany & tapestry foot stool, 15 x 36 x 31 cm

Victorian swivel piano stool

Victorian Swivel Piano Stool

Victorian swivel piano stool

Two similar Victorian foot-stools, each circular, with a domed…

Pair of Victorian Needlework Foot-stools

Two similar Victorian foot-stools, each circular, with a domed padded needlework top above the frame, on small feet, one mahogany, one walnut(?). Height 12 cm. Diameter 27 cm.

Carved 19th century footstool with floral tapestry cover

Floral Tapestry Footstool

Carved 19th century footstool with floral tapestry cover

An antique footstool with grey upholstery, 19th century, 15 cm…

19th Century Grey Upholstered Antique Footstool - 15x35x35cm

An antique footstool with grey upholstery, 19th century, 15 cm high, 35 cm wide, 35 cm deep

An antique revolving piano stool, carved walnut with dusty pink…

Antique Walnut Revolving Piano Stool with Pink Upholstery

An antique revolving piano stool, carved walnut with dusty pink upholstered top, 19th century, 50 cm high, seat 29 cm diameter

An Australian ebonized cedar footstool, 19th century 14 cm high,…

19th Century Australian Ebonized Cedar Footstool

An Australian ebonized cedar footstool, 19th century 14 cm high, 29 cm wide, 24 cm deep

Two antique mahogany upholstered footstools, 19th to early 20th…

Antique Mahogany Upholstered Footstools

Two antique mahogany upholstered footstools, 19th to early 20th century, of typical low profile, a round stool with toupie feet with handworked tapestry and delicate beadwork upholstery, and an oval stool with petite cabriole legs with dusky plum cut…

A Victorian mahogany and green velvet upholstered piano stool,…

Victorian Mahogany Green Velvet Piano Stool

A Victorian mahogany and green velvet upholstered piano stool, 61 x 57 x 35 cm

A pair of Victorian tapestry covered foot stools, 19th century,…

Victorian Tapestry Foot Stools with Tunbridge Decoration

A pair of Victorian tapestry covered foot stools, 19th century, the walnut circular stools with Tunbridge style decoration, each with floral tapestry covers and raised on porcelain ball feet. Height 13 cm. Diameter 26 cm

A pair of Victorian footstools with period beaded upholstery.

Victorian Beaded Footstools

A pair of Victorian footstools with period beaded upholstery.

Small Victorian walnut oval foot stool

Victorian Walnut Oval Footstool

Small Victorian walnut oval foot stool

Victorian walnut piano stool with rotating height adjustable…

Victorian Walnut Rotating Piano Stool

Victorian walnut piano stool with rotating height adjustable seat supported by carved tripod base.

Pair of late Victorian round footstools with tapestry…

Victorian Tapestry Round Footstools (Pair)

Pair of late Victorian round footstools with tapestry upholstery, 32 cm diameter

Antique Victorian swivel tri legged piano stool, circa 1870s

Victorian Tri-Legged Piano Stool (1870s)

Antique Victorian swivel tri legged piano stool, circa 1870s

A Victorian walnut footstool, 19th century, the long stool with…

Victorian Walnut Footstool with Chippendale Carving

A Victorian walnut footstool, 19th century, the long stool with carved Chippendale style acanthus and ball and claw feet, upholstered in diamond patterned pale gold fabric, height: 28 cm, length 117 cm, width 39 cm

A round Victorian mahogany footstool, 19th century, the padded…

Victorian Mahogany Footstool with Floral Mounts

A round Victorian mahogany footstool, 19th century, the padded footstool with an undulating skirt and short cabriole legs with whorl feet and floral mounts, upholstered in a beige, tan and sage striped silk, height 17 cm, diameter 33 cm

Victorian walnut dressing stool, quatrefoil outline on cabriole…

Victorian Walnut Quatrefoil Dressing Stool

Victorian walnut dressing stool, quatrefoil outline on cabriole legs (one leg restored)

Late Victorian mahogany stool circa late 19th century, height…

Late Victorian Mahogany Stool - 50cm Height

Late Victorian mahogany stool circa late 19th century, height 50 cm

An Australian ebonized cedar footstool, 19th century, 14 cm…

19th Century Australian Ebonized Cedar Footstool

An Australian ebonized cedar footstool, 19th century, 14 cm high, 29 cm wide, 24 cm deep

A Victorian mahogany tripod based piano stool, 19th century,…

Victorian Mahogany Piano Stool by Charles Wadman, Bath

A Victorian mahogany tripod based piano stool, 19th century, with maker's mark, Charles Wadman, Bath, no. 6693, with a shaped and reeded pedestal to sweeping legs with whorl feet, the stuffover seat upholstered in sage velvet, height 52 cm

A Victorian rococo revival Adjustble Mahohany piano stool,…

Victorian Rococo Mahogany Piano Stool

A Victorian rococo revival Adjustble Mahohany piano stool, second half 19th century, the stuffover stool having three integral cabriole legs with pendant embellishments united by a triskelian stretcher, a central bobbin section beneath the seat housing…

A late Victorian swivel piano stool, with a leopard print seat,…

Leopard Print Swivel Piano Stool

A late Victorian swivel piano stool, with a leopard print seat, 50 cm high

A Victorian gold upholstered foot stool. 35 cm high, 60 cm wide,…

Victorian Gold Upholstered Foot Stool - Elegant and Chic

A Victorian gold upholstered foot stool. 35 cm high, 60 cm wide, 40 cm deep

A Victorian piano stool, English, circa 1880, 48 cm high, 40 cm…

Victorian Piano Stool, English, Circa 1880

A Victorian piano stool, English, circa 1880, 48 cm high, 40 cm diameter

A dressing stool with tapestry seat French 19th century 60 cm…

A dressing stool with tapestry seat French 19th century 60 cm long 45 cm deep 45 cm high, French 19th century, 60 cm long 45 cm deep 45 cm high

An Australian cedar footstool with turned legs and upholstered…

19th Century Cedar Footstool with Upholstered Top

An Australian cedar footstool with turned legs and upholstered top, 19th century, 23 cm high, 75 cm wide, 32 cm deep

Victorian mahogany circular revolving piano stool, on reeded…

Victorian Mahogany Revolving Piano Stool with Scroll Feet

Victorian mahogany circular revolving piano stool, on reeded baluster column, circular platform base and scroll feet

Victorian tripod base revolving piano stool

Victorian Revolving Piano Stool with Tripod Base

Victorian tripod base revolving piano stool

Victorian elm stool, turned legs and stretchers with…

Kelim-Topped Elm Stool with Turned Legs

Victorian elm stool, turned legs and stretchers with upholstered Kelim top

Pair 19th century Turkish ottoman coral & tortoiseshell…

Turkish Ottoman Coral & Tortoiseshell Sherbert Spoons Pair

Pair 19th century Turkish ottoman coral & tortoiseshell Sherbert spoons

Victorian beaded foot stool with floral decoration,W31.5 cm…

Victorian Floral Beaded Foot Stool, 31.5 cm

Victorian beaded foot stool with floral decoration,W31.5 cm approx

A late Victorian circular inlaid footstool with tapestry top…

Circular Inlaid Footstool with Tapestry Top and Porcelain Feet

A late Victorian circular inlaid footstool with tapestry top and porcelain feet. Diameter 28 cm

Victorian stool, raised on cabriole legs recovered in green…

Green Velour Stool with French Tapestry Panel

Victorian stool, raised on cabriole legs recovered in green velour together with a French tapestry panel

A Victorian mahogany adjustable piano stool with glass ball…

Victorian Mahogany Piano Stool with Glass Ball Feet

A Victorian mahogany adjustable piano stool with glass ball feet, 49 x 38 cm (lowest height)

A Victorian mahogany red velvet upholstered swivel piano stool

Victorian Swivel Piano Stool with Red Velvet Upholstery

A Victorian mahogany red velvet upholstered swivel piano stool

Antique 19th century extremely heavy cast brass footman's stool,…

19th Century Cast Brass Footman's Stool

Antique 19th century extremely heavy cast brass footman's stool, approx 28 cm high, 46 cm wide, 39 cm deep

An upholstered Victorian mahogany bed Step / footstool on four…

Victorian Upholstered Bed Stool with Carved Legs

An upholstered Victorian mahogany bed Step / footstool on four carved cabriole legs 113 x 30 x 20 cm

A 19th century American adjustable stool, with metal eagle claw…

A 19th century American adjustable stool, with metal eagle claw feet on glass balls and a heavy patina. Lowest height 48 cm, depth 36 cm, max height approx. 61 cm

Pair of Victorian stools with hinged lids and beaded top

Beaded Victorian Stools with Hinged Lids

Pair of Victorian stools with hinged lids and beaded top

Victorian walnut inlaid footstool with tapestry top

Walnut Inlaid Tapestry Footstool

Victorian walnut inlaid footstool with tapestry top

19th century carved walnut revolving piano stool

Carved Walnut Revolving Piano Stool (7 words)

19th century carved walnut revolving piano stool

Country stool late 19th century, French oak, peg construction,…

French Oak Country Stool, Late 19th Century

Country stool late 19th century, French oak, peg construction, solid Build, height 33 cm, length 94, depth 29 cm

Large Victorian foot stool/fire seat c.1850

Victorian Fire Seat Footstool

Large Victorian foot stool/fire seat c.1850

Mid 19th century rosewood revolving piano stool

Rosewood Revolving Piano Stool (7 words)

Mid 19th century rosewood revolving piano stool

Victorian beaded upholstered foot stool, with floral decoration,…

Victorian Floral Beaded Foot Stool (8 words)

Victorian beaded upholstered foot stool, with floral decoration, diameter 32 cm

An Australian cedar and pine circular footstool, South…

Antique Australian Cedar and Pine Footstool

An Australian cedar and pine circular footstool, South Australian origin, 19th century, 16 cm high, 32 cm diameter

A Victorian upholstered mahogany footstool, 19th century with…

Victorian Pink Velvet Footstool

A Victorian upholstered mahogany footstool, 19th century with four short cabriole carved legs and upholstered in pale pink velvet. Height 45 cm, length 50 cm, width 50 cm

A Victorian rosewood stool, circa 1850. Provenance:  Howard…

Victorian Rosewood Stool with Carved Legs and Blue Upholstery

A Victorian rosewood stool, circa 1850. Provenance: Howard Blay Antiques, Surrey for £520. The legs with carved leaf surmounts and scroll feet, upholstered with pale blue damask with a sprig and lattice design, height: 45 cm, length 42 cm, width 42 cm

A Victorian rosewood piano stool, 19th century, the buttoned…

Victorian Rosewood Piano Stool with Carved Base

A Victorian rosewood piano stool, 19th century, the buttoned stuffover stool with a baluster pedestal and carved tripod base, with cabriole legs and whorl feet, height 50 cm

A French oak hole to hole cane stool, late 19th century, the…

French Oak Cane Stool, Late 19th Century

A French oak hole to hole cane stool, late 19th century, the oval stool with a parquetry border to the skirt and raised on tapering, ribbed legs to a stretcher base, height 54 cm, length 50 cm, width 39 cm

A Victorian mahogany piano stool 47 cm

Victorian Mahogany Piano Stool - 47cm Height

A Victorian mahogany piano stool 47 cm

A Victorian walnut piano stool 37 x 45 cm

Victorian Walnut Piano Stool - Antique Furniture

A Victorian walnut piano stool 37 x 45 cm

Victorian mahogany commode stool, circa 1880, with bowl

1880 Victorian Mahogany Commode Stool with Bowl

Victorian mahogany commode stool, circa 1880, with bowl

Victorian Piano Stool

Victorian Piano Stool

Victorian Piano Stool

Victorian adjustable height piano stool velvet upholstered seat,…

Victorian Velvet Piano Stool with Adjustable Height

Victorian adjustable height piano stool velvet upholstered seat, adjustable mechanism, to carved tri-footed base.

A Victorian footstool, claw and ball feet, cross stitch…

Victorian Embroidered Footstool with Claw Feet

A Victorian footstool, claw and ball feet, cross stitch embroidery, height 46 cm, width 54 cm, depth 42 cm

A late Victorian mahogany upholstered long stool, circa 1900,…

Victorian Mahogany Long Stool with Floral Upholstery

A late Victorian mahogany upholstered long stool, circa 1900, the carved mahogany long stool upholstered in floral patterned pale gold fabric, raised on Chippendale style cabriole legs, height 46 cm, length 127 cm, width 56 cm

Victorian revolving piano stool, with turned column support and…

Victorian Revolving Piano Stool with Carved Legs

Victorian revolving piano stool, with turned column support and three scroll carved legs

Victorian walnut piano stool with rotating height seat…

Victorian Walnut Rotating Piano Stool with Carved Base

Victorian walnut piano stool with rotating height seat supported by a carved tripod base

A Victorian walnut piano stool with buttoned upholstered top…

Victorian Walnut Piano Stool with Carved Base

A Victorian walnut piano stool with buttoned upholstered top and carved tripod base. Diameter 33 cm

An elm stool in the Renaissance manner, late 19th century, the…

Renaissance-inspired Elm Stool

An elm stool in the Renaissance manner, late 19th century, the rectangular framed stool with square x form legs terminating in scroll feet and supported by a single turned stretcher; the seat padded and covered in Renaissance inspired tapestry and…

A Victorian walnut piano stool, with revolving top, raised on…

Victorian Walnut Revolving Piano Stool

A Victorian walnut piano stool, with revolving top, raised on triform base.

An antique Colonial blackwood footstool with cabriole legs,…

An antique Colonial blackwood footstool with cabriole legs, 19th century, 40 cm high, 50 cm wide, 49 cm deep

An antique Australian blackwood stool, Tasmanian origin, 19th…

19th Century Tasmanian Blackwood Stool: Australian Antique, 50cm High

An antique Australian blackwood stool, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 50 cm high

Victorian stool Rosewood with needlework seat, approx 44 cmH

Rosewood Stool with Needlework Seat

Victorian stool Rosewood with needlework seat, approx 44 cmH

A pair of Victorian gilt wood beaded tapestry footstools.

Victorian Beaded Tapestry Footstools in Gilt Wood

A pair of Victorian gilt wood beaded tapestry footstools.

An elegant late Victorian mahogany revolving piano stool, with…

Victorian Mahogany Revolving Piano Stool with Gold Velvet Seat

An elegant late Victorian mahogany revolving piano stool, with gold velvet seat.

Victorian piano stool on three iron legs

Iron-legged Victorian Piano Stool

Victorian piano stool on three iron legs

Late 19th century bespoke stool, the padded circular top with…

Ironwork Bespoke Stool with Padded Circular Top

Late 19th century bespoke stool, the padded circular top with ironwork base

European Wishbone stool late 19th century, primitive…

Primitive European Wishbone Stool

European Wishbone stool late 19th century, primitive construction, with three legs, height 54 cm, length 92 cm, depth 70 cm

Victorian walnut footstool with Queen Anne legs

Victorian Walnut Footstool: Queen Anne Legs

Victorian walnut footstool with Queen Anne legs

Victorian adjustable wood carved piano stool upholstered seat,…

Victorian Carved Wood Piano Stool with Adjustable Height

Victorian adjustable wood carved piano stool upholstered seat, with adjustable height, to carved wood tri-footed base.

Thonet Bohemian bentwood stool with ebonised finish, 19th…

Ebonised Thonet Bentwood Stool, 19th Century

Thonet Bohemian bentwood stool with ebonised finish, 19th century, remains of paper label (illegible), 58 cm high, 41 cm diameter

A long antique footstool with upholstered top, 19th century, 10…

Antique Upholstered Footstool, 19th Century

A long antique footstool with upholstered top, 19th century, 10 cm high, 130 cm wide, 26 cm deep

An antique mahogany long upholstered footstool, 19th century,…

19th Century Mahogany Upholstered Footstool

An antique mahogany long upholstered footstool, 19th century, the long footstool with four scrolling feet and a stuffover top upholstered in silvery cream velvet, height 21 cm, length 109 cm, width 21 cm

A walnut veneer Louis XV style upholstered stool, 19th century.…

Louis XV Walnut Veneer Stool with Gilt Bronze Mounts

A walnut veneer Louis XV style upholstered stool, 19th century. the square serpentine stool with curvaceous legs with cast gilt bronze mounts, the stuffover seat upholstered in russet jacquard. Height 45 cm length 38 cm. Width 38 cm

A Victorian mahogany adjustable piano stool, second half 19th…

Victorian Mahogany Adjustable Piano Stool

A Victorian mahogany adjustable piano stool, second half 19th century, the stuffover stool having a knopped stem upon a tripod base with curvaceous acanthus embellished legs tipped with whorl feet, upholstered in pink velvet with decorative gimp. Height…

A Victorian mahogany piano stool circa 1850, upholstered in a…

Victorian Green Velvet Piano Stool

A Victorian mahogany piano stool circa 1850, upholstered in a pale green velvet, standing on three cabriole legs

19th century mahogany inlaid stool

Mahogany Inlaid Stool from 19th Century

19th century mahogany inlaid stool

Foot stool mid 19th century, mahogany, turned legs, with new…

Mahogany Foot Stool with New Upholstery

Foot stool mid 19th century, mahogany, turned legs, with new upholstery, height 42 cm, length 45 cm, depth 45 cm

A Victorian revolving piano stool, the elaborate tripod base…

Victorian Revolving Piano Stool with Ornate Base and Upholstery

A Victorian revolving piano stool, the elaborate tripod base supporting leatherette buttoned feet with ornate upholstery nails to the side.