Antique Stools, the earliest form of seating.
Since the ancient times, the stool has been seen as a main form of antique seating. Early rural houses and kitchens would have the three legged stick stool and in towns and public rooms stools of a simple trestle construction could be seen. By the mid sixteenth century better made joined or joint stool had become more common and the antique chair was a rare luxury only for use by the head of the household .
In court life, strict rules governed who was entitled to sit on a stool, in the 17th century England there were low upholstered stools known as tabourets for the ladies who would sit in the presence of the King.
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