A stool is one of the earliest forms of seat furniture. It consists of a single seat, without back or armrests, on a base of either three or four legs. The origins of stools are lost in time although they are known to be one of the earliest forms of wooden furniture. Percy Macquoid claims that the turned stool was introduced from Byzantium by the Varangian guard, and thus through Norse culture into Europe, reaching England via the Normans. We made a selection of different kind of stools found on the web...