BH | Studio Bampton Tufted Counter Stools, Set of 2

Tall stools pulled up to a counter are an American habit, born at the soda fountains and lunch counters of the early twentieth century and carried home once the kitchen island became the place everyone gathers. Give one a winged back, borrowed from the English wing chair, and deep buttoning, stitched buttons pinning the padding in a quilted grid as on a Victorian drawing room chair, and it gains the manners of a much grander seat.

Each stool has a winged back that curves round the sitter, deep-buttoned on the inside and plain behind. The seat is padded with dense foam over sinuous springs, S-shaped steel springs that give a supportive, slightly sprung perch, and the upholstery is a soft woven polyester in Dove, Teal, Oyster or Pewter. Four dark solid hardwood legs are tied together by low stretchers, which keep the stool rigid and give your feet somewhere to rest, with non-marking caps beneath. The 26.5-inch seat suits a standard kitchen counter, and each stool is rated to hold 500 lbs.

Pull the pair up to a marble island for breakfast, or tuck them under a counter by the window where someone can sit with a coffee while dinner gets going. They work just as well at a kitchen peninsula in an apartment or a counter-height dining table in a breakfast nook. Every colour suits white cabinets, brushed nickel and a bowl of green apples on the counter. This listing is for a set of two stools.