BH | Studio Castleton Barrel-Back Bar Stool

A tall seat with a back and arms is a kitchen idea of the twentieth century. The high stool moved from the soda fountain and the cocktail bar into the home in the 1950s and 1960s, when the breakfast bar and then the kitchen island made the counter a place to sit, talk and eat.

This one raises the curved, open back of a dining armchair to bar height. Its arms run down into tall upholstered side panels that stand on the floor, joined low down by a bright metal foot rail, so there is always somewhere to rest your feet and the back and arms hold you comfortably through a long evening. The frame is bentwood and the seat is padded. The 28.5-inch seat suits a standard home bar, it is rated to hold 300 lbs, foot pins keep the floor unmarked, and it comes fully assembled.

It suits a home bar in a basement den, lined up with two or three others for game nights, and it makes a comfortable extra seat at a tall table when friends come over. Mink, a warm heathered brown with the look of good tweed, sits well with walnut, leather and the glow of amber glass pendants. This listing is for one stool.