BH | Studio Ludlow Nailhead Counter Stool

The upholstered counter stool is a younger relation of the Parsons chair, the fully upholstered dining chair on straight legs whose name and clean lines come from the Parsons table of 1930s Paris. Nailheads, round-headed upholstery tacks set close along an edge, have finished English seating since the seventeenth century, when upholsterers studded leather chairs with brass along every edge, and they lend a tall stool real presence.

This stool has a tall back with flared top corners and a deep seat supported on sinuous springs under dense foam, for a comfortable perch with a little give, edged with silver-toned nailheads. Its woven fabric comes in Dove, a pale, cool grey, or in Oyster. The solid wood frame rests on tapered dark legs with a footrest to brace your feet and non-marking caps to protect the floor. The 26.5-inch seat suits a standard kitchen counter, and it is rated to hold 500 lbs.

One stool is just right at a breakfast bar in a small apartment kitchen, or at a counter-height desk in a home office for working through the afternoon. Add one to a set at a long island when the family grows. Either shade sits prettily with pale grey tile, white stone and glass pendants, and looks polished with a silver tray of coffee things. This listing is for one counter stool.