Pottery Barn Recalls Bar Stools Due to Fall Hazard (Recall Alert)
Home product recall 14-740. Announced by CPSC on Jul 23, 2014.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 23, 2014. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Replace what’s offered
- About 1,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The bar stool footrest can break, posing a fall hazard to the user.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bar stools and contact Pottery Barn for a replacement stool. Pottery Barn is notifying all known consumers.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: replace.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, contact Pottery Barn toll-free at (844) 211-5403 between 7 a.m. and midnight ET daily. Consumers can also visit the firm’s website at www.potterybarn.com and click on “Safety Recalls” at the bottom of the page for additional information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Donovan model bar stools made from mahogany wood and have a 15-inch round woven banana bark swivel seat that rotates 360 degrees. The stools were sold in five colors: red, mahogany, Tuscan chestnut, antique white and black. Each color was sold in two sizes: counter height at 24 inches tall and bar height at 30 inches tall. SKU numbers are printed on the box, as the item number on the shipping receipt and online in the customer’s account history. SKU Number Size and Color 5419049 Bar Height: Red 5419056 Bar Height: Mahogany 5419577 Bar Height: Tuscan Chestnut 5419601 Bar Height: Antique White 5419692 Bar Height: Black 5419734 Counter Height: Red 5419825 Counter Height: Mahogany 5419882 Counter Height: Tuscan Chestnut 5419924 Counter Height: Antique White 5419973 Counter Height: Black
About 1,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Donovan Bar Stools.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Pottery Barn, a division, Williams-Sonoma Inc., of San Francisco, Calif.
- Pottery Barn Outlet stores nationwide, online at PotteryBarn.com and through the Pottery Barn catalog from March 2014 through June 2014 for between $230 and $250.
- Made in Indonesia, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Pottery Barn has received 26 reports of the footrest breaking. No injuries have been reported.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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