Renaissance Chairs
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Savonarola Folding Chair circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Renaissance style walnut Savonarola folding chair from circa 1900 with lion paw feet. This Italian Renaissance style Savonarola chair, dating back to circa 1900, is a sple...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
16th Century, Renaissance Walnut Caquetoire Chair, Circa 1570
Located in Leominster, GB
The tall narrow rectangular back with moulded panel, the horizontal or flat arms typically angled to the centre and raised on four baluster and reel turned supports, two of which ext...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
19 / 20th C. Antique Italian Renaissance, Wood, Savonarola, Chairs, Set of 2!
Located in Austin, TX
Charming Set of Chairs, Savonarola, Set of 2, Italian Renaissance, Wood, 19th / 20th Century, 1800's to 1900's!!
Add a touch of Italian Renaissance to your home decor with this set of 2 antique...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Italian Inlaid Folding Savonarola Chair
Located in North York, ON
Original folding chair with finely carved detailed patterns and mother of pearl inlay.
Price includes complimentary curb side delivery to the continental USA.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Vanleigh Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Vanleigh Furniture New York Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features the original label, solid oak wood construction, beautiful woodgrai...
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Early 1900s Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Oak
PORTUGUESE CHAIR LOUIS XV STYLE 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE CHAIR LOUIS XV STYLE 19th Century
in mahogany wood seats, armrests and back in straw.
Small defects.
Dim.: 113 x 66 x 60 cm.
good conditions
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Library Chair, also known as a metamorphic chair as created by Niagara Furniture. This Mahogany Library Chair is produced with a very desirable harp back, also referred ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Entrance Chair - Solid Walnut - Au Putti Decor - Neo-renaissance - Period: XIXth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Charming entrance chair in solid walnut.
This very beautiful realization, unique piece of a complete living room, was realized in Italy, in the region o...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair. Item features a large impressive size, ornate lion heads and paw feet, nicely carved details, very nice item, ...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
IMPORTANT PAIR OF 18th Century PORTUGUESE STATE CHAIRS
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE STATE CHAIRS
Portuguese, from 18th century
in rosewood and other woods, back with hollow tables.
Upholstered seats.
Small defects.
Dim...
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Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE CHAIRS 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE CHAIRS 18th Century
rosewood wood, carved.
Backrests decorated with "rocaille" elements.
Leather seats.
Usage signs.
...
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Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
Eight Portuguese Chairs and Canape, 18th Century in Oilwood
Located in Madrid, ES
Eight Portuguese Chairs and Canape
18th Century
In oilwood, cut and pierced "Amphora" backrests, fabric seats.Small defects and different sofa fabric. Dim.: (chairs) 98 x 50 x 43 c...
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Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
Renaissance "Chayère" Chair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This chayère chair of beautiful proportions stands on a rectangular box base enriched by vermiculure motifs executed in flat-plane. This base is topped by a moulding of strong gadroo...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance chair with heraldic emblems of the Szontágh de Igló et Zabar family
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Renaissance chair with heraldic emblems of the Szontágh de Igló et Zabar family in excellent original condition.
Category
18th Century Slovak Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
4 chairs with high backrest in oak and upholstery in the English Renaissance
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
4 chairs with high backrest in oak and upholstery in the English Renaissance style, or Louis XIII, circa 1900
Category
1890s English Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Pair of Throne Chairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Impressive rare pair of throne chairs in perfect Italian Renaissance style, late 19th century. Made of solid walnut wood. The finely carved wooden backrest with very complex decorati...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
Pair of Seventeenth Century Italian Chairs
Located in London, GB
A sumptuous pair of seventeenth century Italian walnut chairs, the backs surmounted by carved and gilt finials with red velvet seats and backs, wit...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Set of Four Armchairs of the Late 1800
Located in Roveredo In Piano, IT
Set of four armchairs of the late 1800 in the style of the sixteenth century. The armchairs are mede in solid walnut, with straight armrest and all round turned spool sleepers. The f...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Textile, Wood, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Provincial Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique, circa 1830, Italian Renaissance style hand carved walnut sgabello hall chairs.
Hand-crafted in Provincial Italy, most likely ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hallway with this well carved pair of antique Sgabello chairs. Crafted of walnut in Italy circa 1860, each Renaissance chair stands on curv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four Italian Walnut Savonarola Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of four Italian walnut Savonarola armchairs
ORIGIN : FLORENCE, ITALY
PERIOD : LATE 15TH CENTURY - EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Measures: height : 102 cm 40.15 inches, height : 93 cm 36.61 inches
length : 68 cm 26.77 inches, length : 68 cm 26.77 inches
depth : 55 cm 21.65 inches, depth : 50 cm 19.68 inches
Walnut
Very good condition
This movable Italian seat from the late 15th century descents from the roman curule seat. It took the name of sedia Savonarola...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Louis XIII Armchair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
During the first half of the seventeenth century chairs evolve towards a new model today known as Louis XIII foreshadowing the armchair. Chairs adopt a widen and lower silhouette. Horizontal lines prevail. Cushions disappear supplanted by horse hair upholstery.
This chair stands on four feet linked by an H-shaped spacer and a frontal cross-bar. Legs, spacers, cross-bar and arm-rests are all turned as rosary beads...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Charles I English Oak Wainscot Armchair Primate Design Hand Carved
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original early 17th century Charles I Wainscot armchair.
A good early original piece, hand carved, very naïve but at the time this would ha...
Category
Early 17th Century European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Oak
Bleached Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair from Italy, Circa 1870
Located in Dallas, TX
A sgabello is an Italian chair that originated in the Renaissance. Originally designed to be displayed in a hallway (like a French side chair), sgabello were typically highly carved with some sort of familial crest or coat of arms incorporated into the décor. They were purely decorative, as the backrests were elaborately carved with protuberances and bulging motifs; comfort was not a primary concern.
Hand-carved from walnut in Italy, circa 1870, our Renaissance style sgabello has recently been bleached, allowing the carvings to gain further prominence. The shaped seat has quarter round molding adorned with a series of niches that have been filled with trefoil leaves. Additional foliage has been shallowly incised to the top of the seat, with sprawling rinceaux surrounding a potted plant.
The uniquely shaped seatback has several canted edges, topped with various Renaissance motifs. A pair of fragmented...
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1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Wooden Chairs, Lombardy, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Pair of beautifully carved wooden chairs
Lombardy, first half of 17th century
H 86 x L 48 x P 43 cm
Pair of “da balia” (nanny) chairs. The backrest is decorated with winged myt...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Dante Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of exquisite Italian wood "Dante" style chairs from the early 20th century. These feature x-base frames with carved accents and a crest back. Vintage cushions in good condition ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Hand Carved with Figures Italian Renaissance Armchair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand carved armchair with Figures carved on each arm post. Detailed and all mortise and tenon construction with wood pegs locking it tightly together. Flat back panel with a...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
16th Century Spanish Walnut Chair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This walnut chair stands on four square-section feet linked by four crossbars. The front spacer is carved as an intertwined branch. The backrest’s jambs are adorned with leaves motif...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Walnut
Large Carved Oak Renaissance Style Armchair from France, C. 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in the Renaissance style in France, circa 1890, this imposing oak armchair features a verdant tapestry affixed with iron nailheads. The sc...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Tapestry, Upholstery, Oak
Vintage Renaissance Sananarola Dante Wood and Leather Chair Settle
Located in New York, NY
This is a Dante or Savonarola wood and leather settle chair. The wood work is an X- shaped frame with leather back and seating. The entire chair is adorne...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Carved Oak Tub Chairs with Leopard Print Upholstery, Set of 2
Located in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp
A near pair of Renaissance style chairs with richly carved frames. These oak tub chairs were made in the 19th century. The chairs feature a more recent u...
Category
1890s European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
High-Backed Chair Made In Solid Oak With The Style Of The Renaissance From 1910s
Located in Lejre, DK
The high-backed chair crafted from solid oak, echoing the Renaissance style from around the year 1910, is a remarkable piece of furniture that exudes timeless elegance and sophistica...
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1910s Danish Vintage Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Oak, Fabric
Set of 6 English Renaissance Ornately-Carved Hall Chairs, Turn of 19th & 20th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English set of six Renaissance style elaborately carved hall chairs from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. This set of antique board chairs from England each have been ornately hand-carved in a series of grotesque figures, embellished with swags, volutes, leaves. An arched crest further adorns the toprail. Center backs show a shied entwined with helmet and arrows. The seats, with their decoratively trim carved edges, are raised by a pair of shapely legs consisting of two carved boards, with front leg board continuing the mythological them of the back. These turn of the century chairs...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
3 High-Backed Chairs, Cordoba Leather Trim with Native American Decor, Spain
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3 high-backed chairs, Cordoba leather trim with Native American decor and cupids framing a floral arrangement.
Ornamentation of copper cabochons on the...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Brass
Renaissance style Chairs Made In Oak With Green Fabric From 1930s
Located in Lejre, DK
The two oak chairs in Renaissance style, upholstered with green velour fabric from the 1930s, are exquisite examples of vintage furniture with timeless app...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Oak
Renaissance Style Italian Sgabello Chair ca. 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A wonderful handcarved oak wood sgabello board chair - backrest and feet carved in Renaissance style with fantastic grimace, gargoyle and floral carvings, Italy ca. 1860.
Measures: ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Wood
Two Henri IV Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Those armchairs made from a fine walnut wood are perfect example of the Henri IV model.
It’s low seat stands on four feet linked by an H-shaped spacer wit...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
8 Antique Old World French Country Carved Oak Leather Dining Chairs Renaissance
Located in Dayton, OH
8 Antique French Country Old World oak dining chairs. An exquisite and unique form with molded side panels featuring wheat carvings and acanthus blocked feet. Upholstered in a brown ...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian Renaissance Chair
Located in New York, NY
Over the course of five centuries of use, this Italian Renaissance walnut chair has acquired a rich patina. Its austere form is relie...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Stool in Renaissance Style
Located in Paris, FR
Renaissance style stool with a leather seat stretched across an X-shaped frame. The nails used to fasten the seat to the base are flower shaped and the sides of the frame are sculpte...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance St. Walnut Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Renaissance st. walnut chairs. Each chair is raised by richly carved paw feet below the elegantly scrolled supports decora...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola chair.
Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style walnut Savroarola chair, side chair, armchair or throne chair. This beautifully carved Gothic style chair...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Twelve Set Chairs Armchairs Open Fruitwood Upholstered Dining Renaissance-Style
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare long set of 12, Antiquarian, Renaissance-style, Fruitwood, Upholstered, Open Armchairs
- Rare to find a set of 12 of a Renaissance-style armchair, in 35 years of dealing I ...
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1920s French Vintage Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Figural Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Italian Renaissance figural carved walnut sgabello hall side chair. Item features finely carved details including north wind face, maiden ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Carved Walnut Lolling Chair with Brass Trim, circa 1880
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A 19th century hand carved English library chair. Long sloping arms with acanthus leaf carving. New soft yellow damask upholstery. Stately and handsome statement chair.
Category
19th Century English Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Brass
17th Century Renaissance Sgabello Walnut Chair
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful 17th century (1650-1680) Sgabello.
The countries where this could originate are located in and around the Alps. So Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany, and Northern Ita...
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17th Century Swiss Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Renaissance Style Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Renaissance style chair.
Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style or Gothic style walnut Savonarola chair, throne chair, si...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Suede, Fabric, Walnut
Antique Italian Renaissance Style Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian Renaissance style chair.
Well carved 19th century Italian Renaissance style carved walnut chair. This antique Italian Savonarola armchair or side chair is upholstered in neutral linen. This versatile Italian Gothic style chair...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Armchair Throne Pair Italian Walnut Red Mohair Velvet Armorial Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare pair of late-Renaissance, Italian, upholstered, walnut, throne, open, armchairs or coppia di seggioloni, retaining their original armorials
These throne armchairs are charact...
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Early 1600s Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Spanish Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
Renaissance style armchair from the Catalan region of Spain. Constructed from richly stained oak and leather, accented with wonderful nailheads.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Chair Stool Hall Sgabello Pair 16 Century Venetian Renaissance Carved Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The quality of these exhuberant backstools demonstrate why Italian Renaissance furniture was as highly prized as old-master paintings. Th...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
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Walnut
17th Century English Renaissance Carved Oak and Wrought Iron Bench Banquette
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning antique English Renaissance oak bench believed to date back to the 17th century. The piece features a deep relief hand-carved back and legs which terminate at claw like fron...
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17th Century English Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Iron
two 19th Century antique Neo-Renaissance Oak Chairs hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Original neo-Renaissance armchair, circa 1870-1880. Massive dark oak, feet with lion paws connected by wide bridges. High backrest with plastic carvings with 2 lions. Seat and back c...
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19th Century German Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Oak
Chair Backstool Set of 5 Renaissance Oak English Architectural Velvet Sage Green
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A set of exceptionally rare, English, late-Renaissance, oak, architectural, backstools upholstered in a sage green 19th century Renaissance-revival velvet
- The architectural insp...
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Early 1600s English Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Oak
19th Century Set Six Renaissance Chairs in Hand-Carved Walnut, Spring Seat
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century set six Renaissance chairs in hand-carved walnut, spring seat upholstered in ocher-colored velvet. The chairs are still usable. Their res...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Tuscany 19th Century Renaissance Table with Six Chairs, Hand-Carved Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Tuscany Renaissance table with six chairs by Cucchi & Sola -Ammobilgiamenti- Torino in hand-carved walnut in original conditions, polished to wax.
The upholstery of the chairs is st...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Pair of Turned Chairs Renaissance Florentine in Walnut Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Very precious and hard to find pair of turned chairs Renaissance Florentine of the 18th century in dark walnut. Wax polished
Measures cm: D...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Renaissance Pine Sgabello Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style Venetian (20th Cent) pine carnival viewing sgabello style side chairs with a Pair carved heads on back.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Chairs
Materials
Pine
Renaissance chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, and Vanleigh Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $580 and tops out at $110,955 while the average work can sell for $3,980.
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