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English Hepplewhite Shield Back Chair
Located in Wilson, NC
English Hepplewhite shield back chair in fruitwood with overall classical floral painting, the
Category
Antique 1810s English Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Paint, Fruitwood
Pair of Carved Mahogany Hepplewhite Shield Back Armchairs Circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A graceful pair of hand carved mahogany Hepplewhite shield back armchairs. The backs with pierced
Category
Early 20th Century American Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Two Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Armchairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Georgian style dining chair in the manner of George Hepplewhite. With a carved shield back and vase
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Two Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Side chairs in the manner of George Hepplewhite. With a carved shield back and vase carved splat
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Upholstered Hepplewhite Shield-Back Armchairs w Provenance, circa 1870s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite pair of circa 1870s Hepplewhite style 'Shield-Back' armchairs are exquisite. We
Category
Antique 1870s English Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
H 37.5 in W 23.5 in D 23 in
Set of Six Shield Back Wheatsheaf Design Dining Chairs Hepplewhite Style
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Antwerp, BE
features shield backs with central cut wheat sheaf designs in Hepplewhite style. They have gold-coloured
Category
Vintage 1950s English George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Silk, Upholstery, Cherry
No Reserve
H 36.23 in W 15.75 in D 18.9 in
Lovely Late 19th Century Hepplewhite Hardwood Armchair on Shield Shape Back
By George Hepplewhite
Located in GB
on splayed back legs, having tapering front legs with H stretchers for stability. The shield back
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
H 37.8 in W 24.61 in D 20.87 in
Eight Hepplewhite Style Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
. Chairs are carved and molded with American shield backs with center floral inlay. White linen upholstery
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Textile, Wood
Hepplewhite Style English King chair (Antique Master)
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Prato, Tuscany
distinctive oval or shield backs with graceful carved decoration. British furniture makers began reviving
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Set of Twelve Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
shield-shaped backs containing well-carved splats supported on spade toes. ( One side chair of later date).
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
George III Antique Painted Hepplewhite Armchair
By George Hepplewhite
Located in London, GB
A fine George III painted open armchair in the French Hepplewhite taste. The shield shaped back
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Set 12 Hepplewhite Revival Shield Back Dining Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb Vintage set of twelve Hepplewhite Revival shield back dining chairs with upholstered backs
Category
Vintage 1960s English Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
H 38.19 in W 21.26 in D 23.63 in
Pair of English Hepplewhite Mahogany Shield Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Hepplewhite style (19th Cent) carved mahogany shield back side chairs with triple
Category
Antique 19th Century British Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Hepplewhite Dining Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
Two George III Hepplewhite style shield back armchairs, with an upholstered back with flame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Set Ten Shield-Back Dining Chairs
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century set of ten shield-back dining chairs (eight + two carvers). In the elegant style of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
Hepplewhite Dining Side Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Two George III Hepplewhite style shield back side chairs, with an upholstered back with flame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Shield Back Hall Chair
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fine George III mahogany hall chair, the shield back bear painted heraldic crests commemorating the
Category
Antique 1790s Scottish Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set Hepplewhite Dining Chairs Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 6 Mahogany Hepplewhite Style inlaid Dining Chairs.
These Rather Pretty Chairs Stand upon
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight Georgian Painted Dining Chairs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare set of eight Hepplewhite painted dining chairs. Pierced shield backs with early hand-painted
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech
Hepplewhite Armchair, England, Circa 1790
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Wide armchair in the Hepplewhite style.
Shield back decorated with beading and rosettes
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Hepplewhite Armchairs
Set of 12 Hepplewhite Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Set of 12 George III (Hepplewhite) mahogany shield back dining chairs with carved interlaced splats
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Shield Back Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
This set of 10 Solid Mahogany, Shield Back Chairs, consist of 2 arm chairs and 8 side chairs. Each
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Classically Elegant Set of 10 Hand Crafted Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Craftsman having bellflower and sunburst details, shield backs, tapered legs, and glamorous white leather
Category
Vintage 1930s North American Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
H 38.5 in W 20 in D 15.5 in
Eight Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
A set of eight mahogany (six chairs two carvers) Hepplewhite style dining chairs with pierced
Category
Early 20th Century British Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
George III Shield Back Dining Armchair, Mahogany
Located in Westwood, NJ
Classic Hepplewhite style mahogany armchair with an upholstered shield back and seat, the slender
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 8 George III Shield Back Dining Chairs c. 1760-1780
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a superb set of assembled George III Dining Chairs after a model by George Hepplewhite. The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
19th Century Hand Carved Hepplewhite Armchair Desk Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant and graceful hand carved mid-19th century shield back Hepplewhite armchair. The dark
Category
Antique 19th Century American Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Hepplewhite Revival Mahogany Settee
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5181 Stylish Victorian mahogany shield back sofa, having inlaid and finely carved with swags
Category
Antique 19th Century Settees
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Wood Frame / Upholstered Hepplewhite Style Ten Dining Chair Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Hepplewhite style is beautifully evident in the shield backs, featuring finely carved, reticulated central
Category
Vintage 1930s North American Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
Rare 19th Century Period Set of 12 Mahogany Dining Chairs in the Georgian Style
By George Hepplewhite
Located in London, GB
Upholster's Guide from 1788 (plate 9). The drawing presents a shield-back chair quite akin to the one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
H 37.5 in W 22.5 in D 25 in
Baker Furniture Federal Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs, Set of Six
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of six Federal or Hepplewhite style shield back dining chairs
By Baker Furniture
Category
Late 20th Century American Federal Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Antique Hepplewhite Carved Mahogany Plume Prince of Wales Dining Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Hepplewhite carved mahogany plume Prince of Wales shield back side chair. Item features a
Category
Early 20th Century North American Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
H 36.5 in W 20 in D 21.5 in
Antique Victorian Hepplewhite Style Mahogany Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian Hepplewhite style mahogany armchair having an attractively designed carved shield
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Other
Vintage Traditional Old English Carved Hepplewhite Sheild Dining Chairs-Set of 6
Located in west palm beach, FL
group and tagged on the back. A gorgeous Shield back Hepplewhite design in a deep mahogany finish
Category
Late 20th Century British Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 36.5 in W 19.5 in D 15 in
Two Chairs and Two Armchairs, France, circa 1920s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming set of two chairs and two armchairs with shield-shape backs, painted robin's egg blue. The
Category
Early 20th Century French Hepplewhite Armchairs
Set of English Country Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good assembled set of English country oak Hepplewhite chairs having shield crests over pieced back
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique Georgian Style Carver Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Hepplewhite style. The pierced shield backs have a lovely shape and nice carving at the tops. They sit on
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Sheraton Style Bevan Funnel Reprodux Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Casteren, NL
.
Both chairs have a shield-shaped lyre back with wheat ear decoration, square tapering legs, and cross
Category
Vintage 1970s English George III Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage 13 ft Three Pillar Mahogany Dining Table and 14 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Hepplewhite design, such as shorter more curved chair arms, straight legs, shield-shape chair backs, all
Category
Late 20th Century Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 29.53 in W 156.7 in D 48.04 in
Hepplewhite Shield Back Mahogany Armchair
Located in Litchfield, CT
circa 1790-1795.
A fine Hepplewhite shield back mahogany armchair having carved stiles and rolled
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Hepplewhite Armchairs
Hepplewhite Shield Back Armchair, Mahogany, New York, circa 1790
By George Shipley
Located in Providence, RI
at the rear rail and not supported within itself in a completed shield back. The arms in both
Category
Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
SET of 4 Graceful Hepplewhite "Shield-back" Chairs, c. 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine set of Hepplewhite-style side chairs, with their backs in 'shield' form, delicately carved
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Shield Back Armchairs
Located in Salisbury, GB
Set of four mahogany Hepplewhite style shield back armchairs,
circa 1900.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Dining Chairs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Cambridgeshire, GB
, comprising of one carver and three, with shield backs featuring a wheatsheaf pattern on a cresting rai,l with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
Pair of Carved Mahogany Hepplewhite Period Sheild Back Armchairs
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair of mahogany carved Hepplewhite armchairs with shield shaped backs attributed to Gillows
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Salem Hepplewhite Side Chair
By Samuel Field McIntire
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very fine and rare Hepplewhite carved mahogany shield back side chair, the back with cove molded
Category
Antique 19th Century American Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Set of Six Hepplewhite Chairs
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A set of six 18th century George III Hepplewhite mahogany chairs.
The chairs have a shield
Category
Antique 1790s English Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Hepplewhite Style Chairs
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
in a very good Georgian style with shield shaped backs that have a pierced centre splat decorated
Category
Antique 1890s English Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Edwardian Hepplewhite Style Mahogany Armchairs
Located in Manchester, GB
, flowers, ribbons and swags. The central shield back set off with Prince of Wales feathers. The condition
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Hepplewhite Armchair, Rhode Island or Connecticut, circa 1800
Located in Providence, RI
This shield-back chair of Hepplewhite design was a popular form in its time and evidences the
Category
Antique Early 1800s American Hepplewhite Armchairs
H 36.75 in W 21.5 in D 20.75 in
A Pair of Painted Satinwood English Shield Back Side Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair of English, Hepplewhite period, paint decorated satinwood side chairs. The shield shaped
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Side Chairs
Materials
Satinwood
Set of Six Hepplewhite Carved Dining or Game Chairs, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Very fine set of six carved mahogany Hepplewhite period shield back side chairs, the arched tops
Category
Antique 1780s English Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set Of 8 Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
2 ARM CHAIRS AND 6 SIDE CHAIRS COMPRISE THIS SET OF SHIELD SHAPE BACK DINING CHAIRS. SLIP SEATS
Category
20th Century Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
6 English Dining Chairs Hepplewhite Mahogany Leather, 19th Century
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive set of six carved mahogany dining chairs in the Hepplewhite manner.
The shield
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
A Pair of English Hepplewhite Style Painted Fruitwood Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each with shield back centering a splat; hand painted with neoclassical foliate and floral
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
Materials
Wood, Paint, Cane
Set of Four Late Victorian Salon Chairs
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Set of four late Victorian salon chairs having fretted shield backs with William Morris strawberry
Category
Antique 1890s English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Dining Side Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming pair of painted shield back side chairs in Hepplewhite style.
Category
20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Ten Chairs
Located in Toronto, ON
shield shaped backs with carved "Ribbon" motifs. Two side chairs of later period.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th century Elbow Armchair
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
19th century Hepplewhite shield-shaped back, mahogany, elbow armchair with swept arms headed by
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 12 Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Set of 12 Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Chairs. Two armchairs and 10 Side Chairs. (8 Chairs are
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Dining Room Chairs
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Hepplewhite Shield Back For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the hepplewhite shield back you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and fabric, every hepplewhite shield back was constructed with great care. There are 35 variations of the antique or vintage hepplewhite shield back you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect hepplewhite shield back — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A hepplewhite shield back, designed in the style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Hepplewhite Shield Back?
The average selling price for a hepplewhite shield back at 1stDibs is $3,500, while they’re typically $780 on the low end and $30,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Seating for You
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
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Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
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Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
Questions About Hepplewhite Shield Back
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023Vladimir Kagan designed the Shield Back chair, which debuted in 1955. It features an upholstered back and seat. Cabinetmaker George Hepplewhite is also known for creating an all-wood shield back chair sometime during the mid-18th century. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of shield back chairs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023Shield back chairs were first made during the 18th century. However, the timeless design of these dining chairs continues to appeal to many people, so many furniture makers continue to produce chairs with distinctive shield backs. Shop a variety of shield back chairs on 1stDibs.
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