Pair Victorian Serpentine Rolled Arm Chairs

An antique Victorian photographers chair in the manner of Heywood Wakefield offers wicker construction with rolled back and arm over bombe form sea...

American Victorian mahogany arm chair with winged griffin arms and blue and grey striped upholstery.

Pair of English mahogany serpentine crest foliate arm chairs with saddle seats, early 19th century chairs are upholstered in white muslin with...

Stunning pair of 1940s saber leg fireside lounge chairs attributed to Grosfeld House. This elegant pair of armchairs features shapely solid mahogany wood frames, rolled backs, carved...

Outstanding pair of Victorian carved walnut chairs with outstanding carved detail to the lovely shaped backs, one with carved shaped arms...

"Late Victorian Hunzinger Arm Chair. Made from Mahogany with a barley twisted frame featuring spindled accents, tapestry seat and back as well as ball and claw feet. George Jacob Hunzinger (1835 – 1898) George Hunzinger (1835-1898) was one of only a few furniture makers in the Victorian era whose designs were not derived from historical styles or fashion, but rather from an emerging vision of the modern era, with forms reflecting functional, mechanical influences which would characterize American design in the century to come. George Hunzinger was born in Germany in 1835 to a family which had been cabinetmakers since the 17th century. He emigrated to New York at the age of 20, already trained as a furniture maker; one of many German cabinetmakers, including the Herter Brothers, who came to the United States to flee the political and economic turmoil in Germany after 1848. Hunzinger came to a country preoccupied with the latest technology and inventions, where new machines and labor saving devices were patented daily. He was a prolific inventor himself, and became a leader in the ""patent furniture"" industry. From 1860 to his death in 1898, he was awarded 21 patents for furniture inventions, including extension tables, swivel top and nesting tables, reclining and folding chairs, convertible beds...