Arts and Crafts Seating
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Antique 1880 Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps Original Carpet Upholstery
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...
Category
1880s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
George Montague Ellwood Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard & 8 Matching Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
George Montague Ellwood, made by Bath Cabinet Makers,. An Arts and Crafts oak sideboard and eight matching dining chairs The sideboard with elongated slatted sides with heart cut-ou...
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Liberty & Co style of CFA Voysey, Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Set with Ball Finials
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co in the style of CFA Voysey.
An Arts & Crafts oak dining set consisting of six chairs and a matching dining table.
The five single dining chai...
Category
1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Liberty & Co. An Arts & Crafts Oak Window or Hall Seat with Large Pierced Hearts
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts oak window or hall seat with large pierced hearts to each end with moulded edges to the seat and an octagonal shaped stretcher.
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Large Vintage Arts & Crafts Oak Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large handsome oak bench in the Arts & Crafts style having squared off frame with back splats, turned legs, and 4 decorative finials. Seat cushion has just been wrapped with new pol...
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1980s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Saikoro Bench with Precious Terrazzo and Brass Details and Historical Oak Stand
Located in Nijlen, BE
Our Saikoro collection is inspired by Japanese styling and we call it Saikoro because it meens “Dice” . The cubes in the Saikoro collection are like a dice.
This cubes, blocks, are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Stickley Quarter Sawn Oak Footstool c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts footstool attributed to Stickley offers upholstered seat on quarter sawn frame and raised on flared legs, unsigned, c1910
Measures - 10"h x 14.5"w x 16.6"...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Handmade Outdoor "Canoa" Armchair
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
"Canoa" armchair handmade by artisans in nylon and Guanacaste wood (Parota), ideal for roofed exteriors or even interiors.
Canoa armchair can be used outside in covered areas.
Category
2010s Mexican Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Nylon
21st Century Hybrid No 2 Armchair with Bunny Ears and White Leather
Located in New York, NY
Hybrid No 2 follows it’s predecessor with a more feminine tone. Drawing parallels from “Alice In Wonderland” and keeping with the collections other worldly ...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Beech
Gina Upholstered Checkered Stool with Brass Back
Located in New York, NY
“Gina” is a mini celestial throne. Matte brass back is combined with the nostalgic black and white checker fabric throughout the stool. Contrasting colors and forms of “Gina” creates a soft and tough feeling at the same time. It can be used in various environments from a dinner table to a vanity pouf...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Brass
Swedish Designer, Rocking Chair, Oak, Mohair, Sweden, 1910s
Located in High Point, NC
An oak and green mohair rocking chair designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1910s.
Seat height: 20”
Category
1910s Swedish Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Mohair, Oak
French black wood and Vienna straw swivel chair in Thonet style, 1900s
By Thonet
Located in MIlano, IT
French black lacquered wood and Vienna straw swivel chair in Thonet style, 1900s.
Thonet style swivel chair, adjustable in height. Black painted wooden structure chair with armrests ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Straw, Wood
Barrel Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright for Cassina
Located in PARIS, FR
The “Barrel Chair”or “Taliesen Barrel Chair” by Frank Lloyd Wright was designed in 1937 after a design from 1904. It was designed He...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Fabric, Cherry, Bentwood
Arts & Crafts 'Sussex' Armchair By Morris & Co
By Morris & Co.
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts 'Sussex' ebonised beech armchair
With original rush seat
Circa 1890
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Rush, Beech
Artisan Made Steel and Leather Hall Bench
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An Elemental design with references to the Arts and Crafts style. Contemporary leather upholstered bench having artisan hand crafted steel frame. The Bench has good weight and is ver...
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Steel
Pair of 1920s chamber armchairs, Italian manufacture
Located in Firenze, IT
Pair of low armchairs made of ebonized larch wood with distinctive and precious hexagonal inlays on the backrest and along the arms. Italian-made, built in the 1920s.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
Ralph Rye All Triangles Tall Oak Stool with Wool Upholstery Fabric Arts & Crafts
By Ralph Rye
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modern Arts & Crafts style tall oak stool designed by Ralph Rye – referred to as the “All Triangles” design because all the elements of the stool are made with triangular shapes. C...
Category
1970s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wool, Oak
Antique English Spinning Wheel Chair Carved Oak Hall Fireplace Hearth Chair
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Spinning Wheel Chair Carved Oak Hall Fireplace Hearth Chair.
Direct from England, a beautiful antique English “spinning wheel” chair with elaborate hand carvings on ...
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1920s British Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair Leather club chairs circa 1920s
Located in Dereham, GB
Pair Leather club chairs circa 1920s
recently covered in leather & polished chestnut in colour
brass studded detail
loose cushions
very comfortable chairs,
walnut bun feet on front ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Leather
A pair of painted iron chairs by Joe Brown for Anthropologie, early aughts
Located in View Park, CA
A whimsical and yet brutalist pair of painted hand-forged iron “Blacksmith Blossom” chairs designed by blacksmith artist Joe Brown for - wait for it - Anthropologie. Circa Early to M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Iron
Scandinavian pine wood Rocking chair
Located in Paris, FR
Scandinavian rocking chair from the 1970s in pine wood. The assembly is doweled with wood. The warm colors and rounded shapes will give a cocooning atmosphere to your interior. New g...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood, Pine
Oak Arts & Crafts Mission Rocking Chair, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Arts & Crafts Mission rocking chair.
Striking American design from the 1900s.
Quarter-sawn oak frame with two hand-carved monks in the back rest.
The rocking cha...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Vintage Arts & Crafts Solid Oak Lawyer's Bench, Circa 1940s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Arts & Crafts solid oak banker or lawyer bench
USA, Circa 1940s
Measures: 52.75" W x 18.75" D x 35.5" H. Seat height 18"; Arm height 28.25".
Very good original vint...
Category
1940s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Fireside Chair, Adolf Loos for Thonet, Austria, 1930s
By Adolf Loos
Located in London, GB
A fireside chair with woven leather designed by Adolf Loos and Heinrich Kulka and manufactured by Thonet in Austria during the early 1930s.
As one of the leading advocates of Modern...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Oak Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau High Back Armchair with Rush Seat, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau high back armchair.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid oak frame with original rush seat.
Well designed tall back and elegant and...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Rush, Oak
Vintage Arts & Crafts Solid Teak Carved Wood Slatted Spindled Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Solid teak arm chair. Features a square form with slatted back and sides. Back is flared with two carved florets.
Dimensions:
26" x 25" x 34.5"h, seat
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Teak
MONA stool, River Blue Monkey Pod finishing
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Discover the allure of Chiang Mai craftsmanship with our exclusive Monkey Pod Stool, now available on 1stdibs. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
BROOK, Natural Monkey Pod stool
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Discover the allure of Chiang Mai craftsmanship with our exclusive Monkey Pod Stool, now available on 1stdibs. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
FLO stool, Stone White Monkey Pod finishing
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Discover the allure of Chiang Mai craftsmanship with our exclusive Monkey Pod Stool, now available on 1stdibs. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
EM side table, Solid Red Monkey Pod finishing
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Discover the allure of Chiang Mai craftsmanship with our exclusive Monkey Pod Stool, now available on 1stdibs. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
GROM stool, Rough Black Monkey Pod finishing
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Discover the allure of Chiang Mai craftsmanship with our exclusive Monkey Pod Stool, now available on 1stdibs. Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
A Rare Philip Clissett Ladderback
By Phillip Clissett
Located in London, GB
Otherwise known as the Passmore armchair after the settlement they were most probably designed for at Tavistock place - this version exhibits all the attributes one would find from a...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Rush, Ash
Pair of Heywood-Wakefield Arts and Crafts Rattan Lounge Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of of labeled early 20th century adirondack or lounge chairs designed by Heywood-Wakefield Co. Wakefield, Massachusetts. Arts and crafts period chairs with an aesthetic ...
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Linen, Wicker, Rattan
Set of 6 T Back Dining Chairs made by Simply Amish "Harlow" Model
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Age: 1950 - Present
Furniture Style: Arts & Crafts (1880 - 1910)
Overall Dimensions: 41" x 19 1/2" x 19"; Seat height: 18"
Set of 6 Early 21st Century T Back Dining Chairs made by Simply Amish...
Category
Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Cherry
Pair of italian chairs wood and velvet
Located in Paris, FR
cute set of 2 small Italian chairs in wood and upholstered in warm yellow and red velvet. the round legs recall the tables of Gianfranco Frattini. Possibility to get a third chair.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Set of 6 vintage French arts and crafts solid wood stools
By Jean Prouvé
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Set of 6 vintage French arts and crafts solid wood stools. Great matching set of six stools great for dining table or low 30” high bar. They are all standard seat height at 18” high ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Coppia di sedie nello stile di Ernest Archibald Taylor 1980
By Arts and Crafts Company
Located in Conversano, IT
Stupenda coppia di sedie riedizione delle iconiche sedie Liberty del Maestro Ernest Archibald Taylor.
Realizzate negli anni 80 in frassino nero con dettagli in intarsio di madreperla...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ash
Pair of Art & Crafts Chairs
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of very unusual chairs is made of wood and fabric. This is an interesting Arts & Crafts work. Circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Stickley Brothers Style Rocking Chair C1915
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Rocking Chair in the style of the Stickley Bros. Quarter sawn oak and stained in a rich deep brown that has mellowed and aged over 100 years. Beautiful wide...
Category
1910s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Arts & Crafts Rare Pair of Edwin Lutyens Armchairs
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts rare pair of ladder back oak armchairs
With rush seats
By Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Circa 1902
Height 98cm Width 61cm Depth 50cm
"Sir Edwin Lutyens was a designer an...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Rush, Oak
Barreled Back Wherry Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A unique armchair with an enveloping raked barrel back made from the ship-lapped hull of a wherry boat, retaining its historic scumble surface. Featuring an inner band of polished la...
Category
1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
Stickley Mission Arts and Crafts Cherry Wood Settle Sofa
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style Prairie settle sofa
By L. & J.G Stickley
USA, 21st Century
Solid cherry wood frame, with original upholstery.
Measures: 84.5"W x 37.5"D ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Stickley Mission Arts and Crafts Cherry Wood Settle Sofa
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style Prairie settle sofa
By L. & J.G Stickley
USA, 21st Century
Solid cherry wood frame, with original upholstery.
Measures: 84.5"W x 37.5"D ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Charles Limbert One Drawer Footstool c1910
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Charles Limbert footstool in very nice original finish with recent leather upholstery. Signed with branded mark inside the drawer.
Category
1910s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Brass
Stickley Mission Arts and Crafts Cherry Wood Settle Sofas, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Mission or Arts & Crafts style Prairie settle sofas
By L. & J.G Stickley
USA, 21st Century
Solid cherry wood frames, with original upholstery.
Each measures: 8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
Arts & Crafts Armchair by E G Punnett For William Birch
Located in Petworth, GB
Iconic Arts & Crafts oak armchair
Original rush seat and back panels
Stylised ebony floral decorative inlay
Designed by E G Punnett
For William Birch
Circa 1900
Book image cour...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Rush, Ebony, Oak
Arts & Crafts Oak Armchair By Arthur Simpson
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts oak armchair
with close-nailed original leather upholstery
Sweeping curved arms and arching back legs
Carved Celtic style fret work design
Arthur Simpson of Kendal
...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
A Pair of French Canadian Oak Stools
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair of stools are copies of ones in a private collection. Jean Palardy, in his celebrated "The Early Furniture of French Canada". lists the original (plate 246).
His, he describes as a Flemish...
Category
1890s Canadian Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
18th Century Bentwood Windsor Rocking Chair with Fan back
Located in North Hollywood, CA
18th Century Bentwood Windsor Fan back Rocking Chair.
An interesting late 18th century elm Sack-back Windsor Rocking Chair.
Interesting and rare continuous bentwood fanback construct...
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Late 18th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Arthur Simpson Tall Arts and Craft Oak and Leather stool
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Arts & Crafts Stool
Early 20th Century 1910-1920 Arthur Simpson Tall Arts and Craft Oak and Leather stool
An early 20th century 1910-1920 taller than average Oak and Leather stool ...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Anglo-Japanese Walnut Armchair Attributed to Liberty and Co
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. (attributed), an Anglo-Japanese walnut armchair with wavy arm supports and arms that follow through to the side stretchers.
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rare French Arts and Crafts High Back Spindle Wood Winged Upholstered Armchair
Located in Trensacq, FR
Beautifully crafted spindle wood wing back armchair C1900 France. The unusual chair features an arched headrest and armrests, spindle back support and side panels and an upholstered...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Beech
Stickley Harvey Ellis Collection Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style rocking chair
By L. & J.G. Stickley, "Harvey Ellis Collection"
USA, 1990s
Solid quarter sawn oak frame, with upholstered seat.
Measures:...
Category
1990s American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Spindle Bench or Settee
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts style spindle bench, settee, or love seat
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Solid quarter sawn oak, with William Morris style ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Upholstery High-End Shape Chair in Upholstered and Traditional Portuguese Velvet
Located in Porto, PT
Pina Chair Menízia is a high-end chair with a simple yet sophisticated silhouette.
Designed to offer the utmost comfort and make a statement in any living space, Pina Chair Menízi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Brass
PAIR OF VICTORIAN ARTS & CRAFTS HALL CHAiRS WITH LOVELY FOUR PLANK CONSTRUCTION
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original Victorian Arts & Crafts four plank hall chairs
Please note the delivery fee ...
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19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Liberty & Co High Wycombe Settle by William Birch
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Liberty & Co High Wycombe Settle by William Birch
A well know design by George Walton made by William Birch of High Wycombe, made around 1905 and retailed by Liberty & Co
The settle ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Amsterdamse School Design Oak Handle Stool, 1920's Netherlands
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Early 20th Century Amsterdamse School Design Arts & Crafts Oak Handle Stool. Made in the Netherlands, 1920's period. Solid oak constructed stool or side table. Designed with nice eye...
Category
1920s Dutch Vintage Arts and Crafts Seating
Materials
Oak
Arts And Crafts seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Arts and Crafts seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, oak and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Arts and Crafts seating made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original seating, popular names associated with this style include Merve Kahraman, Liberty & Co., Hachi Collections, and William Birch. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $185 and tops out at $54,000 while the average work can sell for $2,478.
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