$4,484 / set
Late 17th Century pair of Oak Chairs
Located in Bakewell, GB
Late 17th Century pair of oak chairs, of excellent colour and patination size 120 cms high 47wide 42 deep
Oak
$4,250 / set
A Fine Pair of 17th Century Oak Chairs
Located in Bakewell, GB
A fine pair of 17th Century Oak Chairs with shaped cresting rails and front stretches all of good colour and patination. 120cms high 45 wide cms seat 49 cms
Oak
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair A late 17th Century wainscot chair in oak of a good colour and patina and handsome carved back; channel mouldings to the back and seat rails and boldl...
Oak
Pair of 17th Century English Yorkshire Oak Backstool Chairs
Located in Elkhart, IN
A wonderfully characterful pair of 17th century Yorkshire oak backstool chairs, retaining the wonderfully dark, mellow surface that makes early English furniture so compelling.
Oak
$2,800 / set
Pair 17th Century English Hall Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A very handsome pair of 17th century William and Mary side or hall chairs with exquisite carving throughout. Oak with a faded grey that gives these chairs a warm patina.
17th Century English Child's Chair in Leather with Brass Studwork
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare low 17th century leather upholstered oak child's chair with brass studwork on turned legs joined by stretcher base, excellent color.
Brass
Set of Four 17th century English William & Mary Walnut Chairs
By Thomas Roberts
Located in Troy, NY
Set of Four 17th century English William & Mary Walnut Chairs A very rare, superbly carved set of four side chairs in the manner of Daniel Marot (architect to William III), attribute...
Walnut, Upholstery
Pair of English 17th Century Period Oak Hall Chairs
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of English 17th century period oak hall chairs.
Oak
$2,800 / set
A Pair of Oak Back Stools, 17th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of English oak back stools or side chairs, late 17th century, with scroll-carved crest rails above paneled backs and plank seats. Raised on turned front legs and stretcher sup...
Oak
17th century South Yorkshire oak backstool, or chair - antique
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
17th century South Yorkshire oak backstool, the two scroll carved arched back to panelled seats over turned and railed under-frame. English, circa 1660-1680 By repute the carved c...
Oak
FINE ANTIQUE CARVED ViCTORIAN BURGERMEISTER CHAIR 17TH CENTURY JACOBEAN DESIGN
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1870 Burgermeister chair based on a 17th Jaco...
Upholstery, Oak
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1660-1680 CHARLES II ENGLISH OAK 17TH CENTURY OCCASiONAL CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rare original 17th century Circa 1660-1680 English oak Charles II occasional side chair Please note t...
Oak
17th century South Yorkshire oak backstool
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
17th century South Yorkshire oak backstool, the two scroll carved arched back each with turned acorn drops, to panelled seat over turned and railed under-frame. English, circa 1660-...
Oak
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
English-Made Late 17th Century Style Solid Oak High Back Side & Arm Chair
Located in North Salem, NY
These new English-made Tudor style host & hostess dining chairs features a sturdy frame crafted from solid oak, known for its durability and timeless beauty. The wood's natural g...
Fabric, Upholstery, Oak
17th Century Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English 17th century oak wainscot chair, the scroll and strapwork decorated crest with carved berries, over diamond carved back panel, the shaped arms over woven rope cushion su...
Oak, Rope
Pair William & Mary Carved Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
These beautifully carved high back William & Mary side chairs were created at the end of the sixteenth century c. 1690. The intricate carving of the legs, stretchers snd backs ar...
Linen, Walnut
$6,900
17th c. Abbot's Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A splendid early Abbot's chair in dark bog oak with decorative back and apron of vasiform splats and fretwork railing, having shaped arms over a paneled seat and standing on bobbin l...
Oak
17th Century Pair of Exquisite Charles II Arm Chairs
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of period Charles II oak arm chairs with exquisite hand carved decoration. The backs of the chairs have arched tops with hand carved decorations depicting putti and floral bask...
Cane, Oak
Armchair chair 17th Century English Walnut Needlework X-Stretchered, Scroll
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptional, museum quality, English, baroque, walnut, open armchair with faceted legs and shaped ‘x’ stretcher, upholstered in fine Georgian needlework with 19th century needlewo...
Walnut
Antique Carved Victorian Oxblood Leather Burgermeister Chair 17th Century Design
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1870 Burgermeister chair based on a 17th design A very well made and decorative c...
Leather, Oak
$7,900
Bishop's Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
An impressive early wainscot oak chair with paneled back and arched crest featuring elaborate carving of two stylized peacocks holding keys above intertwined chain borders around a c...
Oak
Early Metamorphic Chair Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
English round top oak table with undershelf that doubles as chair seat when top is folded back, metamorphically speaking. Wonderful sunbleached surface to top and patinated dark bog...
Oak
Period Oak Dining Refectory Table and 8 Chairs
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
17th Century Oak Refectory Table and 8 Oak Chairs The base has surround stretchers, fan carved under frieze rails, the turned legs accurately carved in the period style, the thick to...
Oak
Charles I Three-Legged Turner's Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare early 17th century English ash three-leg turner's or "thrown" chair (so called because almost all elements are turned on a lathe - thrown as in the way clay is manipulated on a ...
Ash, Oak
17th Century Jacobean Oak Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautifully carved 17th century oak chair. The back of the chair has a lovely carving of grapes and vines. This chair is Jacobean, which dates back to 1603-1625 when James ...
Oak
17th Century Turners Chair
Located in London, GB
With multiple turned spindles. Ash with richly patinated and nutty colored surface, English, circa 1620. Measure: 35" high x 24" wide x 17" deep. Provenance: An English Private C...
17th Century Jacobean English Chair
Located in New York, NY
17th century Jacobean English chair. Beautifully patterned antique velvet upholstery on original 17th century wooden frame.
Velvet, Wood
17th Century Quaker Style Chair
Located in Middletown, MD
This mid 17th century handmade Quaker style chair is in good antique condition overall commensurate with age, with only minor repairs observed at the base of the backrest to stabiliz...
Walnut
Mid-17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in GB
A mid-17th century carved oak wainscot chair with carved back panel.
Walnut
Unavailable
H 39.5 in W 56 in D 18.5 in
17th Century, Charles II, Joined Oak Box Settle, England, Circa 1660
Located in Leominster, GB
The quadruple-panelled back with stylized fleur-de-lys carved top-rail, the downswept open-arms on column-turned front supports, embracing a hinged boarded seat, over a quadruple-pan...
Oak
Unavailable
H 41.94 in W 24.63 in D 21.63 in
17th Century, James I, Joined Oak Wainscot, England, Circa 1603 - 1625
Located in Leominster, GB
The nulled arched crest rail above a gadrooned frieze, with applied split mouldings and scroll ears, the back with a central panel carved with an urn issuing flowers within an arch w...
Oak
Unavailable
H 37.01 in W 22.84 in D 15.75 in
Mid-17th Century Oak Turners Chair Dating from circa 1650
Located in East Sussex, GB
An oak "Turners" chair dating from circa 1650. The seat of triangular form and with various profusely turned spindles and supports. These chairs, typical of the 17th centur...
Oak
Unavailable
H 38 in W 19 in D 15.75 in
English 17th Century Charles II Period Pair of Oak Carved Chairs, Back Stools
Located in Wells, ME
English period Charles II pair of oak carved side chairs, referred to as back stools in this era. These 17th century chairs have wonderful hand-turned spindles and chisel carved back...
Oak
Pair of English 17th Century Barley Twist Arm Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Barley twist came to England in the first half of the 17th century during the reign of Charles ll probably as a result of his marriage to Katherine Braganza from Portugal/Moorish ori...
Cane, Oak
Unavailable
H 41 in W 18 in D 14 in
English 17th Century Charles II Oak Carved Pair of Spindleback Backstools
Located in Wells, ME
English Charles II Period oak pair of backstools with deeply leaf carved cresting lunettes and well turned spindles. These 17th century sidechairs are called backstools as the design...
Oak
Unavailable
H 35.04 in W 22.05 in D 19.69 in
Pair of 18th Century English Queen Anne Oak Occasional Chairs
Located in Malvern, Victoria
A most important and rare pair of early 18th Century English Queen Anne oak occasional chairs. The well shaped top rail supported by a shaped fret carved centre splat, above an uph...
Oak
Unavailable
H 48.5 in W 20 in D 20 in
Very Rare Set of Twelve Anglo Dutch Queen Anne Walnut Side Chairs
By Daniel Marot
Located in London, Middlesex
The high backs have carved and shaped top rails with double scrolls surmounted by open and pierced sprays of acanthus leaves and rosettes. The side rails to the backs are carved with...
Walnut
Unavailable
H 42.5 in W 24 in D 25 in
English William and Mary Period Walnut Carved and Turned Lounging Chair
Located in Wells, ME
English William and Mary period walnut lounging chair. This handsome tall backed chair has carved scroll arms, beautifully turned legs, front stretcher and "H" stretchers. The back h...
Walnut
A Regency painted open arm or desk chair
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
A Regency painted open arm or desk chair, the structure with traces of original paint, pierced back rail, sabre arms and newly upholstered in a beautiful duck egg embroidered fabric ...
Oak
Pair of George III Chairs, English, circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
# Q220. Pair of George III parcel-gilt and painted open armchairs. Inspired by French, Louis XVI designs, it was Robert Adam who helped make this oval back form of chair popular in E...
17th Century Walnut High Back Chairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of 17th century style walnut high back dining chairs with arched crest rails, cane panels all raised up on scroll carved legs Dimensions: Height 52.5 inches height to seat 18 ...
Rare Pair of 17th Century English Walnut Chairs
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare pair of English late-17th century walnut highjack chairs. William & Mary period, circa 1695. Lovely waxed patinated surfaces and color throughout. Of museum quality, for the ...
Walnut
17th Century Oak Lambing Rocking Chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Here We Have A Stunning 17th Century Oak Lambing Chair, Beautiful Patina On Seat. 100% Original Condition. Seat Height: 15 1/2" Seat Depth: 13"
Oak
17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Chair, the Yorkshire Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb and original carved Wainscot armchair, circa 1660. Yorkshire This superb Wainscot chair dates from the middle of the 17th century and is most likely from the Leeds area o...
Oak
Pair of 17th Century Style Chairs by George Trollope & Son
By George Trollope & Sons
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Worn and wonderfully, a sculptural pair of totally unrestored 17th century style chairs, upholstered in silk and wire work floral scrolls by George Trollope & Son These chairs wo...
Wire
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H 37.25 in W 13 in D 12 in
Antique 17th Century William & Mary Carved Oak Child's Wainscot Chair Yorks 1690
Located in Portland, OR
The chair was acquired from a 17th century country estate on the outskirts of the small quaint city of Ripon in North Yorkshire, which is the third smallest city in England and has i...
Leather, Oak
Sold
H 41.34 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
QUALITY ANTIQUE CiRCA 1660 CHARLES II ENGLISH OAK 17TH CENTURY OCCASIONAL CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rare original 17th century Circa 1660-1680 English oak Charles II occasional side chair Please note t...
Oak
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H 48.5 in W 17 in D 13 in
Pair Antique 17th Century William & Mary Oak Joined Back Stools Side Chairs 1690
Located in Portland, OR
A true pair of late 17th century William & Mary period oak joined back stools/side chairs, circa 1690. A rare pair of original late 1600's chairs from the joint reign of King William...
Oak
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H 46.25 in W 17.25 in D 14.5 in
Antique 17th Century Pair Joined Oak King William & Queen Mary Side Chairs 1690
Located in Portland, OR
Provenance; From a 17th century manor house in Warwickshire England.
Oak
Sold
H 29.53 in W 32.29 in D 38.59 in
Pair of Victorian Brown Leather Club Armchairs 17th Century Cherub Putti Angels
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare pair of original circa 1860 fully sprung restored aged brown leather club armchairs with 18th century Cherub Putti Angels to the bas...
Leather, Hardwood
Set of Four Antique 17th Century Style Dining Chairs
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A lovely set of four limed oak Caroleon style informal dining chairs. They have been recently limed to enhance the beautiful grain in the oak. Sound construction. A particul...
Oak
Oak Backstool With Good Original Carving And Patina, 17th Century
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A 17th Century oak backstool with good original carving and of an excellent colour and patina
Oak
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