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19th Century French Hand Carved Dining Chairs in Louis XVI Style with Cane Seats
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French hand carved dining chairs delicately hand painted in light grey with original cane seats and backs. The frame of the backs is in oval shape and all of them are in...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

19th Century Country French Beech Wood and Rush Prayer Chair from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions. Created in Normandy, France circa 1880, the Prie-Dieu ( Pray God ), stands on curved legs joined by a d...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Religious Items

Materials

Rush, Beech

Pair of cane mahogany with faux grain rosewood early 19th century
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of cane chairs on brass casters. Faux rosewood grain with gold gilt accents. Low size allows window or flanking fireplace placement.
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Chairs

Materials

Cane, Mahogany

Antique Wicker Vanity Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique white wicker vanity or desk chair with a skirted apron.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Chairs

Materials

Wicker

Antique Wicker Vanity Chair
Antique Wicker Vanity Chair
H 31 in W 15.75 in D 18 in
Turned Corner Chair for Child Painted Wood & Fabric French, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French corner chair for child, made with turned wood. This can be a charming element in a room decoration. The fabric needs to be changed. Solid and sound Shipping: 43 / 43 / 66 cm ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Side Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Fabric, Wood

1890's Thonet Dining Chair Model No.10
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Brno, CZ
A rare bentwood dining chair with beautiful patterned wood and weaved rattan seat. This piece was designed and made by Gebrüder Thonet around 1850. We can find the chair in the old T...
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Antique 1890s Austrian Belle Époque Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Beech

1890's Thonet Dining Chair Model No.10
1890's Thonet Dining Chair Model No.10
H 36.23 in W 16.15 in D 22.45 in
19th Century Country French Beech Wood and Rush Prayer Chair from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions. Created in Normandy, France circa 1880, the Prie-Dieu ( Pray God ), stands on curved legs joined by a d...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Religious Items

Materials

Rush, Beech

19th Century Country French Beech Wood and Rush Prayer Chair from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions. Created in Normandy, France circa 1880, the Prie-Dieu ( Pray God ), stands on curved legs joined by a d...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Religious Items

Materials

Rush, Beech

19thc Ladder Back Chairs From Pennsylvania -Set of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of three matching ladder back chairs are in very good condition and fine patina.Great for at a round kitchen table for that fine country look ! They are super comfortable an...
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Antique 1860s American Adirondack Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Orkney Hooded 19th Century Scottish Chair
Located in Water Mill, NY
Unusual 19th century pine and woven rush hooded Scottish chair from the Orkney Islands.
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Antique 1860s Scottish Armchairs

Materials

Rush, Pine

Two Napoleon III Caned Beech Chairs, French, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Two french chairs Napoleon III, made circa 1880. Beech and cane in faux-bambou style. Antique, late 19th century. Sound and solid. Shipping: L42 / H 89 / P 55 cm 13 kg.
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

19th Century Chair with Rushed Seat Back
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Chair with Rushed Back
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Antique 19th Century Chairs

Materials

Rush

19th Century Chair with Rushed Seat Back
19th Century Chair with Rushed Seat Back
H 44.5 in W 22.5 in D 25 in
Set of 7 rustic chairs
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The rustic chair from the early 19th century, with a hand-carved shell, is a charming piece that evokes the simplicity and craftsmanship of the era. This chair, anchored in the charm...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Oak

Set of 7 rustic chairs
Set of 7 rustic chairs
H 36.82 in W 17.33 in D 16.54 in
Louis XVI Pair of Giltwood Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A matching pair of exquisitely gilded 19th century Louis XVI-style side chairs, with lightweight, caned oval backs and shaped and comfortable caned seats. The front legs are slender ...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

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Cane, Giltwood

Louis XVI Pair of Giltwood Chairs
Louis XVI Pair of Giltwood Chairs
No Reserve
H 34.45 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Arts & Crafts ‘Sussex’ Morris & Co Armchair ‘the Madox'
By Morris & Co.
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts ‘Sussex’ chair. Made using ebonised ash and beech woods. with new traditionally rushed seat. This chair was named ’The Madox’ after Ford Madox Brown and was first de...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Rush, Ash, Beech

Antique Victorian Heywood Wakefield (attr) Ball & Stick Wicker Chair, Circa 1890
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Cookeville, TN
A truly wonderfully preserved example of Victorian stick and ball fiddlehead style. Great Patina. This fanciful hand made chair features ball and stick designs, skilled scrollwork, s...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Paint

No 12 Thonet Caned Bistro Armchair, 1881-1919
By Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare and antique Thonet armchair with cane seating and bentwood armrests. This chair is at least 104 years old and was made between 1891 and 1919. It is in original condition with so...
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Chippendale Style Amphora Chair, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A portuguese chair in the shape of a classic amphora on the back, hollow back and seat of impeccable natural straw, rounded neck at the ends and front and rear legs of rectangular se...
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Chippendale Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

Chippendale Style Amphora Chair, 19th Century
Chippendale Style Amphora Chair, 19th Century
H 37.8 in W 16.15 in D 16.74 in
Set of Six Early Victorian Chairs in Rosewood
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn863, a fine set of six early Victorian solid rosewood chairs, having carved shaped top rail with decorative carved mid rail and new rush seats, standing on slim elegant turned and ...
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Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Chairs

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Rush, Rosewood, Fabric

Set of Six Early Victorian Chairs in Rosewood
Set of Six Early Victorian Chairs in Rosewood
H 33.08 in W 14.97 in D 13.39 in
French 1890s Fruitwood Ladder Back Chairs with Straw Seats and Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French fruitwood ladder back chairs from circa 1890 with woven straw seats, turned legs and bow arched bars. Embrace the rustic charm and timeless elegance of these French ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Straw, Fruitwood

Pair of Early No. 14 Bentwood Side Chairs, by Michel Thonet, bistro chair, 1890s
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Michael Thonet
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland
An early example of Thonet’s most famous chair, with original label dating it between 1890-1910, these chairs are also mysteriously branded P.V.C. along the back of the seat, though ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

Pair of Thonet Cafe Daum Style Bentwood Armchairs
By Michael Thonet, Salvatore Leone
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare pair of Michael Thonet Cafe Daum style bentwood armchairs produced by Salvatore Leone. Originally designed for the Cafe Daum in Vienna. These chairs feature a hand-caned seat an...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Vienna Secession Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Lacquer, Bentwood

20th Century Set of Six Catalan Chairs in Carved Walnut and Caned Seats
Located in Miami, FL
20th century set of six Catalan chairs in carved walnut and caned seats. Country chairs.
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cane, Walnut

Set of 2 Little Chairs in Louis XVI Style in Wicker Work - Spain - XIX
Located in Lisboa, PT
Small set of living room and bedoom chairs in Louis XVI style in Wicker Artistry Work. Beautiful carved in dark wood work it strikely contrasts to the lighter material that was for ...
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Chairs

Materials

Wicker

Fine Rustic Set Of Six Antique English Oak Barley Twist Arm Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
English Tavern set of Oak Armchairs with well carved Barley Twist supports and stretchers, inset Cane seats and backs, doweled flat panel arms and custom floral seat cushions. The ch...
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Antique 19th Century English Rustic Chairs

Materials

Oak, Cane

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Caned Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pair of exquisite Louis XVI style vanity chairs, with lightweight, caned oval- shaped seats and extravagant wraparound gallery backrests. These chairs are wonderful examples of Fre...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

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Cane, Giltwood

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Caned Chairs
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Caned Chairs
No Reserve
H 26.58 in W 20.67 in D 18.12 in
Marcel Gascoin, Pair of "CF" Chairs, France 1950
By Marcel Gascoin
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Marcel Gascoin, Pair of beech straw chairs, "CF" model, France 1950. Icon of the French Reconstruction period, this chair is remarkable in its rationalism, its ergonomics and the qua...
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Antique 1850s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Straw, Beech

Antique Bergere Barley Twist Library Armchair with Brown Leather Seat
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Antique Bergere library armchair with barley twist form & brown leather upholstered seat, 1800s One popular furniture technique is a type of wood turning that first appeared in En...
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Antique 19th Century British Empire Chairs

Materials

Leather, Cane, Beech

Italian Georgian Style arm chairs with Rattan Seating
Located in Pasadena, CA
Italian hand Made Georgian Style arm chairs. The seats have rattan mesh seating. The cushions have been made to fit over the rattan. The cushions are removable as desired. measures...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Rattan, Wood

Pair of Antique Paint Decorated Cane Back French Louis XVI Chairs, Circa 1860s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Cane, Walnut

Vintage Regency Patinated Arm Chairs With Cane Seat
Located in west palm beach, FL
A magnificent vintage Regency arm chair. A beautiful hand carved frame with an incredible patina from time. Hand woven cane seating looped into the frame. This chair is breathtaking,...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Regency Chairs

Materials

Cane

Pair of French Antique Giltwood Caned Side Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A delightful pair of late 19th century carved and moulded giltwood side chairs, with caned seats and backrests. These elegant chairs, with their high, cartouche-style backs, are rais...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Chairs

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Cane, Giltwood

Pair of French Antique Giltwood Caned Side Chairs
Pair of French Antique Giltwood Caned Side Chairs
No Reserve
H 38.98 in W 15.95 in D 14.97 in
Antique Original William Morris Sussex Rope Seat Armchair Seen in the V&A Museum
By William Morris (English)
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare and collectable William Morris Rush seat Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum The Hi...
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Antique 1870s English High Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Rope, Beech

Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs. Each with tablet toprail elaborately carved with stylised flower-head and scrolling foliage around a central scallop shell. The channe...
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Antique 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Chairs

Materials

Cane, Ebony

Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs
Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs
H 41.74 in W 25.6 in D 29.53 in
French Set of Height Straw & Elm Chairs, late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French strawed and turned sets of chairs, made in elm circa 1880. These chairs are hand made in a workshop by different workers. It is why the chairs have sometimes have small measur...
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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Chairs

Materials

Straw, Elm

Primitive Rush Seat Side Chair
Located in Faversham, GB
A diminutive rush seat side chair with a ladder back. Featuring traces of the original blue paint to the legs. English, circa 1890. TOTAL H: 84 CM H: 33 INCHES W: 45 CM W: 17....
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Antique Late 19th Century British Rustic Chairs

Materials

Ash, Pine, Rush

Primitive Rush Seat Side Chair
Primitive Rush Seat Side Chair
H 33.08 in W 17.72 in D 13.39 in
19th Century Set of Four Swedish Gustavian Caned Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous weathered set of four painted 19th century dining chairs made in the Swedish Gustavian taste. The chairs feature a carved frame with an arched caned back. The seats have a b...
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Dining Room Chairs

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Linen, Cane, Wood

American Early 19th Century Pair of Fancy Sheraton Chairs Original Decoration
Located in Wells, ME
American pair of fancy Sheraton hand painted side chairs with balloon shaped rush seats. The decoration is of two shells on the shaped back top rail and gold cross hatched decorati...
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Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood, Paint

Louis XV Transitional Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry Burl and Cane Barrel Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A Recently refinished French Louis XV country French transitional design between Louis XV and Louis XVI that is timeless, elegant, and understated it works well in modern, contempor...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Chairs

Materials

Brass

20th Century Set of Six Catalan Chairs in Carved Walnut and Caned Seats
Located in Miami, FL
20th century set of six Catalan chairs in carved walnut and caned seats. Country chairs.
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cane, Walnut

6 Pc. Set Ornate Antique Wicker by Heywood Brothers c 1890's
By Heywood Brothers & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Incredible set of six antique wicker pieces by Heywood Brothers, circa 1890's. This rare set consists of three side chairs, one rocking chair, one lounge chair and one loveseat sett...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Chairs

Materials

Wicker

19th Century Set of Four Antique Chairs in Cherry Wood with Straw Seat
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
19th Century dining room set of four antique chairs in solid cherry wood. The chairs are very elegant with very slender and solid moving legs. The seat is wide and comfortable in rus...
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Antique 1880s Italian Chairs

Materials

Straw, Cherry

A Suite of (8) Exceptional Perret et Vibert Rattan Chairs
By Perret et Vibert
Located in New York, NY
This suite of 6 chairs and 2 armchairs is extremely rare.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Revival Chairs

Materials

Rattan

Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sherborne, GB
Mahogany Curule style open armchair in the manor of the design of Thomas. Hope. This attractive late 19th century chair has a moulded X frame facade with a central carved reeded rand...
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Mahogany

Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
Curule Style Mahogany Armchair, circa 1890
H 35.83 in W 22.05 in D 21.26 in
Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good example of a late Victorian wicker rocking chair that that is detailed in scrolling wicker and a diamond pattern, in addition to a swooping-shaped skirt. The chai...
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Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Rocking Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Wood

Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair
Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair
H 39.5 in W 29.5 in D 33 in
Robert and Trix Haussmann Oak and Rope Dining Chairs Mid century 1963 Set of Six
By Trix and Robert Haussmann
Located in Milano, IT
Set of six oak wood and woven rope chairs model 6200 by Robert and Trix Haussmann from Zurich Switzerland. These married architects did not gain as much fame as their Milanese counte...
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Antique 19th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Rope, Oak

French antique wood oak and straw chair with armrests decorations, late 1800s
Located in MIlano, IT
French antique wood oak and straw chair with armrests decorations, late 1800s French chair with armrests. The structure is in oak and the seat is in straw. The backrest is high and h...
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Antique 1890s French Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

Early No. 14 Bentwood Side Chair, by Michel Thonet, bistro chair, 1890s
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Michael Thonet
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland
An early example of Thonet’s most famous chair, with original label dating it between 1890-1910, this chair is also mysteriously branded P.V.C. along the back of the seat, though we ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

Victorian Military Campaign Folding Faux Bamboo Embroidered Safari Canvas Chair
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A delicate slice of Victorian Military Campaign. A folding Chair of Faux Bamboo, with an Embroidered Canvas Seat Rear Finished With Brown Leather Sling Arms On A Turned Beechwood Fra...
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Antique Late 19th Century British British Colonial Chairs

Materials

Brass

Near Pair of 19th Century French Rattan Armchairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Near pair of 19th century French rattan armchairs in good condition.
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Antique 19th Century French Armchairs

Materials

Rattan

Set of 19th Century Adirondack Children's Chairs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of 19th century Children's Adirondack chairs. The set includes one child's rocker and one child's side chair. The frame is made of lags with bark and the seats and back of wove...
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Antique 1880s American Adirondack Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood

19Thc Ladder back Chair With Hand Woven Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc New England ladder back arm chair with hand woven seat.This chair has most unusual cut outs and wonderful aged patina.
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Antique 1860s American Adirondack Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Set of Six English Regency Chinoiserie Painted and Gilt Side Chairs, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Set of Six English Regency chinoiserie painted and gilt side chairs with floral gilt medallions, cane seats with silk upholstered cushions, and resting on the original splayed legs....
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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Gold

Hitchcock Style Stenciled Rocking Chair
Located in Bradenton, FL
An American classical New England style stenciled rocking chair made in the manner of Lambert Hitchcock. The chair is richly painted on the back splat and in front of the rush seat. ...
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Antique 19th Century American Rocking Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood, Paint

Hitchcock Style Stenciled Rocking Chair
Hitchcock Style Stenciled Rocking Chair
H 31.25 in W 17 in D 23.5 in
Antique French Gilt and Carved 19th Century Cane Upholstered Bergere Armchair
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique, mid to late 19th century French cane and upholstered carved and gilt armchair. The armchair features carved and gilt floral swags around the caned back, running coin orna...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Cane, Wood, Giltwood

Pair of New England Hitchcock Style Chairs with Woven Rush Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of New England Hitchcock Style or Fancy chairs. Hand painted / stenciled with a deep and rich patination from years of good wear. The seats are woven rush seats and are in very ...
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Antique 19th Century American Classical Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood, Paint

19th Century French Round Bergere Chair in Hand Carved Walnut Wood with Cane
Located in Sofia, BG
Petite French round armchair, in Louis XVI style hand carved and decorated with friezes of ribbons tapered fluted base, with dobble cane back and sides. Upholstered in mustard velvet...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs

Materials

Textile, Cane, Walnut

19th Century French Pair of Hand Carved Cane Chairs in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of hand-painted in light green wooden chairs with delicate oval cane backs and seats in Louis XVI style. Both are hand carved and decorated with roses and le...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Chairs in Turned Oak Wood and Interwoven Rope. Spain 19th
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
They are beautiful, like a work of art In perfect use conditions Wherever you put them, it is impossible for them not to stand out 19th Century or early. Pair of Spanish chairs in...
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Chairs

Materials

Rope, Wood

Antique English Arts & Crafts William Birch Liberty & Co. Elbow Chair
By William Birch
Located in London, GB
Antique English Arts & Crafts William Birch Liberty & Co. Elbow Chair. circa1890 Very good solid condition commensurate of age. Later replaced raffia seat.
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Antique 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Raffia, Beech

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19th Century Natural Fiber Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of 19th century natural fiber chairs available for sale. 19th century natural fiber chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Regency, Victorian and Louis XVI styles are often sought at 1stDibs. 19th century natural fiber chairs have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Michael Thonet, Salvatore Leone and Thonet are consistently popular.

How Much are 19th Century Natural Fiber Chairs?

Prices for 19th century natural fiber chairs start at $175 and top out at $36,000 with the average selling for $2,391.

Finding the Right Chairs for You

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.