Adams Side Chair
Pair of Sweetheart Back Cane Paint Decorated Adams Side Chairs Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning pair of Adams side chairs with good cane seating and beautiful painted floral
Category
Vintage 1920s English Adam Style Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
H 38.25 in W 19.5 in D 20.25 in
Alan Siegel Post-Modern Craftsman 'Tongue' Chair, Signed & Dated 1981
By Alan Siegel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work of Post-Modern functional art is called the 'Tongue' chair by artist and sculptor Alan
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Eight New Traditional Mahogany Adams Style Inlaid Dining Chairs by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
sides). The chairs are finished in a medium brown mahogany color with a hand rubbed satin sheen. The
Category
2010s Philippine Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
H 36.5 in W 21.5 in D 18 in
Set of Four George I Walnut and Marquetry Side Chairs
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A Set of four George I walnut and marquetry side chairs: the splats inlaid with scallop shell
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Chairs
NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING - TWO DRAWINGS.
By Cassilly Adams
Located in Portland, ME
Adams, Cassilly (American 1843-1921). NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING -
TWO DRAWINGS. Charcoal and
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Horizon Fields LV (Minimalist Landscape photo of Island and Wooden Dock)
By Lependorf and Shire
Located in Hudson, NY
photograph, sea and sky meet at a misty horizon, which marked by a distant island. On the right hand side, a
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought with three feet. The upholstered se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
H 33.47 in W 17.72 in D 20.08 in
Tulip Vase, by Marcel Wanders, Delft Blue Hand-Painted, 2006, Unlimited Unique
By MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tulip vase Big is available as an exclusive Personal Edition, Marcel's label carrying works of a more personal and experimental nature. The pieces of the Delft Blue series are unlimi...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Vases
Materials
Ceramic
H 13 in W 9.06 in D 11.82 in
Surrealist standing lamp by Salvador Dalí model "Muletas" white linen shade
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Barcelona, ES
A standing lamp taken from Dalí’s designs for Jean Michel Frank. The ‘Muletas’ had its beginnings at the surreal stage and is an obsession which persists in Dalí’s works as can be se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
H 73.63 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
King Size Mahogany Pencil Post Bed by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new traditional king size mahogany Pencil Post Bed by Leighton Hall Furniture. It’s design was inspired by poster beds from the Regency period and features simple round tap...
Category
2010s American Regency Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
21st Century Contemporary Coffee Center Round Table Abstract Wood Marquetry
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
Austria Center Table is a stylish assembly of different types of wood. With a sincere texture, the marquetry coffee table is the pièce de résistance of a nature-inspired interior. S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
H 11.82 in W 47.25 in D 47.25 in
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Cognac Leather Monk Dining Chair for Molteni, 1973, Set of 4
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Molteni & C
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of four “Monk” dining chairs designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Molteni in 1973.
Made of cognac leather and walnut.
Fully restored in Italy.
Interesting is the ‘flat’ shape o...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
H 29.53 in W 20.48 in D 18.9 in
Vintage Set 8 Regency Revival Bar back Dining Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A delightful Vintage set of eight superb bar back dining chairs, Hand Crafted by Mines of Downley, Buckinghamshire", England and dating from the mid 20th Century.
Masterfully craft...
Category
Vintage 1950s English Regency Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
SOFT Beige Night Stands / Bed Side Tables
By Studio Christine Kalia
Located in Larnaca, CY
MDF surfaces and Swedish pine solid wood spheres lacquered in creamy beige colour. Manufactured by local artisans in Cyprus.
This compact low level piece elaborates the curved profi...
Category
2010s Greek Night Stands
Materials
Wood
Antique Set of 8 Dining Chairs
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A handsome set of 8 Regency lyre back mahogany dining chairs with reeded legs; good large size - probably a little bit later in date than their design suggests
The two arm chairs ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Set 10 Regency Revival Brass Inlaid Bar Back Dining Chairs 20th C
Located in London, GB
An absolutely superb English-made Vintage set of ten brass inlaid Regency Revival dining chairs dating from the late 20th century.
These chairs have been masterfully hand crafted ...
Category
Vintage 1980s English Regency Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Brass
H 32.88 in W 20.08 in D 22.05 in
"Wind" Swivel Armchair in Velvet with Silk Fringes Green
By Studio Marta Manente
Located in Centro, RS
The wind swivel armchair is elegantly upholstered in velvet: Green, black, or offwhite colors options.
The breeze is identified with the lightness and freshness of the feeling of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
Mid-19th Century Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Side Chair
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century marquetry inlaid side chair, Dutch. Walnut & oak with extensive marquetry of birds & flowers in the mid-18th century taste. Typical small marquetry losses. Provenanc...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Emanuele Rambaldi, 6 Dining Chairs Leggerissima Model, Figli Di Sanguineti, 1951
By Emanuele Rambaldi, Figli Di Sanguineti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A very rare set of six dining chairs ''Leggerissima'' (ultralight) model designed by Emanuele Rambaldi and manufactured by Figli di Sanguineti G.B.
Made of beech painted in a ros...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Beech
H 35.04 in W 15.75 in D 16.15 in
Custom English Flame Mahogany Double Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Double pedestal, flame mahogany dining table with satinwood crossbanding, beaded edge, mahogany apron. Cannon turned single column pedestals with reeded legs ending in brass "paw" to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Dining Set Designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd., Finland, 1929
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dining set designed by Alvar Aalto for Finmar Ltd.,
Finland, 1929.
Birch.
Stamped.
This rare dining set by the Finish design icon Alvar Aalto is characterised by the combination of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Birch
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Pair Painted Side Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4 early 20th c. Adams style painted side chairs with cane seats and charming floral and swag
Category
20th Century English Chairs
Materials
Wood
An Assembled Pair Of George III Mahogany Library Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
is a suite of two arm chairs and six side chairs originally commissioned by the Battie-Wrightson
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Adams English Side Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful set of four chairs. Shield backs, painted backs and legs. All hand painted in the Adams
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Hand Painted Adams Style Accent Side Chair
Located in North York, ON
This beautiful hand-painted side chair was made in America in the early 20th century. Featuring
Category
20th Century American Side Chairs
Galimberti Lino Italian Regency Hepplewhite Adams Style Pointed Side Chairs Pair
By Galimberti Lino
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Galimberti Lino Italian Regency Hepplewhite Adams style pointed side chairs. Items feature
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
H 40.5 in W 22 in D 23 in
Pair of English Adams Style Cane Back Paint Decorated Club Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Pair of English Adams style paint decorated satinwood club chairs with front casters and caned
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Adam Style Club Chairs
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Three Piece Lounge Suite by Maurice Adams
By Maurice Adams
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco three piece suite by Maurice Adams. bird’s-eye maple veneered to the sides and back
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Living Room Sets
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Set Of Eight Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Comprising a pair of arm and six side chairs. Each with a molded tablet crestrail and double bar
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Custom Dining Room Table & 10 Chairs Set Suite
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
antiqued glazed white hand rubbed finish. Chairs measure Arm: 38"H x 25"D x 25"W
Side: 38"H x 25"D x
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Painted Carved 18th Century Armchair John Linnell
By John Linnell
Located in Lymington, GB
superbly shaped serpentine seat rails, indicative of a master chair-maker.
Later painted, upholstered in
Category
Antique 1770s English Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique French Style Adams Decorated Satinwood Vanity & Chair Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
style vanity set offers satinwood construction with Adam decorated top and sides, raised on tapered
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
H 34.75 in W 44.25 in D 20.25 in
Maurice Adams Art Deco Double Deck English Dry Bar
Located in Oakland, CA
Created by the famous English designer Maurice Adams who is the best-known designer for these
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Three-Piece Suite
By Maurice Adams
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco three-piece suite by Maurice Adams. Three seater sofa and two armchairs in solid satin
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Sofas
Pair of Period George III Gilded Open Armchairs in the Manner of George Seddon
Located in Hudson, NY
with a side line as silk mercer. A most influential addition to being an upholsterer and chair maker
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Gesso
H 36.5 in W 24.5 in D 20.5 in
Horizon Fields LI (Misty Ocean Landscape Photography of Still Water and Islands)
By Lependorf and Shire
Located in Hudson, NY
extends towards a misty horizon, marked by a distant island. Three buoys toward the left-hand side of the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
George Nelson Desk for Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the remaining 3 sides are exposed being finished in black as well as the steel frame. The desk is
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Antique English Queen Anne Adams Green Handpainted Dining Side Chairs, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Queen Anne Adams style green handpainted dining side chairs - a Pair. Item features
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Paint, Wood
H 41.5 in W 21.5 in D 20 in
Two New Mahogany Adams Style Inlaid Side Dining Chairs by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
tapered legs and delicate inlays in the backs, legs and arms. This is a set of two chairs (2 sides). The
Category
2010s American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Twelve New Mahogany Adams Style Dining Chairs by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
These are new traditional mahogany dining chairs. Their design was inspired by the Adams Style
Category
2010s American Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Twelve New Traditional Mahogany Adams Style Dining Chairs by Leighton Hall
By Leighton Hall Furniture
Located in Suwanee, GA
(2 arms and 10 sides). The chairs are finished in a medium brown mahogany color with a hand rubbed
Category
2010s Philippine Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
H 37.25 in W 19.25 in D 18 in
8 Mid Century Windsor Farmhouse Walnut Bow Sack Back Dining Arm & Side Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
1710. This type of chair is a form of wooden seating in which the back and sides consist of multiple
Category
Mid-20th Century Federal Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
H 44 in W 23 in D 26 in
Set of 12 Georgian Neoclassical Dining Chairs in Mahogany
Located in Essex, MA
12 Georgian neoclassical or Adams mahogany dining chairs
Ten sides and two arms
Beautifully
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
2 Nathan Margolis Sheraton Federal Style Inlay Mahogany Drop Leaf Side Tables 2
By Nathan Margolis Shop
Located in Dayton, OH
window stools (made by Kneeland and Adams of Hartford) and handcrafted 12 additional chairs and eight
Category
Mid-20th Century Federal End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 27.25 in W 21.5 in D 29 in
Pair of 18th Century Hand-painted Adams Style Side Chairs
By Adams
Located in Nashville, TN
A pair of period Adams side chairs from the late 18th Century. Both are hand painted with foliate
Category
Antique 1750s English Regency Side Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Four Adams Shield-Back Style Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Mid-20th century Adam-style dining chairs with shield backs, one arm and three side chairs painted
Category
Vintage 1940s American Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
A set of Four Art Deco Adams Style Painted SIde Chairs.
Located in New York, NY
each with a lyre style back and tapering square legs.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
George I Period Mahogany Corner or Writing Chair
Located in New York, NY
example is a particularly successful expression of the type.
The chair retains a Norman Adams lable to
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George I Corner Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 12 antique mahogany George III dining chairs, c.1795
By James Dyer
Located in New York, NY
two armchairs and ten side chairs, each with a fluted tablet toprail above a pierced splat and over
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Beech
Superb Set of Six Ash and Beech Wheelback Windsor Chairs with Cabriole Leg
Located in Suffolk, GB
wheel design and turned spindles to either side leading down to a solid ash seat.
The chairs are
Category
Early 20th Century English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech
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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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
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.
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Questions About Adams Side Chair
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023The difference between a side chair and a Parsons chair is style. A side chair is a very commonly used dining chair. The form of a side chair may vary, but the constant is the lack of armrests to keep hands free for eating and to save space at the table. A Parsons chair is a type of side chair that features upholstery on the seat and back. Shop a selection of dining chairs on 1stDibs.
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