Dutch Colonial Ebony Settee
Sold|$17,000
Dutch Colonial Ebony Settee
Located in Richmond, CA
All newly caned. Seat height= 16.5
19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Cane Settee
Ebony, Cane
Sold|$17,000
Dutch Colonial Ebony Settee
Located in Richmond, CA
All newly caned. Seat height= 16.5
Ebony, Cane
Sold|$4,950
Fancy Painted Edwardian Settee
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very decorative and elegant English Edwardian fancy painted settee.
Wood, Cane, Upholstery, Paint
Sold|$5,500
Early 19th c.Anglo-Indian Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful Anglo-Indian settee. The perfect size, hand caned, upholstered.
Mahogany, Cane
Exceptionally Beautiful Austrian Biedermeier Cherywood Settee
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Sitting area in original wide cane, typical for the period.
Cane
Sold|$5,800
Pair of Vintage French Walnut Settees
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of vintage French walnut settees with cane seats and backs
Wood, Cane
Sold|$2,400
Louis XVI style caned canape
Located in Oakville, ON
Lovely hand carved details on a caned Louis XVI style canape. The double caned back and sides is in excellent condition. The wool embroidery dawn seat cushion has been added.
Elm, Cane
Sold|$3,800
Edwardian Paint Decorated Fruitwood Settee
Located in Woodbury, CT
Graceful form with cut-out top rail, three criss cross back splats and cut-out lower back rail. Hand-painted decoration to the top and lower back rails and the front of the seat fram...
Cane, Fruitwood
Restored Thonet Settee with New Horsehair Upholstery
By Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Thonet settee totally restored including new horsehair upholstery and nailhead trim.
Beech, Cane
Antique Paine Furniture Triple Cross Wicker Settee
By Paine Furniture
Located in Old Saybrook, CT
Antique Paine furniture settee in triple cross pattern with woven seat and feet. Settee measures 60"wide, 30"deep and 32"tall.
Metal
Sold|$6,800
English Sheraton Style Settee
Located in Washington, DC
Mahogany Settee having a caned shaped back, scroll arms, bronze-mounted sabre legs with ornate casters.
Antique Paine Furniture Willow Triple Cross Wicker Settee
By Paine Furniture
Located in Old Saybrook, CT
An immaculate, antique willow settee made by Paine Furniture implementing the triple cross pattern. This is a scarcely seen item in outstanding condition.
Metal
Sold|$3,900
19th Century French Settee
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
French carved and painted caned back settee with loose down filled cushion.
Sold|$22,500
Wonderful West Indies Carved Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful, all hand caned and hand carved settee from Nevis. Turned feet, curved arms, carved headboard and flanking elements.
Mahogany
Fine Bird’s Eye Maple Federal Settee, New England, Circa 1820
Located in Providence, RI
Although fairly common, these settees come in a range of quality. This settee is one of the best with bird’s eye vasiform splats and fully sculptured side arms. The feet are delic...
Birdseye Maple, Cane
1940s Chinese Chippendale Style Painted Settee
Located in Stamford, CT
Painted and cane seat settee in Chinese Chippendale style.
Wood
Swedish Painted Neoclassical Settee, circa 1900
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusually curved Swedish settee with a caned back and seat, scraped back to reveal the original white-painted surface, richly carved in neoclassical ornament typical of the late G...
Wood
French 1860s Louis XV Style Fruitwood and Cane Canapé with Linen Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style mid 19th century carved cane and fruitwood three-seat settee with custom-made linen cushion and pillows.
Linen, Upholstery, Cane, Fruitwood
Ebony Regency Style Anglo-Ceylanese Settee, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Anglo Ceylanese Regency style ebony settee with a caned seat and linen squab cushion.
Ebony
Late 19th C. "Cafe Daum" Bentwood Settee by Thonet
Located in Kensington, MD
Late 19th Century "Cafe Daum" Sculptural Bentwood Settee with cane seat by Thonet
Sold|$2,600
Upholstered Bench with Caned Back c. 1920's
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stately carved walnut bench c. 1920's with long, plush velvet upholstered cushion and caned back panels. Measures approx. 54" long x 50 1/4" high x 24 1/2" deep, with seat height at...
Walnut, Velvet, Upholstery
Turn of the Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Rubbed Lacquer Sette
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Turn of the century Indonesian Dutch colonial rubbed lacquer sette with caned seat. Measures: 40" W x 22" D x 30" H seat H 14" 13770-13.
Cane, Wood
Sold|$3,800
BAR HARBOR WICKER TETE-E-TETE
Located in Sheffield, MA
Very rare American antique wicker tete-e-tete with attached center table. Also known as a conversation chair and "courting bench". White painted finish. (Can be re-painted any co...
Cane
Sold|$3,800
Bar Harbor Wicker Tete-e-tete
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rare American antique wicker tete-e-tete with attached center table. Also known as a conversation chair and "courting bench" Black painted finish. (Can be re-painted any color on req...
Cane
Sold|$25,313
Celyon / Dutch Ebony Day Bed
Located in London, GB
With hand caning and shell motifs Circa 1835
Ebony, Cane
Sold|$2,800
French settee with double caning
Located in Water Mill, NY
Beautiful French settee with double caning and down filled cushion
19thC ITALIAN PROVENCIAL SETTEE W/CANE SEAT
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC ITALIAN PROVENCIAL SETTEE W/CANE SEAT-SEAT HAS BEEN RE-CANED
Anglo-Indian Rosewood Settee with Caned Seat and Back
Located in Richmond, CA
Anglo-Indian settee or bench with caned seat and back in solid rosewood.
Rosewood
Sold|$5,500
Italian walnut settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Carved walnut bench with caned seat
Walnut, Cane
Sold|$5,800
Settee Two Seater
Located in Mississauga, ON
A late 18th Cent Neoclassical Carved oak loveseat with caned back and sides raised on square tapered fluted legs
Cane
Sold|$5,500
Birds-eye Maple Settee
Located in Sheffield, MA
New York Birds-eye maple 4 chair back settee, with cane seat, .. saber legs,and scrolled arms.
Wood, Cane
Sold|$1,750
Large Wicker Settee
Located in Culver City, CA
A large wicker settee just waiting for the right setting. Fully restored and in great condition. Add cushions then sit and read or just sleep all day. Even has cup and magazine holde...
Wicker, Rattan, Cane, Paint
Antique English Chippendale Style Three Piece Cane Bergere Couch Settee Sofa Lou
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Carved detail throughout chairs, chippendale feet design, rattan sides and backs all in good condition, has been reupholstered in damask fabric, bottom cushion is foam top cushion is...
Damask
Sold|$2,800
Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in New Orleans, LA
Well-carved wood, painted in an olive/grey/green color. Caned seat and back, down cushion.
Wood, Cane, Fabric
Sold|$7,500
19th Century English Bamboo Settee
Located in Montecito, CA
Woven cane seat. 19th Century 62W x 22.5D x 30H
Wood, Cane, Fabric
Antique Walnut Barley Twist Sofa, Settee, Bench
Located in Vancouver, BC
A late 19th Century Walnut Barley Twist Sofa, Settee or Hall Bench with carved top rail, caned back with barley twist uprights above caned seat ending on barley twist legs joined by ...
Walnut, Cane
Antique Indo-Portuguese or Portuguese Colonial Mahogany Settee
Located in Singapore, SG
A beautifully carved and elegant Portuguese colonial mahogany settee with a triple back and newly caned seat and back.
Cane, Mahogany
C. 1880 French Carved Wood and Cane Corner Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual C. 1880 French carved walnut and cane corner chair/mini settee. The detail on this piece is beautiful, especially the carved rams head at the end of the arm.
Wood, Cane
Sold|$5,200
Regency black lacquered settee
Located in New York, NY
English, Regency black lacquered gold decorated two seater settee with caned seat and back.
Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Mahogany Carved Recamier / Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
This East Indies carved mahogany and handed caned recamier was made in the late 19th century.
Cane, Mahogany
Sold|$12,000
Pair of carved settees with paterae
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of carved walnut settees with caned seats and carved paterae on the backs
Walnut
Sold|$1,200
Antique French Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Offered is the antique French 19th century Louis XVI settee that has been restored. The back of the settee has cane while the walnut is finely hand-carved.
Walnut
Sold|$5,200
Continental Oak Two-Seat Bench
Located in New York, NY
Diamond Trellis Backed Continental Ebonized Oak Settee with Caned Inset Panels in Back & Seats.
Sold|$7,800
EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAINTED LOUIS XV SOFA
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Louis XV upholstered seat caned back settee beautifully carved and in original polychrome finish.
Wood
Sold|$9,500
19th Century British Colonial Caned Settee
Located in Heath, MA
Late 19th century British Colonial caned settee carved from tropical hardwood. This long, graceful Anglo-Indian sofa features rolled arms, turned legs and culminates in a carved clam...
Cane, Rosewood
Sold|$3,400
19th Century French Painted Cane Settee
Located in Chamblee, GA
An elegant newly upholstered double cane back settee is highly hand carved throughout.
Fabric, Cane, Wood
19th Century West Indies Cedrela and Caned Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
The caned sides and back is serpentine. This piece is unusual in that the back is carved from solid cedrela.
Cedar, Pine
A Bentwood and Cane Settee Bench by Josef Hoffman for Thonet
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in New York, NY
A Bentwood and Cane Settee Bench by Josef Hoffman for Thonet
Cane, Wood
Sold|$4,300
Period Louis XVI Settee
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautifully caned settee is very elegant and has a good scale.
Walnut
Sold|$3,800
Antique French Settee
Located in Cardiff, CA
This beautiful French settee has been white glazed and has expertly restored caning left raw for a bleached tone and upholstered in antique raw linen from a marriage dowry chest.
Cane, Raw Linen, Wood
Sold|$4,250
Rare Antique Wicker Wing Back Settee
Located in Old Saybrook, CT
Rare Bar Harbor Wicker Wing Back Settee woven of willow with woven seat and feet.
Cane, Reed, Hardwood, Willow
Austrian Art Nouveau Bentwood Settee by Thonet, circa 1880
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in New York, NY
This Austrian Art Nouveau bentwood settee, with its shaped ebonized wooden frame with caned back and seat, was made in the late 19th century by the Gebruder Thonet, the furniture man...
Cane, Bentwood
Italian Swan Lyre Klismos Settee and Side Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
An Italian cane seated fruitwood quadruple lyre back settee and accompanying side chair.
Cane, Fruitwood
Sold|$13,440
Regency Mahogany and Caned Campaign Sofa
Located in London, GB
With curved back and outscrolling arms on moulded sabre legs and brass casters. The two halves joined in campaign manner by brass thumb screws, the seat and back would suit squab and...
Cane, Mahogany
Regency Period Painted Settee, Sofa or Bench with Original Paint circa 1810
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very beautiful early 19th century English Sheraton fancy painted settee, bench or sofa made circa 1810. Decorated in original paint the neoclassical themes. Amorini painted in gris...
Cane, Canvas, Paint, Wood
Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Walnut Sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1850’s French Louis XIV Sofa has been recently restored, is made out of walnut, has hand-carved details throughout the frame, and features its It has the original caned backrest...
Mohair, Cane, Foam, Wood, Walnut, Feathers
Anglo-Indian Horn and Bone Inlaid Settee with Caned Back and Seat
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19th century Anglo-Indian inlaid two-seat bench.
Horn, Mahogany
Vienese Gebruder Thonet Art Nouveau Bentwood Bench Settee, 1880s
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Ghent, BE
A Gebruder Thonet bentwood bench or settee. A kidney shaped caned seat and back with a bentwood wooden frame.
Cane, Bentwood
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