Sold|$1,500
French Louis XV Beechwood Settee, 1920
Located in Hamburg, PA
A French Louis XV beechwood settee, 1920. Beautiful carving and caramel color on wood frame with down cushion seat.
Beech, Upholstery
19th Century Anglo Indian Bleached Rosewood Settee
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive and highly decorative 19th Century Anglo-Indian, bleached rosewood settee. This beautiful piece has a great shape and is decorated with fantastic carved detail on the s...
Cane, Rosewood
Sold|$8,295
Pair 19th Century Louis XV Style Settees
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1850s pair of Louis XV style settees with carved frames in antique white painted finish.
Upholstery
Sold|$2,900
Elegant Curved Victorian Banquette or Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Victorian Settee / banquette. Restored and reupholstered in quality toile bisonne. Removable seat cushion.. Great in a hallway or in a bedroom (thin, flat back).
Brass
French 19th Century Painted Directoire Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Directorie period petite settee is in wonderful antique condition. Hand carved and built in the early 1800’s, this settee is sturdy and is sure to bring a lot of character t...
Brass
Sold|$2,900
Empire Style Velvet Settee
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully proportioned and stylish carved wood frame settee. Keywords: Bench Louis XVI Style Settee or Love Seat.
Wood, Velvet, Upholstery
Sold|$3,200
Louis XV Walnut Settee
Located in Hixson, TN
This Louis XV walnut settee features an exposed cane and carved wood frame.
Walnut
19th Century Painted / Giltwood Framed Settee
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century painted / gilt wood framed Louis XVI style settee with green blended silk damask upholstered seat . The settee is in excellent antique condition. Very sturdy and th...
Gold
Sold|$4,300
19th c. French Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved wood 19th c. French settee
Wood
Sold|$3,500
Louis XV Style Settee
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XV style carved oak sofa/settee.
Oak
Sold|$11,000
18th c. Gustavian Settee
Located in Chireno, TX
Beautifully carved Swedish settee that has been scraped to the original paint.
Wood
Sold|$6,800
Italian Burlap Upholstered Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved wood & burlap upholstered settee with loose seat cushion.
Wood, Burlap
Sold|$9,800
Fine Art Deco Settee
Located in New York, NY
A fine Art Deco settee. Mahogany with carved details. Full professional restoration with very fine upholstery.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Antique French Walnut Backless Settee, 19th Century
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unusual, backless French settee, made of walnut. Beautifully solid and with graceful lines, would make a perfect sofa.
Walnut
Sold|$15,000
French Walnut Tapestry Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
French Walnut settee with scrolled carved acanthus arms, original silk tapestry, and terminating on turned bulbous legs with stretchers.
Sold|$3,500
French Louis XVI Settee
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI style settee in hand carved and hand painted beechwood with original pink velvet upholstery and brass nail heads.
Brass
Sold|$3,250
19th c. French Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XVI oval-backed carved and painted wood settee with rope and fluting detail.
Quality 19th Century Antique Victorian Walnut Settee
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality 19th century antique Victorian walnut settee having a quality solid walnut carved shaped frame raised on turned reeded legs to the front out swept back with original casters,...
Walnut
Antique Victorian Decorative Parlour Settee, circa 1850s
Located in Hastings, GB
Antique Victorian decorative Parlour settee, circa 1850s English This beautiful piece until recently was in a stately home in the North of the Uk The settee is handcrafted with an...
Wood
Antique English Winged Settee with Floral Upholstery
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fabulous antique English wingback settee featuring a colorful floral upholstery after Matisse. Constructed with thick turned legs and box stretcher base. The sides have interesting w...
Fabric, Wood
Sold|$5,400
19th Century Swedish Barrel Back Sofa Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming small Swedish 19th century barrel back sofa settee with rounded form, elegant long saber legs and rails carved in horizontal beading, rosettes and ribbons.
Linen, Pine
Sold|$3,900
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century small, charming French Louis XVI style settee with elegant carved details on shaped back rail, knees and aprons and very soft "puffy" cussion in linen Paris, France, ci...
Linen, Oak
Louis XV Style Caned Settee With Original Paint
Located in Troy, MI
19th century French Louis XV style settee has a cream colored painted frame with lots of great carved detail, tapered reeded legs, curved sides, and a caned seat and back.
Wood, Cane
19th Century French Louis XV Upholstered Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine quality and very elegant 19th century French Louis XV style settee or sofa with a shaped crest and skirt. Expertly hand-carved overall with shells and acanthus leaves.
Damask, Upholstery, Wood
Neoclassical Italian Settee with Lyre Back, circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Settee, of walnut, having a shaped crest rail carved with scrollwork and rosettes, continuing to downswept standards, its backrest a trio of pierced lyres, with swan neck accents, cr...
Wood
French White Caned Settee with Unusual Seat Back
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1920s French caned settee has tapered, reeded legs, padded arm rests, caned seat and an elongated shield-shaped back with a delicate carved ribbon crest.
Wood, Cane
19th Century American Mahogany Settee with Dolphin Arms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century American finely carved mahogany upholstered settee with dolphin arms.
Mahogany, Upholstery
Sold|$3,895
French 19th Century Louis XVI-Style Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This lovely Louis XVI-style grey-painted settee, circa 1870s, is from France and upholstered in a rich red velvet with matching tape trim. This piece would look great in an entry or ...
Velvet, Wood
Sold|$9,552
Bentwood Settee Bench by Joseph Hoffmann
By Josef Hoffmann and Konrad Schindel for Wiener Werkstatte
Located in London, GB
This remarkable piece of history was designed by the Austrian architect Joseph Hoffmann and produced by J&J khan C 1910 .. made from ornate bentwood trimmed in his legendary nut wood...
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Sold|$5,795
Swedish 19th Century Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The high back and shaped sides are covered with yellow and white striped vintage fabric with a border of yellow, secured to the frame and perimetered by carved beads. The scrolling a...
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Sold|$875
Antique French Regence Style Settee
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique French regence style carved beech wood settee, late 19th century.
Fabric, Beech
Sold|$15,500
Antique Anglo Indian Empire Settee or Sofa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual 19th Century Anglo Indian sofa handcrafted in teak with pegged construction featuring a rolled crest with carved pineapple and inscribed sea serpents, rounded arm ca...
Reed, Teak
Sold|$2,500
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
It has a carved hardwood frame that has been painted a beautiful creme color.
Metal
Sold|$7,800
George II Period Mahogany Settee
Located in Stamford, CT
A George II period mahogany settee having carved legs terminating in claw and ball feet.
Sold|$1,450
Art Nouveau Settee and Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Nouveau carved wood settee and the chair with floral embossed leather upholstered seat and back.
Leather, Wood
Sold|$5,200
French 19th Century Charles X Style Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This elegant settee is upholstered with a stunning blue fabric that brilliantly contrasts with the dark wood frame. The whole is supported by deeply turned legs and elevates the piec...
Upholstery, Wood
Sold|$7,500
Egyptian Empire style Settee Sofa
Located in Seattle, WA
Egyptian Empire style small sofa/settee with carved wood winged sphinx armrests upholstered in black velvet and heavy sateen.
Velvet
Sold|$4,710
French Giltwood Three-Seater Settee
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Ornately carved 3-seater settee with three circular medallions at the back, topped with a garland of carved roses and flower baskets.
Sold|$3,850
Late 19th Century Directoire Settee
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Late 19th century Directoire settee. Carved and painted with foliated design, upholstered in yellow silk floral with multi-color gimp and cord.
Wood
Sold|$2,500
19th c. English Oak Settee
Located in High Point, NC
19th-century English oak settee with a carved, decorated back and vase-shaped slats.
Oak
Sold|$4,250
Antique Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Antique Louis XVI style settee with beautiful carved arms and legs all on a very sturdy frame.
Wood
Sold|$3,200
Louis XIII Solid Walnut Settee
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful antique French Louis XIII style settee in hand carved solid walnut with original stamped velvet upholstery and brass nail heads.
Brass
Sold|$4,800
French Louis XVI bleached settee
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful mid nineteenth century French neoclassical canape with shapely sides and hand carved detail. This settee has been reupholstered with all new materials and is very comfort...
Beech
Sold|$2,388
Walnut Framed Two-Seater Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut framed two-seater settee, the finely carved shaped frame above upholstered back, seat and arms in cream damask fabric all raised up on carved cabriole legs with scrolling ...
Sold|$4,707
French Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
French Louis XVI style settee, the carved rail in the typical manner of the period, with detailed leaf motifs to the scrolling arms, flanking around the bergere back and deep buttone...
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Settee
Located in Wichita, KS
A Gustavian period petite sofa bench from the 18th century, newly upholstered in linen. The back, arms, and seat frame are adorned with a carved egg and dart pattern. There are carve...
Linen, Wood
19th Century Swedish Painted Settee with Lyre Back
Located in Charleston, SC
An exceptional and richly carved Swedish settee with lyre back designs in cream-white paint and upholstered in linen.
Linen, Pine
Sold|$2,729
Walnut Framed Two-Seater Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut framed two-seater settee, the finely carved shaped frame above upholstered back, seat and arms in suede fabric.
Walnut
Sold|$5,253
Walnut Framed Cameo Back Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved walnut cameo back settee the show framed back, with deep buttoned velvet upholstery.
Walnut
Sold|$6,277
Victorian Walnut Cameo Back Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Victorian carved walnut cameo back settee the show framed back, with deep buttoned caramel velvet upholstery, the shaped arms above cabriole front supports terminating in brass ceram...
Walnut
Antique Aubusson French Gilded Louis XV Style Settee
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Intricate carved details and distinguished gilding add to this 19th century French settee and still in it's original Aubusson fabric.
Fabric, Giltwood
Sold|$2,388
Regency Mahogany Framed Sofa/Settee
Located in Folkestone, GB
fine quality Regency scroll end settee with carved and reeded frame. A stylish and comfortable sofa in good origional condition.
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Sofa Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
Late 19th century Swedish Gustavian style sofa with richly carved backrest and sides with traces of gold gilt accents. Reupholstered in hint of palest gray tone linen. Seat size: 5...
Giltwood, Linen, Pine
Sold|$3,295
19th Century French Cane Settee
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Beautiful French cane settee with carved roses details and painted in a soft oyster white finish.
Cane, Down, Linen, Wood
French Oval Back Louis XVI Style Gilded Frame Settee
Located in Troy, MI
Turn of the century era French settee in class Louis XVI style with a carved and gilded frame.
Giltwood, Upholstery
George III Sheraton Mahogany Settee, England, circa 1795
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An unusual circa 1795, English George III period settee in Sheraton style of solid mahogany construction and rectangular form having four section 'ladder' back with inlaid tablet for...
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Period Settee/Bench/Canape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV painted Canape, mid-18th century. Wonderful rare French settee with feminine cabriole legs. This is a very rare piece of the period. Louis XV. came to age in 1723. His pers...
Beech
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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.
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