A carved walnut sofa with boat-shaped form in the style of Henry Thomas Peters
By Henry Thomas Peters
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
The backrest of the piece can be removed, transforming it into an "ottoman" ideal as a daybed or hallway furniture.
Fabric, Walnut
$8,484Sale Price / set|37% Off
Italian Empire Sleigh Bed Set, Flamed Walnut, 19th Century, Lucca
Located in Firenze, IT
The beds, that can serve also as a daybeds or settee, show a sophisticated execution sign of high quality cabinet making.
Metal
18th Century Naive Landscape Painting, Folk Art, Unknown Origin
Located in Montreal, QC
An 18th century naive landscape, in the middle ground is a neoclassical structure and round tower, the forerground with an extensive landscape depicting cows grazing, an angler, and ...
Paint
Ruhlmann Vintage Photograph Album (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The album contains six large mounted original photographs, one per page, showing interior views of the rooms and furniture at the residence of Emile Molinie (1877-1964), who was an a...
Paper
Rattan Art Deco Vintage Chaise Longue by Perret & Vibert Attributed France 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Rattan Art Deco vintage chaise longue or daybed created by Perret & Vibert attributed, France, 1920s.
Iron
$7,789Sale Price|30% Off
Exceptional 19th Century Hand Carved Italian Walnut Day Bed Cherub Putti's Angel
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Circa 1840-1860 hand carved walnut Italian daybed with cherub putti decoration and chesterfield tufting What a find!
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoiseshell and Ormolu Boulle Cartel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
At the center is one large door retaining its original glass pane with an exceptional pierced ormolu mount of a beautiful maiden seated on a daybed and framed within a fine mottled o...
Ormolu
$14,950Sale Price|57% Off
French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
Porcelain
Original Gustav Siegel Bentwood Rocking Chair / Lounge, Jacob & Josef Kohn
By Gustav Siegel, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in New York City, NY
This Schaukelstuhl can also be used as a bergère chair, armchair, chaise longue, club chair, corner chair, daybed, living room set, lounge chair, loveseat, side chair, slipper chair,...
Bentwood
$1,680Sale Price|40% Off
French Iron Bed, Early 20th Century Neoclassical Design, Patina Finish
Located in Buchanan, NY
A striking French folding iron bed, circa 1900, designed for placement against a wall and equally at home as a daybed or guest bed. Its airy, sculptural silhouette is defined by hand...
Iron
Leonard William Collmann, an Exhibition Quality Gothic Revival Oak Chaise Lounge
Located in London, GB
A rare exhibition quality Gothic Revival oak chaise lounge or daybed with incised and inlaid details through out, a wonderful original poly-chrome panel in the style of AWN Pugin to ...
Brass
Settee Sofa Couch Knole Velvet Strie Olive 3-seater H44" Adjustable L67-101"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
During the late 16th-early 17th century a new form of daybed was introduced to match the contemporary upholstered 'X' chairs and stools.
Velvet
Antique French Metal Campaign Chaise Chair with Custom Brazilian Cowhide Cushion
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
The chaise can be positioned into three different positions - as a chair, a traditional chaise, and a flat daybed. We custom made three cushions from our gorgeous ivory cowhide.
Metal
Renaissance Style Marble Figure of Sleeping Child
By François Duquesnoy
Located in London, GB
The sculpture depicts a young child asleep on a daybed. The child is naked except for a piece of drapery, which partially covers his body.
Marble
Charles Dufet, Gilt-Wood, Upholstered, Neoclassical Daybed, France, 1918
By Michel Duffet
Located in New York, NY
This neoclassical daybed by the renowned Michel Duffet, who was chosen to create the French Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair, is an early example of his fine output, dating from the...
Upholstery, Giltwood
Chinese Double Moon Step Bench, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A low daybed step from the mid-19th century, featuring an elongated plank top with rounded ends and short splayed legs linked with straight stretchers.
Elm
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.
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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.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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