Antique Elmwood Bench
Vintage Antique Elmwood Bench
Located in Brea, CA
Vintage antique elmwood bench
These are the real vintage antique elmwood benches! Beautiful
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Early 20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Early 20th C Chinese Don Yang Elmwood Bench
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Chinese elmwood bench from Don Yang City, China with carved details on stretcher and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
20th Century Elmwood Bench from China
Located in Chicago, IL
The bench's weathered patina narrates tales of its journey through time, adding character and depth
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
FI Vintage Shandong Elmwood Bench w/ Ultra Luxe Cream White Shearling
Located in thousand oaks, CA
A versatile authentic vintage Shandong Bench from our Global collections. Hand-crafted from natural
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Early 20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Faux Fur, Elm
Provincial Chinese Elmwood Bench, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
years ago, this low bench has a timeless form that highlights the organic beauty of northern elmwood
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Rustic Chinese Provincial Elm Wood Bench
Located in Sheffield, MA
The elegantly simple 19th century elmwood bench has the clean restraint of Classic Chinese
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Antique Asian Elm Bench w/ Vintage French Hand-Spun Natural Linen
Located in thousand oaks, CA
One-of-a-kind authentic antique Asian elmwood bench, upholstered in authentic vintage French hand
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Hardwood, Elm
Pair of Chinese Round Leg Courtyard Benches, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century elmwood benches would have originally resided in the courtyard of a Qing
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Pair of 19th Century Long Elmwood Asian Benches
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century long elmwood Asian benches. Measures: 84".
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Antique Shandong Elm Bench, Rustic, One-of-a-Kind
Located in thousand oaks, CA
From our collection, a one-of-a-kind authentic antique Asian Shandong bench. This special unique
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Elm
Antique Shandong Elm Bench w/ Rustic Italian Woven Raw Silk
Located in thousand oaks, CA
One-of-a-Kind!
Authentic vintage (circa late 1800's) Asian Shandong bench hand-built from solid
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1890s Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Foam, Elm
19th Century Day Bed Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century elmwood low table, day bed, bench, and or cocktail table. Round leg construction with
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Chinese Eight Immortals Square Table with Stone Top, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
people, with a bench for two on each side. The tabletop is inset with puddingstone, a conglomerate stone
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Stone
Chinese Low Plank Top Table, circa 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
surface for cooking, dining or drinking. Made of northern Chinese elmwood (yumu), the table has a plank
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Wood
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21st Century and Contemporary French Brutalist Antique Elmwood Bench
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H 13.78 in W 55.12 in D 35.44 in
Ancient Plaster Bas-Relief "Mason", circa 1930
By Jean Burkhalter and Joël Martel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient plaster Bas-relief: "Mason", Art Deco period, circa 1930.
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Vintage Elm Skinny Bench
Located in Brea, CA
Vintage Antique Elm Wood Bench
These are the real vintage antique elm wood benches! Beautiful antique patina, with weathering and age, these are solid and sturdy ready for daily use...
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20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Rustic Wabi Sabi Stool, Four Legged, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic; Wabi Sabi; Stool; Four-Legged; France; 1940s;
Rustic wabi-sabi wooden stool with a four-legged base and an oval-shaped seat. With its remarkable patina, the design reminds...
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1940s French Rustic Antique Elmwood Bench
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Whimsical pair of Chinese Elephant Benches
Located in Montreal, QC
Whimsical pair of painted and gilt, Chinese carved wood elephant benches fitted with glass eyes.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Washington, DC
the elmwood top. Very sturdy for use as a bench or cocktail table.
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Charming 19th Century Southern Elmwood Bench with Dragon Carvings
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
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Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
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Located in New York, NY
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in CILAVEGNA, IT
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Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
H 35.04 in W 76.78 in D 20.48 in
Antique Chinese Elmwood Bench
Located in Brea, CA
Antique Chinese elmwood bench with beautiful patina to the wood, very solid and sturdy, can be used
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19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Elmwood Bench
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Wood, Elm
19th Century Elmwood Bench with Splayed Legs
Located in New York, NY
19th Century elmwood bench, splayed legs
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Pomona, CA
19th century French elmwood handcrafted bench.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Elmwood Bench
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18th Century Elmwood Bench
Located in Pasadena, CA
A long and simple Chinese elm bench, circa 18th century.
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Early 20th Century Chinese Elmwood Bench
Located in Singapore, SG
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in London, GB
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Located in thousand oaks, CA
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Early 20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in thousand oaks, CA
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Early 20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Rustic Chinese Bench
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rustic elmwood bench. Can be used indoor or outdoors. Great to use for extra seating.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Chicago, IL
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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19th Century Elm Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Chinese elmwood bench from one plank, double short stretchers. Beautiful smooth
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19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Elmwood Bench
19th Century Chinese Three Person Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lovely three person bench from Shanxi province, China. This Chinese Northern elmwood bench is
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Chinese Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century provincial Chinese elmwood bench with geometric carved apron. Pair available, sold
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
19th Century Chinese Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood bench with a high waist and square legs.
Pagoda Red Collection
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Chinese Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood bench with well worn finish and simple spandrels.
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
Pair of 19th Century French Benches
Located in Chicago, IL
An über chic pair of 19th century French elmwood benches with single plank seats, straight
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19th Century French Country Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
19th Century Chinese Three Person Primitive Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Chicago, IL
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Located in Chicago, IL
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
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Located in Chicago, IL
Many examples of Chinese furniture have a very modern aesthetic. This mid-19th century elmwood
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Pair of Chinese Benches
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of 19th century provincial Northern Chinese elmwood benches with carved billowing cloud form
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Early 20th century Chinese Bench with Back
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Chinese elmwood bench with slatted back and traces of original black lacquer
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Early 20th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
19th Century French Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
An über chic 19th century French elmwood bench with single plank seat, straight stretchers with
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19th Century French Rustic Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
19th Century Chinese Bench with Open Storage
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood bench with open storage and feet ending in scholars' scrolls. Pair
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
19th Century Provincial Chinese "Running Horse" Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century provincial Chinese elmwood bench with heavy plank top, ruyi carved spandrels, and
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Qing Dynasty Chinese Bench with Original Ox Blood Lacquer
Located in Chicago, IL
The cloud motif apron-head spandrels and round legs of this Chinese elmwood bench give this piece a
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Double-Sided Bench with Bamboo Top
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood bench with split bamboo top with double-sided carved scrolling legs
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm, Bamboo
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Benches
Located in Chicago, IL
Over 150 years ago, this elegant, Elmwood bench was made in the Shanxi region of China, where it
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
19th Century Chinese Bench with Everted Ends
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century elmwood bench has the clean restraint of classic Ming-dynasty Minimalist forms
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Early 20th Century Chinese Courtyard Door Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand elmwood bench once provided versatile seating in the courtyard of a Qing-dynasty home
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Chinese Four Door Coffer Bench, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual elmwood bench began its life in northern China as a large cabinet for general
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
18th Century Eight-Dragon Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th century Chinese elmwood bench with eight dragon carved spandrels.
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18th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
19th Century Provincial Chinese "Running Horse" Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century provincial Chinese elmwood bench with heavy plank top, ruyi carved spandrels, and
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
English Tenon-Mortised Elmwood Antique Hallway Bench, 18th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
weakness of an unstretched footing in a bench of this form, the piece is incredibly sturdy and stabile
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Late 18th Century English Edwardian Antique Elmwood Bench
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Wood
Antique French Country Benches Pair Banquette Window Seats Elmwood Farmhouse
Located in Tyler, TX
seating or window seats
Each bench is 20" tall x 78" wide x 13" deep
THICK 3" Elmwood tops
HEAVY
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Chinese Two Person Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
Over 150 years ago, this elegant, elmwood bench was made in the Shanxi region of China, where it
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Chinese Ruyi Carved Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
were often found in public theaters or temples. This 150-year-old elmwood bench is ideal for two people
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Italian, Emiliana (Modena), Neoclassical Walnut and Elmwood Storage Settee
Located in Atlanta, GA
this bench from the end of the 18th century or very early 19th century has a pierced backrest
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Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique Elmwood Bench
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Walnut
H 37.25 in W 69.5 in D 23 in
Chinese Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood tapered legged bench with geometric stretcher and floral carved
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19th Century Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elmwood Low Altar Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Chinese antique elmwood ebonized bench. Turn of the century 1890-1910.
Windowpane frame struts
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19th Century Chinese Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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19th Century Elm Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Elmwood Bench
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19th Century Great Hall Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
, like this one, would have been perfectly at home. This bench was made in Shanxi Province out of Elmwood
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
Pair of Chinese Carriage Benches
Located in Chicago, IL
the beauty of clean lines. Made of northern elmwood, each bench was constructed with mortise-and-tenon
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Plank Top Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A large three person bench from Northern China. This c. 1850 bench features one solid elmwood plank
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Three-Person Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood three-person bench with wonderful time-worn surface.
Pagoda Red
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19th Century Chinese Antique Elmwood Bench
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Elm
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Antique Elmwood Bench For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique elmwood bench you’re looking for. Each antique elmwood bench for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, elm and hardwood. Find 37 options for an antique or vintage antique elmwood bench now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the antique elmwood bench you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An antique elmwood bench is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in styles are sought with frequency.
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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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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.
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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