Antique Victorian Revival Quartersawn Oak Salesman Sample Chaise Lounge Daybed
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian miniature salesman sample / doll sized fainting couch / chaise lounge chair. Features a carved quarter sawn oak frame with pierced serpentine design and red uphols...
Oak
Upholstered Daybed Chaise Longues
Located in Sheffield, MA
Graceful and inviting, the recamier chaise with arched back and rolled arm. The fainting couch is upholstered but it does show some ware.
Upholstery
Rococo Revival Meridienne/Recamier attributed to John Henry Belter
By John Henry Belter
Located in Hastings, GB
Spectacular Rococo Revival Meridienne/Recamier 'fainting couch' attributed to the American master cabinet maker John Henry Belter, who is widely considered to be the godfather of Ame...
Wood
19TH Century Dutch Marquetry Recamier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic form " fainting " couch with elaborate and exotic inlays.
Textile, Wood
Fainting Couch
Located in Highwood, IL
Rococo style gilded fainting couch with floral motif.
Giltwood
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H 34.5 in W 31 in D 61 in
Antique French Empire Style Chaise Longue Fainting Couch Sofa Bun Feet Recamier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely antique chaise longue/fainting couch in the French Empire taste. The piece features a dramatically flared back with staggered armrests, clean lines, and solid wood carved bun ...
Fabric, Wood
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H 34.25 in W 75 in L 34.25 in
Eastlake Victorian Oak Leather Chaise Lounge Fainting Couch Murphy Bed Parlor
Located in Dayton, OH
Eastlake Victorian oak leather chaise lounge fainting couch Murphy bed parlor Eastlake chaise lounge day bed, circa 1880s.
Leather, Oak
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H 26.5 in W 66.5 in D 27 in
Antique Victorian Eastlake Mahogany Daybed Chaise Lounge Fainting Couch Recamier
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian parlor day bed / fainting couch / chaise lounge. Made of mahogany featuring traditional Eastlake styling with pierced / reticulated frame and Neoclassical striped ...
Upholstery, Mahogany
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H 38 in W 85 in D 28 in
Antique Regency Satinwood Récamier Chase Lounge Sofa Fainting Couch Daybed
Located in Dayton, OH
"A rare and impressive Regency period Récamier sofa or fainting couch, circa 1820s. Exquisite and vibrant Satinwood sleigh form featuring a scroll crest rail, rolled and flared arms.
Upholstery, Satinwood
Fainting Couch Identical to That of Madame Juliette Recamier
Located in Essex, MA
Stylish 19th Century Mahogany Sofa or Recamier Identical to that Owned by Juliette Recamier
Jacques-Louis David's famous painting of 1800 depicts Madame Recamier in th...
Mahogany
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H 35 in W 79 in D 26 in
Antique Victorian Walnut Burl Récamier Chaise Lounge Fainting Couch Sleeper Sofa
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Eastlake Fold Out Récamier / Chaise Lounge, circa 1870s. Features a walnut frame with burlwood panels, carved foliate and contoured back with 'C' and 'S' scrolled ...
Fabric, Walnut, Burl
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H 30 in W 75 in D 23 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Caned Chaise Lounge Recamier Fainting Couch Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI style caned and carved wood chaise lounge. Item features unique and beautifully carved solid wood frame, caned seat and back, and very unique overall form, c...
Cane, Wood
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H 30 in W 75 in D 23 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Cane Chaise Lounge Recamier Fainting Couch Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI style caned and carved wood chaise lounge. Item features unique and beautifully carved solid wood frame, caned seat and back, and very unique overall form, c...
Cane, Wood
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H 35 in W 55 in D 27 in
Pair of Diminutive Chaise Lounges in the Méridienne or "Fainting Couch" Style
Located in Long Island City, NY
This pair of early 19th-century William IV chaises longues or chaise lounges is distinguished by their unusually small size. They are ornamented with carved rosettes, and with lion's...
19Thc Original Green Painted Day Bed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original green painted day bed or fainting couch with a nice mellow patina.The condition is very good.
Wood
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Chaise Longue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 20th century, French chaise longue / chaise longue / fainting couch in the Louis XVI style. The mahogany frame has been left untouched in its original patina to wonderfully con...
Mahogany, Mohair
Second Empire Recamier, France, circa 1850
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Second Empire fainting couch, circa 1850 de-acquisitioned from Svaneholms castles inventory in 1936.
Mahogany
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H 33 in W 59 in D 23 in
Dutch Recamier Mahogany Chaise with Satinwood Marquetry Inlay, circa 1825
Located in Hanover, MA
Legs are carved with acanthus leaves and have paw feet. Lovely as a fainting couch at the foot of a bed.
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century French Trumeau Mirror, Oil on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming painted trumeau from France has a scene of a man assisting a woman reclining upon a fainting couch. There is draping in the background and what appears to be a savonne...
Antique Victorian Eastlake Mahogany Recamier Chaise Lounge Daybed 72"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian parlor daybed / chaise lounge / fainting couch / recamier. Made of mahogany featuring traditional Eastlake styling with a long pierced reticulated arm rest.
Upholstery, Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Banquette
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
In classic 18th century fashion the straight top rail across the back makes a clean silhouette that is open and inviting, before sloping down to become the left-facing corner, leavin...
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Paint
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H 34.5 in W 59.25 in D 27.25 in
Superb Bronze Mounted Eagle French Empire Mahogany Empire Daybed Chaise
By Charles-Honoré Lannuier
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
The elongated form makes it ideal as a fainting couch, daybed, or chaise longue, perfect for placement in a salon, library, or bedroom suite.
Bronze
19th C. French Charles X Restoration Period Sewing Stand Work Table
Located in Forney, TX
Apartments had essential elements such as chests of drawers, big rounded tables in the dining room, desks or secretaries, armoires and even dressing tables, comfortable fainting couc...
Bronze, Ormolu
Eastlake Victorian Récamier Daybed Chaise Fainting Couch
By Charles Locke Eastlake
Located in Topeka, KS
This beautiful sofa is sometimes called a Récamier, sometimes a daybed, sometimes a chaise, but my mother called it a fainting couch.
Upholstery, Oak
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H 34.5 in W 76 in D 25.5 in
Romantic Antique Purple Velvet Victorian Fainting Couch Chaise Longue
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Just refurbished to its original splendor, a romantic tufted Victorian era fainting couch that belongs in a Victoria Secret ad!
Velvet, Oak
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H 34.75 in W 85.5 in D 25 in
19th Century Empire Recamier or Fainting Couch in Mahogany with Upholstery
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A captivating divan or chaise longue with graceful lines and fine proportions. Features scrolled arm and footrest, curved back, and cornucopia feet in mahogany, with finely carved ac...
Upholstery, Mahogany
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H 30.5 in W 50 in D 22 in
Small French Empire Style Carved Wood Red White Chaise Lounge Fainting Couch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Small Vintage French Empire Style Carved Wood chaise longue. Great for use as a child's chaise longue or unique decorative item. Item features Solid Carved Wood Frame, Plush Red Upho...
Fabric, Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Giltwood Upholstered Recamier Settee
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique 18th Century French Louis XV settee recamier features foliate giltwood frame with doves and foliate garland, floral interior upholstery and complimenting forest green exte...
Upholstery, Giltwood
19th Century Edwardian Fainting Green Chaise Sofa Lounge on Castors
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This Superb late 19th Century Victorian Walnut Antique Chaise Longue dates from circa, 1890 and stands on beautiful turned legs with castors. The scroll arm has some fine carvings an...
Upholstery, Wood
Aesthetic Period Silver and Gold Panel Cuff Bracelet Late Victorian
Located in Northampton, MA
This was not a bracelet for the fussy, laced-up Victorian lady fainting on a velvet sofa because she has seen the bare ankle of a man as he crossed his legs in front of her.
Gold, Silver
George III fainting couch
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late 18th Century George III fancy painted fainting couch. Painted yellow, with Neo-Classcial motif.
Wood, Paint, Cane
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