French Louis XVI Giltwood Corner Settee Loveseat C. 1890s Era
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare and distinctive French Louis XVI giltwood corner settee carries the quiet poetry of 18th century craftsmanship, shaped for intimacy, designed for conversation, and built wi...
Upholstery, Walnut, Giltwood
French Carved Walnut 19th Century Louis XVI Sofa, Settee or Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French elegant and well-made antique carved walnut sofa, loveseat or settee. Classic example of the French Louis XVI style: the quality is superb, the frame has crisp and intricate ...
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Style Cream Distress Painted Petite Canape Settee Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Cream Distress Painted Petite Canape Sma...
Fabric, Wood
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and Giltwood bench/settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and Giltwood bench/settee.
Giltwood
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Carved Giltwood Canape Cameo Settee Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Carved Giltwood Canape Cameo Settee Sofa.
Fabric, Wood
Mid 19th Century French Louis XVI Canape ~ Settee in Richly Carved Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Canapé ~ Settee is an exceptionally fine and rare example hand carved in oak with a depth and quality of craftsmanship seldom encountered.
Silk, Oak
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Settee, François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine french 19th-20th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved settee by François Linke (d. 1946).
Fabric, Giltwood
$9,351Sale Price / set|20% Off
Italian Louis XVI Walnut and Vienna Straw Antique Settee with 2 Chairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We are delighted to present this rare 18th-century living room set, which includes a long sofa (approximately three seats) and two accompanying chairs. Originating from Italy, this e...
Walnut, Straw
$1,785Sale Price|38% Off
Louis XVI Style Settee/Love Seat, Polychromed with New Upholstery, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
19th century settee with new upholstery, polychromed in pale cream color hue. Scrolled arms with a slightly arched crest rail. Reeded straight legs.
Hardwood
$776Sale Price|70% Off
French antique Damask Canape-2 Seater Sofa-Settee-Louis XVI Style-1900s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
Exquisite 19th-century French Sofa embodies the timeless elegance of Louis XVI-inspired Design – with perfectly balanced proportions and intricate carvings. Handcrafted from solid wo...
Wood, Silk, Cotton, Damask
Very Fine Suite of 19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Carved Armchairs and Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine suite of 19th century French Louis XVI armchairs and settee. Finely carved and detailed with the original gilt and covered in a Hermes leather The armchairs.
Giltwood
$1,260Sale Price / set|30% Off
French Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Settee Sofa with Pair of Armchairs, Vintage
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautiful remake of Louis XVI style settee and the matching armchairs.
Fabric, Beech
French Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Painted and Parcel-Gilt Canapé Settee
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A French Louis XVI period painted and parcel-gilt canapé settee from the late 18th century, with rectangular back, out-scrolled arms, fluted legs and deep cantaloupe colored upholste...
Upholstery, Wood
Fine Antique Napoleon III circa 1870 Gold Giltwood Bergere Louis XVI Sofa Settee
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning original circa 1860-1870 Napoleon III Louis XVI style bergère settee which is part of a suite This sofa comes with a matching pair of parl...
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Painted Settee with Toile Neoclassical Upholstery
Located in Essex, MA
Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Grey Painted Settee Of classic rounded form with a carved and painted frame, the molded crest rail over a tight upholstered back and loose goose down s...
Paint, Wood, Fabric
French Louis XVI Style Bergère Armchair, Striped Upholstery
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This late 19th-century French Louis XVI Provençal settee features a wood frame painted in Trianon grey with a lightly patinated finish.
Upholstery, Wood
Louis XVI Style Bench In Gilded Wood, 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
An elegant Louis XVI style settee crafted from finely carved and gilt wood, resting on four tapered and fluted legs ending in carved rosettes.
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Parcel Gilt Canapé
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A glorious Louis XVI style canapé-settee from 19th century France, with parcel gilt details to enhance the neoclassical motifs of the white painted frame.
Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Canapes with Giltwood Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI (18th Century) canapes / Settees with a curved and carved giltwood frame with a circular panel in the backrest, which curves forward to create the Settee's a...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Set French Louis XVI Maison Krieger Cane Walnut Upholstered 5 Piece Parlor Set
By Maison Krieger
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
A magnificent find for collectors of fine French antiques, interior designers, and connoisseurs of authentic Louis XVI craftsmanship. settee measures 51 wide x 29.75 tall x 22.25 de...
Upholstery, Cane, Walnut
Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855
Located in Chatham, ON
Pierre Adrien Chabal-DUSSURGEY (1819-1902) Designer - BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY MANUFACTORY Maker - Important Antique Louis XVI style floral tapestry settee back fragment - the floral tapest...
Wool, Silk
Fine Carved Antique French Settee with High Arms
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved ribbon and leaf motifs on the crest rail, ribbon motif on the seat rail and Louis XVI legs. Upholstered in a fine red and gold damask with black and white rampant lion accents.
Wood
LOVELY ANTIQUE NAPOLEON III CIRCA 1890 BERGERE WiNDOW SEAT BENCH SETTEE SOFA
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1890 Napoleon III Louis XVI style bergère settee which is part of a suite P...
Upholstery, Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Loveseat with Velvet Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style cream painted loveseat with bow knot carved back crest and velvet upholstered seat and back Antique condition. Shows wear and tear
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
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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