Black Forest Music Chair
$4,500
Black Forest Music Chair
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional black forest music chair. The frame is ornately carved to simulate branches and berries.
Category
Antique Music Chair
Unusual Antique Victorian Music Chair
$767Sale Price|20% Off
Unusual Antique Victorian Music Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian mahogany music chair having a lovely shaped turned top rail with a newly reupholstered seat in a quality fabric standing on shaped sabre legs united by a cr...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Yew
19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair. Adjustable seat height 18" to 25". 14.5" wide x 17" in depth and stands 38"
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Oak, Paint
Pair French Regency Style Gold Chartreuse Velvet Music Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French Regency style music chairs with a carved and painted wood frame featuring fluted legs.
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Antique Music Chair
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
Superb Quality Lyre Back Revolving Harpist/Cello Music Chair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Superb Quality Lyre Back Revolving Harpist/Cello Music Chair This is a really lovely fine quality Lyre back chair, the back has a very fine decorative cartouche and the seat has bee...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Pair Edwardian Lyre-Back Music Chairs Cameo Detail, England c. 1900
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Edwardian Lyre-Back music chairs with cameo detail, England c. 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mohair, Hardwood
Collier & Plucknett attri. Godwin style. Aesthetic Movement ebonized music chair
Located in London, GB
A scarce Aesthetic Movement ebonized music chair with a higher than usual newly laid rush seat.
Category
1880s Aesthetic Movement Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
William Birch. An Arts & Crafts high seat music chair with leather seat
By William Birch
Located in London, GB
William Birch. A high seat music chair with upper decorative pierced handle to the back, stood on strong square tapering legs. professionally upholstered in a quality green leather.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Music Chair
Materials
Oak, Leather
Pair of Early 1900s Hand-Carved Walnut French Regency Music Chairs
$4,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Early 1900s Hand-Carved Walnut French Regency Music Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of French Regency hand-carved walnut cabriole leg "music" chairs. Carved front and side aprons, silk upholstered seats.
Category
19th Century Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Adjustable Music Chair Beethoven 1900
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
A rare accent chair for a music room, hallway, study, reading corner, or collected interior.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Mahogany Adjustable Dressing Table Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
A fine 19th century mahogany music chair, now ideally suited for use as a dressing table chair.
Category
19th Century British Antique Music Chair
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Music Box Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
A music box hidden inside this beautifully carved Swiss chair will activate when the chair is sat upon.
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Swiss Black Forest Musical Chair..music box plays when sat on..
Located in Buffalo, NY
This exceptional Swiss Black Forest chair offers a delightful surprise—a music box hidden inside will activate when the chair is sat upon.
Category
1890s Swiss Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Antique Carved Mahogany Adjustable Seat Height Piano Chair Music Room Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
An American music room chair with shaped crested rail, incised with scrolls.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Music Chair
Materials
Metal
EXQUISITE SOLID HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER ANTIQUE MUSICIANS CHAIR HEiGHT ADJUSTABLE
$2,043Sale Price|20% Off
EXQUISITE SOLID HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER ANTIQUE MUSICIANS CHAIR HEiGHT ADJUSTABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
A very good looking and well-made piece, the chair is height adjustable as you can see, its a honduras mahogany frame which is easily three times heavier than a normal frame of the s...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
12 Important John Gee 1779-1824 Original Regency Hardwood & Brass Dining Chairs
$38,704Sale Price / set|30% Off
12 Important John Gee 1779-1824 Original Regency Hardwood & Brass Dining Chairs
By John Gee
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
In 1790 Lord Wilton bought chairs for the Music Room at Heaton Hall, Lancs. ‘2 June 1790 Aycliffe & Gees Bill for chairs etc. £49 8s.’.
Category
18th Century English Regency Antique Music Chair
Materials
Rattan, Rosewood
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Pair of Biedermeier Music Chairs
Located in Austin, TX
Scallop Mahogany back. Biedermeier Music Chairs channelled with fine fabric.
Category
19th Century German Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Music Chair Mahogany Simulated Rosewwod
Located in Brighton, GB
A fine Regency simulated rosewood music chair (painted mahogany) circa 1815 Reupholstered sympathetically of period.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Music Chair
Materials
Wood
Victorian Giltwood Music Chair, Newly Upholstered in White Linen
Unavailable
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Victorian Giltwood Music Chair, Newly Upholstered in White Linen
Located in York, GB
Delightful little music chair in great condition. Newly upholstered in white linen.
Category
19th Century Antique Music Chair
Materials
Linen, Giltwood
Antique Painted Satinwood Extending Revolving Harpist, Chello Music Chair
Unavailable
H 32.29 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Antique Painted Satinwood Extending Revolving Harpist, Chello Music Chair
Located in Antrim, GB
Fabulous rare antique painted satinwood extending revolving harpist, Chello music chair Circa 1880. Beautiful condition and totally tight of joint.
Category
1890s British Edwardian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Walnut Revolving Antique Music Chair, Harpist/Chello Chair Seat
Unavailable
H 35 in W 16 in D 16 in
Antique Walnut Revolving Antique Music Chair, Harpist/Chello Chair Seat
Located in Antrim, GB
The best quality and most beautiful Victorian antique period walnut revolving antique music chair, seat. Harpist/Chello Chair (Strong of joint) c1870 35ins x 16ins diameter Min ...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Carved Walnut & Upholstered Revolving Music Chair
Unavailable
H 40.16 in W 17.33 in D 22.05 in
Late 19th Century Carved Walnut & Upholstered Revolving Music Chair
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A late 19th century carved walnut revolving music chair with hand worked tapestry to the seat and cameo back.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Revolving Music Chair
Unavailable
H 38.19 in W 15.36 in D 15.36 in
Late 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Revolving Music Chair
Located in Poling, West Sussex
A lovely revolving mahogany music, or harpists, chair from the late Victorian period.
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Rise and Fall Piano Stool Regency Music Chair
Unavailable
H 19.69 in W 18.9 in D 14.18 in
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Rise and Fall Piano Stool Regency Music Chair
Located in Leeds, West Yorkshire
A handsome and rare antique early Victorian/ late Regency rise and fall piano stool in very good condition. A really stylish stool standing on an elegantly scrolled mahogany tripod l...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Music Room Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Louis XVI music room chairs of Classic lines and proportions.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Music Chair
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Liberty Arts & Crafts Nouveau Richard Riemerschmid Limed Oak Chairs
Unavailable
H 31.11 in W 20.48 in D 22.84 in
Liberty Arts & Crafts Nouveau Richard Riemerschmid Limed Oak Chairs
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Richard Riemerschmid originally designed the iconic and best known Music Room chair, first shown at the 1899 Dresden Art Exhibition in Germany; its armless form allowing the freedom ...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Music Chair
A Pair of Jugendstil Chairs by Joseph Maria Olbrich, around 1905
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 16.54 in D 19.49 in
A Pair of Jugendstil Chairs by Joseph Maria Olbrich, around 1905
By Joseph Maria Olbrich
Located in Reichenschwand, DE
Created for the furnishings of a music room, they are part of a larger ensemble that also included items such as a music cabinet.
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Music Chair
Materials
Textile, Upholstery, Boxwood, Elm, Mahogany, Maple, Rosewood, Burl
Pair of 19th Century Hepplewhite Style Mahogany & Painted Elbow Chairs
Unavailable
H 35 in W 20.9 in D 19.3 in
Pair of 19th Century Hepplewhite Style Mahogany & Painted Elbow Chairs
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
The front legs are square and tapering and have spayed toes. The chairs are decorated with fine hand painted swags of flowers along the legs and arms, flowers across the top rail ...
Category
1890s English Hepplewhite Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
Richard Riemerschmid Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau rare pair oak chairs
Unavailable
H 33 in W 15 in D 15 in
Richard Riemerschmid Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau rare pair oak chairs
By Richard Riemerschmid
Located in London, GB
A very good and rare pair of oak Arts & Crafts chairs by the German architect designer, Richard Riemerschmid, famous for his iconic “ Music Room” chair that he designed, circa 18...
Category
Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Music Chair
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Rise and Fall Piano Stool Music Bench Chair
Unavailable
H 20.87 in W 18.12 in D 14.57 in
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Rise and Fall Piano Stool Music Bench Chair
Located in Leeds, West Yorkshire
An elegant antique late Victorian mahogany revolving piano stool, stamped J Fitter Birmingham dating from circa 1900. With an oval stuff over top upholstered in floral gros point whi...
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Revolving Music Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century adjustable walnut music chair having balloon back above a circular watermark silk upholstered seat, with swivel height adjustable mechanism.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Music Chair
Gilt and Ebonized Music Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century music chair with buttoned upholstered top rail above ebonised and gilt lyre back.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Music Chair
Materials
Ebony
19th Century Revolving Walnut Music Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century adjustable walnut music chair having balloon back above a circular damask upholstered seat, with swivel height adjustable mechanism.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Music Chair
Victorian Walnut Revolving Dressing or Music Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
Victorian walnut revolving dressing / music chair, having carved shaped back and with central acanthus scrolls, to the revolving upholstered circular adjustable seat rising above a c...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Music Chair
Pair Early 1900s Hand Carved Walnut French Regency Music Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of French regency hand carved walnut cabriole leg "music" chairs. Carved front and side aprons, silk upholstered seats.
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Revolving Music Chair
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H 35.44 in W 16.54 in D 15.75 in
19th Century Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Revolving Music Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian carved walnut revolving music chair having a superb quality carved walnut ornate back with carved walnut scroll supports, circular revolving seat new...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Music Chair
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Giltwood Louis XVI Style Green Tigre Velvet Music Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Green with envy are these delightful 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood music chairs. These are newly upholstered in a luxurious Luigi-Bevilacqua green shine Tigre velvet.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Music Chair
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Louis XVI Style Music Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful gilded Louis XVI style chair would be the perfect addition to a well-appointed music room.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Music Chair
Materials
Giltwood
Four Early 19th Century Empire Walnut and Cherry Music Chairs Tuscany, Italy
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H 34.26 in W 16.54 in D 17.72 in
Four Early 19th Century Empire Walnut and Cherry Music Chairs Tuscany, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
A group of four early 19th century Empire walnut and cherry music chairs with central baluster. Three turned legs ending in a tip.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Music Chair
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Set of Four Italian 1790s Neoclassical Period Music Chairs with Gilded Trellis
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H 33.63 in W 20.63 in D 19.5 in
Set of Four Italian 1790s Neoclassical Period Music Chairs with Gilded Trellis
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Set of four Italian Neoclassical period painted wooden music chairs from the late 18th century with new upholstery.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Music Chair
Materials
Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Style Music Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Neoclassical-inspired elements such as tapered and fluted legs, gilding and lyre splats distinguish this graceful pair of Louis XVI-style music room chairs. Such stylish furnishings ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Music Chair
Queen Anne Style Oak Leather Upholstered Music Chair
Located in New York, NY
An antique hardwood reading chair with foldout surface on the back. This type of chair was used for both conventional seating, or if straddled, the small surface on the back serves a...
Category
Early 20th Century Queen Anne Antique Music Chair
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Swiss Caved Music Chair, circa 1880-1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
When you sit down on this chair, it plays a tune.
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Music Chair
Early 1900s Carved Mahogany Art Nouveau Music Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved mahogany tall back chair designed for sitting while engaging in playing a musical instrument such as cello or violin. Carved back is narrow and tall with Art Nouveau styling. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Music Chair
Materials
Mahogany
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Antique Music Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique music chair you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and mahogany, every antique music chair was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique music chair — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique music chair, designed in the Victorian, Art Nouveau or Louis XVI style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique music chair that is appealing in its simplicity, but Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH and Thonet produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Music Chair?
The average selling price for an antique music chair at 1stDibs is $2,046, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Seating for You
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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
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.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
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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