Antique Pair of Victorian Carved Mahogany Spider Web Back Desk Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A stylish pair of antique Victorian carved mahogany desk chairs with unusual circular spider web backs, shaped arms and newly upholstered seats.
Mahogany
Victorian Wicker Rocker with Interlocking Circle Arms and Spider Woven Back
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This Victorian ladies rocker matches the youth chair we have also listed. The arms and back are high Victorian style. It was probably a mother's nursery chair perhaps used for nursin...
Wicker
Incredibly Rare Childs Ornate Victorian Youth High Chair with Spider Woven Back
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This Victorian Youth high chair has a spider woven back, cane seat and interlocking wicker circles on its arms.
Wicker
Spider Back Hepplewhite Style Armchairs
Located in Cookeville, TN
We are offering a pair of elegant spider back Hepplewhite style chairs from the early 20th century.
Fabric, Walnut
Set of Six 19th Century Spider Back Swedish Chairs
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Set of Six 19th Century Spider Back Swedish Chairs Re-upholstered in old hemp sheets.
Hemp, Wood
Pair of Spider Back Mahogany Arm Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome Pair of 19th Century, George III Style Gold Silk Upholstered Mahogany Arm Chairs, Eight Detailed Plumes within the Oval Back Joined at the Mid Section with Carved Arms of a ...
Mahogany
Sold
H 24 in W 17 in D 13 in
Victorian Child's Wicker Rocking Chair with Heart Shape Spider Woven Back
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A fine example of spider woven wicker, this early Victorian wicker chair is a charmer.
Wicker
Exceptional Set of Six Spider Back Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extremely handsome set of six spider back chairs.
Wood
$1,714Sale Price|24% Off
H 44.75 in Dm 18 in
19th Century Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. Natural Wicker Swivel Piano Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
This fanciful Victorian wicker swivel piano chair has all the bells and whistles of the most prestigious American wicker designers Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. Curlicues, ...
Metal
$6,500
H 47.5 in W 27 in D 32 in
Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair by Heywood Brothers, Late 19th Century
By Heywood Brothers & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker ornate high back platform rocking chair with woven rolled arms and finials & swag chain link on back (HEYWOOD BROS.)
Wicker
$1,250
H 24.5 in W 46 in D 17 in
Antique Victorian Indianapolis Mfg Co Wicker Rattan Portrait Chair 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian portrait chair by the Indianapolis manufacturing company. Made of wicker and rattan featuring serpentine form with high reticulated / scrolled crest, harp shaped b...
Wicker
$1,106Sale Price|25% Off
H 38.5 in W 29 in D 32 in
1800s Antique Heywood Wakefield Large Wicker Rocking Arm Chair with Springs Seat
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Germantown, MD
1870s Heywood Wakefield Victorian Wicker rocking arm chair. Ultra comfortable and in very good condition. Seat cushion upholstery in great shape, very firm and very firm. Cushion uph...
Metal
$2,850 / set
H 38 in W 32 in D 30 in
Antique American Wicker in the Bar harbor style Chair & Rocker, matching, c.1940
Located in Atlanta, GA
American Antique wicker set compromising a chair and a rocker, in the Bar Harbor style. Handmade around 1940. The wicker is in great shape, but each piece has a few cosmetic bre...
Wicker
Victorian Wicker Arm Chair by Heywood-Wakefield, 19th Century USA
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker arm chair with fan shaped back with scroll and filigree design. (Heywood Brothers)
Wicker
$338Sale Price|62% Off
H 33 in W 25.5 in D 20 in
Antique Victorian Heywood Wakefield (attr) Ball & Stick Wicker Chair, Circa 1890
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Cookeville, TN
A truly wonderfully preserved example of Victorian stick and ball fiddlehead style. Great Patina. This fanciful hand made chair features ball and stick designs, skilled scrollwork, s...
Wicker, Paint
$1,722Sale Price|40% Off
H 38.5 in W 65 in D 28.25 in
French Art Deco Rattan Lounge Chair / Recliner / Chaise Longue, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Authentic French Art Deco Chaise Lounge in Bamboo and Rattan circa 1920 with rattan woven in a cubist form and presenting a chic, slender profile. A charming atmospheric piece that a...
Bamboo, Rattan
Pair of 19th century carved walnut side chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of 19th century carved walnut side chairs circa 1870. Good quality pair of side chairs which would ideally suit a bedroom or dressing room. Cartouche shaped back rest surmount...
Fabric, Walnut
Antique Cane and Carved Wood Arm Side Chair with Rose Detail
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful antique Victorian carved wood armchair with a cane seat and back. This chair will make a great side chair in a living room or at a desk. It has smooth-sloped arms on each...
Cane, Wood
$1,850
H 37 in W 16.5 in D 15 in
Fantastic 19th Century Childs Ladderback Height Chair from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 19th century and quite rare hickory and pine height chair is from New England. The style is similar to shaker with fantastic form and splay shape. The seat is probably a s...
Hickory, Pine
Victorian Wicker Loveseat by Maker Larkin & Co., High Back Design, USA
By Larkin & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker woven roll design high back loveseat with spindles and bobbins on back and apron. (LARKIN & CO. label)
Wicker
$1,095
H 40 in W 27.5 in D 31.5 in
Antique Heywood Wakefield Victorian Woven Wicker Platform Rocker Rocking Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Heywood Wakefield Woven Wicker Victorian Platform Rocker Rocking Chair. Item features a carved wood platform rocker base with rolling casters, ornate woven wicker wrapped fra...
Wicker
Antique Victorian high chair
Located in MILL, NL
Antique Victorian high chair This high chair is originally from England, dating from the late 19th century. It can be adjusted to two different heights. Beautiful colour and patina....
Wood
$1,102Sale Price / item|27% Off
H 34.65 in W 15.75 in D 16.15 in
19th Century French Pair of Petite Carved Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of petite 19th century French beautifully carved walnut side chairs in Victorian style. Very stable and comfortable with new white upholstery, circa 1870.
Walnut
$3,193
H 40.56 in W 24.22 in D 20.48 in
Outstanding Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Desk Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality pair of antique Victorian carved walnut desk chairs having an outstanding quality carved walnut shape top rail, fantastic shaped burr walnut centre splat, shaped ...
Walnut
$2,800 / item
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 13.39 in
Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Black Leather 21st Century Modern
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Stripped away from all excess, this hanging chair has a circular frame with the sheets of soft leather hanging loose within it, to create a sleek, sexy, and oh so comfortable experie...
Steel
Handblown Murano Glass Candelabra Multicolored, circa 1940
By Murano 5
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Handblown Murano glass candelabra, multicolored, circa 1940, Baroque style, five-arm candelabra with multicolored applied decoration, materials: glass and wood, wired for electricity...
Blown Glass
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair. Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style walnut Savroarola chair, side chair, armchair or throne chair. This beauti...
Walnut, Suede
Extremely Rare Georgian Peacock Green Drinking Vessel
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare Georgian peacock green drinking vessel with six finger hole and lid. The vessel is very similar in design to earlier German vessels one of which can be seen at the...
Glass
$898 / item
H 5.91 in Dm 5.52 in
Country Crystal Vase with Easter Rabbit Decor in Blue Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
By Sofina Boutique Kitzbühel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Handblown crystal vase in blue with a country style easter design. Hand-carved by Bavarian glass artists . A rich garland of trees and flowers with rabitts all around. One rabbit sit...
Crystal
$2,495Sale Price|36% Off
H 11.25 in W 23 in D 13.5 in
Rare Art Deco Cast Iron Aquarium Fish Tank by Jewel
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare deco cast iron aquarium fish tank by Jewel. As shown in original catalog page, This is the tabletop aquarium "model No 90" Missing one glass panel. The three others are the or...
Metal
$4,500
H 6.7 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 in
Antique Baroque Devotional “Last Judgment” Book with Engravings 1705 Nürnberg
Located in Doha, QA
A rare and visually striking early 18th-century German Baroque devotional work printed in Nuremberg in 1705, richly illustrated with dramatic allegorical engravings depicting the “Vi...
Leather, Paper
Beautiful Large France Art Nouveau Glass and Brass Wall Lights
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful large pair of Art Nouveau wall sconces in glass and gilded metal/brass. Elegant and refined, with a timeless charm and a high-end, luxurious appearance. France 1920/1930s
Brass, Metal
$58,450Sale Price|22% Off
H 36.25 in W 70.38 in D 25.88 in
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ormolu-Mounted Commode
By Léon Kann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French palatial 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" medallion commode with a Fleur de Pêche marble top, after a model by Ben...
Marble, Ormolu
$3,746Sale Price|25% Off
H 27 in W 18.5 in D 9 in
19th Century Highly Decorative Bronze And Slag Glass Magazine Rack
Located in Germantown, MD
A very unique, highly decorative Bronze And Slag Glass Magazine Rack. Measures 18.5" in width, 9" in depth and 27" in height.
Bronze
Lalique France - Vase Serpent Snake Amazon Green Crystal - New In Box
By Lalique, René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Serpent" made in amazon green crystal by Lalique France after a drawing by René Lalique from 1924. Engraved signature and numbered. Perfect condition. Extraordinary model! New...
Crystal
$3,397
H 0.75 in W 4.5 in D 5.75 in
Rare ca. 1906 Temple Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Art Nouveau Italian Gilt Vellum
Located in Nottingham, GB
This exceptionally unusual early 20th-century edition of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is beautifully presented in an elaborate hand-painted Italian vellum binding, created in the t...
Paper
1925 René Lalique - Art Deco Statuette Thais Suzanne Opalescent Glass
By Lalique, René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Statuette "Thais" made in opalescent glass by René Lalique in 1925. Engraved signature. Perfect condition. Wonderful model. Beautiful opalescence. height: 21.5 cm Félix Marcilhac,...
Blown Glass
$1,875
H 41.5 in W 21 in D 18 in
Antique Chinoiserie Ebonized Rosewood High Relief Ball & Claw Scholars Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chinoiserie side dining, scholars, or vanity chair. Made of ebonized Rosewood featuring highly ornate gothic inspired carvings with dragons, bats, squirrels, flowers, nuts, b...
Rosewood
$13,000
H 7.09 in W 4.34 in D 1.58 in
Antique Handwritten Exorcism Healing & Ritual Mystery Folk Manuscript
Located in Doha, QA
Extraordinary handwritten Baroque-era exorcistic healing and ritual manuscript originating from the Austrian–Bavarian Alpine sphere, executed entirely in German Kurrent script with s...
Paper, Leather
English Cast Iron Umbrella / Cane Stand. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast iron umbrella / cane stand with three section top, scrolled floral side mounts, four removable pans, and terminating on decorative cast egg and dart base.
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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