Pair Wing Back Chairs Georgian Revival Armchair
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A handsome pair of Georgian-style wing chairs, standing on elegant cabriole front legs with swept rear legs Circa 1920 The well-proportioned frames feature classic Georgian styling, ...
Leather
19th Century George III Mahogany Hepplewhite Tub Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A fine 19th Century George III period mahogany Hepplewhite tub chair in the French taste.
Mahogany
$18,000 / set
H 39 in W 23 in D 16.75 in
Set of 12 Irish George II Style Elm Wood Chairs with Chenille Seats
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 12 (2 arms/10 sides) Irish George II style (19/20th Cent) carved elm wood chairs with pierced carved backs and patterned chenille slip seats (arms 23" w x 16.75" d x 39.5" h)
Elm
Unavailable
H 47.25 in W 35.04 in D 26.38 in
George III Mahogany Barrel-Back Armchair and Matched Foot Stool
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The "barrel-back" shaped seat is upholstered in a green and gold damask and the pattern has been retained through the large flutes that make up the barrel shape back. The shaped wing...
Unavailable
H 36 in W 21.5 in D 18.5 in
Pair of George III Period Painted Armchairs, 18th Century, English
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair of George III period painted armchairs with shield shaped backs on square tapered legs ending in spade feet; both chairs with refreshed original paint surface, English, circa ...
Important Early 18th Century Kentian Carved Walnut Wing Chair
By William Kent
Located in Woodbury, CT
An important Kentian walnut easy chair with scrolled crest, flared arms and square cabriole legs with gilt carved acanthus knees, English, George II, circa 1735. A great find! All or...
Walnut
Set of George IV Scottish Laburnum Wood Dining Chairs
Located in Wiltshire, GB
Set of George IV Scottish Laburnum wood dining chairs two armchairs and four singles with rope back twists. Probably made for major Balmain of Roslin shortly after his return from In...
Pair of George III Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Each with serpentine upholstered backs and seats raised on carved and panelled Marlborough legs joined by spandrels, saw tooth carving to feet.
Mahogany
1920s Georgian Style Wingback Armchair
Located in New York, NY
1920s wingback armchair with curved, carved legs, nailhead trim, lathed supports and very handsome angular lines. Seat height 21". Seat depth - 19.5".
Wood
Sold
H 37.5 in W 70 in D 20 in
Antique Irish Chippendale George II Style Mahogany Triple Chairback Settee
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
An exceptionally fine and rare antique Irish Chippendale George II style hand-carved solid mahogany triple chairback settee. Please note exceptionally crisp and deeply hand-carved...
Mahogany, Velvet
George III Mahogany Gainsborough Armchair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hixson, TN
A fine George III mahogany closed arm, armchair. There is a fine fabric covering with tufting to the back and a accent pillow. The arm supports are carved with leaf design. The front...
Mahogany
Georgian Style Superbly Carved Mahogany Open Armchair
By Giles Grendey
Located in Suffolk, GB
An early 20th century profusely carved Georgian style mahogany open armchair of superb proportions in the manner of Giles Grendey (circa 1740). The chair consists of an upholster...
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of George III Gilt Armchairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Fine pair of George III carved gilt wood arm chairs with acanthus carvings and fluted apron and legs.
George I Walnut Side Chair
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
An early 18th Century upholstered seat and back walnut side chair covered in George I Soho tapestry depicting flowers and foliage issuing from urns with turned stretchers and front l...
Tapestry, Walnut
Antique Georgian Mahogany Cockpen Chair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive George III period mahogany armchair having delightful 'cockpen' or 'lattice work' back raised on elegant cluster column legs.
Mahogany
Pair of George III Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of George III period mahogany open armchairs in the French taste.
Mahogany
PAIR George II Ribbon-back Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A matched pair of carved walnut and burl wood trifid footed, wavy ribbon-back side or hall chairs. Cabriole front legs with shell carved knees and lateral volutes. The boxed double...
$9,995 / set
H 39.75 in W 25.5 in D 22 in
Spectacular Set of 12 Carved Mahogany English Chippendale Dining Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This spectacular set of 12 carved mahogany English Chippendale dining chairs represents the height of refined 18th-century style and craftsmanship. Fashioned from rich, hand-carved m...
Mahogany
$2,400 / set
H 38 in W 17.5 in D 21 in
12 Antique English Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs Supplied by Mario Buatta
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. and later, England, an assembled set of dining chairs in the Hepplewhite style, (6) side chairs with pierced splat backs, and (6) side chairs of similar design, all of mahoga...
Fabric, Mahogany
$3,990 / item
H 34 in W 31 in D 40 in
Custom Made to Order Belgian Linen Slip Cover Club Chair with Down Cushion
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This White Linen Slip-Covered Lounge Chair fits as the perfect accent to any room. It's the perfect chair to have adjacent to a sofa, and can make every pillow look delightful in the...
Cotton, Linen, Wood, Down
A Pair Of Silvered and Crystal Chandeliers By Osler & Faraday
By Faraday & Son, F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The baluster stem centred by a spiral urn and corresponding canopy, with cascading chains. The candle branches are swaged with drapes and fitted with drop hung pans.
Crystal, Metal
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
$58,428
H 17.33 in W 22.05 in
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Oil, Wood Panel
$61,572
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$185,000 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 10 in
A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and extremely rare set of a combination of silver and vermeil (gilded silver) flatware designed and crafted in St Petersburg Russia by Andrei Stepanovich Bragin d...
Silver, Vermeil
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
A fine pair of George 11 burled walnut chests
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 18th century English burled walnut George 11 period chests
Walnut
$55,000 / set
H 39 in W 30 in D 20 in
Fine Set of Ten Late 19th Century Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine set of ten late 19th century Chippendale style dining chairs Comprising of two arm and eight side chairs. The intertwined backs carved with roses and beautiful foliate d...
Wood
$15,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 97 in W 94 in D 22 in
19th Century English George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully crafted in the George III style large mahogany wood English breakfront cabinet / bookcase with four doors in the upper part. The lower part featuring four doors & four pu...
Brass
$87,570Sale Price|20% Off
H 66.93 in W 57.88 in
Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis
By (After) Anthony Van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Aftrer Anthony VAN DYCK - maybe Studio (1599, Antwerp – 1641, London) Flemish Double Portrait of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687) & Lord Francis Villiers (1629-164...
Oil
Important Irish Georgian Console Table by Mack, Williams & Gibton
By Mack, Williams & Gibton
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most impressive George IV period mahogany serving/console table by the leading Dublin firm of Mack, Williams and Gibton, having arched architectural backsplash over richly patinated ...
Mahogany
Antique English Edwardian Mahogany Tub Armchair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comfy and useful. These are very popular chairs!
Mahogany
$239,450 / set
H 40.56 in W 21.26 in D 21.07 in
Six Imporatant George III 1760 Thomas Chippendale Chinese Pagoda Dining Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this important suite of museum quality, George III circa 1760-1765, Thomas Chippendale Chinese Pagoda top dining chairs with the original embroidered seat p...
Hardwood
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.