French Antique Folding Chair, Campaign Safari
Located in Miami, FL
Wood and Black Faux Leather Antique Folding Chair, Made in France. Brass Hardware. Ready for a new home.
Vintage 1940s French British Colonial Side Chairs
Brass
French Antique Folding Chair, Campaign Safari
Located in Miami, FL
Wood and Black Faux Leather Antique Folding Chair, Made in France. Brass Hardware. Ready for a new home.
Brass
Victorian Military Campaign Folding Faux Bamboo Embroidered Safari Cane Chair
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A delicate slice of Victorian Military Campaign. A folding Chair of Faux Bamboo, with an Embroidered Canvas Seat Rear Finished With Brown Leather Sling Arms On A Turned Beechwood Fra...
Brass
Unavailable
H 42 in W 26 in D 42 in
1870s British Royal RW Winfield Leather and Steel Campaign ‘Rocking Chair’
By R. W. Winfield & Co.
Located in Newbury, Berkshire
Manufactured circa 1870s this excellent example of the RW Winfield campaign chair has a Royal Cipher stamped into the arm which suggests it belonged to a Royal household at some poin...
Steel
Unavailable
H 34.26 in W 22.45 in D 22.45 in
"Roorkhee" Campaign / Safari Chair, Green/Black Lacquered Oak Frame
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland
Kaare Klint barley altered the design of the Roorkhee for his Safari chair. Designed as piece of campaign furniture at the end of the 19th century by a British army engineer based...
Brass
British Campaign Folding Chair Walnut Brass and Leather
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Campaign furniture which is designed to be ‘folded up’ and carried long distances has been a feature of travelling armies over many centuries. With the Expansion of the European colo...
Late 19th Century British Campaign Black Leather Folding Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th century British campaign black leather folding chair.
Leather
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H 40.5 in W 25 in D 38 in
British Folding Campaign Chair and Ottoman Mahogany and Leather, circa 1860
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Imagine folding up this chair and ottoman set to take on your journey through India or some other exotic locale. The back with upholstered armrests folding flat above an elongated...
Pair of Leather Campaign Style Folding Chairs
Located in Wichita, KS
A pair of early 20th century bamboo folding chairs. Seat, backrest, and arm straps all upholstered in distressed camel colored leather with brass joints, seat and back are button tuf...
Brass
Authentic British Antique Roorkhee “Safari” Campaign Chair
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AUTHENTIC BRITISH ROORKHEE CAMPAIGN CHAIR Marked "M & S 47", in early canvas covering with leather strap arms and fore-aft belting England, circa late 19th to early 20th century 35...
Leather, Canvas, Wood
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H 33.08 in W 22.05 in D 23.63 in
Pair Of Early British Roorkhee Safari Campaign Chairs In Leather, Circa 1920
By Kaare Klint
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
Two early 20th century "Roorkhee" campaign chairs in dark hardwood and tobacco-coloured leather.
Leather
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H 35.25 in W 22.38 in D 21.88 in
Early Authentic Antique British Roorkhee Campaign “Safari” Arm Chair
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AUTHENTIC BRITISH ROORKHEE CAMPAIGN "SAFARI" ARM CHAIR England, ca. early 20th century 35 1/4" H x 21 7/8" D x 22 3/8" W; 15 1/8" H to seat A rare early example of the Roorkhee Ca...
Leather, Canvas, Wood
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H 48 in W 29 in D 41 in
British Campaign Folding Teak and Leather Safari Chair and Recliner, Early 1900s
Located in Nantucket, MA
From the early 1900s, a British Campaign safari chair with cognac leather seat.
Leather, Teak
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H 40.95 in W 24.41 in D 32.29 in
Rare 19th Century Campaign Chair by Herbert McNair Carved Oak and Tan Leather
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Wonderful Antique 19th Century Ecclesiastical Campaign Chair by Herbert McNair Carved Oak & Polished Tan Leather Adjustable Reclining Seat.
Leather, Oak
Pair Drexel Carved Safari/Campaign Chairs, circa 1970
By Drexel
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a superb pair of carved wood and leather campaign or safari chairs by Drexel that dates to the 1970s. Both chairs retain their original wood surface and leather upholstery wh...
Leather
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H 35.44 in W 22.84 in D 16.54 in
1960s Campaign Safari Chairs in Brass, Mahogany & Leather by Charlotte Horstmann
By Charlotte Horstmann
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A group of three 1960s campaign chairs by renowned Hong Kong-based designer and dealer Charlotte Horstmann. In mahogany and leather with lavish brass detail, these chairs evoke co...
Brass
British Campaign Sling Lounge Chair
Located in Heath, MA
An authentic British Campaign folding, adjustable mahogany sling back chair, circa 1900, with its original wood finish.
Leather, Mahogany
$4,800 / set
H 38 in W 23 in D 27 in
Pair of French Campaign-Style Leather Folding Chairs with Faux-Bamboo Frames
Located in North Miami, FL
These wonderfully authentic pair of French Campaign-Style Leather Folding Chairs with Faux-Bamboo Frames in red and black. Featuring brass caps to feet and finials. Leather is ALL ...
Brass
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