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Curved circa 1700 North Italian Choir Chair in Carved Larch Wood
Curved circa 1700 North Italian Choir Chair in Carved Larch Wood

Curved circa 1700 North Italian Choir Chair in Carved Larch Wood

Located in Dallas, TX

A unique choir chair, with an incurved back, hand carved in northern Italy from larch wood. Larch

Category

Antique Early 1700s Italian Settees

Materials

Wood

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Pair of Italian Walnut Choir Chairs
Pair of Italian Walnut Choir Chairs

Pair of Italian Walnut Choir Chairs

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H 31 in W 21 in D 19 in

Pair of Italian Walnut Choir Chairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of barrel back choir chairs from an Italian church. Made of walnut, each seat has a door below

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

High Choir Chair in Oak Wood, Dutch Work 16th Century
High Choir Chair in Oak Wood, Dutch Work 16th Century

High Choir Chair in Oak Wood, Dutch Work 16th Century

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H 114.18 in W 31.5 in D 21.66 in

High Choir Chair in Oak Wood, Dutch Work 16th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

High choir chair, in oak wood. Dutch work S. XVI. Measurements: 290 x 54.5 x 80 cm. Back with

Category

Antique 16th Century Dutch Gothic Chairs

Materials

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MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CHOIR CHAIRS
MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CHOIR CHAIRS

MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CHOIR CHAIRS

Located in Essex, MA

Each barrel form with panelled back and wood seat over a door.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Chairs

Materials

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Antique 18th Century Rustic Choir Stall Barrel Chair
Antique 18th Century Rustic Choir Stall Barrel Chair

Antique 18th Century Rustic Choir Stall Barrel Chair

Located in Rochester, NY

Antique choir stall barrel chair in overall nicely aged old surface and early hand wrought large

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Unknown Rustic Chairs

Materials

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19th Century French Choir Stalls

19th Century French Choir Stalls

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H 45.3 in W 34.3 in D 26.4 in

19th Century French Choir Stalls

Located in High Point, NC

Two elegantly carved church benches from France, circa 1880. High quality construction in oak, with a traditional French polish. Details recall classical architecture, featuring a ch...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Side Chairs

Materials

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17th Century Chestnut and Pine Choir Seat from Portugal
17th Century Chestnut and Pine Choir Seat from Portugal

17th Century Chestnut and Pine Choir Seat from Portugal

Located in Dallas, TX

during long periods of prayer. The seat of our 17th century choir seat chair flips up when not in use

Category

Antique 17th Century Portuguese Chairs

Materials

Wood, Chestnut, Pine

19th Century Set of Four Gothic Style Church Choir Chairs
19th Century Set of Four Gothic Style Church Choir Chairs

19th Century Set of Four Gothic Style Church Choir Chairs

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Set of four fold up with upholstered seats. Came from a choir section in a upstate New York church.

Category

Antique 1890s American Gothic Revival Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

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Located in Benington, Herts

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Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford

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Choir Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic choir chair available at 1stDibs. A choir chair — often made from wood, animal skin and hardwood — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choir chair — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A choir chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, Arts and Crafts and Hollywood Regency styles are sought with frequency. A well-made choir chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi, DePadova and Zanotta are consistently popular.

How Much is a Choir Chair?

A choir chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,950, while the lowest priced sells for $1,019 and the highest can go for as much as $36,000.

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.