$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
Early 19th C Delaware River Valley Ladder Back Chairs, 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These ladder back chairs are from Delaware River Valley and have the original woven seats.
Wood
Plain and Ornamental, Delaware Furniture 1740-1890, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Plain and Ornamental: Delaware Furniture 1740-1890. Wilmington: The Historical Society of Delaware, 1984.
Paper
Delaware River Valley Ladder Back Chairs
Located in East Aurora, NY
Very nice clean matching pair of Maple Delaware River Valley arched five slat Ladder Back side chairs.
Wood
19th c. Pennsylvania "Delaware Valley" Rocking Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Original surface with a very dark rich patina. Woven seat not original.
Rare 18th c. Delaware River Valley Ladder Back Side Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare mid to late 18th C Delaware River Valley ladder back side chair. These chairs were first discovered along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delawar...
Maple
Sold
H 47 in W 40 in D 40 in
Sam Moore Chippendale Georgian Style Leather Wingback Club Arm Chair Nailhead
By Sam Moore Furniture Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Seat is filled with a down comfort plus cushion. Chair is supported by straight legs finshed in mahogany connected by an H stretcher #201-30215 History In 1940, Sam and four of h...
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Hand-Painted Delaware River Valley Slat Back Chairs
Located in Asheville, NC
Hand-painted ladderback chair with four graduated serpentine slats, sausage-turned legs terminating in ball feet, eight stretchers, the two centre front stretchers feature large, bol...
Max Lamb Delaware Bluestone Chair No.1
Located in Queens, NY
Hand-carved two-piece chair in Delaware Bluestone from Hennessey’s Quarry, Catskills.
'Delaware Bluestone Chair no.3' by Max Lamb
Located in Queens, NY
Machine Cut and Hand Polished Bluestone
Max Lamb Stone Chair
By Max Lamb
Located in Queens, NY
Delaware Blue Stone Project Chair
Antique Dutch Ladder Back Carved Oak Rush Seat Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
These charming antique Dutch carved oak ladder back chairs featuring rush seats make an excellent choice for enhancing the ambiance of any living space. Combining style, comfort, and...
Rush, Oak
Mid-Century Ladder Back Maple and Rush Seats Side Chairs
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair of Mid-Century Ladder Back Maple and Rush Seats Side Chairs Measures 18" width, 40" in height, 17" in depth. Seat height 18"
Rush, Maple
$1,500 / set
H 44.75 in W 20.5 in D 17.5 in
Vintage French Country Style Ladder Back Rush Seat Side Chairs - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Country Style Ladder Back Rush Seat Side Chairs - Pair This pair of vintage French country style ladder back side chairs features elegantly designed high seat backs m...
Rush, Wood
$1,350 / set
H 35 in W 24 in D 16 in
Antique Pair of French Provincial Turned Wood Arm Chairs with Rush Seats
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c., a pair of French Provincial turned wood arm chairs with rush seats. Antique pair of French Provincial chairs crafted from solid wood. Constructed with traditional ca...
Rush, Wood
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.25 in W 16.75 in D 14.25 in
Pair of 19th Century Maple Side Chairs with Rush Seats
Located in Huntington, NY
A pair of 19th century maple side chairs with rush seats. Seats with remnants of paint. Frames tightened. Chairs touched up & polished.
Rush, Maple
Pair of Early 19th Century Irish Elmwood Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Matched pair of late 18th/early 19th century Irish Hepplewhite elmwood side chairs with removable seats.
Walnut
$350 / set
H 40 in W 15.25 in D 115 in
Arts & Crafts Wood Ladder Back Chairs with Woven Rush Seats, Set of 2 - 1920s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous set of Arts and Crafts rush seat, ladder back wooden chairs. This set will be great in a dining room, breakfast table, or as an accent chair in a living room or bedroom. E...
Rush, Wood
Custom Set of Eight French Style Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
These chairs, constructed in sturdy oak, but finished in a fruitwood stain offer the best of both worlds: Handsome French country style and solid, substantial construction. The rush ...
Oak
$55
H 10.5 in W 8.25 in D 0.5 in
Sotheby's Important American Furniture from Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans New York 6/19/98. Softcover auction catalogue with results. Thomas Mellon Evans u...
Paper
$49
H 10.5 in W 8.25 in D 0.25 in
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon, " 2/1985
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon," 2/1985. First edition softcover with 142 lots photographed in color and B&W, fully described. Langdon Farms is located...
Paper
$1,056 / set
H 32.5 in W 17 in D 17 in
Early American Ladder Back Maple and Cane Seat Chairs, a Pair, circa 1880s
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair Victorian early American ladder back maple and cane seat chairs, circa 1880s with newer refinishing and recent cane seats. Measures 17" in width, 17" in depth and 32,5" in hei...
Cane, Maple
$125 / item
H 13.25 in W 10.25 in D 1 in
Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship by Dale L. Couch, Linda Chesnut, Jenny Garwood and Maryellen Higginbotham. Georgia Museum of Art, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover with d...
Paper
Antique Pair Pennsylvania Plank Seat Chairs, 19th Century.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Pair Pennsylvania Plank Seat Chairs 19th Century Matching pair of antique primitive handmade farmhouse plank bottom seat spindle back chairs. These classic country chairs da...
Wood
A Pair of Early 19th Century Rush Seated Elm Hall Chairs
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Early 19th Century Rush Seated Elm Hall Chairs This is a good quality pair of Elm chairs they have multiple turned stretchers and attractive if slightly naive carved back ...
Elm
$1,050 / set
H 33 in W 18 in D 16.5 in
Pair of Early American Walnut and Cane Seat Spindle Back Side Chairs
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Victorian Walnut and Cane Seat Spindle Back Side Chairs with newer caning. Measures 16.5" in width, 18" in depth and 33" in height. Seat height is 17.5".
Cane, Walnut
$49
H 10.25 in W 8.5 in D 0.75 in
19th Century America Furniture and Other Decorative Arts by Marvin D. Schwartz
Located in valatie, NY
19th century America furniture and other decorative arts, by Berry B. Tracy (Introduction), Marilynn Johnson (Author), Marvin D. Schwartz (Author). Paperback, Metropolitan Museum of ...
Paper
$286 / item
H 38.98 in W 20.08 in D 18.12 in
Old Rural Dutch Ladder Back Oak - Rush Seat Dining Chairs
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful ladderback chairs from the 60s made of oak with wicker woven seats. The chairs have a very nice patina due to the intensive use of recent years. The construction is still ...
Rush, Oak
Rare Pair of Five Slat Ladderback Side Chairs
Located in West Chester, PA
Good turned ball and ring front stretcher and ball feet. Rush seats with a front apron.
Maple
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