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Double Window Seat

Shapland & Petter, A Good Arts & Crafts Oak Double Piano Stool Or Window Seat
By Shapland & Petter
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple. England. An Arts and Crafts oak double piano stool, window, or
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Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Stools

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Oak

Iron Window Bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Double bench with strong metal frame and upholstered cushion seat. Please confirm location NY or NJ
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20th Century Benches

Materials

Iron

Iron Window Bench
Iron Window Bench
H 22.5 in W 66 in D 14 in
French Louis XV Antique Carved Giltwood Window Bench
Located in Shippensburg, PA
large window overlooking a beautiful view. The double-back design not only makes for comfortable and
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Benches

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Giltwood

Early 18th C. Italian Wooden Window Bench w/Storage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italy has a flattened backside, with a curved/bowed (half-oval shape) front design with a double break
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Benches

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Wood

English Regency Style Mahogany Caned Window Bench / Hall Bench ca. 1900
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Regency Style mahogany caned window bench / hall bench ca. 1900 Elegant Regency style
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Antique Early 1900s English Regency Benches

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt And Painted Bench
Located in Montreal, QC
This elegant bench would be ideal as a window seat, at the foot of a bed or at a dressing table or
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Benches

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Wood

Bunny Williams Home Bardot Chair, Leopard Chenille/Natural Mahogany
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
compact, this wing chair is thoughtfully crafted and it shows in every detail: a luxurious deep seat that
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21st Century and Contemporary American Chairs

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Synthetic

Pair Rustic Dutch Oak Benches
Located in Dallas, TX
double full-width aprons at the juncture under the seat itself. Truly a design that was intended to last
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Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Rustic Benches

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Oak

Pair Rustic Dutch Oak Benches
Pair Rustic Dutch Oak Benches
H 18 in W 68.5 in D 14 in
Walnut and Corian Gallery Bench Mid-Century Modern inspired Minimal Handmade
By Le Corbusier, Maarten van Severen, George Nakashima, Figure Ground
Located in Brooklyn, NY
subtly disappearing like its double miter joints that waterfall into the walnut grain. The bench is sawn
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2010s American Minimalist Benches

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Oak, Walnut

La Contrebasse - Expressionist Musician Portrait Oil by Gen Paul
By Gen Paul
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
work depicts a seated musician wearing a green suit with a black bow tie playing the double bass. This
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1950s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

St John's College, Cambridge Library engraving by the Havells for Ackermann
Located in London, GB
oriel window. The building is constructed in the Jacobean Gothic style, and measures 110 feet by 30 feet
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

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By Aeterna Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid oak handcrafted dining table. 2" thick tabletop with nature inspired pedestals.  
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2010s Modern Tables

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Eros Solid Oak Dining Table
Eros Solid Oak Dining Table
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Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
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2010s Table Lamps

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Two Enlighten 'Rey' Perforated Patinated Brass Dome Ceiling Lamp
By Florian Schulz, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Paavo Tynell
Located in Glendale, CA
Two Enlighten 'Rey' Perforated patinated brass Dome ceiling lamp. Hand-fabricated in Los Angeles, these highly refined ceiling lamps are reminiscent of the iconic mid-century finnish...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount

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Mawu Sculpted Oak Chair by Laura Gonzalez
By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Original chair in golden oak, satin finish. Flared legs, backrest and seat upholstered in a textured cream fabric by Dedar.
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2010s French Modern Chairs

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Oak

Mawu Sculpted Oak Chair by Laura Gonzalez
Mawu Sculpted Oak Chair by Laura Gonzalez
H 35.44 in W 18.12 in D 19.69 in
Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought with three feet. The upholstered se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
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Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants

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Silk

Neoclassical Wrought Iron & Bronze Bench, France 1950's
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Elegant bench in patinated wrought iron and bronze. The sabots are reminiscent of Giacometti's work for Jean-Michel Frank. 3 benches are available; the price is for one.
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Benches

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Bronze, Wrought Iron

Shearling 'Strapontin' Stool by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Shearling 'Strapontin' stool by Design Frères. Chic and understated.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Stools

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Iron

Large (29") Smooth Undulating White Plaster Shell Pendant Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
A plaster pendant in a smooth, undulating shell shape, with scalloped edges. A newer take on Francis Elkins's 1940s plaster plafonnier. Hanging by four white chains; with 3 medium ba...
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2010s Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Giacometti Style Plaster Light Fixture, 6 Lights, France
Located in Nice, FR
Plaster luminaire with 6 branches (E27 base) in the style of Giacometti. Elegant and sober. The luminaire is electrified.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Aesthetic Movement Chandeliers and ...

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Plaster

Liberty & Co Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Corner Chair Style of Ford Maddox Brown
By Ford Madox Brown 1, Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. Regent St. London. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized corner armchair from the Argyll suite designed in 1884, after a Sussex chair design by Ford Maddox Brown for Morri...
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Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Corner Chairs

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Beech

Small Scandinavian Pine Bench or Settle 1880-1900's
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Traditional Swedish bench or settle with storage but in this case a much shorter version that the traditional bench. These type of benches were typically made and used on farms in m...
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Antique 1880s Swedish Country Benches

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Pine

French Early 20th Century Full Metal Daybed
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A classically styled full-sized metal daybed from early 20th century France. The bed features an arched head and footboard that have been ornamented with scrolled details. The bed br...
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Early 20th Century French Beds and Bed Frames

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Metal, Iron

French Early 20th Century Full Metal Daybed
French Early 20th Century Full Metal Daybed
H 54.25 in W 81 in D 49.25 in
Liberty & Co. An Arts & Crafts Oak Window or Hall Seat with Large Pierced Hearts
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts oak window or hall seat with large pierced hearts to each end with moulded edges to the seat and an octagonal shaped stretcher.
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20th Century English Arts and Crafts Benches

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Oak

Antique 19th Century Carved Walnut Victorian Full Size Four Poster Bed
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Victorian style full size four poster bed, unbranded. Walnut and walnut veneers with four elaborately carved posts capped with pineapple shaped fixed finials, solid headbo...
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Beds and Bed Frames

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Fine Quality William IV Window Seat C. 1840
Located in Heathfield, GB
A fine quality solid mahogany double window seat newly re-padded and upholstered in a taupe pure
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Antique 19th Century William IV Stools

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Mahogany

Handcrafted Oak and Rush Seated Double Stool / Window Seat P Clissett Attributed
By Phillip Clissett
Located in London, GB
Phillip Clissett attributed. A high quality handcrafted oak and rush seated double stool or window
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20th Century Stools

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Rush, Oak

Antique 19th Century Carved Mahogany Double Stool or Window Seat
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality 19th century carved mahogany double stool or window seat. A beautiful
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Antique 19th Century Stools

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Mahogany

Edwardian Mahogany Window Seat
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4407, Edwardian mahogany duet stool or window seat, having serpentine seat with reeded front rail
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Benches

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Mahogany

Edwardian Mahogany Window Seat
Edwardian Mahogany Window Seat
H 25.2 in W 38.59 in D 16.15 in
Window Seat in London
By Fabio Coruzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Museum – Belgium CDO’s and Double Clubs – August Art Space – London Adreanlina 09 – Former Jewish Fish
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Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Screen, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Antique 19th Century Upholstered Window Seat
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality and extremely elegant mid-19th century Mahogany and upholstered window seat having
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Hepplewhite Stools

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Mahogany

McGuire Organic Modern Double Caned Rattan Pair of Chairs
By McGuire
Located in Southampton, NJ
cushions. Seat: 18" H / arm: 24" H. Matching McGuire Organic Modern Double Caned Rattan Sofa Settee Window
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20th Century American Organic Modern Club Chairs

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Brass

Five Renaissance Revival Double Benches, Boston Public Library, 19th Century
By Charles Follen McKim
Located in Essex, MA
Five carved oak Renaissance Revival freestanding, double benches deigned and installed in the Bates
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Antique Late 19th Century American Renaissance Revival Benches

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Oak

French Provincial Fruitwood Bench, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming French Provincial double-ended bench in fruitwood with a rush seat, circa 1780, the ends
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Benches

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Fruitwood

Curvaceous French Louis XV Style Ivory Painted&Parcel Gilt Bench
Located in San Francisco, CA
double serpentine seat above a scalloped apron adorned with carved shell motifs; raised on graceful
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Antique 19th Century French Benches

Nine-Piece 19th Century Inlaid Birch Salon Suite
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Excellent quality suite comprising of one sofa, one table, one stool or window seat, four single
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Living Room Sets

Canadian Post Modern Upholstered Stainless Steel Bench with X-Stretchers
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
double X-stretchers supporting the upholstered seat and small end pieces. The craftmanship is superb and
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Post-Modern Benches

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Stainless Steel

Midcentury Hardwood Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the end of a bed, for seating around a dining table or window seat or anywhere you want a dramatic
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Benches

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Hardwood

Midcentury Hardwood Bench
Midcentury Hardwood Bench
H 13 in W 70 in D 20.8 in
Antique Victorian Settee, circa 1880
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
window seat. It’s very comfortable and in excellent condition, with no need to recover if the fabric
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Settees

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Mahogany

Antique Mahogany and Leather Stool / Bench
Located in London, GB
Antique Regency style mahogany framed window seat with a deep buttoned leather seat, all in very
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Vintage 1930s English Regency Stools

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Leather, Mahogany

A 19th Century Pair of Italians Baroque Style Stools
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
padded seat upholstered, above double 'C' scrolls and shell carved legs joined by a scrolling 'X' from
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Revival Stools

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Fabric, Wood

View of the Orangery overlooking the Canal in Sagan Ducal Park, by E. Hackert
Located in PARIS, FR
gouache comes, in the library of the Château de Valençay (the French seat of the Dukes of Talleyrand
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Mid-19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Chinoiserie Gem, 60 Original Designs from 1750s
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
temples, garden seats and railings, bridges, arches, doors windows, greenhouses, staircases and
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Antique Mid-18th Century Books

Chinoiserie Gem, 60 Original Designs from 1750s
Chinoiserie Gem, 60 Original Designs from 1750s
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H 8 in W 5 in D 0.88 in
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Red Shoes
Located in Bristol, GB
calligraphy. This oil on board is framed in a double window gilt frame with a linen lined border. Both
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Set of Seven American Federal Dining Chairs, circa 1805-1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
. 1805-1815. The "bell-shaped" seat and square back was commercially successful only in New York City and
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Dining Room Chairs

Views of Shugborough Park & Estate Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
By Julian Barrow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
country seats, great and small, across the world, in a style that was reassuringly conventional but not
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Early 20th Century Victorian Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Upholstered Double Ottoman or Window Seat
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A large upholstered double ottoman or window seat. This is a very unusual design, the ottoman
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Antique Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Ottomans and Poufs

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Chenille

Antique Mahogany Deep Buttoned Double Stool or Window Seat
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality mahogany deep buttoned double stool or window seat C1900 and later. A beautiful
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20th Century Stools

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Fabric

Hollywood Regency Ebony Window Bench, Dorothy Draper Style, Boucle, Double Seat
By Dorothy Draper, Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Style window bench or tete a tete seat. The ebony frame having a double reverse C back rest with a deep
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Ottomans and Poufs

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Textile, Mahogany, Paint

Antique Leather Stool Ottoman Coffee table Window Seat, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a very handsome leather window seat / ottoman, Circa 1890 in date. It features a
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Antique 1890s Ottomans and Poufs

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Leather, Mahogany

McGuire Organic Modern Double Caned Rattan Sofa Settee Window Bench
By McGuire
Located in Southampton, NJ
Organic modern McGuire of San Francisco double caned rattan sofa settee or window bench. Features
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20th Century American Organic Modern Benches

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Brass

Original Napoleon III Gold-Leaf Painted Bergere Window Seat Bench, circa 1860
Located in GB
window seat bench with custom made double sided cushion An attractive and well made piece, very
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Benches

Materials

Upholstery, Fruitwood

Rare Very Large George II Style Claw & Ball Walnut Breakfront Window Seat Demask
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
walnut breakfront window seat with claw and ball feet This bench was sold in Christie's London South
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20th Century Northern Irish George II Benches

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Walnut

Italian Hollywood Regency Gilt Rope and Tassel Window/Garden Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
finish. Having a double Curule form, scrolled arms adorned with gilt tassels and rope and a pierced seat
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Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Benches

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Metal

English Gothic Revival Pitch Pine Bow Fronted Bench with Pierced Quatrefoils
Located in London, GB
A solid English Gothic Revival pitch pine subtle bow-fronted bench or window seat with lovely
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Antique 1880s English Gothic Revival Benches

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Pine

Pair of Antique Faux Bamboo Stools
Located in Port Chester, NY
Very attractive pair or stools, to serve as window seats, or to fill in seating areas. They are
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Early 20th Century English Benches

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Wood

Pair of Antique Faux Bamboo Stools
Pair of Antique Faux Bamboo Stools
H 19 in W 48.5 in D 18.5 in
French Louis XVI Cane Settee Canape en Corbeille
Located in Rio Vista, CA
in a basket form with an hourglass window of floral swag design and double caned sides. Originally
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Settees

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Cane, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer

English 1820s Period Regency Ebonized and Gilded Bench with Out-Scrolled Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
from the early 19th century. This English bench features a double welt muslin upholstered seat flanked
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Benches

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

English Early 20th Century Bobbin Leg Backless Upholstered Walnut Bench
Located in Atlanta, GA
upholstered seat with double nail head trim on the surround. The top is raised on six beautiful bobbin legs
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Early 20th Century English Louis XIII Benches

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Upholstery, Walnut

Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
in-house team of expert craftsmen. Crafted from maple wood, this window bench features a timeless
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Benches

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Fabric, Linen, Foam, Wood, Maple, Paint

Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Bench
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Bench
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H 20 in W 43 in D 17 in
A view of Chamberlain's Mill at Bere Regis, Dorset
By William Tomkins
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
at front. Central entrance door. Ground floor has one french door and one double-hung sash window
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18th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique F Parker & Sons Ltd Claw & Ball Chesterfield Brown Leather Bench Stool
By William Parker
Located in GB
stool, I have seen them used as coffee tables with a glass top, in a bay window or as a piano stool, it
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Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Stools

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Leather, Hardwood

Beautiful Rosewood Inlaid Late Victorian Period Double-Sided Window Seat
Located in Darwen, GB
A beautiful rosewood inlaid Late Victorian Period double sided window seat. Having shaped padded
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Antique 1890s Late Victorian Stools

Old Hickory Window Seat
By Rustic Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Damariscotta, ME
This window seat is an uncommon form of hickory furniture. It has a hickory pole frame with double
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Benches

Old Hickory Window Seat
Old Hickory Window Seat
H 28 in W 26.5 in D 15 in
Regency Mahogany Window Seat
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unusual and stylish Regency period mahogany window seat. The raised curved ends are almost in the
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Antique Early 19th Century Regency Stools

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Mahogany

Regency Mahogany Window Seat
Regency Mahogany Window Seat
H 31.11 in W 63.39 in D 14.97 in
Superb and Rare Double-Sided Chaise Lounge or Window Seat
Located in Sundridge, GB
In beautiful Cuban mahogany with scrolled and carved ends, standing on sabre legs with original brass castors that bear the stamp "Cope and Collinson, Patent. With show wood on both ...
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Antique 1830s British Regency Chaise Longues

Pair of Late 19th Century, French Carved and Painted Window Seats
Located in London, west Sussex
This splendid pair of late 19th century, French carved and painted window seats feature a very
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Antique Late 19th Century French Ottomans and Poufs

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Fabric, Hardwood

Pine Paneled Library, circa 1940
Located in Minneapolis, MN
around 1940. Included in this complete pine paneled library is a window seat bench and floor-to-ceiling
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Vintage 1940s American Colonial Revival Panelling

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Pine

Pine Paneled Library, circa 1940
Pine Paneled Library, circa 1940
H 108 in W 120 in D 156 in
Pair Italian Neoclassical Painted and Parcel Gilt Caned Benches
Located in Denver, CO
arms flanking a double caned seat and is raised on six fluted tapering legs.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Benches

Good Walnut William & Mary Style Duet Stool
Located in Darwen, GB
A Good walnut William & Mary Style double/duet stool/window seat. With a drop in newly re
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Vintage 1920s European William and Mary Stools

Walnut Dropleaf Table from the Piedmont region of Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
urn shaped ends, it would be stunning in an entrance hall or bay window. Or, it could easily seat 4-6
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Antique 19th Century Italian Center Tables

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Walnut

Torbjorn Afdal for Bruksbo Exotic Hardwood & Jacaranda Bench, 'Norway'
By Bruksbo, Torbjørn Afdal
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
a bed, for seating around a dining table or window seat or anywhere you want a dramatic statement
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Benches

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Hardwood, Jacaranda

Neoclassical Style Iron Window Bench
Located in Miami, FL
Neoclassical style iron window bench (window seat) with six legs and double 'X' form stretcher.
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Benches

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Iron

Neoclassical Style Iron Window Bench
Neoclassical Style Iron Window Bench
H 26 in W 60.5 in D 22 in
Pair of Bruksbo Teak "Korbo" Benches, New Upholstered Cushions, Torbjorn Afdal
By Bruskbo, Torbjørn Afdal
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
for Bruksbo (Norway). Designed as benches that can double as coffee tables, they are structurally
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Vintage 1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Benches

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Steel

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Double Window Seat For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal double window seat for your home. Each double window seat for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and oak. If you’re shopping for a double window seat, we have 8 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the double window seat you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A double window seat made by Arts and Crafts designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made double window seat over the years, but those crafted by Figure Ground, McGuire Furniture Company and Shapland & Petter are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Double Window Seat?

The average selling price for a double window seat at 1stDibs is $2,800, while they’re typically $277 on the low end and $5,500 for the highest priced.

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.

Questions About Double Window Seat
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A window seat is called a window bench, window nook or alcove. It is a mini sofa without a backrest for filling the gap of a window. Window benches are a great way to utilize extra or unused space for seating.