American Empire Mahogany Sofa with Tan and Beige Gingham Upholstery
Located in Astoria, NY
American Empire Mahogany Sofa, in tan and beige gingham upholstery. 30" H x 40" W x 22" D.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Empire Mahogany Sofa, Restored, Original Upholstery, France, 1860s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire Mahogany Sofa Origin: France 1860s This item features classic Empire elements.
Fabric, Upholstery, Lacquer, Mahogany
Original antique Empire Sofa / canapé circa 1860-1870 Empire Room mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire sofa circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
Mahogany
American Empire Style Mahogany Sofa with Peach Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
American Empire style (19th century) peach upholstered sofa with matching bolster pillows and a mahogany frame with scrolled arms and lions paw feet with a relief carving of cornucop...
Mahogany
$5,625Sale Price|55% Off
19th Century Antique Empire Sofa Hand Carved Mahogany
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an antique empire settee three-seater sofa hand carved mahogany feather down cushions with green velvet.
Velvet, Mahogany
Original antique French Empire Sofa Mahogany veneer with Columns
Located in Berlin, DE
Original French Empire sofa, circa 1800. Mahogany, right and left, each with columns and fire-gilt bronze fittings.
Mahogany
Antique Empire Style Mahogany Swan Grecian Sofa Newly Reupholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique American Empire Mahogany Grecian Sofa Newly Upholstered in Emerald Green Velvet Elegant antique American Empire Grecian sofa crafted in richly figured mahogany with bold cla...
Velvet, Mahogany
Empire Period Mahogany Sofa-Bed, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Sofa-bed of the Empire period in solid mahogany and mahogany veneer with rich decoration of finely chased and gilded bronzes.
Bronze
Antique American Empire Neoclassical Carved Mahogany Sofa with Gold Fabric
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique American Empire Neoclassical Carved Mahogany Sofa with Gold Fabric.
Fabric, Mahogany
$3,875
Antique Empire Sofa
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking example of early 1800s American Empire style sofa. Scroll arms and 4 gorgeous lion claw feet on castors. The lines on this antique parlor couch are dramatic and its form i...
Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany Wood Framed Empire Style Upholstered Sofa
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Immerse yourself in the charm of the 19th Century with our magnificent Mahogany Wood Framed Empire Style North American Sofa.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Sofa Bench French Empire Mahogany Brass Brown France
Located in New York, NY
A rare sofa made in France during the Empire period, circa 1790-1810.
Original Antique French Empire Sofa Mahogany Veneer with Columns
Located in Berlin, DE
Original French Empire sofa, circa 1800. Mahogany, right and left, each with columns and fire-gilt bronze fittings.
Wood
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Cornucopia Arm Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Cornucopia Arm Sofa.
Mahogany
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Rolled Arm Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Rolled Arm Sofa.
Mahogany
Empire Marquetry Sofa in Mahogany with Satinwood Inlays, circa 1820
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A lovely and well-proportioned marquetry sofa with arched back, scroll arms and short Grecian curved legs in mahogany embellished with inlays of festoons, bows, tulips and foliage. N...
Satinwood, Upholstery, Mahogany, Tulipwood
American Empire Style Carved Mahogany & Beige, Red, & Striped Upholstery Sofa
Located in Queens, NY
American Empire three-seat sofa with a carved mahogany frame with scroll arms, upholstered in a vertically striped beige, green, and red fabric, and resting on four large carved oval...
Fabric
Antique 19th C American Empire Curved Rail Carved Mahogany Pineapple Finial Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th C American Empire Curved Rail Carved Mahogany Pineapple Finial Sofa.
Mahogany
Scandinavian Empire Sofa in Mahogany with Ormolu and Upholstery, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An elegant Empire Swedish Karl Johan sofa with graceful lines in mahogany with satinwood line inlay, ormolu and ebonized details.
Ormolu
Empire Sofa, America circa 1880
Located in Culver City, CA
America, 1880 Mahogany and veneer with inlay of two birds on a branch. Rolled arms with carved plumes and inlaid rosettes, straight seat rail, rolled and carved legs. Newly upholster...
Wool, Mahogany
$6,000Sale Price|38% Off
French Empire Sofa Bench Settee
Located in New York, NY
French Empire settee late 19th century 1870- 1890. Ebonized mahogany frame, French polished (Black) with captivating carved female heads under armrest, legs terminating into animal...
Mahogany
$4,240Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th C. American Empire Flame Mahogany Claw Foot Parlor Sofa Couch 85"
Located in Dayton, OH
Fine American Empire parlor sofa / couch with classical form and masterful carvings.
Mahogany, Burl
20th Century antique Empire Style Palisander Swan Sofa Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire Swan canapé in the style of Classicism, (1810). Exotic palisander on solid beechwood. Partially ebonized and gilded. On each side a carved swan's head. Very high quality sat...
Mahogany
Antique American Empire Figural Carved Mahogany Recamier Gold Chaise Lounge Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Figural Carved Mahogany Recamier Gold Chaise Lounge Sofa.
Fabric, Mahogany
Early 20th century Scandinavian empire revival sofa table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century Scandinavian empire revival sofa table circa 1900. Fine quality Swedish sofa table made in mahogany.
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Sofa Table by Johan Oman
By Johan Öman
Located in Essex, MA
Period early 19th century Swedish mahogany sofa table by Johan Oman. Stylized double headed axe, a Swedish motif, original ormolu mounts and gilded winged feet. Note: A nearly Ide...
Mahogany, Fir
Bellanger French Empire Mahogany Pink and Red Stripe Upholstered Settee
By Bellanger
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style mahogany settee with a carved frame and striped blush pink and red upholstered seat, arms and back. (BELLANGER).
Wood, Fabric, Upholstery, Mahogany
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Empire Revival Mahogany Scroll-Arm Settee, Carved Paw Feet
Located in Trenton, NJ
A grand and beautifully executed American Empire Revival settee, produced in the late 19th century during the sustained enthusiasm for the monumental classicism of the original Empir...
Fabric, Wood
$2,224Sale Price|20% Off
Second Empire Fine Mahogany & Gilt Bronze Canapé—Napoleon III, 1860
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fine and well preserved mahogany & gilt bronze canapé from the Second Empire Period under the reign of Napoleon III. Absolutely wonderful condition, seat cushion has been redone in...
Bronze
$2,730Sale Price|20% Off
Empire Settee, France 1810, Manner of Jacob Desmalter (1770-1841)
Located in Leimen, DE
This resplendent sofa is a testament to the timeless allure of classic design, meticulously constructed with a frame of mahogany.
Bronze
Duncan Phyfe Style Love Seat Settee with Scrolling Arms
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Duncan Phyfe style loveseat settee with scrolling arms and featuring a floral print upholstery and matching side pillows. Infuse your home with timeless sophistication with Hollywood...
Mahogany
Empire Style Sofa, XX th, Mahogany, Gray
Located in Nice, FR
Empire style sofa Structure in solid mahogany with brass medallions Renovated upholstery, thick cotton fabric, gray color.
Mahogany
Antique American Empire Settee Sofa, Flame Mahogany, 1840
Located in Pueblo, CO
Beautiful late Federal-early Empire settee sofa, flame mahogany with geometric inlaid wood throughout.
Mahogany, Satinwood
American Empire Style Mahogany Sofa with Peach Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
American Empire style (19th century) peach upholstered sofa with matching bolster pillows and a mahogany frame with scrolled arms and lions paw feet with a relief carving of cornucop...
Mahogany
Antique French Empire Style Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Couch
Located in London, GB
Antique French Empire style mahogany and gilt bronze couch French, late 19th century Dimensions: Height 107cm, width 192cm, depth 72cm This beautiful canapé style couch is craft...
Ormolu
19th Century Empire Sofa Berlin Brandenburg Mahogany Carved Gilded Lions
Located in Epfach, DE
Provenance: noble Family "von Puttkamer" from Berlin Brandenburg; on the back original marked with pencil "Henriette von Puttkamer" and a transport sticker, made of paper, from the r...
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Sofa with Carved Details
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A superb example of antique French Empire craftsmanship, this early 19th-century carved flame mahogany sofa showcases the strong, symbolic design language of the period.
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century Original French Empire Sofa and Armchair Set Made from Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Massive mahogany partly carved. Cambered frame on curly legs. Supports bracing supports for slightly rising armrests in rolled-up volute. High-awned, slightly curved backrest frame w...
Mahogany
Original Empire Set of a Sofa 2 Armchairs and 1 Table Mahogany with Bronze Figur
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire sofa circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room. Massive mahogany cast with Empire caryadites bronze.
Mahogany
Empire Writing or Sofa Table in Mahogany with Satinwood Inlays, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very handsome Swedish Empire, Karl Johan salon table of fine Cuban mahogany with satinwood banding, carved and ebonized center pillar on quatre-form base ending in saber feet, with...
Ormolu
Rare Needlepoint Empire Salon (One Sofa and Two Armchairs)
Located in Paris, FR
Sofa and two armchairs in mahogany. The armrest is adorned with dolphins and saber-shaped legs. Circa, 1830. Rare upholstery of complete needlepoint in the neoclassical style. A rea...
Mahogany
19th Century Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Settee / Sofa
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century French Empire style handcrafted gilt bronze mahogany framed upholstered settee / sofa.
Bronze
$31,779 / set
Empire-style Salon in Mahogany and gilded bronzes
Located in Paris, FR
An imposing Empire-style salon comprising a mahogany sofa and eight chairs.
Bronze
Antique French Recamier Sofa Bench, Ebonized Mahogany, Circa 1820
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, antique French sofa bench-recamier made of hand crafted ebonized Mahogany, in good condition.
Fabric, Cotton, Upholstery, Ebony, Mahogany
Elegant French Empire Five Piece Mahogany Salon Set with Bronze Swan Decoration
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning parlor set of antique French Empire mahogany and bronze upholstered sofa or loveseat, two armchairs and two side chairs.
Ormolu
Unavailable|$10,825
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Sofa Table, Superb Patina and Quality
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Suffolk, GB
An early 19th century French Empire mahogany sofa table of superb patina (colour) and quality, attributed to Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864).
Mahogany
Unavailable|$2,800
Empire Sofa
Located in New Haven, CT
Second Empire period mahogany sofa with original ormolu mounts including the paw feet.
Mahogany
Unavailable|$5,516
19th Century French Empire Style Double Ended Mahogany Sofa
Located in Toorak, VIC
19th Century French Empire Style Double Ended Mahogany Sofa An exceptional French Empire Style Sofa in solid Mahogany with Flame Mahogany accents with outstanding patina from the ...
Brass
Unavailable|$3,800
19th Century Empire Sofa in Mahogany
Located in Charlotte, NC
Reuphostered in cut geomentric grey velvet. Stunning!
Mahogany, Velvet
Unavailable|$8,900
Exemplary Designed German Empire Sofa
Located in Long Island City, NY
So-called "Schranksofa" (magazine sofa) with the exemplary boxy rail base. Veneered with mahogany. Front flanked by freestanding columns. Beautifully detailed original bron...
Mahogany, Pine
Unavailable|$3,608
French Napoleonic Empire Double Scrolled Foliated Mahogany Sofa, c.1805
Located in London, Greenwich
French Napoleonic Empire double scrolled foliated mahogany sofa c.1805.
Mahogany
Unavailable|$4,750
Striped American Empire Style Sofa
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Red and cream striped upholstery is framed by carved scroll arms. 36" x 90" x 24"
Mahogany
Unavailable|$2,450
American Empire Classical Sofa
Located in Dallas, TX
American Empire mahogany classical sofa, having hairy paw crouching lions claw feet front and back with winged cornucopia scrolling foliate details and bronze dore' ormolu medallions...
Mahogany
Unavailable|$2,354
Empire Style Sofa Cabinet, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid , ES
Empire sofa cabinet from the 19th-20th century Empire style in mahogany wood, with bronze applications Decorated with vegetal motifs and busts of female figures.
Mahogany
Unavailable|$4,697
Continental 19th Century Empire Scroll End Sofa
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
An exquisite 19th century mahogany Empire scroll end sofa. The serpentine back with central fantail decoration flanked by nicely proportioned scrolling arms.
Damask, Mahogany
Unavailable|$5,296
Empire Mahogany Bench With Cornucopia
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This unique empire mahogany bench originates from the nineteenth century. It has a tight straight hood with even arms. The curved armrests are each decorated with a carved cornucopia...
Cotton, Mahogany
Unavailable|$24,500
Danish Empire Settee
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire sofa with neoclassic inlaid and original foot-rest with silver embroidery
Mahogany
Black leather, silk velvet cushions, breathable bouclé fabric — when shopping for antique or vintage sofas, today’s couch connoisseurs have much to choose from in terms of style and shape. But it wasn’t always thus.
The sofa is typically defined as a long upholstered seat that features a back and arms and is intended for two or more people. While the term “couch” comes from the Old French couche, meaning to lie down, and sofa has Eastern origins, both are forms of divan, a Turkish word that means an elongated cushioned seat. Bench-like seating in Ancient Greece, which was padded with soft blankets, was called klinai. No matter how you spell it, sofa just means comfort, at least it does today.
In the early days of sofa design, upholstery consisted of horsehair or dried moss. Sofas that originated in countries such as France during the 17th century were more integral to decor than they were to comfort. Like most Baroque furnishings from the region, they frequently comprised heavy, gilded mahogany frames and were upholstered in floral Beauvais tapestry. Today, options abound when it comes to style and material, with authentic leather offerings and classy steel settees. Plush, velvet chesterfields represent the platonic ideal of coziness.
Vladimir Kagan’s iconic sofa designs, such as the Crescent and the Serpentine — which, like the sectional sofas of the 1960s created by furniture makers such as Harvey Probber, are quite popular among mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts — showcase the spectrum of style available to modern consumers. Those looking to make a statement can turn to Studio 65’s lip-shaped Bocca sofa, which was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí. Elsewhere, the furniture of the 1970s evokes an era when experimentation ruled, or at least provided a reason to break the rules. Just about every area of society felt a sudden urge to be wayward, to push boundaries — and buttons. Vintage leather sofas of that decade are characterized by a rare blending of the showy and organic.
With so many options, it’s important to explore and find the perfect furniture for your space. Paying attention to the lines of the cushions as well as the flow from the backrest into the arms is crucial to identifying a cohesive new piece for your home or office.
Fortunately, with styles from every era — and even round sofas — there’s a luxurious piece for every space. Deck out your living room with an Art Deco lounge or go retro with a nostalgic '80s design. No matter your sitting vision, the right piece is waiting for you in the expansive collection of unique sofas on 1stDibs.
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