Child's Orkney Chair with Hand Woven Straw Back, Scotland, 19th Century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Late 19th-century child's armchair or fauteuil from the Scottish Orkney Islands, also referred to as Orkney Chair.
Straw, Rush, Wood
Pair of 19th century Louis XVI Walnut Armchairs with Original Petit-Point
Located in New Orleans, LA
This pair of French Louis XVI open arm chairs (fauteuils) features beautifully carved walnut and dates back to the 19th century.
Wood
$12,950Sale Price / set|30% Off
Four French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved and Aubusson Armchairs
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of four French 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved and Aubusson (worn) tapestry upholstered fauteuils a la reine armchairs. The banded oval back surmounted by a carved...
Tapestry, Giltwood
Antique Pair Shabby Chic Louis Revival French Painted Armchairs, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of Louis Revival French shabby chic cream painted fauteuils, or open armchairs, late 19th century in date.
Fabric
Aubusson Tapestry Walnut Armchairs, 19th Century French, Louis XV '3 Available'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Each of these Gorgeous Louis XV fauteuils du roi armchairs are made of beautifully carved walnut and date back to the 19th century.
Walnut
Symbolist Portrait of a Woman in an Interior, 'Before the Mirror'
Located in Cotignac, FR
A very charming early 20th century drawing capturing a young beauty admiring herself in front of a dressing mirror. n the background a fine interior with a louis XVI commode, a faute...
Crayon, Pencil, Color Pencil
Large French Directoire Style Armchair
Located in Buchanan, NY
This large Directoire style fauteuil is a timeless piece of French design. Featuring a beautiful white-distressed wooden frame, this armchair is characterized by its classic 19th cen...
Upholstery, Wood
$18,950Sale Price / set|60% Off
Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Wood Carved Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine set of four French 19th century Louis XV Rococo style giltwood carved Fauteuil à la Reine armchairs, the arched upholstered paneled backs with foliate scroll cresting and simi...
Fabric, Giltwood
$31,950Sale Price / set|32% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Piece Giltwood and Aubusson Salon Suite
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style three-piece giltwood carved and silk Aubusson tapestry three-piece salon suite, comprising of a settee and two fauteuils (armchairs), t...
Silk, Wood
Chapeau Coquet - Etching by Philibert-Louis Debucourt - 1797
By Philibert-Louis Debucourt
Located in Roma, IT
Original title printed on the lower center: "Chapeau Coquet, Manches de couleur sous une Robe Blanche, Fauteuil en Acajou imité de l'Antique", included a colored cardboard passpartou...
Watercolor, Etching
$1,684Sale Price / set|35% Off
Lovely Pair of 19th Century French Painted Armchairs with Cane Seating
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
Finely hand carved and extremely comfortable this pair of armchairs features gorgeous sinuous lines typical of Louis XV period. Each fauteuil with twisted and curved arms and cabriol...
Cane, Paint
17th Century Walnut Armchair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This type of chair was known as a Fauteuil de Malade or sick chair as a person could take a nap in it or even take their meals when they had trouble moving about.
Walnut
Josef Hoffmann 'Buenos Aires' Suite by J&J Kohn, Austria, Early 20th Century
By Josef Hoffmann, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Austin, TX
It is formally known as model no. 675 C (for canape, or settee) and F (for fauteuils, or armchairs). An iconic design, these chairs Refinished and reupholstered.
Leather, Beech
Baroque Style Mid 19th Century Carved Walnut Armchair with Scrolled Motifs
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Baroque style carved walnut camelback armchair from the mid 19th century with scrolled arms and legs, cross stretcher and new upholstery. This Baroque style fauteuil features a sli...
Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century French Régence Carved Armchair in Oak & Fabric
Located in Miami, FL
This armchair or French fauteuil is hand-crafted, hand-carved and in remarkable original antique condition.
Oak, Fabric
Costume Parisien - Model n. 48 - From Modes et Manières du jour à Paris...
By Philibert-Louis Debucourt
Located in Roma, IT
Manches de couleur sous une Robe Blanche. Fauteuil en Acajou, imité de l'Antique". Le Journal des Dames et des Modes was a French illustrated fashion magazine created in 1797 by th...
Etching
Original Gustav Siegel Bentwood Rocking Chair / Lounge, Jacob & Josef Kohn
By Gustav Siegel, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in New York City, NY
A fabulous and important original Vienna workshop, bentwood rocker, model# 824, Schaukel Fauteuils by designer Gustav Siegel, manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austria 1905 Illust...
Bentwood
Pair of Empire Mahogany Armchairs in the Manner of Jacob Desmalter
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of Empire mahogany fauteuils or armchair 'a la Reine' in the manner of Jacob-Desmalter/ François-Honoré-Georges Jacob Desmalter (1770-1841, son of Jacob Desmalter), newly upho...
Mahogany
$2,670Sale Price / item|53% Off
René Herbst French Modern Rubber, Nickel, Bent-Wood "Sandows" Armchair, 1930
By René Herbst
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chair documented as ‘René Herbst Fauteuil Sandows, Accoudoirs en Bois Verni, 1930.’
Stainless Steel
One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
The carved back of the chair proudly displaying the ancient arms of Ireland in the form of a harp, surmounted by the rare crest and torse consisting of a tower with a deer leaping fr...
Upholstery, Yew
$3,500Sale Price / set|65% Off
Pair of Consulat Mahogany Armchairs, France, Circa 1800
Located in Kittery Point, ME
This elegant pair of armchairs (fauteuils) dates precisely to the French Consulate period (1799–1804), a brief but highly innovative transitional era in decorative arts.
Wood, Fabric, Mahogany
$31,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
19th Century French Giltwood Aubusson Tapestry 7-Piece Salon Suite
Located in Tarzana, CA
Comprising a Canape, Four side chairs and two armchairs (Fauteuils). Each chair having an oval back, padded arms and put down on cabriole legs, upholstered in fine Aubusson tapestry...
Giltwood, Tapestry
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt & Painted Carved Armchairs, Attributed Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French Louis XV style gilt and green-cream painted carved Fauteuils armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen. The arched back frame crowned with carvings of flowers with...
Velvet, Wood, Giltwood
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.
If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.
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