Unavailable|$17,627
Impressive Pair of French Mid 18th Century Black and Gilt Rococo Armchairs
Located in Aabenraa, DK
An impressive pair of French mid 18th century black and gilt pair of armchairs Fauteuil à la Reine France circa 1755-60 The chairs need a new upholstery.
Wood
Unavailable|$1,350
Mid-19th Century French Rush Seat Lounge Chair
Located in Burton, TX
Found in the South of France this mid 1800s French Rush Seat Lounge Chair features a rush seat created by using a weaving technique where long, dried grass-like vegetation is used. T...
Rush, Walnut
Unavailable|$1,850
19th Century Empire Period Walnut Armchair
Located in Round Top, TX
This stunning and rare 19th century period empire walnut fauteuil is presented in a regal silk upholstery.
Walnut
Unavailable|$5,405 / set
A Pair of 19th Century Louis Seize French Bergeres
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of grey/green patinated fauteuils, with a lavender coloured fabrique.
Wood
Unavailable|$1,410
Thonet bentwood Nr 12 Beech Natural Labeled and Stamped Thonet, 1890
By Thonet
Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant
Lower fauteuil by Thonet nr 12 beech natural labeled and stamped by Thonet circa 1890 Measures: 55 x 53 x 98 x 42.
Beech
Unavailable|$2,880
Regence Fateuil Cane Back Chair
Located in Seattle, WA
Walnut Regence caned fauteuil early 18th century
Wood, Cane
Unavailable|$18,000 / set
A Pair of Directoire Child's Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Directoire children's mahogany upholstered armchairs or fauteuils a la reine.
Upholstery, Wood
Unavailable|$4,500
Painted French Empire Arm Chair
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful 19th century cream and olive painted French empire fauteuil.
Wood, Paint
Unavailable|$3,040
19th Century Gilt Wood Arm Chair Bergère, New Yellow Silk Upholstery
Located in Brenham, TX
The bergère is an enclosed upholstered French armchair (fauteuil). The back is also upholstered and there are armrests on upholstered frames.
Silk, Wood
Unavailable|$22,500 / set
Pair Swedish Neoclassic Armchairs
Located in Seattle, WA
Fabulous pair of early 19th century painted and parcel gilt fauteuils
Wood, Paint
Unavailable|$7,850 / set
Pair of Period Louis XVI GIlt Oval back Chairs
Located in Natchez, MS
Pair of Louis XVI Period Oval Back Fauteuil with on in Abusson and one in Needlepoint covers
Giltwood
Unavailable|$5,450 / set
A Pair of French Late Gothic Style Chairs.
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of French Late Gothic Style Linenfold Carved Oak Fauteuils.
Unavailable|$450
French, 19th Century Louis XVI Chair Covered in Teal Mohair
Located in Oregon, OR
French, 19th century Louis XVI walnut Fauteuil, Item Ref LU5019116463011.
Mohair, Wood
Unavailable|$9,000
A Provincial Louis XIV Hooded Fauteui
Located in New York, NY
A Provincial Louis XIV Hooded Fauteuil in Walnut with Tapestry Upholstery. French, Circa 1650-1700
Walnut
Unavailable|$14,500 / set
Pair of Painted Directoire Chairs
Located in Seattle, WA
Gorgeous, well scaled and roomy olive green painted late Louis XVI/Directoire fauteuils with lovely carving.
Wood, Paint
Unavailable|$2,800
Pair 1920's french Fautiels
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Neo Directoire Style Fauteuils, Refinished Blue-Gray Patina/Linen
Unavailable|$4,800 / set
A Pair of Louis XV Lounge Chairs
Located in New Haven, CT
8 Louis XV style fauteuils. They are large in scale and are exquisitely hand carved with leaves and flowers out of beechwood and then painted in traditional grey and blue tones.
Beech
Unavailable|$3,400 / set
Pair of Finely Carved Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of late 19th century French waxed beechwood fauteuils, the frames carved in delicate and extremely fine detail with classical motifs: guilloche, laurel leaf, acanthus, etc.
Beech
Unavailable|$7,500
Pair of Louis XVI arm chairs
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Painted Fauteuils En Cabriolet chairs with the oval medallion back over outcurved arms raised on tapering fluted legs, stamped "J.
Wood
Unavailable|$12,500 / set
Pair of Painted and Gilt Empire Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Empire white painted and partial giltwood Fauteuils, with gilt decoration around the back and on the arms and the apron and on the legs.
Gold Leaf
Thonet bentwood Marcel Kammerer Vienna Secession Otto Wagner Signed Labelled !
By Thonet
Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant
Thonet fauteuil by Marcel Kammerer ( Wien 1878 - Montreal 1959 ) He was a student of Otto Wagner Vienna Secession circa 1910 Signed-labelled by Thonet Measures: 160 x 60 x 79...
Beech
Unavailable|$3,470
18th Century French Louis XIV Armchair
Located in Charleston, SC
A very comfortable large fauteuil made of solid walnut. Tall and slightly slanted backrest with its top in 'chapeau de gendarme" form.
Walnut
Unavailable|$16,000 / set
Fine Suite of Empire Carved Mahogany Seat Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
Comprising of a Settee, pair of Bergères and six Fauteuils à La Reine, each with an arched top rail above upholstered backrest, the down-swept armrests raised on acanthus craved supp...
Mahogany
Unavailable|$39,956 / set
4 secessionistic armchairs by Wilhelm Schmidt (Student J. Hoffmann), Vienna 1908
By Wilhelm Schmidt, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Prag-Rudniker Korbwaren-Fabrication
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Sitzgruppe (4 x Fauteuil) Entwurf: Wilhelm Schmidt / Schule Josef Hoffmann (Wien, um 1908) Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, verm.
Fabric, Oak
Unavailable|$39,956 / set
4 x original secessionistic armchair, W. Schmidt for F.O.Schmidt (Vienna, 1908)
By Wilhelm Schmidt, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Sitzgruppe (4 x Fauteuil) Entwurf: Wilhelm Schmidt / Schule Josef Hoffmann (Wien, um 1908) Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, verm.
Fabric, Oak
Unavailable|$12,500
19th Century French Wheel Chair
Located in den Haag, NL
A 19th century French Wheel chair made by the well-known factory of mechanical beds and fauteuils in Paris Dupont. This chair is very well restored and in good working order .The tuf...
Brass
Unavailable|$13,600
Directoire Period Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A set of 4 natural wood Directoire period fauteuils, turned column arms with rounded tapering front legs, saber back legs, scrolling back, not upholstered, as is, French, c.1800 (als...
Wood
Unavailable|$38,000
French Late Louis XVI/Directoire Period Salon Suite
Located in Charleston, SC
A French late Louis XVI/Directoire period, repainted beechwood salon suite composed of a canapé and four fauteuils with curved backs. Provenance Paris, France Mary Helen McCoy F...
Unavailable|$4,406 / set
Pair of French Louis XVIth Revival Armchairs
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
Whimsical pair of French Louis XVI style or neoclassical fauteuil armchairs featuring a white painted frame.
Beech
Unavailable|$14,500 / set
Set of 8 Walnut Florentine Dining Chairs, 19th Century Italian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of eight walnut Florentine renaissance-style fauteuils for dining Leather Sling seats Italian, c. 1800 23" W x 22" D x 36" BH x 17" SH x 31" AH Please note: Leather s...
Walnut, Leather
Unavailable|$24,000
Set of 4 Louis XV period armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A set of 4 Louis XV period beechwood armchairs ("fauteuils") of good size, "a la reine" backs with arched tops, carved floral motifs, cabriolet legs, French, mid 18th century (also c...
Unavailable|$3,900 / set
Pair of Directoire Lacquered Armchairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Great looking pair of Directoire style Fauteuils lacquered in a creamy white with a blue rechampi.
Lacquer, Upholstery, Wood
Unavailable|$3,000
Louis XV Table a Ecrire
Located in Woodbury, CT
Original locks to all drawers. Usable aside a fauteuil, bergere or any upholstered armchair in a sitting room; or bedside as a nightstand.
Tulipwood, Fruitwood
Unavailable|$3,500
A George Iii Carved Mahogany Hepplewhite Armchair
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Woodbury, CT
A George III Hepplewhite ovalback carved fauteuil with downswept "half" arms. The oval back "en cabriole" is carved with a floral crest and acanthus carved arms over a serpentine sea...
Mahogany
Unavailable|$11,500
A Louis XVI Painted Suite of Chairs, Two Arm, Two Side, French
Located in Woodbury, CT
A suite of Louis XVI painted seat furniture comprising a pair of fauteuils en cabriolet and a pair of chaises en cabriolet.
Unavailable|$2,500 / set
TWO Italian 'Poltrone Piedmontese' Armchairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Slight irregularities in cartouches, back splats, scrolls, volutes, and foliate carved knees only on one chair; all consistent with the provincial aesthetic of naive Italian 'fauteu...
Upholstery, Walnut
Unavailable|$7,344
Thonet No. 11 Bentwood Armchair or Dining Chair
By Thonet, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique Thonet bentwood armchair fauteuil no. 2, designed 1868, manufactured 1885.
Bentwood
Unavailable|$4,700 / set
Fine Pair French Carved Walnut Rococo Chairs, Nogaret, silk brocade lampas
By Pierre Nogaret
Located in Ettlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg
A fine pair of carved walnut chairs fauteuils from the Rococo period, circa 1745, Louis XV.
Silk, Walnut
Unavailable|$673
19th Century Armchair
Located in Sidmouth, Devon
This 19th century garden fauteuil is a character chair in its original paint which has faded to produce a very attractive patina.
Wrought Iron
Unavailable|$3,750 / set
TWO Italian Neoclassical Lyre Back Piedmontese Armchairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
In the manner and period of Louis XVI fauteuils, the front legs are stop-fluted and topped with floral paterae.
Upholstery, Walnut
Unavailable|$10,250 / set
Pair of Transitional Louis XV Louis XVI Needlepoint Bergères, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
A bergère is a type of upholstered armchair that originates from early designs of the 18th century with closed sides, as compared to open armrests as the fauteuil. The bergère was de...
Tapestry, Walnut
Unavailable|$28,000 / set
Pair of Napoleonic Painted Open Armchairs by Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1805
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
An extremely rare and important pair of French painted fauteuil or open armchairs by the renowned 18th Century Parisian furniture-maker, Jacob-Desmalter. circa 1805 The chairs hav...
Beech
Unavailable|$4,500 / set
Pair of Louis XVI Painted Arm Chairs
Located in Kirkland, WA
Pair of French Louis XVI Painted Fauteuils with rush seats. The seats were replace approximately 50 years ago and are in good condition.
Wood, Rush
Unavailable|$28,000
Pair of walnut side chairs Stamped: NICOLAS * LONGE
By Nicolas Longe
Located in New York, NY
The signature of Nicolas Longe was also found on a large fauteuil “á la Reine” which was in continuation of the Regence spirit sold at the Hotel Drouot in 1988.
Walnut
Unavailable|$52,000 / set
A Pair of Louis XV Bergères
By Claude-etienne Michard
Located in Vienna, AT
Juli 1794) Master since 1757 Upholstered fauteuils with closed armrests, with carved top and seat rails.
Upholstery
Unavailable|$9,900 / set
Pair of Empire Mahogany Consulate Chairs, France, 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of French mahogany fauteuils or armchairs from the consulate period. Mahogany frame with circular arm rests connecting trapeze shaped back, supported on front square tapered leg...
Mahogany
Unavailable|$52,883 / set
Set of Six Dutch Louis XVI Chairs and Two Armchairs
Located in Hilversum, NL
The family is seated on fauteuils form the present set. Distinctly visible are the downswept arms, oval backs and crimson velvet upholstery.
Mahogany
Unavailable|$7,500
Directoire Folding Metal Chaise Longue
Located in New York, NY
Passionate about mechanisms, he tried to improve the positions they could be put into for the maximum in comfort: "J'ai appliqué cette idée a la confection de fauteuils en fer plaint...
Metal
Unavailable|$129,288
Suite of Louis XVI Seat Furniture by Henri Jacob
By Henri Jacob
Located in London, Middlesex
Comprising a canapé and six fauteuils, each covered in its original Aubusson tapestry, depicting the Fables de La Fontaine and other pastoral scenes, the canapé stamped twice H.
Beech
Unavailable|$2,260 / set
Antique French Louis XV Fauteuil Chairs
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Light-Medium Blue Sapphire Tone Upholstery ( newer ) Antique Sturdy Frame, Grey Paint Overlay, with Signs of Gilt Gold Accents in areas, and worn away in others. Rococo Styling throu...
Wood
Unavailable|$3,510
Antique French Louis XVI Style Fauteuil Chairs Late 19th Century, a Pair
Located in Parkesburg, PA
French pair of Louis XVI style armchairs from the Late 19th century. These antique chairs in Oak, with upholstered centers set within a highly carved vertical acanthus leaf Top Rail,...
Oak
Unavailable|$2,880 / set
Pair of French Neoclassical Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of carved and painted Louis XVI-style fauteuil. Size and seat height is applicable for both dining or lounge.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold
French Fauteuil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French directoire painted decorated fauteuil
Fabric, Wood
Sold|$3,600
Chinese Fauteuils
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of Rosewood Chinese Fauteuils made for the export market in the mid 19th century
Wood, Paint
Sold|$3,056
Single Directoire Fauteuil
Located in New Orleans, LA
Directoire fauteuil with Manuel Canovas fabric.
Fabric, Wood
Sold|$2,384
Directoire Style Fauteuil
Located in New Orleans, LA
Directoire Fauteuil with Grey Velvet Seat
Wood
Sold|$11,000
Louis XVI fauteuil
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XVI painted fauteuil upholstered in natural linen with loose cushion
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