18th Century Pair of Spanish 'Fraileros' Wallnut Chairs
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand carved pair of Spanish 18th century 'Fraileros' chairs, with 19th century seating and backrest upholstery, joined to the walnut frame using the typical Spanish bronze nails.
Wood, Fabric
Spanish Renaissance Revival Leather Armchair, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
The piece features turned legs and arm supports, a decorative carved crest rail, and leather panels secured with traditional nail-head tacks, characteristic of Spanish “frailero” cha...
Leather, Oak
18th Century Peruvian "Frailero" Wooden Chair with Leather Seat and Back
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Peruvian "frailero" wooden chair with stretched leather seat and back.
Leather, Wood
Italian 17th Century Walnut and Leather Armchair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Italian armchair from 1680 may look like a throne, in fact it is a wonderfully patinated example of a friar’s chair–historically referred to as a “ sillon de frailero” type of c...
Metal
'Riaza Armchair' natural/tabacco, La Caja
By La Caja
Located in MADRID, ES
A member of LACAJA’s iconic Riaza Family, the Riaza Armchair is a modern take on the traditional Spanish “frailero” chair, a design that dates back to the 16th century.
Brass
Unavailable
H 66.5 in W 28.5 in D 16 in
18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Armchair Wood with Tooled Leather
Located in Nogales, AZ
Overscale Peruvian chair with adorning eagle crown known traditionally as a Frailero (Fryer's Chair) was handcrafted in Trujillo with detailed carved aliso (high altitude water cypre...
Leather, Wood
Antique Peruvian Sanctuary Chair
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th century Peruvian "Frailero" wooden chair with rough suede leather seat and back Carved and gesso gold leafed large scale antique chair.
Suede, Wood
Sold
H 43.31 in W 17.72 in D 16.15 in
18th Century Peruvian "frailero" Leather Back and Seat Wooden Chair
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Peruvian "frailero" chair, a style characterized by having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
Leather, Wood
"Frailero" (Fray) Chair, Walnut, Leather, Metal, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carved walnut wood chair decorated with a rectangular openwork front panel (which has bands and geometric elements) and two on the sides with the curved lower edge, which has a seat ...
Metal
Vintage Mexican Frailero Chair
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This lovely Frailero chair is from the estate of the renowned Mexican designer Hector Aguilar, circa 1940, made of Sabino pine wood and leather, there is a lovely copper repousse pie...
Copper
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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