19th Century French Louis XV Style Silver Gilt Bench
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French Louis XV style silver gilt bench.
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Benches
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Silver Gilt Bench
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French Louis XV style silver gilt bench.
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bench with Embroidered Seat
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) gilt bench with stretcher and embroidered seat with a fringe.
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Os de Mouton Bench with Original Gilt Accents
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautifully crafted antique French Os de Mouton bench, distinguished by its boldly scrolled “sheep bone” legs joined by a shaped stretcher and accented with traces of original gilt...
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XIV Benches, Gilt Wood, Red Velvet
Located in Queens, NY
2 French Louis XIV style (19th Century) carved gilt wood benches with 6 legs and red velvet upholstered seat (PRICED EACH).
Velvet, Wood
Empire Style Painted Iron Bench, 19th Century, French
Located in El Monte, CA
A highly decorative and unique 19th century French empire painted and parcel gilt cast iron upholstered bench.
Iron
19th Century French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Bench
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning and unusual mid 19th century French Louis XIV style gilt wood bench.
Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Giltwood Bench
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French Louis XV style giltwood bench.
Giltwood
Pair Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Benches, Late 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a very elegant pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Benches from the Late 19th century. This pair refined by the delicate structure of the 18th century in France.
Linen, Wood
19th Century French Regence Style Giltwood Bench
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning 19th century French Regence style gilt wood bench, ottoman, stool or tabouret.
Giltwood
19th C. French Renaissance Carved Oak and Gilt Hall Bench with Heraldic Crest
Located in Dallas, TX
The composition is surrounded by scrolling acanthus leaves and foliate motifs, reflecting the strong Renaissance influence that defined mid-19th century French decorative arts. The g...
Oak
Late 18th-Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Corner Bench
Located in Houston, TX
Late 18th-Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Corner Bench. This rare French painted and parcel gilt corner bench has beautifully carved fluted legs and has been newly upholstered in...
Velvet, Wood
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 even a piano. The ends are double-caned with the caning in original condition and a...
Wood
19th Century French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Bench with Deer Hide
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning 19th century French Louis XIV style gilt wood bench, stool or ottoman.
Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Upholstered Bench w/ Gilt Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun Historical Fact Louis XV style furniture is known for moving away from the heavier symmetry of earlier Baroque designs and embracing more fluid, curving lines inspired by nature....
Upholstery, Walnut
Elegant and Well-Carved French Louis XV Style Ivory Painted & Silver Gilt Bench
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant and well-carved French Louis XV style ivory painted and silver-gilt bench perfect for the foot of a bed, the shaped padded seat above a scalloped apron raised on graceful ...
Pair of 19th C. French Louis XV Painted Walnut Benches with Gold Leaf Accents
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in France circa 1860, this pair of antique Louis XV benches is crafted in solid walnut with a painted finish and hand-applied gold leaf accents. The soft painted ground i...
Walnut
French Louis XV Style 1890s Black Painted and Parcel-Gilt Bench with Cabrioles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted and carved wooden Louis XV style bench from the late 19th-early 20th century. This exquisite French Louis XV style bench features a rectangular backless seat, covere...
Linen, Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Circular Giltwood Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome set of four Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. circular giltwood benches. The benches are raised by four circular tapered legs ending in topie shape feet, with the upper p...
Metal
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Semi-Circular Bench, Jacob-Inspired Model
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Semi-Circular bench, Model inspired by Georges Jacob. Resting of giltwood legs carved in the neo-classical vernacular mastered by Georges Jacob, ma...
Wood
Antique French Gilt Wood Window Seat With Carved Floral Motifs & Damask Silk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique French Gilt Wood Bench Window Seat With Gilt Carved Floral Motifs, Befitted With Damask Floral Gold Upholstery, Finished With Brass Stud Detailing 1800's
Brass
Pair of French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Giltwood Stools
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany and giltwood stools. Each circular stool is raised by three square tapered legs with the front leg displaying a handsome pa...
Mahogany, Giltwood
A Richly Sculpted Circa 1850 French Louis XV Style Giltwood Banquette
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… A beautiful French banquette, in the style of Louis XV. Dating to circa 1850, the giltwood has some wonderful carvings that embellish the curvaceous f...
Textile, Silk, Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
French Rococo Style Gilt Sofa Bench
Located in Kastrup, DK
French Rococo style sofa bench decorated with carved foliage motifs. Original gilding with beautiful naturally age-related patina. Upholstered with textile from Carlucci. France, ...
Fabric, Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chaise Lounge
Located in Houston, TX
Unusually shaped French Louis XVI style painted and gilt banquette, chaise lounge, bench, daybed or loveseat with Greek key design, ready for your own fabric selection.
Fabric, Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI-Style Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A beautifully proportioned, 19th century Louis XVI-style French footstool. The pillowy quatrefoil shape bows out on the sides to make for an comfortable vanity bench or even as an oc...
Upholstery
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain lamps.
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XIV Giltwood Stool with Aubusson Tapestry Seat
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a den, living room, or bedroom with this elegant antique French stool. Crafted in Versailles circa 1870, the rectangular bench stands on tapered and fluted legs adorned with...
Tapestry, Giltwood
French 19th Century Neo-Classical Style Porcelain and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive French 19th century neo-classical st. porcelain and ormolu clock.
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Palatial Mirror in Giltwood with Foliage Carvings, 19th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Stunning Louis XVI Palatial Mirror in Giltwood with foliage and floral carvings, 19th Century. An antique masterwork Louis XVI style gold leaf frame enclosing the original beveled mi...
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Italian Regence Style Giltwood Ottomans
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Italian Regence style Giltwood ottomans. We offer a pair of antique Italian Régence style three legged round gilt wood ottomans, poufs, stools or benches with be...
Giltwood
Dutch Painted Parcel Gilt Settee with New Upholstery
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic Dutch Regency style settee from the 19th century, recently updated with new upholstery to complement the painted frame with sections of parcel gilt trim.
Brass
18th Century French Breton Boiserie Panel Oil on Canvas in Napoleon III Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Painting circa 18th Century; Frame circa Napoleon III period, mid to late 19th Century.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique French White Marble Bronze Clock Set Candelabras, Pradier, circa 1870
By Susse Freres
Located in Austin, TX
This rare French set features a bronze clock with statue and two matching candelabras. The bases are a luxurious creamy white marble in a Doric column motif. Each marble piece is off...
Marble, Bronze
French 1st Empire Period Dore Bronze Grouping of Lovers, Att. Thomire A Paris
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in New York, NY
As Pierre-Philippe Thomire is regarded as one of the greatest bronzier's of the late 18th century and early 19th century, this dore bronze piece could only be made by someone with hi...
Bronze
Large French Sevres Style Bronze Mounted Hand Painted Porcelain Lidded Urn
By Melo
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large and heavy French Sevres style patinated bronze mounted porcelain lidded urn. It is hand painted in a white and sky blue background. It depicts a scene of an 18th cent...
Bronze
Tribunal di Balia Interior with Gothic Vaulting and Frescoed Wall Frieze - 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Tribunal di Balia Interior with Gothic Vaulting and Frescoed Wall Frieze Description: This exquisite hand-colored lithograph, titled "Tribunal di Balia," is plate number 35 f...
Paper
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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.
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