1940s French Toile Barrel Back Cane Blue White Chair
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1949s with this exquisite blue and white toile cane chair. The ultra rare chair exudes an air of history and refinement. Outsta...
Upholstery, Cane, Wood
Antique French Mahogany Barrel Back Desk Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pleasing chair with its navy and blue stars upholstery.
Mahogany
1960s French Toile Barrel Back Wood Castors Chairs, Set of 2
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning chairs you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best, it bei...
Brass
$2,280Sale Price / set|20% Off
Handsome Pair French Country Walnut Faux Bamboo Cane Barrel Back Chairs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A wonderful pair of faux bamboo caned club chairs with a glossy light tortoise finish. The sturdy frames with cane back and sides with cushions in an ivory cream subtle pinstripe. Th...
Upholstery, Cane, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Barrel Back Desk Chair
Located in Astoria, NY
Sourced in Provence, France, this late 19th-century French Empire style desk chair is crafted in mahogany and distinguished by its elegant barrel-back silhouette.
Leather, Mahogany
$11,080Sale Price / set|20% Off
Stylish Set of Four Wrought Iron Barrel-back Curule-form Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
each with dramatic incurved openwork back sloping to upright teminals capped with giltwood spheres; flanking an attached leather seat all raised on a curule-form support
Wrought Iron
Restoration Hardware Barrel Back Stools Newly Reupholstered - Set of 3
By Restoration Hardware
Located in Chicago, IL
Restoration Hardware French Stools in Barrelback Newly Upholstered in Plush Charcoal Silk Velvet - Set of 3 Originally designed to accommodate fireside seating around British hearth...
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Oak
1920s Green Beige French Bergere Barrel Chairs, Set of 2
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated early 20th Century with this exquisite Bergere barrel chairs in customized original upholstery. The ultra rare chairs exudes a...
Upholstery, Wood
$1,975Sale Price|50% Off
French Louis XVI Style Channel Back Bergere
By Jules Leleu, Paul Follot
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI style channel back bergere. This stunning and comfortable French Louis XVI style walnut barrel back chair, club chair, side chair or tub chair has a lovely scrolled ...
Walnut
$9,320 / set
Pair of Barrel-Back Lounge Chairs, France, 1930s
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Drawn with the quiet confidence of a single, unbroken line, this pair of French barrel-back lounge chairs distills the spirit of 1930s design into a composition of curved mass and at...
Leather, Walnut, Fabric
Antique French Art Nouveau Maurice Dufrene Barrel Back Chair And Boudoir Sofa
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Art Nouveau Maurice Dufrene Footed Barrel Back Lounge Chair and Tufted Back Boudoir Sofa in a Deep Red Velvet Chenille This Antique French Art Nouveau lounge chair ...
Chenille
1920s Art Deco Period Mahogany Salon Set with Settee and Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This circa 1920s mahogany Art Deco salon set with lemonwood and sycamore inlay includes a settee and two club chairs. Newly upholstered in France in a cream colored fabric with a dia...
Upholstery, Fruitwood, Mahogany, Sycamore
Art Deco Barrel Back Chair
Located in Vancouver, BC
Art Deco barrel back chair with ebonized frame with contemporary cream upholstery and black piping.
Louis XV Barrel Back Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Newly upholstered in French cotton check
Wood
Pair of French Art Deco Barrel Back Bergeres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of comfortable French Art Deco bergeres. Ebonized wood frames with barrel-backs, down swept arms, lyre-like shaped fronts over turned feet with three balls. Reupholstered from...
Louis XV Style Cane and Walnut Swivel Barrel Back Armchair
Located in Atlanta, GA
French walnut barrel back swivel armchair having a cane back and seat with acanthus leaf carving to the knee, ending in cabriole legs with leather covered arms and loose leather seat.
Cane, Walnut
Pair of 19th C French Chairs
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Unusual pair of barrel back french chairs with caned backs
19th Century, Barrel Back, French Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved, painted, and pickled wood, barrel back, French bergère atop fluted, tapered legs. Beautiful proportions. Newly upholstered.
Wood
Pair French Leather Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic pair of mid-20th century Louis XV-Style barrel back bergeres that retain their original intense red leather. The carving is crisp and well detailed; the leather has...
Wood, Leather
Barrel Back Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
with sloping in-curved back over a loose cushion seat flanked by fluted supports capped with carved snail shells.
Wood
19th Century French Empire Single Barrel Back Chair, France
Located in New York, NY
19th century French Empire single barrel back chair. Mahogany wood.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Set of Four French Louis XV Cane Barrel Back Chairs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful set of four French Louis XV cane barrel back chairs. Needs upholstery otherwise in great vintage condition.
Cane
Pair of French Cream Painted Barrel Back Club Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of French neoclassical/Directoire style cream distress painted barrel back club chairs.
Wood
Pair of Art Deco Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Westport, CT
pair of generously sized Art Deco cherry wood tub chairs shown with fluted and reeded columns, beautiful quality of wood, recently French polished, fabric ready and very comfortable,...
Cherry
Pair Late Empire Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very desirable pair of period Lat Empire Barrel Back Bergeres that date to c. 1810-1820. The chairs have retained their original surface which we have cleaned and applied ...
Velvet, Walnut
Four Art Deco Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Westport, CT
Set of four generously sized Art Deco cherry wood tub chairs shown with fluted and reeded columns, fabric ready and very comfortable, France, 1925ca.
Cherry
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Barrel Back Bergere Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Louis XVI style giltwood barrel back bergère armchair, early 20th Century. This classic Neoclassical tub chair features a curved beautifully carved giltwood frame raised on tapered f...
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Empire Revival Barrel Back Leather Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A 19th century Empire Revival black barrel back fauteuil with bronze ormolu and nailhead detail. This chair has been newly upholstered in a cognac goatskin leather and eight-way hand...
Bronze, Ormolu
A Fine Pair Of Deco Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Hixson, TN
A positively curious pair of Deco chairs. Brilliantly curved backs and walnut veneer. Leather cushions and very weighted. The oval appearance is oval. These rest on round brass feet....
Walnut, Leather
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H 30.5 in W 23.5 in D 27 in
Dramatically-Carved French Restoration Mahogany Barrel-Back Desk Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A dramatically-carved and handsome French restoration mahogany barrel-back desk chair with bold acanthus leaves; a true statement piece with its incurved back and boldly-scrolled ter...
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Barrel Back Louis XVI Style French Arm or Bergère Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair Of barrel back Louis XVI style French arm or bergère chairs.
French Art Deco Walnut Barrel Back Arm Chair w/ Klismos Style Legs
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Art Deco side chair was realized in France circa 1930. It features gently rounded barrel backs; stylized klismos legs; streamlined arms; and upholstered seats in a...
Walnut
Sold
H 37 in W 26.38 in D 30.32 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Barrel Back Bergere Chair in Parcel Gilt
Located in Wichita, KS
A stunning French parcel-gilt, barrel back bergere in the Louis XVI style, newly upholstered in European hemp linen.
Sold
H 36 in W 28.5 in D 32 in
Vintage Country French Louis XV Style Barrel Back Bergere Lounge Chair & Ottoman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic vintage carved walnut Country French Louis XV style barrel back bergere lounge chair and matching shaped ottoman.
Upholstery, Walnut
c.1870 Antique French Napoleon III Barrel Back Desk Chair
Located in Highwood, IL
An un-touched original finish remains on this antique French Napoleon III desk chair. Structurally sound. Part of a three piece suite, the worn leather seat matches the desk top perf...
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H 35.5 in W 30 in D 24 in
Pair of 1940s French Louis XV Style Tufted Leather Barrel Back Bergeres Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of French Louis XV style bergeres features lovely colored leather upholstery, tufted in the back with nailhead trim.
Leather, Wood
Set of Two Art Deco Barrel-Back Upholstered Chairs
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Two barrel back armchairs newly reupholstered in vintage green fabric. Of note are the original square-shaped nailheads that subtly accentuate the lines of the chair.
Sold
H 34 in W 24.5 in D 22.5 in
Vintage French Louis XVI Caned Bergere Barrel Back Serpentine Club Lounge Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage French Louis XVI style Bergere armchair. Made of walnut featuring serpentine barrel form with caned sides and back, fluted accents, and carved flower.
Upholstery, Cane, Walnut
Sold
H 34.5 in W 29 in D 30.5 in
Pair of French Art Deco Barrel Back Chairs and Ottoman Attributed to Paul Follot
By Paul Follot
Located in Houston, TX
A pair of French Art Deco giltwood barrel back chairs and ottoman with floral detailing.
Mahogany
Sold
H 32 in W 22.5 in D 22 in
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Carved Walnut Barrel Back Boudoir Club Chair Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Carved Walnut Barrel Back Boudoir Club Chairs - a Pair.
Fabric, Walnut
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
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Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
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