FINE FULLY RESTORED VINTAGE GEORGE II STYLE CHESTERFIELD TUFTED LEATHER ARMCHAiR
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, fully restored George II style Gainsborough armchair with beech wood frame and hand dyed redd...
Leather
18th Century Comb-Back Windsor Chair on Turned Legs
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A fine quality comb-back Windsor armchair retaining a rich color and patina. The solid, shaped backsplats are flanked by three spindles above and below the bowed arms. These spindles...
Beech, Elm
Primative Antique circa 1760 Carthorse Wheel Remade into a Captains Swivel Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable circa 1760 Carthorse wheel which has been rebuilt into a captains swivel armchair in solid Elm. A very goo...
Elm
$8,200 / set
Pair of Antique Style Wingback Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique style wingback chairs. The chairs have tufted backs and seats, with yellow leatherette upholstery, brass tacks to the front of the arms, and solid wood cabriole legs.
Faux Leather, Wood
18th Century English Oak Porter or Rocking Chair
Located in Troy, NY
18th Century English Oak Porter or Rocking Chair, of paneled and pegged construction, the back and sides enclosed with conforming panels and a rounded "roof". Nice dried-out patina. ...
Oak
$18,900 / set
Set of Period 18th c. Irish Dining Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine set of six period Irish 18th c. Irish mahogany dining chairs, each with scroll carved crest rail with shell carved ears over pierce carved back splats and slip seats, raised on ...
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Walnut Side Chair with Pierced Splat Back, c.1740–1760
Located in Leeds, GB
Mid-18th Century English Walnut Side Chair with Pierced Splat Back, c.1740–1760 A good mid-18th century English walnut side chair, c.1740–1760, with an attractive transitional desig...
Walnut
$22,281Sale Price / set|20% Off
Six 18th Century Elegant Dining Room Chairs, England, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of six English 18th century blue painted and parcel-gilt chairs with vase shaped back splats and caned seats, over cabriolet legs with pad feet.
Wood
$22,281Sale Price / set|20% Off
Six 18th Century Elegant Dining Room Chairs, England, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of six English 18th century blue painted and parcel-gilt chairs with vase shaped back splats and caned seats, over cabriolet legs with pad feet.
Wood
A Profusely Carved Side Chair After a Design by Mayhew and Ince
By Mayhew & Ince
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A mahogany side chair profusely carved throughout including reeding surrounding the shape back; a pierced opening at the top of the crest rail bordered by C-scrolls; the seat rails c...
Fabric
$22,281Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fine Set of Six 18th Century Dining Room Chairs, England, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of six English 18th century blue painted and parcel-gilt chairs with vase shaped back splats and caned seats, Over cabriolet legs with pad feet.
Wood
Pair of Late 19th Century George II Style English Gainsborough Chairs
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Gainsborough Library Armchairs In the George II Style Constructed in mahogany, rising from cabriole legs terminating in carved scrolled feet; with scrolled and knuckle car...
Mahogany
English Walnut Upholstered Wing Back Chair with Shell Knee & Spanish Feet C 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
English walnut upholstered wing back chair with scrolled arms, carved shell knee, and terminating on Spanish feet, Chair is upholstered in white muslin with removable cushion, Mid 1...
Muslin, Walnut
Irish George II-Style Double Chair Back Settee from Historic Filoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
With an extraordinary piece of furniture like this, there is of course a story. It begins with a country retreat, Filoli, a Georgian Revival-style country house set amid 16 acres of ...
Textile, Mahogany
George II Style Mahogany Double Chair Settee
Located in New Orleans, LA
A magnificent mahogany double chair back settee crafted in the George II taste.
Tapestry, Upholstery, Mahogany
$25,550 / set
Irish Mahogany Chairs
By John Crowell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
George II style Irish mahogany dining chairs. Uniquely carved top-rail with a center medallion and shell shapes on the corners.
Mahogany
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Single Carver
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Irish George II mahogany carver, the bow shaped back rail centred with flowerhead motif flanked with scrolling acanthus leaf and moulded corners raised over pierced inte...
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Armchair Original Paint Well Worn
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Georgian circa 1800 original paint black lacquered Chinoiserie armchair What a piece! Based on the early George II chairs which ar...
Wood
Lovely George II circa 1760 Primitive Carver Armchair Original Period Repairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning George II circa 1760 oak carver chair with period repairs A very good looking and well made chair, it all seems to be original ti...
Oak
$9,005
Metamorphic Chair
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A George II design metamorphic library steps armchair with shaped solid back centred with painted scallop shell crest above a hinged seat resting on cabriole legs, opening into four ...
Mahogany
tall wingback chair in leather
Located in Augusta, GA
George ll style chippendale talkback wing chair with elaborate carvings to base with ball and claw feet
Wood
Heavily Carved Lion Hairy Paw Feet Victorian Armchair Sky Blue Velvet George II
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England antique Victorian armchair with heavily carved Lion’s hairy paw feet in the George II style This chair is reall...
Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century Irish Wing Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Irish wing chair ornately carved mahogany apron with scrolling foliate and central lion head motif. Supported on cabriole legs terminating in ball & claw feet.
Upholstery, Mahogany
Burr Chestnut Hand Carved Primate French Milking or Children's Chair circa 1760
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1780 Primate French milking or children’s chair in burr chestnut What a stunning piece, the wood tells a thousand...
Chestnut
Antique 11ft Regency Triple Pillar Dining Table Circa 1820 & 10 Chairs
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique dining set that comprises an antique Regency triple pillar dining table dating from C1820 and a set of ten George II Revival dining chairs Circa 1900 in ...
Mahogany
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.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
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