$1,934 / set
Pair Gilt Arm Chairs French Rococo Carved
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stylish pair of French Rococo gilt arm chairs Very wide arms so comfortable to sit in Ornately carved frames are very detailed with floral motifs Reupholstered with floral print so c...
Fabric
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Louis XV Rococo Style French Paint Decorated & Gilt Desk Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 36 1/4in W: 17 3/4in D: 16in SH: 20in This antique Louis XV style desk chair is made of the highest quality and is perfect for you and your home! If you look at the ...
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Set of Four Rococo Style Gilt Aluminium Chairs, 1960s
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Set of Four Rococo Style Gold Gilt Aluminium Chairs on Cabriole Legs 1960s
Aluminum
18th Century Hand Carved Italian Rococo Painted and Parcel Gilt Side Chair
Located in Doylestown, PA
18th century hand carved Italian Rococo paint decorated and parcel gilt upholstered side chair.
Paint, Wood
19th Century Rococo Revival Accent Chair with Gold Leaf Frame, Russia
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-century Neo-Rococo style accent chair, characterized by its ornate gold-leaf frame and deep-tufted upholstery. This specific model is frequently identified as a Louis XV style...
Leather, Wood
$1,328Sale Price / item|20% Off
Pair of Venetian Lacquered Rococo Style Chairs with Fornasetti Upholstery
Located in Firenze, IT
Indulge in the lavish charm Venetian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of lacquered Rococo-style armchairs. Likely used as fireside seats, this charming seating set showcases th...
Wood, Lacquer
19th C. Rococo Gustavian Ebonized and Partial Gilt Upholstered ArmChairs, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Rococo Gustavian / Swedish Arm Chairs for him and her. Light greenish. Measures 21"W x 22"D x 32H. Seat height is 17" and arm height is 23" and 22". Seat interior width 17"...
Upholstery, Hardwood, Giltwood
A Pair of Rococo-style, Gilded and Putti-adorned Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oh, because the weight of modern life requires that we choose to live with more levity, charm and grace. And having this pair around is sure to help. These chairs, warmed in shimmeri...
Upholstery, Wood
$2,313Sale Price|31% Off
“Don José” Style Polychromed Chair with Gilt Details, Portugal, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This Don José style chair dates to the 18th century and was produced in Portugal circa 1750. The piece is crafted in carved wood and finished with rich polychromy accented by gold le...
Wood
Italian Gilt X Frame Curule Stool Circa 1800
Located in Sherborne, GB
This is a stunning Italian gilt X frame curule stool circa 1800. It features deep bold crisply carved lions heads, paws, corners scrolls and side rails. The gilding is slightly worn ...
Beech, Giltwood
$5,235 / set
Set of 4 18thc Italian Dore Chairs from Lucca
Located in New Orleans, LA
Four elegant matching side chairs with cabriole legs. Heavily gilded. Purchased in Lucca, Italy. With extravagant detail and beautiful gilding, these chairs make a statement! Rococo ...
Upholstery, Wood
$65,000 / set
Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)
Silver Leaf
Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
Gold
18th c., Italian Rococo-style Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved and gilded, Italian, open-arm, Rococo-style armchair with cabriole legs and elegant, serpentine arms. Top rail boasts a foliate relief carving.
Cotton, Walnut
Vintage Italian Baroque Rococo Style Silver Leaf Gilt Lounge Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Baroque Rococo Style Silver Leaf Gilt Lounge Arm Chairs - a Pair.
Fabric, Wood
Antique Gilt Accent Louis XV Style Chairs Set of 4
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant antique chairs featuring classic european Rococo (Louis XV inspired) design.
Wood
Royal Louis XV or Rococo Tapestry Sofa and Chairs, Gold, Napoleon III, 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Louis XV tapestry / tapestry suite, Napoleon III, circa 1880. Genuine gold leaf on solid wood. Hand-carved wooden body. Very old and decorative French sofa set. Gobelin fabric cov...
Wood
Asnaghi “Eubea” Dining Table and 12 Chair Suite in Harwood, Gilt and Silk
Located in Barrowford, GB
Asnaghi make pieces of furniture that are far more than just that. They create real works-of-art of intrinsic value, Peerless in design and execution, and expected to become heirloom...
Wood
$2,950 / item
Gold Leaf Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Chair
By Tony Duquette
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique gold leaf Venetian grotto style shell back armchair. Seat has been newly reupholstered in champagne color velvety fabric. Arm height is 26.5"
Wood
Custom Royal French Style Oversized Throne Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very theatrical large throne chair in a custom treatment. With an intricately carved frame having stylized shells and scrolls with the foot a raised snail’s head motif and the enti...
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Early 20th-century Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odds are good that you haven't seen many of these, with their scallop shell backs and seats, dolphin-head arms, and particularly such strange, roughened, coral-textured legs suggesti...
Wood, Paint
Pierce Carved Paint Decorated Pair of French Louis XV Armchairs circa 1920s era
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Measures 37 tall x 26 wide x 24.5 deep seat height 20.75 Keywords: Louis XV armchairs, French antique chairs, Rococo furniture, painted gilt chairs, 1920s French décor, carved wood ...
Walnut
18th Century Rococo chair
By Carl Magnus Sandberg
Located in SE
Chair made in the Royal workshop in Stockholm, attributed to Carl Magnus Sandberg. Not signed. He became member of Stockholms chair maker society 1760 and died before 1790. It is ve...
Birch, Giltwood
Unavailable
H 47 in W 28.5 in D 32 in
Pair of Rococo Style Vintage Wingback Gold Gilt Hand Carved Chairs
Located in Tulsa, OK
This is a beautiful, opulent pair of vintage wingback gold gilt chairs. These are hand carved and very heavy. They would look absolutely fabulous in a new fabric of your choosing. Th...
Gold
Pair Of Portuguese Rococo Carved Side Chairs
Located in Free Union, VA
A near pair of very elegant carved walnut Portuguese chairs with parcel gilding, almost certainly from a larger set of dining chairs. Within the English inspired format of ball and ...
Walnut, Giltwood
Unavailable
H 38.38 in W 37.25 in D 23.5 in
Venetian Illustrated, Polychrome, Gilt, and Leather Gondola Chair, c. 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
An absolutely stunning and rare circa 1820 museum-worthy Venetian gondola chair with illustrated panels, polychrome finish, parcel-gilt decorations, and original leather upholstery. ...
Brass, Iron
Six Italian Polychrome and Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
A set of six finely carved and painted chairs with large, oval backs and tapered seats over cabriole legs, the seat apron scalloped, and the legs with a large acanthus carving. The ...
Giltwood
18th c. Painted, Parcel Gilt Leather Side Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
The central shell-crest surmounting a carved and molded backrest over a shaped seat above a scalloped seat rail raised on cabriole legs. Covered in studded leather.
Wood, Leather
Pair of Giltwood Salon Chairs
Located in Chilton, GB
A pair of antique giltwood salon chairs, on slender tapering supports. Each chair has beautifully aged gilding that has a fantastic patina look. The seat pads have been recovered ...
Sold
H 35 in W 24 in D 25 in
Antique French Rococo Style Parcel Gilt Mahogany, Tapestry Bergere Chair C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Rococo style bergere offers parcel gilt mahogany frame with carved gadroon crest over floral tapestry back and seat, raised on cabriole legs, c1920 Measures- 36.75'...
Tapestry, Mahogany
19th c. French Rococo Gilt Slipper Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
French 22k gilded Rococo slipper chair with beautiful patina. Finely hand-carved. Front castors. Vintage ivory damask upholstery.
Pair of Antique Rococo Style Ball Room Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of antique chairs with gilded paint decoration and golden fabric upholstery with excellent form and in very good condition with minor age split to the wood.
Fabric, Wood
Pair Dutch Rococo Chairs in Walnut with Gilt Accents, c. 1740
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Dutch side chairs in Walnut with gilt accents and fine carved details, the pair dating from the early/mid 18th century. The Walnut frames are highlighted by restrained...
Walnut
A Pair of Italian Rococo Style Gilt wood Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian Rococo Style gilt wood Chairs.
Giltwood
A pair of Large Italian Rococo Style gilt wood Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian Rococo Style gilt wood Chairs. Upholstered in a gray fabric with a nice texture.
Giltwood
Gilt Wood Grotto Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous vintage giltwood grotto chair or fantasy chair with nice carving, generous size and comfortable too. This versatile chair would look great as a side chair, in a powder room,...
Set of Eight Rococo Red Painted Dining Chairs
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Set of Eight Rococo Red Painted Dining Chairs including two armchairs
Venetian Rococo style Slipper Chair,
Located in Chireno, TX
Painted and Gilded Venetian Slipper Chair in the rococo style With Vintage Silk Upholstery.
Wood
Sold
H 37 in W 18.5 in D 20 in
Romweber French Rococo Louis XV Painted and Parcel Gilt Upholstered Side Chair
By Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Rococo Louis XV style vanity chair or side chair By Romweber USA, Circa 1930s Beautiful painted frame with gold gilt details, and original yellow floral print up...
Upholstery, Giltwood, Paint
Napoleon III Gilt Rope-Twist Slipper Chair
By A.M.E Fournier
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fabulous French gilt-metal rope slipper chair made in the manner of A.M.E. Fournier. Featuring gilt rope legs and feet with rope swag sides and knot tassels. The back has a scrolled ...
Metal
Set Of Eight Spanish Rococo Red Lacquered And Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Each with arched crestrail , baluster splat,serpentine upholstered seat,cabriole legs, shaped H form stretchers.Cabriole leg. Provenance; Carly Simon
Sold
H 41.25 in W 20 in D 23.5 in
8 Antique Swedish 18th Century Baroque French Louis XV Rococo Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Suite of 8 Swedish gilt and gesso Louis XV/Rococo side chairs, Circa mid 18th century.
Silk, Giltwood
Sold
H 42 in W 23.25 in D 25 in
Karges French Rococo Louis XV Cream Lacquered and Gold Gilt Fauteuils, Pair
By Karges Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding pair of French Rococo Louis XV style fauteuils By Karges Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous cream lacquered carved solid walnut frames, with gold gilt details, and...
Upholstery, Walnut, Lacquer
Pair of French Rococo Carved Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand pair of Rococo style antique creme colored painted and parcel gilt Armchairs.
Gold
Italian Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous, 1920s Italian painted and parcel-gilt pair of fauteuils delicately carved in the Rococo style.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold
H 42.13 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Rare Set of 10 Italian Rococo Dining Chairs with Distressed Patina, c.1800
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exceptional and rare set of 10 Italian Rococo dining chairs, crafted in solid beechwood and dating from the late 18th to early 19th century.
Leather, Beech
Sold
H 41 in W 31 in D 29.5 in
Antique Italian Figural Cherub Carved Giltwood Upholstered Chair 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Italian figural armchair offers giltwood frame with carved shell form crest having flanking cherubs over button back upholstered back, scroll form arms and raised on cabri...
Wood, Upholstery
Pair of Louis XV Painted and Parcel Gilt Fauteuils
Located in New York, NY
A pair of comfortable exemplary French Rococo armchairs/bergeres (fauteuils a la reine). Painted and parcel gilt wood frames with car-touche-shaped padded seat backs, padded arms, se...
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H 31.5 in W 31.89 in D 23.23 in
Pair of Rocaille Style Natural Walnut Bergère, Gilt Highlights, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Rocaille style natural carved walnut with gilt highlights bergère. Gondole backseat and small curved legs, uprights and armrests in chantourné shape. Rocaille style carved ...
Walnut
Sold
H 38.59 in W 27.17 in D 23.23 in
Pair of Antique Armchairs French 19th Century Yellow Silk Upholstery Bergère
Located in Buxton, GB
Pair of Fabulous Antique French Bergère Armchairs (2) Canary Yellow Silk Upholstery - Good Condition Vintage piece allow for signs of age and use giltwood Frame Some scuf...
Silk, Wood
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