Kindel Dining Chairs Shield Back Model 76-082
By Kindel Furniture
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 6 Kindel Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Chairs Model 76
Mahogany
Sold
H 35.25 in W 20.5 in D 23.5 in
Kindel Furniture Hepplewhite Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, Set of Eight
By Kindel Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of eight Federal or Hepplewhite style dining chairs By Kindel Furniture USA
Upholstery, Mahogany
KINDEL Mahogany Georgian Hepplewhite Shield Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Kindel Furniture
Located in Charlotte, NC
A set of six dining chairs in the Georgian Hepplewhite style by Kindel Furniture. Inlaid mahogany
Mahogany, Fabric
KINDEL Mahogany Georgian Hepplewhite Shield Dining Side Chairs - Pair
By Kindel Furniture
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of dining side chairs in the Georgian Hepplewhite style by Kindel Furniture. Inlaid mahogany
Fabric, Mahogany
$2,531 / item
H 35.44 in W 21.26 in D 27.96 in
Klismos Walnut Wood Saber Legs Black Velvet Dining Chairs, Customizable
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in IT
Klismos walnut wood customizable dining chairs Italian production, black velvet upholstery. Other colors and upholstery are available. Walnut wood chairs with deep and large seat ...
Leather, Cotton, Nutwood, Walnut
$1,929 / set
H 21.66 in W 13.78 in D 11.03 in
A Pair of Late 18th Century Delft Ceramic Table Lamps - De Klaauw Pottery
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A charming pair of late 18th century blue and white ceramic Delft vases, recently mounted as lamps. The vases are beautifully decorated with floral ornaments in the typical Delft st...
Delft
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 62 in D 22 in
19th Century Neoclassical Italian Regency Period Curule Leg Bench
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime 19th century Italian regency bench featuring three pairs of x-form curule legs ending with gilt lions paw feet. Crafted in the neoclassical taste with carved rosettes on the ...
Wood, Fabric
English Regency Style Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Chairs - A Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of English Regency style ebonized and parcel gilt armchairs made by Burton-Ching Ltd., 20th century. 26 inches wide by 26 inches deep by 35 inches tall seat height 19 inches...
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
$199,962
H 111.03 in W 74.81 in D 21.66 in
George II Carved Mahogany Breakfront Library Cabinet of Architectural Form
Located in London, GB
A Magnificent George II Carved Mahogany Breakfront Library Cabinet of Architectural Form The pedimented dentil cornice above four panel doors, a waisted Vitruvian scroll fluted frie...
Mahogany
$10,963 / set
H 45.67 in W 33.08 in D 35.83 in
FINE PAIR OF CHESTERFIELD CHESTNUT BROWN LEATHER WINGBACK ARMCHAIRS & FOOTSTOOLs
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of fully restored Wingback armchairs with matching footstools in Chestnut Br...
Leather
$3,240 / set
H 37.01 in W 20.08 in D 20.87 in
FINE PAIR OF ANTiQUE VICTORIAN GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE PRINCE OF WALES SIDE CHAIRS
By George Hepplewhite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of George Hepplewhite design Shield back side chairs depicting the Price of Wales feathered back circa 1880 Pl...
Upholstery, Hardwood
Empire Canopy Bed Napoleon III 19th Century
By Empire Furniture
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire Canopy bed France Napoleon III From the 19th Century, In mahogany wood with appliqués in gilded bronze and classical figures. Fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. Ceilin...
Wood
$75,000
H 105 in W 87.5 in D 15.75 in
English Regency Yew & Satinwood Broken Arched Pediment Breakfront, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency yew and satinwood breakfront with carved floral medallions, broken arched fretwork pediment, carved centered urn, adjustable upper and lower interior shelving, orig...
Glass, Satinwood, Yew
$79,984 / set
H 41.74 in W 31.11 in D 29.14 in
A Pair of George III Mahogany Gainsborough Chairs, with Needlepoint Upholstery
By (circle of) Thomas Gainsborough
Located in London, GB
A Pair of George III Mahogany Gainsborough Chairs, with Needlepoint Upholstery With shaped camelback seat, with carved flower, acanthus and bead and reel scrolling arms, on plain sq...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$25,000
H 26 in W 22 in D 2 in
Pair of English Nobel Figural Man & Woman Oval Oil on Canvas Portraits, C 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Nobel figural oil on canvas oval portraits of male posing with hunting canine companions and female sitting in garden posing with flowers and lamb. Paintings have bee...
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood
George II Lacquer Cabinet on Chest
Located in London, GB
A George II Lacquer Cabinet on Chest with double dome cornice and three ball finials, above two cabinet doors with robust banded hinges, opening to reveal an interior of ten drawers,...
Lacquer
George III Welsh Dresser
Located in Woodbury, CT
Georgian welsh dresser with quartersawn oak, mahogany crossbanding and tunbridge inlay of boxwood and ebony. Dresser top features flanking cabinets with locks over spice drawers. B...
Mahogany, Oak, Boxwood, Ebony
$89,638
H 36.62 in W 40.95 in D 23.23 in
A George II Red Japanned Coffer on Stand, attributed to Giles Grendey
Located in London, GB
Of perfectly modest form, with a domed lid decorated with dignitaries on their horses, accompanying hounds, long tailed exotic pheasants, butterflies, all set within a landscape with...
Wood, Paint
Original Painted English Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Amazing 18th century original painted pine housekeepers cupboard with a clock. Wonderful colour to both the exterior and interior with good provenance. 1780. Code: 8859 Dimensions...
Pine
$75,847
H 35.83 in W 72.84 in D 35.83 in
George III Console Table with Architecturally Drawn Cluster Column Legs
Located in London, GB
A George III Console Table, with Architecturally Drawn Cluster Column Legs With gently stepped breakfront fluted frieze, with lightly shaped and carved spandrels, with exceptionally...
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.
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