Set Of Seven Mid-Century French Country Ladder Back Chairs with Rush Seats
Located in Dekalb, IL
Set of eight turned wood ladder back chairs with rush-woven seats. This charming set of French Country-style dining chairs features classic ladder backs with scalloped slats and tur...
Wood
Antique 1820s Set of Six Ladder Back Chairs Rush Seat Paint Decorated
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Great set of six paint decorated rush seat chairs.. True antique primitive pieces that came out my Historic 1769 Hudson Valley New York Property. These pieces carefully handpicked fo...
Wood
Rare Rustic Mid Century Italian wood Ladder Back Side Chair Rush Seat
By Chiavari
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare wood lacquered chair circa 1950's sold as/is condition Made in Italy with cord seats retains made in Italy, retains part of label curved back.
Cord, Wood
Primitive Rustic Ladder Back Woven Rush Seat Dining Side Chairs - Set of 6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Primitive Rustic Ladder Back Solid Wood Dining Side Chairs with Red Distressed Stain ...
Wood
Baillie Scott for J P White. Arts & Crafts oak & rush seat ladder back armchair.
By Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts oak and rush seat ladder back armchair made by J P White at The Pyghtle Works in Bedford.
Oak
$1,802Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rustic Design Ladder Back Oak & Rush Dining Chair Set, Belgium 1960's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Set of 4 chairs. Solid oak ladder back frame with woven rush seats. Well proportioned chairs with just the right amount of spindles in between the chairs feet.
Rush, Oak
$2,450Sale Price / set|30% Off
Set of Six English Oak Faux Bamboo Six-Splat Ladder Back Chairs with Rush Seats
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare Custom Set of Six English Oak Faux Bamboo frame and Mahogany Six-Splat Ladder Back Chairs with Rush Seats. It is extremely rare to find the six splat ladder back.
Hardwood, Faux Bamboo, Mahogany, Oak
Set of Four Charlotte Perriand Inspired Oak and Rush Ladder-Back Chairs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four high-backed oak chairs with ladder-back construction and woven rush seats.
Rush, Oak
$13,000 / set
English Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Late 19th c. English oak ladder back chairs with rush seats and turned stretchers. 2 arms, 6 sides.
Rush, Oak
W.F. Whitney design Ladder Back Shaker Farm House Chairs with Rush Seating 4
By Whitney Furniture
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A set of 4 (1 captain and 3 sides) rush seated ladder back chairs from W F Whitney. circa 1920's.
Rush, Wood
19th Century English Ladder Back Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large 19th century English carved oak armchair featuring a ladder back design and a rush seat. Sits on massive turned legs with box stretching.
Wood, Rush
18thc New England Ladder Back Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century New England Ladder back armchair with original rush seat. Fantastic undisturbed surface with worn arms.
Wood, Cane
$1,373 / set
Set Six C19th Ladder Back Dining Chairs
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice set of six rush seat ladder back dining chairs, five chairs and one carver, C1820, lovely colour and rush in very good original condition. 37" high 18" wide 16" depth 17...
Elm
Pair of Large-Scale Ladder-Back Armchairs Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Chireno, TX
Pair large-scale ladder-back braided-rush seat armchairs, attributed to Paolo Buffa.
Rush, Walnut
English 1800s Georgian Period Plum Wood Child's Rocking Chair with Rush Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Georgian period plum wood child's rocking chair from the early 19th century, with rush seat, ladder back and turned base. Born in the very early years of the 19th century,...
Rush, Wood
18th Century Original Black Painted Ladder Back Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand made ladder back chair has the original rush seat and original black painted surface.
Pine
Unusual 18th Century Antique Oak Ladder Back Rocking Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual 18th century antique oak ladder back rocking chair having a ladder back with original rush seat, shaped pad feet to the front united by turned stretchers and raised on origin...
Oak
Rustic Semi Antique Set of 11 Faux Bamboo Stained Oak Ladder back Dining Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Rustic and well-made semi-antique set of Set of faux bamboo ladder back chairs with rush seats. Includes 2 end arms: 48 1/2"H x 24 3/4"W x 20"D (of seat), 19"H to seat 9 side cha...
Rush, Wood
$4,875 / set
Early 20th Century French Chairs Set of 8
Located in Nashville, TN
Hailing from early 20th century France, our dining room chairs feature ladder backs and rush seats. While lightweight, these sturdy seats are reliable and durable for all indoor seat...
Rush, Wood
French 19th Century Pair of Country Provincial Solid Oak Corner Chairs
Located in Carmine, TX
A charming pair of French Country corner chairs crafted in solid oak, featuring beautifully turned barley twist legs and stretchers, carved ladder-back crests, and handwoven rush sea...
Rush, Oak
Vintage French Brutalist Dining Chairs by Georges Robert, 1950s, Set of 6
By Georges Robert
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
The set features chunky cylindrical legs, curved ladder backs, handwoven rush seats, warm natural texture, and a rustic Brutalist design language, giving it a strong and recognisable...
Rush, Wood
Set of Three Mid-20th Century French Provincial Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of Three French Provincial Style Ladder-Back Bar Stools with Rush Seats France, Mid-20th Century A charming set of three vintage French Provincial-style bar stools, beautifully...
Rush, Wood
$6,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rustic Pine Hearth Armchairs, France, Mid-20th Century — Set of Four
Located in Winston-Salem, NC
This vintage set of four fireside chairs is built from solid pine in a dark-toned stain, with a ladder-back frame, hand-woven rush seats, and turned, tapered arm supports finished wi...
Rush, Wood, Pine
Arts & Crafts Rare Pair of Edwin Lutyens Armchairs
By Edwin Lutyens
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts rare pair of ladder back oak armchairs With rush seats By Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens Circa 1902 Height 98cm Width 61cm Depth 50cm "Sir Edwin Lutyens was a designer an...
Rush, Oak
Set of Six Late Georgian Elmwood Windsor Dining Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Comprised of a pair of armchairs and four side chairs, ladder back with rush seats, turned circular legs and pad feet, and turned stretchers.
Elm
$2,850 / set
Pair French Dressing Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair vintage French provincial chairs with shaped top rail, ladder back and low rush seat for putting on your boots in the morning at your French chateau and slinging your jacket ove...
Wood
1800's Antique Spanish Mirror, 2 Side Chairs, Gilt Console Table, Set of 4
Located in Austin, TX
Set of Two Spanish parcel gilt side chairs, having marbelized polychrome painted wood frames, with ladder back, over rush seat, rising on vase-and-block turned legs, joined by a box ...
Mirror, Wood
1800s Antique Spanish Mirror, 2 Chairs, Marble-Top Gilt Console Table, Set of 4!
Located in Austin, TX
Set of Two Spanish parcel gilt side chairs, having marbelized polychrome painted wood frames, with ladder back, over rush seat, rising on vase-and-block turned legs, joined by a box ...
Marble
Cotswold School Oak 'Wishbone' Refectory Table Designed By Ernest Gimson
By Ernest Gimson
Located in Petworth, GB
Gimson had also, through the Art Workers' Guild, become interested in a more hands on approach to traditional crafts, and in 1890 spent time with Philip Clissett in Bosbury, Hereford...
Oak
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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