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Oak Wainscot Armchair

English 17th Century Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Delft, NL
An English 17th Century Oak Wainscot armchair Ca 1680 English oak armchair with a carved panel
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Antique 17th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

English 17th Century Oak Wainscot Armchair
English 17th Century Oak Wainscot Armchair
H 43.31 in W 23.23 in D 22.84 in
English Jacobean Style Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Troy, NY
Open Armchair of typical Wainscot form, the straight paneled back adorned with carved lettering
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Antique 19th Century English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century English Oak Wainscot Armchair.
Located in Skipton, GB
A 17th Century armchair from the Somerset region in superb original condition and of a fabulous
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Antique Mid-17th Century English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century  English Oak Wainscot Armchair.
17th Century  English Oak Wainscot Armchair.
H 42.13 in W 26.78 in D 22.05 in
17th Century Charles I English Oak Wainscot Armchair Primate Design Hand Carved
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original early 17th century Charles I Wainscot armchair
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Antique Early 17th Century European Renaissance Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century English Wainscot Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite 17th-century English oak Wainscot armchair stands as a testament to the era's
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Antique 17th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century English Wainscot Armchair
17th Century English Wainscot Armchair
H 40.5 in W 24 in D 21.5 in
Antique Exceptionally Rare 1686 Dated Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in GB
carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair. A highly decorative and original piece the back panel depicts
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Armchairs

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Oak

Exceptionally Rare Original 17th Century Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in GB
hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair A highly decorative and original piece with turned
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Antique 17th Century English Charles II Armchairs

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Oak

Fine & Rare Original 18th Century 1720 Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in GB
from solid oak Wainscot armchair circa 1720 A highly decorative and original piece with turned
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Antique 1720s English George I Armchairs

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Oak

ANTiQUE ENGLISH 1662 DATED COMFORT ONE ANOTHER CARVED WAINSCOTT THRONE ARMCHAIR
Located in GB
, 1662 dated, Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair with the quote "Comfort Ye
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Antique 1660s English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

18th Century Rustik Oak Welsh Vernacular Armchair Hall Chair Wainscot
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Introducing the Charismatic 18th Century Welsh Oak Armchair Enhance your living space with the
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Antique Early 18th Century British Rustic Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Oak Wainscot Hall Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
17th Century Oak Wainscot hall chair This Handsome Chair, has a magnificent patina, the solid
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Antique 17th Century Gothic Armchairs

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Oak

Very Unusual Archaic Georgian Wainscot Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual English or Welsh Georgian wainscot armchair following the 16th and 17th century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Welsh Country Armchairs

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Oak

English 18th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare and impressive 18th century English wainscot armchair hand-carved from solid oak. A highly
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Antique 18th Century English Charles II Armchairs

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Wood, Oak

Elizabethan 'Tudor' Hand Carved Oak Wainscot Arm Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous Elizabethan chair would be an asset to any space with its simple and modern shape and carved details its spectacular! the color of the wood and rustic patina make it q...
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Antique 16th Century English Elizabethan Armchairs

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Oak

Antique English Yorkshire Wainscot Oak Highback Corner Arm Chair Throne 47"
Located in Dayton, OH
Exceedingly Rare English Yorkshire Wainscot High back corner armchair, circa 17th century. Made of
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Antique 17th Century Gothic Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English 17th century oak wainscot chair, the scroll and strapwork decorated crest with carved
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Antique Mid-17th Century English Jacobean Armchairs

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Rope, Oak

17th Century Wainscot Chair
17th Century Wainscot Chair
H 49 in W 25.5 in D 24 in
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance (17th Cent) Wainscot style oak arm chair with diamond designed carved back
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Antique 17th Century British Renaissance Armchairs

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Oak

English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair
H 47 in W 22.5 in D 27.5 in
Lovely Original 18th Century Herve Liege Belgium Carved Wood Armchair Wainscot
Located in GB
oak Wainscot oak armchair circa 1760 A very well made original piece, the chair is known as a Herve
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Antique 1760s Belgian George III Armchairs

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Oak

18th Century Carved Oak Celtic Wainscot Chair This is a Handsome Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
18th Century Carved Oak Celtic Wainscot Chair This Handsome Chair, has a magnificent patina, it
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Antique 18th Century Gothic Armchairs

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Oak

Antique 17th Century Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Armchair Tudor Panelling
Located in GB
century Jacobean Wainscot armchair with Tudor style panelling Please note the delivery fee listed is
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Antique 17th Century English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Set of 8 French 17th Century Dining Room Chairs
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This set of 8 chairs are in amazing good condition for its age. Large size and very strong and thick leather.
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Antique Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Oak

English Georgian Mahogany Gadrooned and Upholstered Tester Bed, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
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Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Beds and Bed Frames

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Upholstery, Mahogany

Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

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18th Century English Oak Settle
Located in High Point, NC
18th century oak settle from England with a wonderfully hand carved decorated and paneled back and rolled arms over hand turned bobbin arms and front legs. The seat height measures 1...
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Benches

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Oak

18th Century English Oak Settle
18th Century English Oak Settle
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English Renaissance Carved Oak Paneled Room
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance (Tudor-16th Century) oak carved linen fold design paneled room with a mantle, overmantle carving and a Pair of spindle design open doors (approx 51 feet)
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Antique 16th Century British Gothic Architectural Elements

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Oak

English Gothic Revival Walnut Full Size Bed
Located in New York, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) walnut full size bed with carved finial posts. (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails)
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Antique 19th Century English Gothic Revival Beds and Bed Frames

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Walnut

Oak and Walnut Tester Bed
Located in New Orleans, LA
This lavish American oak and walnut tester bed exhibits superior craftsmanship and detail. The design is embellished by elaborate carving throughout in a neoclassical motif the inclu...
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Antique 19th Century American Beds and Bed Frames

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Silk, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut

 Oak and Walnut Tester Bed
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H 117 in W 79 in D 93.5 in
17th Century Louis XIV Walnut Italian Bed Headboard Death of S. Joseph Blue
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Sanremo, IM
Oil painting on board from the early 1600s, also perfect as a bed headboard, measuring 100 x 160 cm from the Venetian school, depicting the death of St. Joseph. In this work we ca...
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Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Beds and Bed Frames

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Walnut

Armchair, Walnut, Carved, Upholstered, Daniel Marot, Flemish, 17 Century Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A fine, large, late 17th century, Flemish, open armchair in the style of Daniel Marot with an upholstered seat This fine, armchair is an, unusually, large size and the carving is of...
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Antique 1690s Dutch Baroque Armchairs

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Walnut

Exhibition Quality Italian 19th Century Carved Walnut Armchair After Andrea B
Located in Benington, Herts
An exhibition quality grand Italian walnut armchair carved in the Baroque style after Andrea Brustolon, possibly by the great Florentine carver Luigi Frullini (1839-97). Italy...
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Antique 1850s Italian Armchairs

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Walnut

Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular original seat over a conforming frieze with chip carved detail, raised on turned legs joined by a box stretcher.
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Antique 1680s English Jacobean Stools

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Oak

Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
H 20.25 in W 12.75 in D 10.25 in
Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular original top over a lunette carved frieze, and raised on turned legs joined by a box stretcher.
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Antique 1680s English Jacobean Stools

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Oak

Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
H 22 in W 18 in D 10.5 in
Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular original top with plain frieze and leg spandrels, raised on turned legs joined by a box stretcher.
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Antique 1680s English Jacobean Tables

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Oak

Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
H 21 in W 19.25 in D 10.5 in

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A Charles II Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
The square wainscot paneled back with carved crest-rail and down-swept arms supported on lathe
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Charles II Armchairs

A Charles II Oak Wainscot Armchair
A Charles II Oak Wainscot Armchair
H 38.75 in W 28.5 in D 17 in
Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Derbyshire, GB
Good oak armchair with carved back and of good colour and patination, 16th century.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Corner Chairs

Victorian carved oak wainscot armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Victorian carved oak wainscot armchair with carved scoll cresting above carved panel back and
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Antique 19th Century British Armchairs

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Oak

Victorian carved oak wainscot armchair
Victorian carved oak wainscot armchair
H 48 in W 23.25 in D 24 in
19th Century Antique Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE CARVED OAK WAINSCOT ARMCHAIR
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Antique 19th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

A 17th Century style carved oak wainscot armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
A 17th Century style carved oak wainscot armchair. The high carved cresting rail above carved
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Antique 19th Century British Armchairs

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Oak

A 17th century style carved oak wainscot armchair 19th century
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
A 17th century style Victorian carved oak wainscot armchair 19th century. On turned and square
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Antique 19th Century British Armchairs

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Oak

Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A superb and original carved oak Wainscot armchair, likely Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with a large
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Antique 17th Century British Charles II Side Chairs

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Oak

19th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality carved oak wainscot, circa 1870. Made in the 19th century using earlier elements
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Antique Late 19th Century British Gothic Revival Armchairs

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Oak

Period Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Warrington, GB
Early 18th century jointed armchair of large proportions. Belonging to the head of the household
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Antique 18th Century Chairs

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Oak

Period Oak Wainscot Armchair
Period Oak Wainscot Armchair
H 42.13 in W 22.45 in D 17.33 in
17th Century James I Antique Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
FINE EXAMPLE OF AN OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR CIRCA 1610. FEATURING PADDED BACK AND SEAT, FLUTED ARMS
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs

English Wainscot armchair, moulded and oak panelled circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
Antique English Oak Panelled and Moulded Wainscot Armchair This superb example was made in the mid
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Antique 19th Century British Elizabethan Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Heathfield, GB
A very good and original wainscot chair circa 1650 with all original timbers including seat boards
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Antique 17th Century Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
H 43 in W 22 in D 26 in
Early English Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Striking 17th century English oak wainscot chair having a scrolled crest with foliage and fruit
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Antique 1660s English Charles II Armchairs

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Oak

Early English Oak Wainscot Chair
Early English Oak Wainscot Chair
H 37 in W 22 in D 23 in
Very Good Yorkshire Charles II Wainscot Oak Armchair, circa 1680
Located in Heathfield, GB
A very good early oak arm chair retaining its original timbers including the original seat boards
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Antique 17th Century Charles II Armchairs

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Antique English Oak Jacobean Commonwealth Period Wainscot Armchair, circa 1650
Located in Portland, OR
The chair of joined & pegged construction, having a shaped & paneled back, the arms carved & having turned supports. The chair having a simple planked seat and raised of turned legs,...
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Antique 1650s English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

Early 20th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th century oak wainscot chair in the Tudor style, the back carved with the Tudor rose and a
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Oak

Early 20th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Early 20th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
H 39 in W 23 in D 17.5 in
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Located in Bristol, GB
motifs and geometric patterns. Rich warm tones to the oak with a lovely patina built up naturally over
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Antique 17th Century English Charles II Armchairs

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19th Century Antique Solid Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE SOLID OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR LOVELY WAINSCOT CHAIR WITH 17TH
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Antique 19th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

VICTORIAN ANTIQUE CARVED OAK WAINSCOT THRONE CHAIR
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
VICTORIAN ANTIQUE CARVED OAK WAINSCOT THRONE CHAIR, BEAUTIFULLY CARVED WITH DETAIL
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Antique 19th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

Pair Of Antique Oak Victorian Wainscot Chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
PAIR OF ANTIQUE OAK VICTORIAN WAINSCOT CHAIRS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THESE KIND OF
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Oak

Victorian Antique Oak Wainscot Heavily Carved Chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
VICTORIAN ANTIQUE OAK WAINSCOT HEAVILY CARVED CHAIR WITH 17TH CENTURY CARVINGS, WITH
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Antique 19th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

Pair of Early English Oak Wainscot Chairs
Located in Troy, NY
Nice pair of Wainscot chairs of typical form, with carved back panels and front rail, turned legs.
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Antique 19th Century English Jacobean Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair with Provenance
Located in Heathfield, GB
A very good and original wainscot chair c. 1650 with all original timbers including seat boards
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Antique 17th Century Armchairs

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Oak

Late 17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
17th century oak wainscot chair, circa 1680. Beautifully carved with carved diamond in the back
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Antique Late 17th Century Great Britain (UK) Charles II Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
17th century carved oak wainscot chair This Handsome Chair, has a magnificent patina, the solid
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Antique Early 17th Century Gothic Armchairs

17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Hall Chair
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
This handsome chair, has a magnificent patina, it is somewhat dark in colour, the solid plank seat has a little carving to the front border, the back is carved with a large geometric...
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Antique Late 17th Century English Elizabethan Armchairs

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Oak

Late 17th Century English Oak Wainscot Chair With Box Seat
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine late 17th Century English oak wainscot chair, the shaped crest with wave and scalloping, the
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Antique 1680s English Baroque Armchairs

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Oak

Near Pair of Stunning 19th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Near pair of stunning wainscot chairs, circa 1860. Slight differences in carving and to the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Scottish Gothic Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Richly Carved Elizabethan Joined Oak Wainscot Style Chair
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The style of this Elizabethan joined oak chair made in the mid-1600s is a descendant of the Tudor
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Antique Mid-17th Century English Elizabethan Armchairs

17th Century English or Welsh Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual 17th century English or welsh wainscot chair having a shaped and scroll carved crest
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English Gothic Revival Wainscot Style Carved Hall Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Bespoke modern interpretation of an English gothic revival wainscot style hall chair. Beautifully
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17th C. Oak Paneled Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A handsome English 17th century armchair in dark rich oak with square paneled or wainscot back
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Antique 17th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

17th C. Oak Paneled Armchair
17th C. Oak Paneled Armchair
H 40.5 in W 25.5 in D 24 in
17th Century Charles I English Oak Wainscot Armchair Primate Design Hand Carved
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original early 17th century Charles I Wainscot armchair
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Antique Early 17th Century European Renaissance Armchairs

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Oak

16th Century English Wainscot Armchair
Located in Port Chester, NY
A true well-used early oak Wainscot chair the real thing! The chair has undergone repairs through
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Antique 16th Century English Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Charles II Original 1665 Dated Wainscot Armchairs English Carved Oak
Located in GB
armchairs carved from 17th century English oak A lovely pair with a stunning timber patina, you can only
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Antique 1660s British Charles II Armchairs

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Oak

Carved 1690 Dated Commemorative Wainscot Armchair William III Earl of Portland
Located in GB
, Wainscot armchair which commemorates the 1690 Battle of Boyne Please note the delivery fee listed is
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Antique 1690s English William and Mary Armchairs

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Oak

Antique 17th Century Charles II Yorkshire Carved Inlaid Oak Wainscot Chair, 1670
Located in Portland, OR
A rare antique inlaid oak carved Wainscot chair, Charles II period, circa 1670. The chair having a
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Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II Armchairs

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Fruitwood, Oak

Wainscot Armchair Carved Wood Panel Depicting King Charles I Chair, circa 1780
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this late 18th-century solid oak hand-carved Wainscot armchair
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Antique 18th Century English George III Chairs

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Oak

17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in London, GB
A profusely carved late 17th Century oak wainscot armchair. The armchair's scrolling foliate leaf
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Antique Late 17th Century English James II Armchairs

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Oak

17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
17th Century Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
H 41.25 in W 22.5 in D 19 in
17th/18th Century English Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Atlanta, GA
17th-18th century English carved oak wainscot armchair hand carved striking details with faces
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Antique Early 18th Century English Armchairs

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Oak

Charles II Yorkshire Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in London, GB
A superb Charles II Yorkshire carved oak armchair; the armchair's scrolling cresting rail carved
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Oak

17th Century Wainscot Chair
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
An English oak wainscot chair of large proportions. With turned front legs connected by a turned
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs

17th Century Wainscot Chair
H 49 in W 26 in D 17 in
George III Oak Fireside Wing Armchair in Ivory, circa 1780
Located in Dallington, East Sussex
. The complete and original heavy frame in wainscot oak with some attractive burrs and heartwood to the
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Early Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
February 1744’. This chair is in the tradition of the oak chairs made by the Aberdeen Incorporated
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Oak Wainscot Armchair For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the oak wainscot armchair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each oak wainscot armchair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using oak, wood and natural fibre. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer oak wainscot armchair, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. Each oak wainscot armchair bearing Georgian hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Oak Wainscot Armchair?

An oak wainscot armchair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,737, while the lowest priced sells for $1,194 and the highest can go for as much as $9,500.

Finding the Right armchairs for You

Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.

Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.

In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.

Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.

When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.

If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.

If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.

Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.