English Chinoiserie Chairs, Ex-Garvan Collection Yale University, circa 1835
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exceptional and important set of four circa 1835 English William IV, or early Victorian period, side or breakfast chairs of Regency parcel-klismos form having black Japanned frame...
Cane, Softwood, Paint
Pair of Almond Finish Dining Chairs with Ivory Upholstery, Customizable Zani
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Zani dining chairs designed by Sérgio Batista for Uultis with Almond wood finish, ivory fabric and light cane color. *Please check availability prior to purchase*. Blendin...
Upholstery, Hardwood, Cane
Set of 6 Vintage Italian Baroque Style Dining Room Side Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A special set of 6 carved wood Italian baroque or Swedish Rococo style dining chairs, upholstered in textured cream fabric, carved wood detail on back & legs, featuring tall shapel...
Wood
Six Regency Style Ebonized & Parcel Gilt Dining Chairs - U.K. - Circa 1900
Located in Chatham, ON
Six exceptional antique Regency style ebonized and parcel gilt dining chairs - bench made hand carved quality beechwood frames with hand woven caned seats and backs - featuring hand ...
Fabric, Cane, Beech, Giltwood
A Fine Set of Ten George IV Dining Chairs, attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, England
A rarely available long set of ten faux rosewood dining chairs. The chair back with its elegant top rail , having abutting scroll corners below carved scallop shells is a design seen...
Cane, Beech
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Side Chairs
Located in York, GB
Pair of 18th Century Italian walnut side chairs featuring a decorative painted panel. The chairs have caned seats and backs, showing signs of repair work and some minor breakages.
Black Walnut
Vintage Amish Made Country Rocking Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Charming Amish made vintage painted wood and caned rocking chair. Wood shows natural appearances of age and wear but caning is in very good shape and chair is solid.
Wood
Brazilian Designer, Rocking Chair, Iron, Rattan, Brazil, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-painted iron and cane rocking lounge chair designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s.
Iron
English Regency Caned Open Arm Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very decorative early 19th century English Regency open arm chair that retains its original painted surface.
Cane, Wood, Paint
Chinese Chippendale Style Carved Fretwork Armchair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Chinese Chippendale style carved wood armchair with woven cane seat. This neutral cream painted side chair features a beautifully pierced trellis back and intricate fretwork detaili...
Cane, Wood
Chinese Chippendale Style Fretwork Armchairs, Pair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of two Chinese Chippendale style carved wood armchairs with cane seats. These neutral cream painted side chairs feature beautifully pierced trellis backs and intricate fretwork ...
Cane, Wood
Vintage Regency Spider Web Cane Arm Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Introduce timeless elegance to your seating with this vintage Regency spider web cane armchair. Featuring an intricately crafted spider web back design and handwoven cane detailing, ...
Cane, Paint
Vintage French Country Louis XV Style Double Cane Italian Canopy Porter Chair
Located in Southampton, NJ
An exquisite vintage French Country / Louis XV style double caned canopy Porter's chair with hand painted faux distressed finish, loose seat cushion with goose down bolster cushion.
Upholstery, Cane, Wood, Down
Pair of French Provincial Louis XV Caned Carved Fauteuils or Arm Chairs
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous pair French Provincial armchairs carved wooden frames, cane backs, and orange silk taffeta plaid upholstery. These are Louis XV style caned armchairs, specifically a type kn...
Upholstery, Cane, Wood
An Elegant Pair of Brighton Pavilion Victorian Design Cane And Bamboo Chairs
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Handmade Pair of Brighton Pavilion Chairs With Caned Seats & Painted Faux Burnt Bamboo Finished Frame.
Faux Bamboo, Cane
Set Four Baker Historic Charleston Decorated Ebonized Wood and Cane Side Chairs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Set of Four Baker Furniture Historic Charleston Reproduction Stencil Decorated and Ebonized Wood and Cane Side Chairs. Measures 24" in width, 15" in height and 24" in height, Seat h...
Cane, Wood, Paint
$2,720Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Italian Painted Louis XV Style Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of well-proportioned Italian Louis XV style painted carved wood arm chairs, with gilt detail and caned seats.
Cane, Wood
Gillows of Lancaster George 3rd Painted and Parcel Gilt Arm Chair
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Sherborne, GB
This chair has never been apart and retains its original cane seat and back.
Cane, Beech, Giltwood, Paint
Vintage Chinoiserie Butterfly & Bird Custom Painted Tall Secretary Desk & Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Butterfly & Bird Custom Painted 2 Piece Tall Secretary Desk & Chair. Item features blue and off-white painted finish with intricate bird and floral motifs on the ...
Cane, Wood
$2,600
Waiting Room oil painting Seated woman, green dress suit w/cane, rosy pink chair
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil portrait of seated church lady . Signed on bottom right hand corner. This is primed canvas on archival board framed with a plain wood frame ready to display. PLEASE NOTE There...
Oil, Board
Oscar Niemeyer rocking chair longue model : « Rio » created in 1977
By Oscar Niemeyer, Anna Maria Niemeyer
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) Rio Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) Rio Rocking chaise longue Painted plywood, caning and leather Edited by Tendo Manufacturer's label Model created in 1977 H 9...
Leather, Cane, Plywood, Paint
Collection of Five 19th-Century English Miniature Chairs, One Dated 1858
Located in Morristown, NJ
The chairs exhibit varying degrees of scuffs, nicks, scratches, surface distress, finish loss and paint wear consistent with age and use.
Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan, Rush, Wood, Paint
19th Century French Hand Carved Set of Chair and Armchair in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French set of a chair and an armchair hand carved and painted in green and red cream lacquered wood with cabriolet backrest in basket handle decorated with flowers and scrolls.
Cane, Wood
Pair of Swedish Grace Side Chairs, Painted & Gilt Wood, Cane Seats, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Its main representatives were Carl Hörvik (1881-1954), Carl Malmsten (1888-1972) and Axel Einar Hjorth (1888-1959). Each chair, painted in a period pale green, has a caned seat, turn...
Cane, Wood
$7,000
Pair of Chiavari Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Their elegance and grace would come to charm Mid-Century Modernists, and inspire Gio Ponti to create his Superleggera chair. Unlike most midcentury chiavari chairs, which have cushio...
Gold
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.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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