$9,500 / set
Set of Six Georgian Painted Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine set of six George III painted Hepplewhite chairs, having squared backs with three splats each with central patera, over caned seats with tied cushions, standing on square splaye...
Wood
SiX ANTIQUE GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE BERGERE SHERATON REVIVAL PAINTED DINING CHAIRS
By George Hepplewhite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely exquisite suite of six original Sheraton Revival George Hepplewhite Bergère dining chairs with p...
Rattan, Hardwood
Set of Thirty Painted Georgian Hepplewhite Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Set of THIRTY Custom Neoclassical Hepplewhite Georgian Dining Chairs. Hand painted in off white with flower details on shield back.
Cane, Beech
$1,400Sale Price / set|22% Off
Pair of 18th Century American Mid-Atlantic Hepplewhite Arched Back Side Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Pair of mahogany wood side chairs with balloon backs. White paint and hand glazing. Re-upholstered seats. Most likely Philadelphia Circa 1790-1810.
Mahogany
$728Sale Price|39% Off
19th century George III Painted Side Chair in the Hepplewhite Style
Located in Savannah, GA
Early 19th century painted hard wood side chair with spade feet. Hand-painted in lovely colors with a floral, lyre and linear motif. Beautifully aged original and unrestored paintwor...
Silk, Hardwood
Pair of Antique English Federal Hepplewhite Caned Side Chairs
Located in Lancaster, PA
This is a wonderful pair of English Hepplewhite side chairs, dating to the 19th century.
Cane, Fruitwood
$18,800 / set
Set of Eight Georgian Painted Dining Room Armchairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A set of eight George III Hepplewhite painted armchairs, circa 1790, having pierced shield backs above rush and squab cushion seats flanked by down-swept arms, on tapering ring-turne...
Beech
$3,415
Wheelback Dining Chair
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine English Hepplewhite design dining chair with circle and ribbon decoration to the back. To be upholstered in the client’s own material. Please note we are currently working to...
Mahogany
The Hugh Henry Dining Chair
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Hepplewhite design shaped and upholstered back dining chair. The shaped upholstered back with reeded framing. The seat rail with fluted decoration. The tapered legs with reces...
Mahogany
Set of Ten 20th Century Heppelwhite Style Dining Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of ten mid to late 20th Century Heppelwhite style painted dining chairs, including two carvers. Shield backs featuring Prince of Wales feathers, and generous size seats. (Carve...
Wood, Paint
The Hugh Henry Lattice Back Dining Chair
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Hepplewhite design lattice back dining chair. The shaped open fret back with reeded framing. The seat rail with fluted decoration. The tapered legs with recessed star panel to...
Mahogany
Pair of Late 18th Century English Painted Hepplewhite Armchairs
Located in Middleburg, VA
Pair of Late 18th Century English Painted Hepplewhite Armchairs These beautiful chairs still maintain the original paint of flowers and vines on the Prince of Whales plume backs mak...
Wood, Paint
Unavailable
H 35 in W 20.9 in D 19.3 in
Pair of 19th Century Hepplewhite Style Mahogany & Painted Elbow Chairs
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A fine pair of late 19th century Hepplewhite style mahogany elbow chairs. The chairs have quadruped 'X' backs with a centre domed top rail and straight arm which have an integral ...
Mahogany
Set Eight Satinwood Hepplewhite Dining Chairs Painted Furniture
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Eye-catching set of eight Hepplewhite style painted dining chairs. Handcrafted from satinwood with painted details.
A Pair of English Hepplewhite Style Painted Fruitwood Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each with shield back centering a splat; hand painted with neoclassical foliate and floral decoration; above a cane seat raised on round turned legs.
Wood, Paint, Cane
Hepplewhite Arm Chair
Located in New Haven, CT
A Fine Adam Style armchair/desk-chair made of Beechwood and retains all its original paint decoration of urns, garlands of bellflowers and centered on the back is a Cameo Profile of ...
Beech
Sold
H 38.75 in W 21.25 in D 17 in
Set of Four Mid-19th Century Hepplewhite Style Painted Chairs with Cane Seat
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
The elegant set is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, with a rich patinated painted finish. Hepplewhite chairs have simple geometric shapes, usually curved or cir...
Cane, Beech
Hepplewhite Cream Painted Tub Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A George III Hepplewhite cream painted and green and red foliate decorated upholstered tub bergere on tapering turned legs.
Set of Eight Georgian Painted Dining Chairs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare set of eight Hepplewhite painted dining chairs. Pierced shield backs with early hand-painted leaf and vine decoration with central patera and blue border on white ground throu...
Beech
Set of Six English Cream-Painted Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Four are 18th century, with two of a later date; each with oval beaded back centered by a pierced vasiform back splat; the over-upholstered rounded seat with a channeled seat rail; r...
Wood
Sold
H 38.78 in W 20.08 in D 20.48 in
Pair Decorative Painted Hepplewhite Style Shield Back Chairs with Parcel Gilt
Located in Leeds, GB
Pair Decorative Painted Hepplewhite Style Shield Back Chairs with Parcel Gilt A decorative pair of painted shield-back chairs in the Hepplewhite taste.
Wood
Sold
H 39.5 in W 20 in D 16.5 in
Set of Six Danish 19th Century Hepplewhite Shield Style Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of six Danish painted Hepplewhite shield style dining chairs from the 19th century.
Wood
Sold
H 40.5 in W 21 in D 21 in
Six Hepplewhite Style White Painted Spiderweb Back Dining Chairs, 20th Century
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Beautifully carved antique white painted frameworks featuring round backrests and soft shaped spiderweb splats. The serpentine front seats are well upholstered and tastefully covered...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
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H 36.75 in W 20.25 in D 20.25 in
Set of Eight English George III Hepplewhite Hall or Dining Chairs, circa 1790
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare and elegant set of eight circa 1790 English George III period Hepplewhite style hall or dining chairs of solid mahogany construction having oval backs with radiating 'cobweb' or...
Mahogany, Paint
Pair of White Hepplewhite Style Quadrille Upholstered Armchairs
By Quadrille Fabric
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 1960s Hepplewhite style armchairs. Newly painted in an antique white finish. Dark gray painted detailing. Newly upholstered in Quadrille 'Veneto' in Windsor blue/ tint. Mea...
Fabric, Wood
Set of Four Painted Chairs by Morant & Co 91 New Bond St London
By Morant & Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
a set of four Hepplewhite painted chairs with cane seats one is stamped "Morant & Co 91 New Bond St London"
Paint
Set of Six Hepplewhite Style Painted Armchairs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A set of six ebonized painted and decorated armchairs in the Hepplewhite Adam style, each chair with a carved open back depicting Prince of Wales feathers and drapery, the whole fram...
Wood
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H 36.5 in W 22 in D 18 in
Pr Geo III Cream Painted Shield Back Chairs Gilt Carved 'Prince of Wales' Backs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in valatie, NY
A Pair of Cream Painted Geo III Side Chairs With Gilt Carved 'Prince of Wales' Three Feather Backs, c1790. Prince of Wales refers to the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales, which...
Upholstery, Giltwood, Paint
Set of Eight Neo-Classical Painted Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This finely painted set of 8 chairs consists of six side, and two armchairs and are upholstered in a Scalamandre silk stripe. They feature Classically inspired painted landscapes an...
Wood
Pair of Hepplewhite Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful pair of hand painted hepplewhite chairs. 18" Seat height
George III Painted Side Chair in the Manner of Hepplewhite
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Babworth, Retford
The maroon painted frame decorated with gilt chinoiserie figures and foliage and a caned seat. England, circa 1780. Provenance: Lady Lycett Green, daughter of Poet Laureate Sir...
Cane, Wood
English Country House Hepplewhite Chairs in Churlish Green, Set of 6
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A stunning set of English country house dining chairs in the Hepplewhite taste having a hand applied "Churlish" green finish and simple white poplin seats. The late 19th century chai...
Mahogany
Hand Painted Hepplewhite Style Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
The shield styled back of these Late 19th/Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Reproductions are hand painted with light, whimsical, and colorful flowers which really pop against the bold ...
Sold
H 37.5 in W 20 in D 18 in
Pair of Hepplewhite Shield Back Chairs with Windsor Feather Painted Backs
Located in New Haven, CT
This sophisticated pair of Hepplewhite side chairs are just a delight and are a perfect against a wall or standing on their own. The base color is black. The back consists of the win...
Wood
A Pair of English Hepplewhite Style Hand Painted Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each fruitwood frame with shield back centering a splat; above a cane seat raised on round turned legs; the whole hand-painted with neoclassical foliate and floral decoration.
Wood
Set of Eight Shield Back Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A set of eight solid mahogany Hepplewhite style shield back dining chairs comprising two arms and six sides beautifully painted in a soft French gray and newly upholstered in medium ...
Mahogany
Set of Five Blue and Gold Painted Shield Back Side Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of five blue and gold painted shield back beechwood side chairs in the manner of George Hepplewhite with ring turned legs, circa 1780s-1790s.
Upholstery, Beech
Vintage Shield Back Side Chairs with New Scalamandre Fabric, Pair
Located in Richmond, VA
Stunning pair of 1940s mahogany shield back Hepplewhite-style dining chairs, painted in lightly textured ivory.
Mahogany
Pair of 18th Century Chairs
Located in Salisbury, GB
A good pair of 18th century mahogany side/ dining chairs in a style closely associated with George Heppelwhite - these have charming hand painted decoration and thick rush seats and ...
Rush, Wood
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H 37.01 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
Harlequin Set of 8 Antique Chairs, Early 19th Century, England, Decorative
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
Lovely set of 8 Harlequin Antique chairs, Hepplewhite period, early 19th century, with new restored seats with jute, origin United Kingdom These chairs are in perfect condition and l...
Oak
Sold
H 37.01 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
Harlequin Set of 8 Antique Chairs, Early 19th Century, England, Decorative
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
Lovely set of 8 Harlequin antique chairs, Hepplewhite period, early 19th century, with new restored seats with jute, origin United Kingdom These chairs are in perfect condition and ...
Oak
Vintage Shield Back Armchairs with New Scalamandre Fabric, Pair
Located in Richmond, VA
Elegant pair of 1940s mahogany shield back Hepplewhite-style armchairs, painted in lightly textured ivory.
Mahogany
Sold
H 37.1 in W 21.8 in D 22.2 in
Fine Pair of 19th Century English Painted Chairs in the Hepplewhite Taste
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful pair of 19th century English painted armchairs / fauteuils in the Hepplewhite taste, retaining the original cream and pink decoration and newly reupholstered in neutral Iri...
Wood
Painted English Hepplewhite Arm Chair
Located in Wilson, NC
Painted English Hepplewhite Arm Chair is painted with wheat trumpets, acanthus leaves, ribbons, and flowers.
Cane, Paint, Wood
On Hold|$3,200 / set
H 33.47 in W 18.51 in D 21.86 in
Set of 8 Fine French Art Deco Cherry Dining Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of height fine French Art Deco cherry dining/side chairs.
Cherry
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Set of Six 19th Century Swedish Carved Back Dining Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming set of six Swedish dining chairs with richly carved seat backs with lyre and leaf motifs. Recent upholstery seat in linen.
Linen, Wood, Paint
The Howard, Custom Made Belgian Linen Armchair
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium. Has been used by many influent...
Linen
The Albert, Custom Made Belgian Linen Armchair
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium. Has been used by many influent...
Linen
French Inspired Upholstered Linen Bergère Chairs
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
French inspired upholstered linen bergère chairs These French inspired chair are based on an original Napoleon III style pair of chairs. Napoleon III was the nephew of the Napoleon t...
Linen
$27,450 / set
H 37 in W 17 in D 7 in
Pair of English Chinoiserie Painted Reverse on Glass Giltwood Mirrored Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of English chinoiserie painted reverse on glass, carved giltwood mirrored two-light sconces. Each is beautifully hand carved and gilt in a gorgeous gold finish with ...
Mirror, Giltwood
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
$25,950
H 32.29 in W 80.71 in D 35.44 in
19th Century Pair of Antique Sofas in the Manner of Howard and Sons
Located in Miami, FL
This sofas have high sides and back which is cosy in front of a fire or anywhere. The high sides are sprung and have built in down cushions. This makes them supremely comfortable if ...
Fabric, Walnut
$6,000 / set
H 40.75 in W 19.5 in D 21 in
Six Early 19th Century French Louis XV Style Painted Cane Back Dining Chairs
Located in Astoria, NY
An exquisite and rare set of six early 19th-century French dining chairs crafted in the Grand Louis XV style and sourced directly from Provence, France. Masterfully hand-carved from ...
Linen, Cane, Wood, Paint
$6,240Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 29 in W 73 in D 25 in
Custom Made to Order Outdoor or Indoor Iron Sofa with Cushion
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Custom Made to Order Iron Sofa for Indoor or Outdoor Size: 73”w x 25”d x 29”h SH:16”. SD:24” Can be made to your specifications. This collection also includes chairs, ottomans and ...
Iron
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...
Silk, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Pair of George II Style Sofas, Early 20th Century
Located in El Monte, CA
An elegant pair of English George II style camel back sofas with eight finely carved walnut claw and ball feet. Upholstered with Scalamandré beautiful fabric in fair condition.
Upholstery, Walnut
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.