Rare Antique Raffles Arm Chair
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive hand carved teak arm chair with beautiful patina. The front legs and arm rests are fluted and hand carved. We added shell inlay onto the back rest. Full dimensions; Front ...
Wood, Teak
Rare Antique Raffles Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hand carved teak arm chair with beautiful patina. The front legs and arm rests are beautifully fluted and hand carved. The rattan seat has been replaced with wood. We have a...
Wood, Teak
Rare Antique Raffles Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hand carved teak arm chair with beautiful patina. The front legs and arm rests are beautifully fluted and hand carved. We have a collection of four all one of a kind. The pr...
Wood, Teak
Rare Antique Raffles Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hand carved teak arm chair with beautiful patina. The front legs and arm rests are beautifully fluted and hand carved. We have a collection of four all one of a kind. The pr...
Wood, Teak
Andrianna Shamaris Raffles Chair, Reclaimed Teak, Shell Inlay Design
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Raffles influence chair is hand-carved from reclaimed teak wood.
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Raffles Influence Teak Wood Shell Inlay Chair
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Raffles influence chair with shell inlay on the front and the back.
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Raffles Teak Wood with Shell Inlay Chair
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Raffles influence chair with shell inlay on the front and the back.
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Anglo-Indian Ebony Raffles Armchairs
Located in Richmond, CA
British colonial chair of solid ebony known as a Raffles chair with fluted concave top rail attached to downward sloping fluted arms with turned ends that attach to seat base.
Ebony, Cane
Pair of Anglo-Indian Ebony Raffles Armchairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
British colonial chairs of solid ebony known as Raffles chairs with fluted concave top rail attached to downward sloping fluted arms with turned ends that attach to seat base.
Early 20th Century Indonesian "Raffles" Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
This is a very nice example of an early 20th century "Raffles" style arm chair. Combining the reeded legs and arm supports along with a flowing floral carvings in back splat
Pair Georgian Style Anglo Indian Rosewood Caned Armchairs c.1840
Located in London, GB
An elegant pair of early 19th century Georgian style Anglo Indian rosewood caned armchairs, or 'Raffles' chairs. The fluted concave top rails attached to downward sloping fluted arms...
Rosewood, Cane
British Colonial Ebony Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
A classic Raffles arm chair design from the former British colony of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.
Ebony
19th Century English Armchair
Located in Brecht, BE
Brown furniture at its best, in very good condition and the best patina ever for this English beauty, sturdy, comfortable, great lines.
Walnut
19th Century Spanish Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
Renaissance style armchair from the Catalan region of Spain. Constructed from richly stained oak and leather, accented with wonderful nailheads.
Leather, Oak
Antique French Chair, FR-0300
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique French Chair Item #: FR-0300 Dimensions: 40.5"H X 20"W X 25"D Seat Height: 15.5"
Wood
Antique Cane and Carved Wood Arm Side Chair with Rose Detail
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful antique Victorian carved wood armchair with a cane seat and back. This chair will make a great side chair in a living room or at a desk. It has smooth-sloped arms on each...
Cane, Wood
A 19th Century Faux Coromandel Armchair
Located in Tetbury, England
Outstanding original painted decoration and rush seat.
Pine
Louis XVI style antique arm chair
Located in Houston, TX
This is a single 19 th c arm chair. Oval carved back New upholstery
Oak
Solid Antique 19th Century Armchair in Louis Philippe Style
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Office chair in walnut from the second half of the 19th century.
Walnut
Antique Russian Upholstered Armchair, Circa 1890
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Neoclassical style Russian upholstered armchair with spring coil construction, tub back form, covered in textured fabric with double welt construction. The chair resting upon taperin...
Fabric, Wood
Antique Victorian Unusual Carved Mahogany Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian carved mahogany armchair having the most magnificent carved, pierced mahogany shaped top and two carved pierced mahogany shaped splats. It boasts pretty sha...
Other
19th Century Country Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A charming and lovely example of an ash and rush seated Cheshire country chair. This large elbow chair having superb color and patina throughout. With a decorative spindle back and o...
Ash, Rush
Early 19th Century Italian Klismos Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A rather wonderful, shapely early 19th Century Italian painted Klismos chair. Circa 1820. The deeply curved top rail decorated with a classical Greek Key design, above beautifully c...
Linen, Wood, Paint
Antique New England Sack Back Chair
Located in Lancaster, PA
A very fine sack back armchair, circa 1780-90. This armchair has a bowed crest rail mortised into a continuous rear rail with eleven spindles, seven of which are full height. The con...
Hickory, Maple, Pine
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Carved Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique 19th century Victorian mahogany carved armchair having a beautiful carved pierced shaped back. Shaped carved open arms, standing on carved cabriole feet and outs...
Other
19th Century Chair with Rushed Seat Back
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Chair with Rushed Back
Rush
$542Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.89 in W 19.3 in D 17.72 in
19th-Century English Upholstered Armchair with Decorative Backrest
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century English Upholstered Armchair with Decorative Backrest We present you an armchair from the late 19th century of a delicate form. The backrest with openwork cuts is highl...
Upholstery, Wood
Armchair - 19th Century
Located in Porto, PT
Armchair - 19th century. Portuguese; 19th century, made of chestnut wood. Dimensions: 127x59.5x54 cm.
Wood
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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.
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