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
Brutalist Rustic Design Oak & Rush Dining Chair Set, Belgium 1960's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Solid oak constructed chairs with rush woven seats. These are all in very good, original condition.
Rush, Oak
Charles Dudouyt Style Mid-Century Rush Oak French Armchair
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in London, GB
The oak is worn in places with age and use, the rush on the seat is in good condition, the rush on the back is a little frayed but remains very usable.
Rush, Oak
Mid-Century Modern Wood French Tripod Stool After Charlotte Perriand, 1950s
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Roma, IT
In the mid-1960s, she adopted an almost rustic look, designing simple chairs with dowel-cut frames and rush seats. Yet everything in Perriand’s oeuvre is beautiful, whether it’s the ...
Wood, Pine
$712Sale Price|20% Off
Victorian Rush Bottom Barley Twist Style Side Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
The back and snack splat medallions are also nicely carved. The seat is the original rush bottom seat. This is a nice chair to add to one's collection.
Rush, Walnut
Tomb of the Howards, Arundel, Antique Steel Engraving after S. Read, circa 1876
Located in Langweer, NL
Light falls from tall windows onto worn floor slabs, where a few books and a stool lie beside a simple rush-seated chair at the right, as if a visitor had just stepped away.
Paper
The Cradle after Nicolaes Maes, Antique Dutch Interior Etching, circa 1875
Located in Langweer, NL
Inside, a baby sleeps under the cradle's hooded canopy, wrapped in a blanket. Behind her stands a rush-seated chair, and to the right a table covered with a heavy patterned rug carri...
Paper
Collection of Five 19th-Century English Miniature Chairs, One Dated 1858
Located in Morristown, NJ
Individually made in an engaging variety of traditional furniture styles, the group includes faux-bamboo, ladder-back, slat-back and Georgian-inspired forms, with solid wood, woven r...
Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan, Rush, Wood, Paint
Rustic Solid Design XL Oak & Rush Arm Lounge Chair, France 1930's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Solid oak constructed and carved frame with rush woven seat. XL model with beautiful proportions.
Rush, Oak
Red Aluminium Stool with Reel Rush Seating from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Lavender Aluminium Stool with Reel Rush Seating from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Green Aluminium Stool with Reel Rush Seating from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Polished Aluminium Stool with Reel Rush Seating from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Grey Aluminium Stool with Reel Rush Seating from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Ernesto Valabrega for Vittorio Valabrega Pair of Chairs in Chestnut and Rush
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
The chestnut's rippling grain pattern and deep warm tone endow the pieces with an organic look. The carved seats with rush surfaces add texture and warmth, emphasizing the chairs' ha...
Rush, Chestnut
Fisherman and Wife mending the Net, Dutch Costume Print, 1811
Located in Langweer, NL
He wears a brown knitted cap, a long brown coat with black buttons over a red waistcoat, wide breeches, white stockings and pale wooden clogs. His wife sits on a rush seated ladderba...
Paper
Set of Six Victor Courtray Attributed Dining Chairs in Oak and Rush, 1950s
By Victor Courtray
Located in The Hague, NL
The chairs are in solid, stained oak with the backrest and seat in woven rush. The undulating, wavy shape of the legs and backrests gives the rustic design a sculptural and organic q...
Rush, Oak
Set of Six Victor Courtray Dining Chairs in Oak and Rush, France, 1940s
By Victor Courtray
Located in The Hague, NL
The chairs are in solid, stained oak with the seat in woven rush. The carved disc shape of the front legs and the grooved horizontal pattern of the backrest give the rustic design a ...
Straw, Rush, Oak
Set of 2 Model 892 Chairs by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, Italy, c. 1960's
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Deland, FL
This thoughtful design provides both visual elegance and robust support. The seat rails house the drop-in woven rush fibre seats, ensuring comfort and style.
Leather, Beech
$498,500
John F. Kennedy Rocking Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
This example displays the characteristic high back, woven rush seat, restrained oak frame and elongated rockers associated with the design.
Oak
Midcentury Italian Rattan & Burgundy Wool Seat & Back Armchairs, 1960s, Pair
By Azucena
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beautiful pair of rattan and rush armchairs was produced in Italy in the late 1960s. Their high quality and fine design resemble similar examples of the contemporary Azucena pro...
Wool, Rattan, Rush, Foam
$4,675 / item
Two Seat Single Rail Handwoven Danish Cord Bench
By Milwood Design
Located in Venice, CA
The bench is hand-woven by a master weaver with over 40 years experience. We use 70% recycled steel for the frame. Designed by a former art dealer who represented contemporary art...
Steel
Pair of English Victorian Bamboo Armchairs, Rush Panels, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Victorian bamboo shield back Armchairs with rush panels on seat, back, and arms (19th Cent)
Bamboo
Set Of Four Mid Century Italian Armchairs With Rope Seats
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in London, London
Set of Four Mid-Century Italian Armchairs with Rope Seats Robust yet inviting, this set of four Italian armchairs captures the honest charm of mid-century rural craftsmanship. Each ...
Rush, Beech
A Rare Pair of “Bauche” Rush Stools, Attributed to Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Each stool features a hand-woven rush (paille) seat and a solid softwood frame with gently tapered legs, subtly faceted stretchers, and characteristic domed leg caps.
Softwood
Grey Aluminium Stool with Flax Webbing Seat from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Green Aluminium Stool with Flax Webbing Seat from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Lavender Aluminium Stool with Flax Webbing Seat from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Polished Aluminium Stool with Flax Webbing Seat from Anodised Wicker Collection
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...
Aluminum
Antique Rare Set Of Seven (7) Gustav Stickley Bungalow Chairs circa 1901 - W7218
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
The chair is in great condition with original finish with ORIGINAL RUSH SEAT. Gustav Stickley had these early set of chairs as #1289, with a hump back, tapered slats, and a notched ...
Leather
Two Seat Single Rail Woven Leather Bench with Marble Table
By Milwood Design
Located in Venice, CA
The woven leather bench is woven by a master weaver with decades of experience. We use 70% recycled steel for the frame plated in polished nickel Each marble piece is selected for...
Marble, Steel
Two Seat Double Rail Grid-Weave Danish Cord Bench with Shelf
By Milwood Design
Located in Venice, CA
The bench is hand-woven by a master weaver with over 40 years experience in a grid-weave pattern. We use 70% recycled steel for the frame. Designed by a former art dealer who repr...
Steel
Three Seat Double Rail Handwoven Grid-Weave Danish Cord Bench with Shelf
By Milwood Design
Located in Venice, CA
The bench is hand-woven by a master weaver with over 40 years experience. We use 70% recycled steel for the frame plated in bronze Designed by a former art dealer who represented ...
Steel
Edward Gardiner. Set of Nine English Ladder Back Dining Chairs
By Edward Gardiner
Located in London, GB
They are then cleaned and waxed, and sent off to my traditional rush seat specialist to lay the new rush. Measurements of Side Chairs: • Height: 110 cm/43.31 inches • Width: 48 cm/18...
Oak
Cotswold School Oak 'Wishbone' Refectory Table Designed By Ernest Gimson
By Ernest Gimson
Located in Haywards Heath England, 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
Pair of Provencal Style Oak Armchairs with Straw Seats
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Provencal style oak armchairs with woven straw seats, French, 20th century. The chairs combine sturdy oak frames with the traditional rush-and-straw seat weaving of souther...
Straw, Wood
Fritz Hansen Model "FH 8023" Wingback Armchair in Bouclé, Denmark, 1950s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
In the next few decades, the company promoted simple, plain chairs with slatted backs and cane or rush seats designed by such proto-modernist masters as Kaare Klint and Søren Hansen.
Fabric, Wood
Set of 4 Scandinavian Pine Ladder-Back Chairs with Seagrass Seats, 1960s
By Goran Malmvall, Carl Malmsten, Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
The seagrass has been woven tightly around a solid frame, which is why the seats still feel firm today. In our experience, a well-made rush or seagrass seat like this one can last fo...
Seagrass, Pine
Vintage Italian Gio Ponti Style Yellow Ladderback Side Chair Woven Seagrass Seat
By Gio Ponti
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Italian Gio Ponti style yellow frame ladderback side or accent chair with a twisted & woven rush seagrass seat. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vin...
Seagrass, Wood, Paint
Sofa Settee 3-Seater Crimson Cut Velvet Italian Toni Facella Sensi Della Penna
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This settee is upholstered in a sophisticated, opulent, layered scheme of red silk velvet with inset cut-velvet damask panels on the back and seats with rushed velvet edges on the se...
Velvet
Pair of French Wood and Woven Chairs by Charles Dudouyt
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible pair of carved wood armchairs by Charles Dudouyt from France, 1940s. Beautiful woven rush back and seat. Intricate carved wood detail on arms, legs, and wood frame with da...
Rush, Wood
Pair of Carved Wood and Woven Chairs by Charles Dudouyt
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible pair of carved wood armchairs by Charles Dudouyt from France, 1940s. Beautiful woven rush back and seat. Intricate carved wood detail on arms, legs, and wood frame with da...
Rush, Wood
Early 1900's French Provincial Rural Design Low Lounge Chair
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Oak wood turned and constructed frame with rush woven seat. All original from the period, has never been restored.
Rush, Oak
French Provincial Design Carved Back Dining Chairs by Charles Dudouyt
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Oak constructed chair with carved back panel, turned front legs and rush woven seats. These come in good overall condition, with normal signs of wear from their use and age.
Rush, Oak
Austrian Alps Rustic Design Green Side Chairs, Austria 1950's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Green stained, carved and turned wooden frame with rush woven seats. These come in very good, all original condition.
Rush, Beech
Antique Primitive Arm Rash Chair from France
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Characterized by its rustic wood grain and rush-woven seat, it is a typical example of furniture rooted in rural life.
Rush, Wood
Early 20th Century Worpswede Armchair
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Solidly crafted from oak with a removable rush-woven seat. Ready for everyday use. Dimensions Height: 63 cm (armrests) or 100 cm (backrest) / 24.80 in (armrests) or 39.37 in (back...
Rush, Oak
Arts & Crafts Handcrafted Low Lounge Armchairs, Belgium 1920's / 2
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
These come in very good condition. The seats have been redone with woven rush by an artisan craftsman.
Rush, Oak
Arts & Crafts Handcrafted Low Lounge Armchairs, Belgium 1920's / 1
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
These come in very good condition. The seats have been redone with woven rush by an artisan craftsman.
Rush, Oak
French Straw Dining Chairs - Set of 8
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Simple and timeless design with rushed woven seats and backs with beech wood. Great patina.
Straw, Rush, Wood
$8,500 / set
Four Lounge Chairs by Arthur Umanoff for Raymor
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Dallas, TX
A set of four rare Arthur Umanoff lounge chairs with wooden seats and a rush backs. Nice overall patina.
Iron
Postmodern Design "Alice" Dining Chairs by Cidue, Italy 1980's
By Cidue
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Slender black lacquered metal frame with grey stained rush woven seats. They all shows signs of their use and age.
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Carved Oak French Armchairs, circa 1940.
By Joseph Savina
Located in Brussels, BE
Carved tinted oak and original rush caned seat. Dimensions: 81 cm H ( 31,88 in), 62 cm W (24,40 in), 48 cm D (18,89 in), seat height: 43 cm (16,93 in).
Rush, Oak
Expertly Restored - Hans J. Wegner CH-22 Lounge Chair for Carl Hansen & Søn
By Carl Hansen & Søn, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Oak Wood, New Rush Chord Seats ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we ...
Rush, Wood, Oak
Hans J. Wegner "Wishbone" Ebonized Arm Chairs for Carl Hansen & Søn
By Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen & Søn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Ebonized Wood, New Rush Chord Seats ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, a...
Rush, Wood
Expertly Restored -Børge Mogensen "FolkeStole" J-39 Dining Chairs for FDB Møbler
By FDB Møbler, Børge Mogensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Beech Wood, New Rush Chord Seats ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and ...
Rush, Wood, Beech
Iconic Hans J. Wegner “Wishbone” Oak Arm Chair for Carl Hansen & Søn
By Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen & Søn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Oak Wood, Original Rush Chord Seats ________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this j...
Rush, Wood, Oak
Classic Hans J. Wegner "Wishbone" Oak Armchair for Carl Hansen & Søn
By Carl Hansen & Søn, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Oak Wood, Original Rush Chord Seats _________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this ...
Rush, Wood, Oak
Brutalist Design Bar Stool by Charles Dudouyt, France 1940's
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Solid oak frame with tapered legs and three spindles on each side and a french rush woven seat on this high bar stool. This comes in very good all original condition.
Rush, Oak
Pair of Arts and Crafts Oak Elbow Chairs, in the Manner of George Walton
By George Walton
Located in London, GB
A pair of Arts and Crafts oak elbow chairs, in the manner of George Walton, with re-rushed back and seat panels, square supports with floor stretchers.
Rush, Oak
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