Chippendale Style Mahogany Four-Seat Back Settee
Located in Austin, TX
A very good quality Chippendale style carved mahogany four chair back settee, with a slip seat. Possibly American.
Upholstery, Mahogany
An Impressive English Triple Back Settee With A Coat Of Arms
Located in Hixson, TN
This is an impressive 19th century English triple back Settee. Superb carvings to the crest of the backs, centered with coat of arms.
Walnut
Late Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Camel Back Settee
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Framed Camel Back Settee with Splayed Legs - 50"w x 30"d x 37"h (19" to the seat)
Upholstery, Mahogany
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Leather Sofa or Settee with Tufted Back
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Swedish leather sofa or settee from the Mid-Century Modern era, featuring a tufted back and stylish arms, with a comfortable seat resting on four shaped legs, and decorative n...
Metal
19th Century, Swedish Barrel Back Sofa Settee
Located in Charleston, SC
Swedish, 19th century barrel back sofa settee with beautifully carved frame with bell flower and lion's heads carvings.
Linen, Hemp, Pine
Country French Ladder-Back Walnut Settee or Radassier with Rush Seat
Located in Birmingham, AL
Country French settee or radassier in walnut, circa 1930s. This double arm Normandy bench seats three and features a handwoven rush seat and ladder-back.
Rush, Walnut
Italian 1820s Walnut Settee with Pierced Back, X Motifs and Gilded Medallions
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Italy during the first quarter of the 19th century, this walnut settee features a pierced back, accented with X motifs and gilded medallions, flowing nicely into the curving ...
Brass
Baroque or William & Mary Style Triple Back Settee with Flame Stitch Upholstery
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Baroque or William & Mary style triple back settee with custom flame stitch upholstery, with scroll carved hardwood base with curved stretchers with small finials, and a singl...
Upholstery, Wood
Sold|$2,800
c.1940 French Art Deco Moustache Back Settee
Located in Highwood, IL
Intriquing Vintage French Art Deco moustache back settee with it's original mustard colored mohair upholstery.
Mohair
Sold|$5,500
1930's Danish Channel-back Deco Settee Sofa
By Scandinavian Woodworks
Located in Oakland, CA
Danish channel-back Deco settee with curved form crafted of a solid wood frame with eight-way hand-tied springs, horsehair and cotton padding, covered in the in original green/gold m...
Mohair, Beech
20th Century Spanish Carved Back & Legs Garden Bench or Settee with Curved Arms
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Spanish carved back garden bench or settee with curved arms.
Fruitwood
Sold|$1,850
Thonet Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bentwood Thonet settee with caned back and newly upholstered seat.
Bentwood, Cane
Sold|$4,900
Vintage Settee
Located in New York, NY
A chic settee with a tight, shaped back, a single loose seat cushion and splayed legs.
Sold|$48,000
Jansen Settee
Located in New York, NY
MAISON JANSEN Monumental scalloped-back settee with high arms, Raised on ivory painted legs with carved knees and serpentine stretchers.
Wood, Upholstery
Sold|$5,800
Vintage Danish Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage high-back settee with beautifuly carved details on the back frame, arm rests, and legs.
Sold|$7,500
Paul McCobb Settee
By Paul McCobb
Located in Chicago, IL
McCobb for Directioal Curved Back Settee. Reupholstered with GreatPlains fabric with birch wood base and tapered legs.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold|$4,250
Edward Wormley Settee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare Settee with cylinder floatin back with walnut frame, vintage leatherette upholstery and orignal finish, gold rectangular label
Walnut, Upholstery
Antique French Settee
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lovely antique French mahogany settee with great curved-back frame in the style of the period.
Sold|$3,650
French Provencal Settee
Located in Houston, TX
This three-seat ladder back settee with handwoven rush seating, and a ladder-back, hand carved floral details, and sweeping arms.
Rush, Wood
An Exceptional Napoleon III Settee with Branca Signature Fabric
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An Exceptional Napoleon III Settee with Shield Shaped and Cusped Back Custom Upholstered By Branca in Off-White Cotton with Chocolate Brown Velvet Detailing on Dark Stained Turned Legs
Cotton, Upholstery
Sold|$8,500
17th Century Style Settee
Located in Buchanan, MI
Very handsome triple back settee with turned base with stretchers.
Upholstery
Sold|$3,995
French Upholstered Bench/ Settee
Located in Atlanta, GA
French curved leg upholstered bench / settee with a back and stretcher. The upholstery is new.
Wood
Sold|$2,940
Georgian style leather settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
George III style tufted leather settee the serpentine back with generously out scrolling arms upholstered in burgundy deep buttoned leather.
Leather
Sold|$4,275
1940's Tufted Hollywood Settee
Located in New York, NY
Button back settee with scrolled sides and ebonized mahogany legs.
Sold|$8,500
French Painted & Giltwood Caned Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand in everyway, this French carved painted and parcel gilt settee with double caned back and sides makes a most comfortable sofa to use for entertaining or simply to curl up and r...
Wood, Paint, Down
Sold|$6,838
Victorian Carved Walnut Settee, 19th Century
Located in GB
The settee has a domed back with a highly decorative carved walnut frame and is upholstered in a cream coloured contemporary material.
Walnut
Sold|$4,275
18th Century Venetian Petite Painted Settee
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Venetian petite Rococo painted settee with shaped back, carved apron and cabriole legs.
Sold|$3,800
Mid-20th Century Old Hickory Settee
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully charming mid-20th century American Old Hickory barrel-back settee with a bent hickory frame and a woven splint seat and back.
Hickory
Sold|$6,975
George III Mahogany Framed Sofa Settee
Located in Altrincham, GB
George III Mahogany Framed Sofa Settee - with raised back and sides, having loose cushions; standing on square legs with brass casters - 72"w x 28"d x 36"h (18" to the seat)
Mahogany
Sold|$3,600
19th Century English Oak Carved Settee
Located in High Point, NC
19th-C. English oak settee with hand carving throughout. The back has four hand carved panels flanked by carving.
Oak
English 1940s Chesterfield Tufted Love Seat Settee
Located in Bellport, NY
English Chesterfeild Settee,with tufted back and front.Genorous rolled arms,bun feet.
Leather
Pair of Streamline Settees Attributed to Paul Frankl
Located in New York, NY
Sophisticated settees with button back detail and ebonized mahogany legs.
Grey and Gilded Hollywood Regency Style Settee Bench
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dreamy scoop back settee bench with original grey Gustavian grey wood, reeded legs and wonderfully shaped arms, gilt ball finials and detailing, newly upholstered in white duck.
Wood
Antique Victorian Carved Medallion Back Sofa with 2 Side Chairs Parlor Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Victorian Beautifully crafted 3 Piece hand carved medallion back settee/sofa with 2 matching medallion back side chairs all sitting on beautifully carved cabriole legs.
Velvet, Wood
A Rare and Unusual Portuguese Colonial Carved Rosewood Settee
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare and unusual Portuguese colonial carved rosewood settee; the paneled back with wide scrolled cartouche-shape carved crest flanked by scrolled arms above a serpentine slip seat ...
Sold|$6,500
PAIR of steel back custom sofas
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Pair of custom made armless settees, with shapely steel back supports and wood legs, newly upholstered.
Steel
1950's Milo Baughman Mid-century Scoop Settee on Iron Legs
By Milo Baughman
Located in Oakland, CA
1950's Milo Baughman “Scoop” sofa settee with curved seating, button tufted back, raised on an iron frame.
Iron
A Pair of French Art Deco Ivory Painted & Parcel-Gilt Settees
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sumptuous pair of French art deco ivory painted and parcel-gilt curule-form upholstered settees; each with cartouche-shaped upholstered back above rectangular seat flanked by drama...
Sleek French 'Art Moderne' Wood Frame & Cane Settee Loveseat Horsehair Cushions
By Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, Frits Henningsen
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning early French wood framed settee with caned seat and back. Original heavy cushion likely horsehair filled.
Cane, Wood
Anglo-Indian Wood Settee Prolific Flowers and Grape Design 19th century.
Located in South Burlington, VT
A highly decorative and hard to find Anglo-Indian finely carved and pierced rosewood or teak wood double high back settee with prolific flowers and grape design and with new seat and...
Wood
Stylish French Art Deco Ivory Painted & Parcel-Gilt Suite of Two Chairs & Settee
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stylish French Art Deco ivory painted and parcel-gilt suite consisting of two chairs and a settee; each with scalloped back above a loose cushion seat flanked by cascading waterfal...
Lacquer
19th Century Golden Brown Leather High Back 2 Seater Sofa
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A late 19th century superb quality two seater brown leather high back club lounge settee with an appealing high back and comfortable seating for two.
Leather
Sold|$3,810 / item
Modern Ebonised with Gilt Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted from mahogany with gilt detailing and openwork back settee with an upholstered cushion. Shown in Draper Performance-UP5409 Fabric Dimensions: 50" W x 25" D x 33" H Seat - 1...
Wood
Jacobean Style Wood Bench with Verdure Tapestry
Located in Astoria, NY
Jacobean style barley-twist settee with rectangular back upholstered in verdure tapestry, and seat upholstered in white silk boucle, circa late 19th century. 35" H x 49" W x 18" D; s...
Tapestry, Silk, Wood
Sold|$3,250 / set
Italian Two Piece Rattan Sofa or Pair of Chairs, circa 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Italian two piece rattan settee circa 1950 with woven back and new cushions.
Rattan
Sold|$6,500 / set
19th Century Three-Piece Louis XVI Style Giltwood Parlor Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very nice late 19th century three-piece Louis XVI style giltwood parlor set. Consisting of a settee and a pair of arm chairs, beautiful carved designs on the arms and legs, the ...
Fabric, Wood
Sold|$6,000
Leleu Sette
Located in New York, NY
Leleu Settee with curved back, Upholstered in original needle-point Aubusson floral pattern.
Upholstery
Sold|$2,350
French Louis XIV Style Walnut Canape
Located in Stamford, CT
A chic French Louis XIV style walnut settee, rectangular back with carved crest, upholstered in linen, raised on cabriole legs.
Wood, Fabric
Sold|$3,105 / item
Modern Silver Gilt Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern Pewter finish silver leaf mahogany open work back settee with an upholstered cushion. Dimensions: 50" W x 25" D x 33" H Seat - 19.25".
Wood
Sold|$2,350
Baughman Style Boucle Upholstered Banquette
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern Boucle Upholstered Banquette Settee, of rectangular form with two back and seat cushions above steel legs, upholstered in gold and black, in the style of Milo Baughman.
Upholstery
Sold|$5,128 / item
20th Century Vintage Bamboo Bentwood Garden Set in the Manner of Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A rare and spectacular mid 20th century 3 piece bentwood garden lounge furniture set of charm features bamboo & rattan structure with cane circular shaped backs. Comprising a three s...
Bamboo, Cane, Bentwood
18c Italian Canape Upholstered in Fortuny Fabric
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tara Shaw Antiques - Lovely antique Italian settee with Venetian rococo shaped back that is detachable.
Fabric, Wood
1950's Mahogany Window Bench attr. Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Solid Mahogany Mid Century Modern Long Cube Window Bench/Settee with caned back and sides. There are no remaining labels but this piece could possibly be by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Mahogany, Cane, Upholstery
Early 20th Century Green Deep Buttoned Leather English Chesterfield Sofa
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine green deep buttoned leather upholstered chesterfield settee, with a low back and serpentine front, raised on short turned legs with brass cup castors.
Leather
Antique American George Arndt Arts Crafts Oak Ben Franklin Rocking Chair NY 1900
Located in Portland, OR
George Arndt was a talented carver and cabinet maker, making chairs from around 1900-1914, he produced chairs & settees with ornately carved backs, many with historical & biblical sc...
Oak
Sold|$1,400
Stickley Tall Back Settee
By Stickley Brothers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Stickley tall back settee with leather seat, slated back and sides, oak construction.
Large French Camel Back Settee with Barley Twist Frame
Located in Troy, MI
Late 19th century French camel back settee has a dark wood barley twist frame with double rail front stretcher, eight legs and upholstered arms.
Upholstery, 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.
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