$3,275 / set
Pair Of Antique Italian Carved Sgabello Chairs
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique pair of figural heavily carved walnut sgabello chairs. Winged figures and baroque designs.
Wood, Walnut
Antique Pair of Figural Heavily Carved Oak Sgabello Chairs Italy
Located in Almelo, NL
Antique Pair of Figural Heavily Carved Walnut Sgabello Chairs with Baroque Motifs, 18th–19th Century A stunning pair of figural sgabello chairs, intricately carved from rich walnut ...
Oak
Pair 19th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabello Chairs with Female Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway or hallway with this finely carved pair of antique Sgabello chairs. Handcrafted in Italy circa 1860, each Renaissance-style seat is sculpted from solid walnut an...
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair
Located in Essex, MA
Sgabello is a type of chair or stool typically elaborately carved originating in Renaissance Italy.
Walnut
$5,089 / set
Italian Sgabello Chairs late 19th century
Located in St. Leonards-On-Sea, GB
A set of four Italian Sgabello form chairs, circa early 1900, in the Neo-Renaissance revival taste, with sculptural pierced backs and stylised anthropomorphic carving suggestive of f...
Pine
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair
Located in Essex, MA
Meant to be used as ornament and typically placed in a hallway. Well carved overall. Shows lots of age and is in good condition.
Walnut
Antique Carved Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Chair Coat of Arms & Cherubs
Located in Portland, OR
A fine carved antique Italian walnut Sgabello Renaissance Revival side chair, circa 1870.
Walnut
Four Italian Futurist 'Sgabello' Chairs or Stools
Located in New York, NY
Four Italian chairs or stools combining a traditional 17th century sgabello form with the speed and movement implicit in the spirit of Italian futurism and the influence of Giacomo B...
Hardwood
$7,500 / set
Pair of Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
The design is inspired by Italian renaissance sgabello chairs seen by William Kent and others on their European Grand Tours.
Mahogany
$14,900 / set
Set of Six Georgian Hall Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
The design for these English hall chairs was derived from the Italian renaissance Sgabello chairs, which were occasionally brought back from Italy by gentlefolk returning from their ...
Mahogany
Italian Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut 19th Century Sgabello Hall Chair
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is an absolutely wonderful Sgabello chair with fabulous carving including a stylized crown on top and a lion with wings holding a book as the off center focal point.
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Italian Renaissance Lion Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of 18th century Italian Renaissance lion carved walnut Sgabello hall chairs. Pair of Flemish carved oak hall chairs, circa 1890.
Walnut
Stunning Hand Carved Wabi Sabi Tripod Side Chair 19th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
When seen from the front, the backrest shows an elegant shape reminiscent of antique hall or Sgabello chairs. Its wide spread legs only add to the unusual charm of this one-off antiq...
Wood
17th Century Renaissance Sgabello Walnut Chair
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful 17th century (1650-1680) Sgabello. The countries where this could originate are located in and around the Alps. So Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany, and Northern Ita...
Walnut
Heavily Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chair with Lions
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful ornately carved Italian Sgabello hall chair having amazing figural details including face on the base, lions and bird on the front, gorgeous smooth back and grain to the wood.
Walnut
Vintage Spanish Sgabello Carved Side Chair or Stool
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Spanish Sgabello carved side chair or stool depicting the "Valencia" shield This chairs come from a Monte Picayo Casino, Valencia, Spain.
Walnut, Paint
19th Century North Italian Pair of Geometric Bone Inlaid Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Diest, BE
Renaissance revival elegance, this exceptional pair of 19th-century sgabello hall chairs, expertly crafted in richly grained walnut and beautifully decorated with geometric bone inlay.
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Provincial Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique, circa 1830, Italian Renaissance style hand carved walnut sgabello hall chairs. Hand-crafted in Provincial Italy, most likely Tuscan region of central Italy, in ...
Walnut
A Pair of 19th Century White Painted Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1860 A pair of mid nineteenth century painted sgabello hall chairs, with circular seats, shaped front legs and waisted backs.
Wood
$2,249 / set
Art Deco set of chairs with stool
Located in Premariacco, IT
1930s-40s bedroom or living room set consisting of a pair of chairs and a matching stool, all upholstered in a beautiful patterned fabric decorated with brass studs. The set is in o...
Brass
$3,950Sale Price / set|38% Off
Pair of Italian 19th Century Baroque Style Carved Walnut Sgabello Side Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Italian 19th century Baroque Revival style carved walnut Sgabello figural side-chairs, each backrest with carvings of winged male figures, the base with female figures...
Walnut
Chair Stool Hall Sgabello Pair 16 Century Venetian Renaissance Carved Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The quality of these exhuberant backstools demonstrate why Italian Renaissance furniture was as highly prized as old-master paintings. They were associated with Venice and the design...
Walnut
Pair of Early 18th Century Renaissance Style Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A remarkable pair of oak and walnut hall chairs after the Italian Renaissance designs which were adapted by the English in the early 18th century. This form of decorative stool was s...
Oak, Walnut
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Antique Italian Carved Walnut Bench by Valentino Besarel Ca 1870
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Encinitas, CA
We also have one matching carved walnut Sgabello chair by Besarel - see our separate listing.
Walnut
English Georgian Mahogany Armorial Hall Chair of Sgabello Form, circa 1760
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A late English George II, early George III period hall seat of 'sgabello' form having carved mahogany frame, the lancet and quatrefoil pierced shaped back with painted armorial of ga...
Iron
18th C. Italian Renaissance Lion Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of 18th Century Italian Renaissance Lion Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs. Item features solid wood construction, finely carved details of lions, royal crowns, and floral leaf...
Walnut
$2,680Sale Price / set|20% Off
20th Century Pair of Spanish Polychromed Sgabello Carved Side Chair or Stool
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Sgabello carved side chair or stool depicting shields from Spain.
Walnut
18th Century Folk Art Carved Chair Swiss Alp History Escabelle Tyrolean Sgabello
Located in London, GB
And as snakes symbolise healing and protection, their use in conjunction with the 1471 commemorative date perfectly displays what the Swiss Alp craftsman was memorializing when creat...
Fruitwood, Oak, Walnut
Pair of Antique French "Sgabello" Carved Walnut Chairs circa 1850
Located in Houston, TX
Interestingly a "sgabello" chair was kept against the wall in the anteroom or hallway where it remains flat against the wall.
Oak
Unavailable
H 45.5 in W 15.5 in D 19.5 in
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Oak Sgabello Side Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Italian carved oak Sgabello side chairs, of typical form each having shaped backrests and carved stiles depicting figures of women, the legs similarly carved.
Wood
Unavailable
H 48 in W 14 in D 16.5 in
19th Century Italian Pierced Carved Renaissance Style Hall Chair, Walnut
Located in Asheville, NC
Italian robustly carved Renaissance style sgabello hall chair, walnut, 19th century, strong architectural design presence.
Walnut
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H 46.625 in W 33 in D 18 in
Bleached Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair from Italy, Circa 1870
Located in Dallas, TX
A sgabello is an Italian chair that originated in the Renaissance.
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Sgabello Chair
Located in Forney, TX
Wonderful for use as a side chair or hall chair. Dimensions (approx): 41" high, 18" wide, 18.5" deep Seat Height: 21.5", 13.5"W, 13"D Great original antique condition.
Wood
Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Chair, circa 1870
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A fine Italian 19th century heavily carved Sgabello side chair. The entire front surface is hand carved and is beautifully sculpted.
Wood
Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Chair, circa 1870
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A fine Italian 19th century heavily carved Sgabello side chair. The entire front surface is hand carved and is beautifully sculpted.
Wood
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H 41.5 in W 22 in D 17 in
Italian, Tuscany/Marche, Renaissance Carved Walnut Sgabello Chair, 17th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a convex or barrel shaped back with a carved crown and paneling, the seat resting upon two trestle-form supports joined by a turned stretcher
Walnut
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H 42 in W 20 in D 23 in
19th Century Antique Italian Hand Carved Sgabello Chair by Valentino Besarel
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Encinitas, CA
Exceptional solid walnut Sgabello hand-carved chair, attributed to master artist Valentino Besarel (b.
Walnut
18th Century Italian Walnut Sgabello Hall Chair
Located in Birmingham, AL
A wonderful 18th century Italian carved walnut Sgabello chair. The entire surface is covered with boldly carved decoration from top to bottom with the seat having an incised decorate...
Walnut
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H 48.5 in W 20 in D 22 in
19th Century Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chair with Putti
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hallway with this well carved antique Sgabello chair. Crafted of walnut in Venice, Italy circa 1860, the chair stands on heavily carved and scrolled legs ending with grote...
Walnut
Antique Pair Carved Italian Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs 19th C
Located in London, GB
They are each raised on scrolling foliate carved supports and are a highly unusual and quite rare pair of Italian walnut 'Sgabello' chairs. The craftsmanship on display in these han...
Walnut
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H 46.75 in W 13.5 in D 18 in
Italian Pair of Antique Renaissance Style Sgabelli Carved-Wood Hall Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of antique wood chairs from Italy, (often referred to as a Sgabello chair; an elaborately carved hall chair intended primarily for decorative purposes moreso than seating f...
Wood
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H 38 in W 19 in D 12 in
19th Century Grey-Ecru Italian Antique Tuscan Walnut Corner Chair Arte Povera
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century Arte Povera Florentine sgabello chair in hand crafted Walnut with a raised storage area and hand painted slender backrest and sides, in good condition.
Walnut, Paint
Italian Carved Walnut Sgabello Side Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
A late 16th-early 17th century walnut sgabello, or hall chair with a cartouche shaped back over an octagonal seat above scrolled supports.
Walnut
Antique Sgabello Style Chair in Carved Wood and Kelim Upholstery
Located in Meer, VAN
Antique Sgabello Style Chair in Carved Wood and Kelim Upholstery.
Wood
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H 45.5 in W 18 in D 18 in
Antique Italian Chair Settee Renaissance Revival Sgabello Rampant Lions Walnut
Located in Tyler, TX
Exquisite antique Italian highly carved walnut renaissance revival "Sgabello" hall chair~~Rampant Lions ~~c. 1880s Spectacular design~~majestic rampant lions with cartouche shi...
Walnut
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H 36 in W 18 in D 14.5 in
Pair Tyrol Chairs Alpine Side Hallway Entrance Antique Folk Art Chairs Sgabello
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair of rustic 19th century Tyrol Sgabello Alpine stool with back side chairs escabelle Part of the Folk Art The Tyrol is an entirely Alpine region that includes parts of both Italy...
Wood
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H 41.33 in W 15.35 in L 41.33 in
19th Century Pair of Spanish Sgabello Carved Side Chair or Stool
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Sgabello carved side chair or stool depicting the "A".
Walnut
Italian Sgabello Side Chair or Stool with Red Velvet Seat Cushion
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage Italian Sgabello wood side chair or stool and red velvet seat cushion with tassels.
Velvet, Wood
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H 40.5 in W 19.5 in D 1.5 in
19th Century Antique Italian Pair Carved Mirrors Valentino Besarel Circa 1870
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Encinitas, CA
See our listings for Sgabello chair pair and bench by the same master carver.
Mirror, Walnut
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H 41.13 in W 18.25 in D 20.5 in
English George II Pair of Mahogany Hall Chairs of Sgabello Form, circa 1730
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A beautiful pair of circa 1730 English George II period solid mahogany hall chairs of sgabello form, the vasiform shaped and curved 'spoon' backs connecting to 'dished' roundel cente...
Mahogany
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H 43 in W 17.25 in D 19 in
Set of Four Antique Italian Carved Walnut 18th Century Sgabello Hall Side Chairs
Located in Portland, OR
A good set of antique Italian carved Renaissance style, late 18th century Sgabello hall/side chairs, circa 1780. The chairs having carved & scrolled shield shaped backs, the bases h...
Walnut
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H 44 in W 12 in D 15 in
Antique Pair of Italian Figural Carved Walnut Sgabello a Dorsale, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique pair of Italian figural carved walnut sgabello a dorsale (side chairs) feature lions (both carved and incised), women, and a carved sunburst seat, circa 1880.
Walnut
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H 29.53 in W 18.12 in D 18.51 in
Art Deco chair and stool for bedroom in walnut with 1930s fantasy fabric
Located in Premariacco, IT
Bedroom set with matching chair and stool dating from the Italian Art Deco early 1930s period. Chair W46cm D47cm H75cm Seat H46cm Stool W47cm D38cm H37cm The seats have just been u...
Fabric, Walnut
Richly Carved 19th Century Escabelle Chair from Switzerland
Located in Dallas, TX
The Italians called their chair a sgabello, which means “stool”. In Italy, sgabello were often used in hallways, up against the wall, while in France they were typically used as side...
Wood
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H 29.25 in W 36.5 in D 3.5 in
Antique Italian Oil on Canvas, The Wood Carver's Apprentice, Giovanni Torriglia
By Giovanni Battista Torriglia
Located in Dallas, TX
A final youthful monk leans on a wonderfully carved sgabello chair, watching the apprentice closely. The colors are splendid, accentuated by tiny nuances such as the wood chips on th...
Canvas, Paint
Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance Style Wooden Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian 19th century Renaissance style "Sgabello" hall wooden chairs. Wonderful carving details on the legs.
Wood
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