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NEW Wood & Hogan Sheraton Mahogany Style Wing Chair w/ Goose Down Cushion
Located in North Salem, NY
NEW Wood & Hogan Wing chair with thin lines and graceful contours. Luxurious comfort with 80-20 goose down seat cushion. Mahogany square tapered legs and stretcher. Front legs term...
Jute, Cotton, Upholstery, Mahogany, Maple
Unavailable
H 47.5 in W 24 in D 22 in
Diminutive Federal Sheraton Wing Chair, New England, circa 1800-1810
Located in Providence, RI
This wing chair is a little gem, as pure as they get, and we show it with the essential upholstery revealing the condition of the structure.
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 48.6 in W 33 in D 23.6 in
Sheraton-Federal Mahogany Wing Chair, New York, circa 1800 Duncan Phyfe Workshop
Located in Providence, RI
Like most Sheraton wing chairs, it is a “necessary” chair, and remnants of the framework for the potty still exist.
Mahogany
Antique Federal Sheraton Mahogany Wing Arm Chair circa 1820
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Sheraton Federal style wing back fire side chair offers shaped back, scroll form arms and is raised on turned mahogany legs, c1820 Measures- 44.5''H x 29.25''W x 27''D;...
Mahogany, Upholstery
American Mahogany Sheraton Upholstered Coachman's Chair, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany Sheraton wing back coachman's chair with serpentine back, flanking scrolled arms, and terminating on turned bulbous legs with the original brass casters.
Brass
Sheraton Style Wing Chair with Attached Reading Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Sheraton Style Wing Chair on Casters with Attached Reading Stand.
Brass
Baltimore Wing Back Chair, circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American wingback chair, attributed to Baltimore, mahogany turned and reeded legs, original casters, 1800-1815.
Mahogany
Federal Style Home Sweet Home Wing Chair
Located in New York City, NY
Petite Sheraton wing chair of a diminutive scale. Newly re-upholstered in a custom woven fabric.
They may not offer structural support, but the wings on antique and vintage wingback chairs certainly do have a purpose or did, when the design was first conceived in England in the 1600s.
Back then, the armchair protrusions were meant to protect the sitter from drafts and from the strong heat radiating from the large fireplaces that were popular at the time. This explains why the wingback is so strongly associated with cozying up by the fireplace.
Although the functional aspect of a wingback may be obsolete in the 21st century, the chairs have maintained their popularity over the years and have seen waves of revivals, from mid-century modern spinoffs to playful contemporary adaptations (like the Bear chair by Pierre Yovanovitch, wherein the place of wings are furry ears — a cheeky send-up of Hans Wegner’s iconic mid-century Papa Bear chair).
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