Vernacular Ladder Back Chair
Located in Chireno, TX
Vernacular ladder back chair in birch with later rush seat. Created in the 19th century with unusual decorative turned finial ears atop the back's stiles. Wonderfully slightly missha...
Rush, Birch
Baker Furniture Style Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side Chair or Dining Chair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Chippendale or Georgian style side chair or dining chair In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved solid mahogany frame, with upholstered seat. Meas...
Upholstery, Mahogany
Baker Furniture Style Georgian Mahogany Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Georgian or Chippendale style side chairs or dining chairs In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved mahogany frames, with upholstered seats. Me...
Upholstery, Mahogany
Chair, Denmark, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Danish chair from the 1960s. A chair with a unique form with small armrests and a curved backrest that provides comfortable seating. Furniture in very good condition, after profess...
Teak, Fabric
Bentwood Striped Rocking Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Bentwood double circle design rocking chair with striped upholstery (19th Cent.)
Bentwood, Upholstery
$3,800
Edwardian Rocking Chair
Located in Houston, TX
The beautiful Edwardian Bamboo Rocking Chair features a design with "stick and ball" elements. This rocker will fit wonderfully into almost any room!
Bamboo
$1,653
Rattan rocking chair
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Very sculptural rattan rocking chair from the seventies. Canework back and hand woven rattan seat. Amazing work, very comfortable and in great condition.
Rattan
Contemporary Wood "Modern" Oak Dining Chair Parisii Collection
By Studio Parisien
Located in Del Mar, CA
MODERN OAK DINING CHAIR Angular clarity, softened through comfort The Modern Oak Dining Chair is a study in precision and restraint—an intentional counterpoint to the curves that d...
Wood
$1,397
Rattan rocking chair
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Beautiful rattan and canework rocking chair from the seventies. Great quality and condition. Rare
Rattan
$4,652Sale Price|20% Off
vintage rocking chair art deco rocking chair Danish
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage rocking chair art deco rocking chair Danish period 1950s designs unknown Denmark conditions excellent light signs of use newly upholstered; size 89 x 63 x 90 (hxwx...
Chrome
$1,110
Vintage Wicker Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Everyone needs a set of adorable wicker chairs. These chairs are perfect for your screened in porch or sunroom, your covered porch, or even around the appropriate table. They are bea...
Wicker
Low rocking Chair Japanese Modern Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bentwood rocking chair in the Japanese modern style. Made of Yoshino cedar which is a famous wood grown in the Yoshino district in Japan. It has characteristic streamlined combined b...
Wood
$4,380 / item
Monarch Rocking Chair
By Fratelli Boffi
Located in Milan, IT
The playful design of this rocking chair is both comfortable and striking and will add an unconventional accent to a contemporary living room or bedroom. The structure is in wood fin...
Wood, Wool
$1,563 / set
Pair of Bridge Chairs
Located in London, England
Pair of walnut framed bridge chairs with original upholstery. Circa 1950.
Walnut
$12,000
Swedish Allmoge Chair
Located in Long Island City, NY
"All möghe" means ‘all the people’ in Old Norse. In describing furniture, "allmoge" refers to the rustic and quirky furniture made by ordinary people for their own use from the mid-1...
Straw, Wood, Paint
Institutional Chair, Black Leather, Post-Modern Design, Panorammma, Mexico
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Uncannily challenging excessive symbolic power granted to scientific institutions, the “Institutional Chair” reveals a tension with the accepted desubjectivisation of the body into s...
Steel, Nickel
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black o...
Brass
$342Sale Price|30% Off
Dutch modernist chair
Located in Diest, BE
Dutch small modernist chair. Great form and look. Netherlands 1920-1930's
Wool, Oak
American Colonial Solid Oak Windsor Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of American Colonial style solid oak spindle back Windsor side chairs or dining chairs USA, Circa 1980s Measures: 18"W x 19.75"D x 36"H. Seat height: 17.5"H. Very...
Oak
$2,800 / item
Danish Wingback Chairs, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful wingback chairs, Denmark, 1950, upholstered with multicolor striped fabric in the beige range with beech legs and beech accents on the arms, one of the right armrests has a...
Upholstery, Beech
$3,400 / set
Pair of Hans J. Wegner Chair FH 4103 Heart Chair
By Hans J. Wegner, Fritz Hansen
Located in Vienna, AT
Hans J. Wegner stockable ‘heart’ tripod chairs, the seat made of the veneered teak frame and top rail of teak, Designed in 1952. Produced by Fritz Hansen, model FH 4103. Fully restor...
Oak, Teak
$1,200 / item
Ebonized Bank of England Armchairs
By Gunlocke, Sikes Chair Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic, maple and oak, bank of England, courthouse, armchairs by Gunlocke, Sikes and Library Bureau Makers in an ebonized finish. The chairs differ ever so slightly due to the maker...
Maple, Oak
$3,000 / set
Acacia Wood Chairs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A set of 4 dining or side chairs in hand built from the hard Acacia wood species and decorated in dripped steel metal by a local Palm Springs artisan. These chairs have had metal app...
Metal
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black ...
Brass
Baker Furniture Style Georgian Mahogany Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Georgian or Chippendale style side chairs or dining chairs In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa Mid-20th Century Solid carved mahogany frames, with uphol...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$36,098 / set
The Bridehead Side Chairs
By Richard Bridgens
Located in Tetbury, England
A set of twelve William IV Gothic Revival oak and caned side chairs. English, circa 1830. Lancet form backrest with quatrefoil tracery below the moulded rail, caned seats supported...
Cane, Oak
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black o...
Brass
$1,200
Lucite Side Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century modern solid lucite side chair. Heavy and well made with some light scuffs to the base. Simple elegant form that is ready to install and enjoy.
Lucite
$12,000 / set
Pair of Florentine hall chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Walnut Hall Chairs. Florence, 17th century. Chair one: Height: 40 in. Width: 11.5 in. Deep: 18 in. Seat Height: 22 in. Chair two: Height: 37.5 in. Width: 12.5 in. D...
Walnut
Baker Furniture English Regency Carved Maple Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Italian Provincial or English Regency style side chairs or dining chairs By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection Italy, Late 20th Century Solid carved map...
Upholstery, Maple
$2,475 / item
Leather Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Green Leather Fireside Chair is designed after an American original antique chair and ships out covered in full grained tufted genuine leather with brass nail t...
Leather, Mahogany
Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli, Plia Folding Chair
Located in toronto, CA
With the Plia folding chair, the designer Giancarlo Piretti revolutionized the concept of a folding chair with his study on the "3-disk pivot".
Plastic
American Victorian Wicker Wing Chair
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker high square back wing chair with one magazine pocket arm
Wicker, Upholstery
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding pair of Georgian or Chippendale style side chairs or dining chairs By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved solid mahogany frames, with brass studded upholstered ...
Brass
$1,800 / set
Brueton Chrome Cantilevered Chairs, Pair
By Breuton, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Brueton Chrome Cantilevered Side Chairs, in the style of Mies van der Rohe Brno chair, with faux white leather upholstered seats and backs and labels to undersides. 32.25" H...
Chrome
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black ...
Brass
Antique Oak Wainscot Chair / Side Chair from the 17th Century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here this beautiful and stately antique oak Wainscot chair / side chair from the 17th century with a warm finish. This magnificent antique oak Wainscot chair / side chair fr...
Wood, Oak
Thonet Rocking Chair – 1970s
By Thonet
Located in Roma, RM
Thonet Rocking Chair – 1970s Product details Dimensions: 53 L x 105 H x 110 P cm
Bamboo, Straw, Wood
Tribal chair, Africa
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A hand-carved Tribal chair with a turtle in the back. (South?) Africa, ca. 1950. Two-piece, comfortable and strong.
Wood
Set of 5 Edwardian Canvas Directors Chairs, Loft and Garden Style Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Height from the floor to the arm : 17.71in Folded measurements : 6.29in x 18.11in Set of 5 Edwardian Canvas Directors Chairs, Loft and Garden Style Chairs A great set of lounging ...
Walnut
$3,620 / item
Hendar Chair by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Hendar Chair by Madheke Dimensions: D 52.5 x W 61.8 x H 74 cm. Materials: Leather wrapped backrest with stitched detail, Fabric upholstered seat, Tapered leather finished legs with k...
Brass
$500
Thonet Chair
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
restored
Beech, Bentwood
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black o...
Brass
$3,725
Leather Wingback Chair
Located in Delft, NL
A leather wingback chair A late 19th Century wingback chair in raw leather upholstery with dark oak Queen Anne front legs and straight oak rear legs. The bottom of the chair is we...
Leather, Oak
Craftassociates Chairs, Peabody Modern Lounge Chairs in Boucle, Wingback, Oak
By Lawrence Peabody, Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Craftassociates Chairs, Peabody Modern Lounge Chairs in Boucle, Wing, Oak, White This Lawrence Peabody wing chair for Craft Associates Furniture is expertly handcrafted and upholste...
Bouclé, Oak
Knoll Postmodern Black Lacquered Ricchio Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Knoll
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of iconic Postmodern side chairs or dining chairs By Joseph and Linda Ricchio for Knoll USA, Circa Early 21st Century (originally designed in 1990) Black lacqu...
Upholstery, Maple, Lacquer
Vintage Side Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely side/accent chair for your home. Note the wear and tear.
Fabric, Wood
Bertu Side Chair, Suelo Modern Leather Side Chair, Knotty Alder
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Suelo® Modern Side Chair is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The lounge chair's silhouette is simple, modern, and sleek with comfortable back and seat cushi...
Wood
Danish Vintage Rocking Chair
Located in London, GB
A beautiful vintage Danish vintage rocking chair. This was made in Denmark, it dates from the 1960’s. The quality is superb, this has a stunning design and it is extremely comfortab...
Bouclé, Wood
Pair of Heywood Wakefield Dog Biscuit Chairs Model 154 Side Chairs
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of vintage Heywood Wakefield “Dog Biscuit “ chairs. This mid century classic was originally made in the 1950’s and still produced today . The Dog Biscuit or Dogbone name was due...
Birch
Antique European Craftsman Rocking Chair
Located in Las Vegas, NV
DETAILS DETAILS. The handmade details of this Antique European Craftsman Rocking Chair. are unmatched. No glue, no nails, just dowels and tons of character. Such a cool, BESPOKE a...
Pine
$2,475 / item
Leather Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Leather Fireside Chair is designed after an American original antique chair and ships out covered in full grained tufted genuine leather with brass nail trim. T...
Leather, Mahogany
$1,635 / item
American Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
An extremely popular American Fireside Chair designed after an original antique chair. This reproduction antique has all of the features of it’s ancestral inspiration with a solid ma...
Mahogany
$2,600
Declan Side Chair
By Jillian O'Neill
Located in Houston, TX
Our declan side chair exudes sophisticated elegance. It is sleek and curvaceous, with the perfectly unexpected walnut and brass back detailing. Shown here in wool - mineral, black ...
Brass
Bertu Side Chairs, Chili Modern Side Chair, Oak, White Oak
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Side Chairs, Chili Modern Side Chair, Oak - 0721 This Chile Modern Side Chair is beautifully constructed from solid oak in Ohio, USA. The lounge chair's silhouette is simple, ...
Wood, Oak
Pair of Vintage Mario Bellini Cab Dining Chairs by Cassina
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
The back legs feature a black zippered detail. The chairs can easily be used for dining or as accent chairs in any living room or study.
Leather
FH Conant’s Mission Rocking Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
FH Conant’s Mission Rocking Chair 27”x23”x35” is a beautiful representation of traditional American craftsmanship blended with timeless comfort. Designed with sturdy oak construction...
Wood
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
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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