Scandinavian Rocking Chair
By Karl-Axel Adolfsson, Gemla
Located in Brescia, IT
Original 1960s white-painted wooden Isabella chair by Karl-Axel Adolfsson for Gemla Möbler. A piece of furniture that was often found in every Nordic home in the middle of the last ...
Fabric, Wood
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
New Vineyard Rocking Chair
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Adirondack rocker from New Vineyard, Maine. Original paint, sculptural with adjustable back. Original brown and forest green paint. Much sought after. A beautiful piece for continued...
Wood
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
Thomasville Queen Anne Carved Solid Mahogany Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Thomasville
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Queen Anne or Georgian style side chairs or dining chairs By Thomasville USA, Circa 1980s Solid carved mahogany frames, with upholstered seats. Measures: 23.5"...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$1,200
Lucite Z Chair
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Highland, IN
This classic lucite Z chair is a great occasional piece in very good original condition. The transparent quality and minimal form allow it to work in any interior.
Acrylic, Lucite
$1,950 / item
Grosfeld House Chairs
By Grosfeld House
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant Grosfeld House ebonized occasional chairs having open backs with dramatic hand-carved draped swags with button tufted leather seats. Sold individually and also available C.O....
Leather, Wood
Early American "Fancy" side chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is an Early American "Fancy" side chair, heavily inspired by or produced in the style of the famous Hitchcock Chair Company, and dating to the mid-19th century. This chair ...
Rush, Wood
Henredon Modern Art Deco Carved Oak Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding pair of modern Art Deco style side chairs or dining chairs By Henredon USA, Circa 1980s Carved pickled oak frames, with upholstered seats. Measures: 21"W x 25"D x ...
Upholstery, Oak
Four English Style wingback Chairs with Tufted Back, Priced per chair. Handsome.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Four English style wing back chairs with tufted back, hand distressed leather brass nail head trim. Nice compact scale with great comfort. Sofa out of the same collection. Great Scal...
Leather, Wood
CraftAssociates Chair, Cawtaba Modern Rocking Chair, Black, Sling, Leather
By Craft Associates, Laura Trenchard
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Catawba rocking chair, Modern leather rocking chair, black, for Craft Associates This Catawba Rocking Chair for Craft Associates® Furniture are expertly crafted. The sides tables ...
Leather, Oak
Linen Covered Boudoir Chair
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A good cream floral linen covered deep buttoned boudoir chair in excellent overall condition. You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of visiting. Plea...
Linen
Vernacular Ladder Back Fireside Chair
Located in Chireno, TX
Vernacular ladder back fireside chair in birch with later rush seat. Unusual decorative turned finial ears atop the back's stiles. Wonderfully slightly misshapened wooden back cross ...
Rush, Birch
$1,250
Chippendale Side Chair
Located in Nantucket, MA
English oak Chippendale side chair with upholstered seat.
Bauhaus Style Reclining Chair
Located in Red Lion, PA
Bahaus Style Chair reclines in 4 different angles and fully extends to 50"
Chrome
Institutional Chair, White 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
$2,250 / item
Suelo Modern Side Chair
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...
Hardwood
$1,191
Lyre Back Chair
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Interesting metal chair featuring a stylized lyre back and scrolling feet. Original bronze colour. Reminiscent of the work of French designer Marc Du Plantier.
Metal
$1,727 / item
Daddy Clear Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Rocking Chair Daddy Clear all in clear natural rattan with rocking feet.
Rattan
$1,727 / item
Daddy Brown Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Rocking Chair Daddy Brown all in brown natural rattan with rocking feet.
Rattan
Flame Chair Rosewood White Bouclé Chair by Dante LaTorre, Italy, 1960
By Pozzi & Verga, Dante LaTorre
Located in Vienna, AT
Midcentury Italian Flame chair, newly upholstered, 1960s. Sculptural Pozzi & Verga model ‘2/R’ or ''Flame'' chairs, designed by Dante LaTorre. The chair is made of bent, laminated r...
Bouclé, Upholstery, Ash
No. 267 Egg Rocking Chair
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in London, GB
A rare No. 267 Egg Rocking Chair designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1922 and produced in a limited run by Società Anonima Antonio Volpe in Udine, Italy, circa 1980. Crafted from black la...
Rattan, Paint, Wood
Georgian Wicker Side Chair
Located in Faversham, GB
A charming faux bamboo Georgian painted side chair with a rattan seat. The chair exhibits a double rail to the top with interesting demi lune spindles and two shaped supports beneat...
Wicker, Rattan, Elm
Wonderful Walnut Hall Chair
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Excellent quality Victorian walnut hallchair, original brass castors, in excellent overall condition. 40" high 18" wide 18" seat height You are welcome to view this item at our sho...
Walnut
19th Century Golden Oak Hall Chair This is a delightful Hall chair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Golden Oak Hall Chair This is a delightful Hall chair, the superbly carved back is painted with the date “1801 and CAWSTON HALL LIVERY ROOM” The chair is in good sound ...
Oak
$6,000 / item
Art Deco Side Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art deco side chairs or vanity chairs. Made in France circa 1930s. Newly upholstered with Italian mohair fabric.
Metal, Chrome
Dan Johnson Viscount Chair
By Dan Johnson, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Raleigh, NC
Signature wrap-around brass arms curve continuously from back to front, creating the sculptural silhouette that defines Dan Johnson's 1950s Viscount design. Newly reupholstered in co...
Brass
Dan Johnson Viscount Chair
By Ib Kofod-Larsen, Dan Johnson
Located in Raleigh, NC
Signature wrap-around brass arms curve continuously from back to front, creating the sculptural silhouette that defines Dan Johnson's 1950s Viscount design. Newly reupholstered in co...
Brass
Vintage Tufted Leather Wingback Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Perfectly suited for a private library, a formal study, or as a commanding fireside accent, this chair offers substantial support and unparalleled style.
Brass
$1,608 / item
Pink Stretch Chair
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Carnevale Studio's most popular collection, “Stretch”. Through experiments with a number of different materials I chose latex, bungee and rope for their bright colors and wondrous ...
Metal
Modern Handkerchief Chair
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A durable, wide chair with an undulating seat and back.
Steel
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of French Regency Louis XVI style side chairs or dining chairs By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Carved cream and pink lacquered walnut frames, with upholstered ...
Upholstery, Walnut, Lacquer
$5,550 / item
Shepherd's Rocking Chair
Located in Vancouver, BC
Hinterland's reimagined Shepherd's Chair is the culmination of years of design and prototyping. Inspired by the close relationship between a traditional herders tools, animals and th...
Leather, Sheepskin, Upholstery, Wood, Ash
Newly Upholstered French Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
This is an absolutely stunning French chair! The antique frame is a deep brown wood with hand carve detail all along the edges and top. It has been newly upholstered in a gorgeous de...
Fabric, Wood
$2,000 / set
Art Deco Style Chairs
Located in Red Lion, PA
Art Deco Style chairs with hand carved wood frame Beautiful classic details Two seater matching sofa available Sold separately
Fabric, Wood
$1,001 / set
Four Walnut Side Chairs
Located in London, England
Four walnut side chairs on cabriole legs. Circa 1880. H 87cm (SH 45cm) x W 44cm x D 51cm
Walnut
Neoclassical Statement Arm Chair
Located in Medina, OH
This ornate armchair is a fusion of classic design and modern flair with this gorgeous abstract cut velvet! The cream colored background fabric, adorned with a striking black, abstr...
Fabric, Maple
$333 / set
Pair of French Side Chairs
Located in London, England
Pair of French painted side chairs, with worn finish. France 1880.
Beech
Gustav Stickley Oak Rocking Chair
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Cambridge, US
USA, ca. early 1900s. A handsome and quite comfortable Model 323 rocking chair by Gustav Stickley. Features solid oak frame with classic Mission details. Slightly curved high back an...
Leather, Oak
$600 / item
Two Thonet Chairs
By Thonet-Mundus
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of Thonet chairs still unrestored Beech, bentwood new caned seat, the wood can be stained and polished on any color you request.
Beech, Cane
$8,500
Wingback Chair from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A well-proportioned wingback chair having a rectilinear base in quarter-sawn oak, fully upholstered arms, expressive shortened wings and a down-filled seat cushion.
Wood
French Brutalist chairs circa 1970
Located in CA, CA
A fabulous pair of hand carved French high backed brutalist chairs, each standing at over six feet tall, circa 1970. Provenance: from an estate in the Côte d'Azur
Softwood
$1,200
Midcentury Rocking Chair
By TON a.s.
Located in Vienna, AT
Midcentury rocking chair still unrestored made by TON (former Thonet factory) delivery time 4-5 weeks
Beech, Bentwood
CraftAssociates Dining Chair, Milo Baughman Dining Chairs, Oval, Cane, Walnut
By Craft Associates, Milo Baughman
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
CraftAssociates Dining Chair, Milo Baughman Dining Chairs, Oval, Cane, Walnut The Milo Baughman Oval Cane Back Walnut Side Chair for Craft Associates® Furniture is expertly crafted....
Sheepskin, Wood, Walnut
Millenium G-Plan Rocking Chair
Located in Folkestone, GB
G-Plan Millenium Rocking Chair in the style of an antique Windsor with pierced swan motif to the back-splat surrounded by the words "2000 Anno Domini". In very good original conditio...
Teak
Leather Reddish Brown Vintage Wingback Chair Lounge Chair 1970s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Leather vintage wingback chair or lounge chair from reddish brown leather 1970s Austria. While the vintage wingback leather chair shows two loose cushions its feet are made from bee...
Leather
Thonet Side Chair
By Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood frame with upholsterd seat. Manufactured by Thonet in Austria about 1880.
Beech, Bentwood
$2,358 / set
Pair French Side Chairs
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Wonderful pair of French Napoleon 111 side chairs, with turned ebony legs, newly upholstered in linen fabric, upholstered in the traditional methods, with deep bullion fringing, supe...
Ebony
Guido Faleschini Golden Metal and Gray Velvet Arm Chair / Rocking Chair, 1970
By Guido Faleschini
Located in Roma, Lazio
Iconic rocking armchair by Guido Faleschini from the 70s, all curves and elegance, simple and linear. The rocking armchair has a fully curved golden metal structure, armrests and le...
Metal
19th Century bobbin turned rocking chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very smart 19th century bobbin turned rocking chair. The whole design is striking and the condition is excellent. Complete with rattan seat and lovely colour timber. The sh...
Walnut
$17,869
Swedish Rocking Chair, 1940s
By Viggo Boesen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Newly reupholstered. Produced in Sweden, 1940s.
Fabric
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Tonka
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Chili
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Honey
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Nutmeg
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Gingerbread
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Marshmallow
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Pesto
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Cactus
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
$978 / item
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair - Rosemary
By Fermob, Frederic Sofia
Located in Varedo, MB
Fermob - LUXEMBOURG Rocking Chair Design: Frédéric Sofia The Luxembourg Rocking Chair combines trendy style with timeless tradition. Its playful yet practical design makes it ideal ...
Aluminum
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