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
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
Small Mission Rocking Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming child-size Mission-style rocking chair crafted in solid oak. Features classic vertical slats and warm wood tones, showcasing traditional craftsmanship in a perfectly scaled-...
Oak
$1,571 / item
Turquoise Stretch Chair
By Carnevale Studio
Located in Providence, RI
Stretch Chair made to with-stand outdoor elements. Carnevale Studio's most popular collection “Stretch”. This collection brings some of the exuberance of the fashion world into the...
Metal
$1,667Sale Price / item|20% Off
Oaky Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Chair Oaky Rocking with all structure in solid oak wood in natural finish. With cushion seat, on request. Also available in solid walnut wood, on request.
Oak, Walnut
$2,000
Sculptural Rocking Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern style rocking chair in the design of Vladimir Kagan. Great form throughout the wrapping wood frame, holding up the floating seat. Please confirm location.
Walnut
$1,117Sale Price|20% Off
Bentwood Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An attributed thonet rocking chair as it is not signed in good condition in tinted beech.
Beech
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
$9,800 / set
English Chinoiserie Side Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Great set of 6 19th century English chinoiserie side chairs with tan leather seats. Captivating blend of Eastern-inspired motifs and Western craftsmanship, often seen in Queen Anne o...
Wood
Cow Hide Upholstered Side Chair
Located in Astoria, NY
Cow Hide Upholstered Side Chair, with fluted front legs and carved floral motif to base of backrest. 40" H x 18" W x 20" D; seat: 18.5" H. Provenance: From a Forest Hills Gardens E...
Cowhide, Wood
$227Sale Price / item|35% Off
Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli 'Plia' Chair, Italy
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Naples, IT
With the Plia chair the designer, Giancarlo Piretti, has revolutionized the concept of the folding chair, and his study on the "three-disc hinge" is considered a stroke of genius.
Steel
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, Wood, Paint
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
$3,025
Carved Side Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Carved frame side chair painted and gilded.
Fabric
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
$4,800 / set
Bonacina Sculptural Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant pair of rattan and bamboo chairs. Made in Italy. Very good vintage condition. Great scale.
Bamboo, Rattan
$4,400
Vintage African Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Carved wood African chair with metal decorations on the arms.
Wood
Scandinavian Rocking Chair
By Gemla, Karl-Axel Adolfsson
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
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
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
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
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
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
$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
Flame Chair Rosewood White Bouclé Chair by Dante LaTorre, Italy, 1960
By Dante LaTorre, Pozzi & Verga
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
Bauhaus Style Reclining Chair
Located in Red Lion, PA
Bahaus Style Chair reclines in 4 different angles and fully extends to 50"
Chrome
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
$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
$1,688 / item
Daddy Brown Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Rocking Chair Daddy Brown all in brown natural rattan with rocking feet.
Rattan
$1,688 / item
Daddy Clear Rocking Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Rocking Chair Daddy Clear all in clear natural rattan with rocking feet.
Rattan
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
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
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
$326 / set
Pair of French Side Chairs
Located in London, England
Pair of French painted side chairs, with worn finish. France 1880.
Beech
Early Victorian Side Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
An early Victorian mahogany side chair in green velvet tufted upholstery, 1840s. 18 ½ inches wide by 25 inches deep by 36 inches tall
Velvet, Mahogany
CraftAssociates Chair, Cawtaba Modern Rocking Chair, Black, Sling, Leather
By Laura Trenchard, Craft Associates
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
$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
$1,250
Chippendale Side Chair
Located in Nantucket, MA
English oak Chippendale side chair with upholstered seat.
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
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
$1,164
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
$1,571 / 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
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
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
$980 / 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
Modern Handkerchief Chair
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A durable, wide chair with an undulating seat and back.
Steel
Demio Side Chair by Madheke
Located in Gurugram, IN
The Demio side chair brings Tactile sensibility to a timeless form. With a sleek walnut frame and supple leather upholstery, it showcases tailored elegance and true craftsmanship. T...
Metal, Brass
$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
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
Duke Wingback Chair by Madheke
Located in Gurugram, IN
The Duke Wingback Chair fuses classic structure with sculptural modernity. The leather front pairs elegantly with the beautifully contrasting leather-wrapped back, creating a dual-t...
Metal, Brass
$17,464
Swedish Rocking Chair, 1940s
By Viggo Boesen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Newly reupholstered. Produced in Sweden, 1940s.
Fabric
$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
Mario Scheichenbauer Yeti Rocking Chair
Located in New York, NY
Mario Scheichenbauer (born 1972) is an Austrian designer recognized for his playful, experimental approach to furniture and product design, often blending humor, craftsmanship, and c...
Faux Fur, Oak
$1,030 / item
Theodore Alexander Urbane Side Chair
Located in Annville, PA
Produced by Theodore Alexander and brought to you by Niagara Furniture the Urbane Side Chair embraces a contemporary, casual aesthetic. Urbane is a fashion forward collection made of...
Pine
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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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