18th Century Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional and highly sculptural 18th Century Welsh stick chair, displaying the organic evolution typical of vernacular Welsh furniture.
Ash
Welsh Stick Chair, Circa late 18th Century, Ireland
Located in Girona, Spain
DESCRIPTION: Welsh Stick Chair, Circa late 18th Century, Ireland.
Ash
$3,500Sale Price|36% Off
18th Century Folk Art Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Folk Art stick chair from the English Countryside. Thick seat and surprisingly comfortable. Wonderful piece of sculpture with great patina. Seat height is 13.75 inches.
Elm
19th Century Hand-Crafted Welsh Stick Chair in Elm and Pine
Located in Reading, Berkshire
This chair features a vernacular, primitive style, often constructed from local woods. Traditionally made using an elm seat for comfort and durability, paired with ash or other hardw...
Elm, Pine
$1,512Sale Price|30% Off
19th Century Welsh Elm Primitive Wabi Sabi Stick Back Chair
Located in London, GB
A simple 19th century comb-back chair in sun-bleached elm. Beautifully patinated with traces of original paint and some small historic repairs which add to its charm. Welsh, c. 1850.
Elm
Antique 19th Century English Primitive Welsh Folk Art Stick Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century English Folk Art stick chair made out of elm. Surprisingly comfortable and worn on the ends of the arms where someone would have handled to raise themselves from a sitti...
Elm
$2,300 / item
Beachcomber Spindle Back Chair in Walnut
By Greg Mitchell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
It was led by peasant-carpenters who, simply in an effort to create a practical seating option, produced one of the most elegant spindle back chairs of that time. It is known as the ...
Oak, Walnut
Beachcomber Spindle Back Chair in Walnut in Stock
By Greg Mitchell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
It was led by peasant-carpenters who, simply in an effort to create a practical seating option, produced one of the most elegant spindle back chairs of that time. It is known as the ...
Oak, Walnut
The London Stick Chair
Located in London, GB
The London Stick Chair is a refined and contemporary version of a traditional welsh stick chair.
Oak
18th Century Welsh Stick Chair United Kingdom
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
A small 18th century Welsh Stick armchair in good condition. The beautiful weathered chair shows the good craftsmanship of that time.
Wood
Primitive Stick Welsh Windsor Chair
Located in Culver City, CA
Primitive stick welsh windsor chair, unusual construction
Wood
Welsh 19th Century Folk Art ‘Stick Chair’
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Welsh 19th century Folk Art ‘Stick chair’, Wales ca. 1880.
Elm
Late 18th Century Welsh ‘Comb-Back’ Stick Back Chair
Located in London, GB
Late 18th Century Welsh ‘Comb-Back’ Stick Back Chair This is one for the purest of true folk-art furniture, In the form of a late 18th Century Welsh ‘comb-back’ stick back chair.
Wood
Beachcomber Spindle Back Chair in Walnut in Stock
By Greg Mitchell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
It was led by peasant-carpenters who, simply in an effort to create a practical seating option, produced one of the most elegant spindle back chairs of that time. It is known as the ...
Walnut
Late 18th Century Welsh Comb-Back Stick Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Welsh comb-back stick chair from Cardiganshire.
Wood
Primitive 19th century chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A verry original 19th century Welsh stick back chair. Made from elm with a solid one slab seat.
Elm
Sold
H 25.6 in W 22.45 in D 17.33 in
Early 19th Century Welsh Stick Back Chair Original Green Paint Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather wonderful early 19th century Welsh Windsor stick back chair, with just the best original painted green surface.
Hardwood
18th Century Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic 18th century Welsh stick chair with a thick burl walnut seat, unusual heavy front arm supports, traces of the original paint, and a fantastic patina only three hundred ye...
Elm, Walnut
18th Century Stick Chair from Wales
Located in Chireno, TX
A wonderful, primitive early or mid-18th century Welsh stick chair from ash and oak wood with a well-patinated finish and morticed construction.
Ash, Oak
Early 18th Century Stick Chair from Wales
Located in Chireno, TX
A whimsical, primitive early 18th century Welsh stick chair from ash and elm wood with a well-patinated finish, traces of old dark green milk paint under the horse-shoe arm and morti...
Ash, Elm
18th Century Primitive Welsh Windsor Armchair
Located in Chireno, TX
18th Century primitive Welsh Windsor armchair, or stick chair, circa 1740-1760.
Ash, Elm, Paint
Antique Primitive 18th Century Folk Art Stick Chair from Wales
Located in Houston, TX
A Welsh Primitive comb-back stick chair. Very thick seat, handmade spindles.
Ash, Elm
Primitive Early 19th Century Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A truly wonderful early 19th century painted Welsh stick chair, from Cardiganshire region of South Wales.
Elm
Primitive Early 19th Century Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A truly wonderful early 19th century painted Welsh stick chair, from Cardiganshire region of South Wales.
Elm
Sold
H 29.53 in W 24.41 in D 22.05 in
Primitive Welsh Stick Chair, Vernacular Windsor, Country Armchair
Located in Totnes, GB
A rare and beautiful yet robust primitive Welsh stick chair in a sumptuous pale colour. One can’t help but notice the huge slab of ash forming the seat and upon which this chair is c...
Ash, Pine
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Chair
Located in Allerum, SE
19th century Swedish Folk Art chair in it's original condition. Ca 1820 Sweden.
Pine
$2,772Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.26 in W 25.79 in D 22.45 in
Antique Turner's Chair, English, Oak, Old Saxon, Elbow Seat, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique turner’s chair. An English, oak Old Saxon elbow seat, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. A fascinating example in the John Starkey Warwick style, of...
Oak
$1,224Sale Price|30% Off
H 39.77 in W 22.45 in D 21.66 in
Antique 19th Century Ash & Elm Windsor Carver Elbow-Chair – Fine Quality
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique 19th Century Ash & Elm Windsor Armchair or Carver Elbow-Chair – Fine Quality An antique 19th-century Windsor armchair crafted from ash and elm, full of age, character, and p...
Ash, Elm
19th Century English fruit wooden child's chair
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century English fruit wooden child's chair 19th century English child's chair made of fruitwood and has a leather with buttons upholstered loose seat. The chair itself has a ...
Fruitwood
19th Century Country Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A charming and lovely example of an ash and rush seated Cheshire country chair. This large elbow chair having superb color and patina throughout. With a decorative spindle back and o...
Ash, Rush
19th Century Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare early 19th century Windsor chair with a low comb back and widened armrest. All original with a one slab elm seat. As good as they get...
Elm
18th Century Irish Hedge Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Step into the rustic elegance of this 18th-century Irish ash hedge chair, a remarkable embodiment of Ireland's rich heritage and the ingenuity of its craftsmen. A true hedge chair ha...
Ash
$1,224Sale Price|30% Off
H 41.74 in W 23.23 in D 26.78 in
Antique 19th Century Ash & Elm Windsor Armchair or Carver Elbow-Chair
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique 19th Century Ash & Elm Windsor Armchair or Carver Elbow-Chair – Fine Quality An antique 19th-century Windsor armchair crafted from ash and elm, full of age, character, and p...
Ash, Elm
19th Century Welsh Turner’s Chair
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this Old Saxon Style Welsh turner's chair dates from approximately 1890. This three legged chair features turned arms, a triangular seat and a carved back rest. Spi...
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Side Chair
Located in Huntington, NY
With flat reed or basket weave seat.
Wood, Maple
$1,620
H 31.11 in W 18.71 in D 18.9 in
17th Century Vernacular Primitive Welsh Farmhouse Wabi Sabi Chair
Located in London, GB
A richly patinated and time-worn, 17th century carved oak farmhouse chair with simple splat to the back, two-plank seat and turned front legs.
Oak
$750
H 32 in W 23 in D 19.5 in
Antique French Country Colonial Chestnut Oak Wood Small Bowed Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Country Colonial Chestnut Oak Wood Small Bowed Windsor Arm Chair. Item...
Chestnut, Oak
19th Century English Lambing Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautifully preserved 19th Century English lambing chair in excellent condition. Showcasing a rich, well-developed patina. This classic piece retains all the hallmark features of ...
Oak
$1,560
H 24.81 in W 20.08 in D 13.39 in
18th Century Swedish Primitive Pine Folk Chair – Sculptural Armchair
Located in BRIGHTON, AU
A rare and sculptural example of late 18th-century Swedish folk furniture, this handcrafted armchair is made from solid pine and exudes the warmth, honesty, and elegance associated w...
Pine
$800Sale Price / item|50% Off
H 24 in W 13.5 in D 13.5 in
Antique Swedish Three-Legged Chair, Mid-19th Century, 1840s
Located in New York, US
Swedish 3 leg chair from the 1840s Sourced in France
Wood
19th Century Early American Elm Windsor Plank Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Early American Elm Windsor Plank Chair.Very sturdy. Measures 17" in width, 17" in depth and stands 33" height. Seat height 17".
Elm
19th Century Fine English West Country Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A beautiful 19th century English ash and oak scallop-back Windsor chair with outward facing arms supported by inverted stretchers, turned legs connected by a bentwood stretcher and a...
Oak
$2,633
H 25.99 in W 21.66 in D 24.61 in
Rare & Primitive circa 1820 Irish Famine Rocking Armchair Original Timber
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this really quite lovely original circa 1820 Irish Famine rocking armchair in pine. A good looking and exceptionally decorative armchair. All th...
Pine
18th Century Bentwood Windsor Chair
Located in Stockton, NJ
An interesting late 18th century elm Windsor chair. Interesting and rare continuous bentwood hoop back construction.
Wood
Antique 19th Century Windsor Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century windsor chair, circa 1840. Beautifully worn seat and arms.
Wood
$3,187Sale Price|20% Off
H 44.1 in W 25.4 in D 24.02 in
Early 19th Century Primitive Stick Back Windsor Chair
Located in London, GB
A sculptural early 19th century primitive ‘Windsor’ armchair constructed in a mix of timbers including elm and oak. Beautifully patinated and with faint traces of old paint, the chai...
Elm, Oak
Primitive 18th Century Folk Art Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century hedge row chair in elm from England. Has the crest detail on top. Beautiful patina, circa 1760.
18th Century Welsh Vernacular Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
A charismatic 18th century Welsh walnut armchair with a tall paneled back with a wide crestrail, beautifully worn curved arms without-turned ends, a wide single board seat, and all s...
Walnut
Rare 18th c. Lobster Pot Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very good English lobster pot Windsor chair, having shaped crest over shaved spindles with bent yew wood continuous arm over deeply saddled elm seat and standing on pole lathe turned...
Elm
Irish Rustic Stick Back Windsor
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th century Irish rustic Windsor stick armchair, the primitive crest rail over spoke-shaved spindles, the plank seat supported by four splayed pole legs, the whole retaining o...
Ash, Sycamore
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