$3,500Sale Price|22% Off
18th Century Oak Welsh Wainscot Hall Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century oak welsh wainscot hall chair with beautifully worn arms from years of use. Simple design with a central carved detail at the top of the back. Great character in stretch...
Wood
Welsh Oak Country Side Chair or Backstool, 18th Century
Located in Den Haag, NL
An unusual side chair, or backstool, in native Welsh oak. The back is particularly tall and has a pronounced camber or backward lean. structural solid chair, charming because of its ...
Wood, Oak
18th Century Welsh Country Lambing Chair
Located in Calgary, Alberta
This lovely country farm oak lambing chair was found in Wales, UK. From the 17th to the 19th century, these chairs were commonplace in British farmhouses. When the farmer was tendi...
Wood, Oak
Primitive Stick Welsh Windsor Chair
Located in Culver City, CA
Primitive stick welsh windsor chair, unusual construction
Wood
18th Century Welsh Shepherd's Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exceptional example of an 18th century Welsh shepherd's chair with good, nutty color in richly patinated sycamore having boarded back and scalloped wings with flattened curved oak...
Wood
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
Set of 6 Welsh Spindle-Back Chairs
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Set of six spindle-back chairs with turned back posts, shaped crest rails, and multiple tapered spindles. The seats are woven rush, and the frames feature turned legs and stretchers,...
Fabric, Rush, Wood
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. There are old woodworm holes at the bottom. No ...
Wood
Late 18th Century Welsh Comb-Back Stick Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Welsh comb-back stick chair from Cardiganshire. This chair originates from the coastal town of Aberaeron in West Wales. With a wonderful time-worn black painted fi...
Wood
Antique Welsh Pine Desk Chair
Located in Port Chester, NY
Very charming, practical too as it is the right seat height and a convenient size. Pegged and sturdy with a good patina. Cut-out and shaped back rails add to a good look.
Wood
1800's Welsh Painted Arm Chair
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Painted Welsh arm chair.
Wood
Welsh Period Oak Corner Chair
Located in Port Chester, NY
Such a handsome chair. Very early corner chair, with a drop-in seat, easy to reupholster. Corner chairs like this one are so good as a desk chair, as it is possible to get right in u...
Wood
Primitive Welsh Comb Back Windsor Armchair
Located in High Point, NC
Beautiful worn and patinaed wooden comb back Windsor style armchair with five legs
Wood
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H 23 in W 11 in D 14 in
17th Century Welsh Children’s Chair Upholstered in Green Mohair and Leather
Located in New York, NY
Charming antique Welsh children’s chair upholstered in green mohair and leather from the 17th century Turned legs and stretchers 23?H x 14?D x 11? Seat Height, 16?.
Wood
$3,735
H 44.89 in W 25.2 in D 25.2 in
Fine & Rare Original 18th Century 1720 Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare original 18th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair circa 1720 A highly decorative and original piece ...
Oak
19th Century Welsh or English Folk Art Oak Corner Armchair
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, a rare corner armchair of exceptional craftsmanship featuring a triangular solid oak seat and elaborately hand-carved back panel with dense geometric patterning and...
Oak
$2,850
H 37.25 in W 21.25 in D 16 in
English Country Pine Chair circa 1800 with Scrolled Arms and Lift-Top Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English country pine chair from the early 19th century, with pierced back, scrolled arms and lift-top seat. This rustic country armchair features a simple pierced back, adorned wi...
Pine
$2,794Sale 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
Armchair Baroque 18th Century Oak Southern Europe
Located in New York, NY
An armchair in made during the late Baroque period 18th century in southern Europe most likely Spain. Frame from oak in original finish.
Oak
$4,095
H 47.25 in W 25.01 in D 23.23 in
Exceptionally Rare Original 17th Century Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 17th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair A highly decorative and original pie...
Oak
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
$485
H 39.25 in W 20.5 in D 19 in
Single Antique English Lancashire Rush Seat Side Chair, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century Lancashire rush seat side chair. Oak Very sturdy, excellent antique condition. Recent refreshed finish.
Rush, Oak
Pair of 17th Century English Yorkshire Oak Backstool Chairs
Located in Elkhart, IN
A wonderfully characterful pair of 17th century Yorkshire oak backstool chairs, retaining the wonderfully dark, mellow surface that makes early English furniture so compelling. Each ...
Oak
17th Century Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English 17th century oak wainscot chair, the scroll and strapwork decorated crest with carved berries, over diamond carved back panel, the shaped arms over woven rope cushion su...
Oak, Rope
$1,995
H 36.5 in W 21 in D 15.5 in
English 1780s Oak William and Mary Style Open Arm Youth Chair with Rush Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English William and Mary style oak youth chair from the late 18th century, with rush seat and spindle back. This English oak chair features a straight spindle back, connected to t...
Rush, Oak
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair A late 17th Century wainscot chair in oak of a good colour and patina and handsome carved back; channel mouldings to the back and seat rails and boldl...
Oak
18th Century English Oak Side Chair with Carved Design, Country Style
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely, early English oak side chair, probably mid eighteenth century, possibly nineteenth century. Mortise and tenon construction. This chair has beautifully carved legs, stiles a...
Oak
Antique late 19th century oak side chair, Belgium
Located in Meulebeke, BE
This late‑19th‑century Belgian oak side chair embodies the quiet dignity and honest craftsmanship of rural European furniture from the period. Its design is restrained and functional...
Oak
Antique English Oak Commode Chair 18th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This commode chair was made in the 18th century in England. It remains in a very good condition with a nice warm color and patina.
Oak
$9,500
H 47 in W 22.5 in D 27.5 in
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair, Carved Oak, 17th Century, UK
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (17th Cent) Wainscot style oak arm chair with diamond designed carved back. (rePairs to back)
Oak
$5,364
H 40.75 in W 23.43 in D 21.26 in
Antique 17th Century Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Armchair Tudor Panelling
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques are delighted to offer this original early 17th century Jacobean Wainscot armchair with Tudor style panelling Please note the delivery...
Oak
$4,753
H 39.38 in W 23.43 in D 22.45 in
17th Century Charles I English Oak Wainscot Armchair Primate Design Hand Carved
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original early 17th century Charles I Wainscot armchair. A good early original piece, hand carved, very naïve but at the time this would ha...
Oak
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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