Jenkins & Phipps Stick and Ball Wicker Portrait Chair
By Jenkins & Phipps
Located in Hanover, MA
Jenkins & Phipps stick and ball wicker photographers or portrait chair with asymmetrical scrolled right arm and fiddleheads, woven skirt, and woven beaded front legs.
Wicker
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H 35.5 in W 27.5 in D 28 in
Antique Victorian Heywood Wakefield School Rolled Arm Photographers Chair c1890
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian photographers chair in the manner of Heywood Wakefield offers wicker construction with rolled back and arm over bombe form seat, c1890 Measures: 35.5" H x 27.5"...
Wicker
Jenkins & Phipps Stick and Ball Wicker Portrait Chair
By Jenkins & Phipps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jenkins & Phipps stick and ball wicker photographers or portrait chair with asymmetrical scrolled right arm and fiddleheads, woven skirt, and woven beaded front legs.
Wicker, Rattan, Hardwood
Antique Wicker Heywood Wakefield Corner or Photographer's Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming Natural honey colored wicker divan was made by the Heywood-Wakefield Company around the turn of the last century. Features include round plied reed at post and wrapped ...
Wicker
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H 42.5 in W 21 in D 21 in
Antique Victorian Heywood Wakefield (attr.) Photographers Chair, Circa 1890
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian photographers corner chair attributed to Heywood Wakefield offers scroll form arms having central finial and scrollwork throughout, c1890 Measures: 42.5" H x ...
Wicker, Wood
White Wicker Photographers Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a very unusual and rare piece of wicker. These chairs were used as props in most photography studios . This exact style chair is featured in the book "Wicker Furniture" by Ri...
$1,714Sale Price|24% Off
H 44.75 in Dm 18 in
19th Century Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. Natural Wicker Swivel Piano Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
This fanciful Victorian wicker swivel piano chair has all the bells and whistles of the most prestigious American wicker designers Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. Curlicues, ...
Metal
$6,500
H 47.5 in W 27 in D 32 in
Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair by Heywood Brothers, Late 19th Century
By Heywood Brothers & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker ornate high back platform rocking chair with woven rolled arms and finials & swag chain link on back (HEYWOOD BROS.)
Wicker
Antique Bar Harbor Wicker Chair by Heywood Wakefield c 1880/1920's
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in New York, NY
Classic antique Bar Harbor wicker chair by Heywood Wakefield, circa 1880/1920's. This fine example is in excellent original, clean and ready to use condition, showing only light cos...
Wicker
$1,250
H 24.5 in W 46 in D 17 in
Antique Victorian Indianapolis Mfg Co Wicker Rattan Portrait Chair 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian portrait chair by the Indianapolis manufacturing company. Made of wicker and rattan featuring serpentine form with high reticulated / scrolled crest, harp shaped b...
Wicker
Dryad & Co. Art and Craft Rattan Longue Chair 1920s
By Wicker Works
Located in Čelinac, BA
Dryad & Co.Art and Craft Rattan Longue Chair
Rattan
Antique Wicker Loveseat by Larkin & Co., Arts and Crafts Style, USA
By Larkin & Co.
Located in Southampton, NJ
American Victorian natural wicker woven roll design high back loveseat with spindles and bobbins on the back and apron and cane seat. The settee features new Arts & Crafts uphols...
Brass
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 32 in D 31 in
Antique Wicker Wing Chair by Heywood-Wakefield, Bar Harbor Style
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Nashua, NH
A beautiful, antique Heywood Wakefield, Bar Harbor style wicker wing chair, recently acquired from a private estate. It is done in natural finish with green accent trim, American, ci...
Wicker, Reed, Wood
$2,200
H 41.5 in W 31.5 in D 28.5 in
Arts & Crafts Gustav Stickley Mission Style Wicker Armchair 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
A 20th-century Mission-style wicker armchair with a tall woven back, broad arms, and an open lattice frame. The is Gustav Stickley Catalog No. 60; the chair is unsigned. Woven wicker...
Wicker
Victorian Wicker Arm Chair by Heywood-Wakefield, 19th Century USA
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker arm chair with fan shaped back with scroll and filigree design. (Heywood Brothers)
Wicker
$1,826Sale Price|20% Off
H 48.82 in W 21.66 in D 16.54 in
Unusual Antique Peacock-Style Wicker Chair, Continental Europe, circa 1900–1910
Located in Bruton, GB
Rare and highly decorative antique peacock-style wicker chair featuring an elaborate fan-shaped back with intricate handwoven scrollwork and lattice detailing. The dramatic crest and...
Cane, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Rustic Oak Armchair with Woven Rattan
By Old Hickory Furniture Company
Located in Trenton, NJ
This vintage armchair showcases a solid oak frame paired with a woven rattan seat and backrest, evoking the rustic charm of traditional Hickory-style furnishings. The sculptural form...
Rattan, Wood
Antique Ficks Reed Wide Arm Wicker Armchair
By Ficks Reed
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique Ficks Reed wicker armchair in fresh white paint has closely woven pattern, open lattice work under the arms. The fan back chair is fully skirted for tailored look on all side...
Rattan, Reed, Hardwood, Wicker
$338Sale Price|62% Off
H 33 in W 25.5 in D 20 in
Antique Victorian Heywood Wakefield (attr) Ball & Stick Wicker Chair, Circa 1890
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Cookeville, TN
A truly wonderfully preserved example of Victorian stick and ball fiddlehead style. Great Patina. This fanciful hand made chair features ball and stick designs, skilled scrollwork, s...
Wicker, Paint
Victorian Wicker Loveseat by Maker Larkin & Co., High Back Design, USA
By Larkin & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian natural wicker woven roll design high back loveseat with spindles and bobbins on back and apron. (LARKIN & CO. label)
Wicker
Elaborate Wicker Reception Chair by Wakefield Rattan Co., 1890
By Wakefield Rattan Company
Located in Nashua, NH
A beautiful and elaborately designed and decorated wicker reception chair, American, C, 1890 in very good condition. This elaborately decorated seating piece was a multi tasker and ...
Wicker, Reed, Wood
$3,397
H 37.41 in W 21.26 in D 23.23 in
Large British Mid-Century Wicker Armchair with Integrated Storage
Located in Nottingham, GB
A wonderfully unusual British Mid-Century wicker armchair, distinguished by its generous proportions, sculptural high back and ingenious integrated storage. The chair is entirely wo...
Wicker
Swedish Designer, Wall Lights, Fabric, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of embroidery fabric wall lights designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 8.875” H x 11.375” W x 2.625“D Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulbs N...
Fabric
British 19th Century Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
This charming 19th-century English regimental drum was fitted with a glass top to serve as a table. It bears the painted arms of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers that was formed in 1881, g...
Brass
18th Century Italian Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in Forney, TX
This exceptionally carved Baroque period Italian mirrored mercury glass giltwood wall hanging / mantel mirror captures the reason why we love European antiques so much. Nothing adds ...
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 34 in W 54 in D 34 in
English Thomas Lloyd Cigar Leather Wingback Chesterfield Settee
By Thomas Lloyd
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous English wingback chesterfield settee sofa featuring a cigar leather tufted upholstery hand-crafted in England by Thomas Lloyd from a hard frame covered with fine Italian ful...
Brass
$12,000
H 28.5 in W 34.25 in D 27 in
English Regency Mahogany Inlaid Library / Sofa Table on Brass Caster, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany two drawer drop leaf library / sofa table with cross banded satinwood inlay, lion head pulls, and resting on turned ringed legs with the original brass cup c...
Brass
$2,182Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.23 in Dm 42.13 in
Round Biedermeier-Style Cherrywood Center Table, circa 1910
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Elegant round center table from around 1910, designed in the late Biedermeier tradition with subtle influences of the Art Nouveau period. The piece is crafted from solid cherrywood a...
Cherry, Spruce
Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With horizontal tablet crestrail with scrolled ends over down scrolled arms raised on saber legs, chair folds forward to form a ladder.
Other
$4,256Sale Price|20% Off
W 96 in L 116 in
Antique Oushak Carpet, Oriental Rug, Handmade Taupe, Ice Blue and Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
The town of Oushak first emerged as a center for the production of Ottoman Turkish court carpets from the end of the fifteenth century. Like these forerunners, the antique Oushak car...
Wool
René Drouet Chair
By René Drouet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
René Drouet chair. Located in France.
$7,200 / set
H 16.5 in W 19 in D 8 in
Pair of Rustic Black Forest Walnut Wall Shelves, 19th Century, Carved
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Rustic Black Forest (19th Cent) walnut wall shelves with one mountain goat and one pronghorn with leaf carved design
Walnut
Gothic Armoire
Located in New York, NY
FAPG 19959D/2 Gothic Revival armoire New York, about 1835-1840 Mahogany, with brass hardware Measure: 104 in. high, 73 in. wide, 30 in. deep Exhibited: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Ne...
Brass
$226,000
H 141 in W 78 in D 36 in
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place C.1860
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place Carved with precision by the most gifted carpenters in the 19th century. This fire place was made for the ...
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
Imperial 19th Century Carved Wine Table raised on stand with three drawers. Exceptional table having scalloped apron with carved spandrels and carved Rams legs front set on stand of...
Elm
Beautiful Heavy Crystal Table Lamp, 1970s, France
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful heavy crystal table lamp, 1970s, France Twisted crystal base and heavy, approx. 7 pounds. 28 inches to top of shade, 15 inches to top of crystal base, 7 inches diameter bo...
Crystal
Amuneal’s Murphy Bed in Silvered Walnut and Warm Brass
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Designed to feel like a built-in piece of millwork Amuneal’s Murphy bed conceals a queen-sized mattress behind panels of silvered walnut with warm brass inlays. With the bed closed, ...
Brass
Art Deco French All Mirrored Bar Cabinet Revolving Door
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco etched mirrored bar cabinet with hidden revolving door compartment, bottle holder and mixing compartment.
Chrome
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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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