$3,712 / set
Pair of Empire Style Window Seats
Located in Lymington, GB
A smart pair of Empire-style window seats of superb quality, and in excellent condition.
Wood
American Empire Window Seats, Crotch Mahogany, Upholstered, Circa 1840
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Empire (circa 1840) window seats with crotch mahogany veneer frames, lyre-shaped backs, and beige satin upholstered seat & back resting on large tiered base.
Mahogany
American Empire Window Seats, Crotch Mahogany, Upholstered, Circa 1840
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Empire (circa 1840) window seats with crotch mahogany veneer frames, lyre-shaped backs, and beige satin upholstered seat & back resting on large tiered base.
Satin, Upholstery, Wood, Mahogany
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Quervelle School American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany Window Seat c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique American Empire window seat with back, in the manner of Quervelle and dating to approximately 1840.
Mahogany
Empire Banquette or Window Seat in Birch with Marquetry Inlays, circa 1800
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A Swedish Empire banquette/sofa in birch with marquetry embellishments which include foliage and urns and line-inlaid figures of the four cardinal virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitu...
Birch
French Empire Day Bed or Window Seat Upholstered in Linen on Walnut Frame
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Empire day bed or window seat from the late 19th century featuring an elegant frame of patinated walnut often associated with the Louis Philippe or Empire style, recent...
Wood, Linen, Upholstery, Walnut
Fine Empire Style Giltwood Window Seat Banquette by Charles-Emile Moinat
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Empire Style Giltwood Window Seat Banquette by Charles-Emile Moinat A decorative Empire style giltwood window seat or banquette of elegant neoclassical form, dating to the 20t...
Giltwood
Antique French Empire Stool Ottoman Coffee table Window Seat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A large French Empire burr walnut ottoman / centre stool /coffee table, circa 1820 in date. The rectangular deep seat cushion is covered in blue velvet upholstery and opens to rev...
Walnut
French Empire Carved And Gilded Window Seat
Located in Bradenton, FL
French Empire Carved And Gilded Window Seat. Beautiful fruitwood frame with gilt ornamentation and lovely curved legs.
Fruitwood
French Empire Style Mahogany Curved Window Seat
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Style Mahogany Curved Window Seat, with rolled arms, green upholstered seat with two cylindrical pillows on four tapered legs. 24.5" H x 44.5" W x 15.5" D.
Upholstery, Mahogany
French Empire Style Gilt Boudoir Window Seat, Velvet Upholstery
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A French Empire style gilt Boudoir window seat, velvet upholstery.
French Empire Period Walnut Window Seat Banquette After Jacob
Located in Benington, Herts
An unusual and well drawn early 19th Century French Empire walnut window seat / banquette after the celebrated Jacob family.
Walnut
French Walnut and Cherry Empire Style Window Seat
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French walnut and cherry empire style window seat This is a wonderful looking piece a daybed it looks fantastic piled up with comfy cushions.
Walnut
1920s Scroll Side Bench / Stool
Located in Dallas, TX
1920s scroll side bench / stool, window seat, tall rolled sides, French Empire Style, with gilt wood trim. tufted cushion.
Muslin, Giltwood
Empire Window Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Traditional empire wood frame construction, apron brass mounts resting on fluted legs with ebonized ring details on toupie feet newly upholstered semi-attached cushion in faux alliga...
Empire Window Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany frame bench resting on out-stretched tapering saber legs brass ormolu rosette mounts upholstered in evergreen horsehair
Swedish Empire Window Seats
Located in San Francisco, CA
The gorgeous and very unique Birch Empire Window Seats upholstered in faux crocodile with gorgeous scrolling handles terminating to saber legs
Swedish Empire Window Seats
Located in San Francisco, CA
beautifully polished birch frame
with scrolling handles and ebonized buttons
upholstered in a gorgeous amber pony hair from Holly Hunt
terminating to saber legs
Antique French Window Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
A chic empire beechwood window seat assembled from early 19th century pair of chairs.
Wood, Upholstery
Painted French Bench or Window Seat, circa 1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
Painted French bench, circa 1870.
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
$1,288
H 35.83 in W 75.99 in D 25.2 in
Antique Empire Sofa in Mahogany with Turned Legs and Brown Upholstery, 1830s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique Empire sofa from the 1830s, crafted in mahogany with turned legs and brown upholstery. The sofa has a classic period appearance and measures 193 cm in width. — Period: 1830s...
Mahogany
Pair of Large Late 19th Century English Window Seats
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A pair of grand scale late 19th Century English painted window seats. With buttoned upholstered drop in seats. Hand painted decoration to the front facing side of each seat. Genero...
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Pair of Venetian Armchairs and Stool
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pair of 19th C Venetian hand-painted armchairs and stool with traces of the original paint showing through. 1880. Stool dimensions: 20.5"W x 15"D x 17.5"H Chair dimensions are be...
Wood
$3,710Sale Price|30% Off
H 32.5 in W 85 in D 28 in
Antique 19th C. American Empire Flame Mahogany Claw Foot Parlor Sofa Couch 85"
Located in Dayton, OH
Fine American Empire parlor sofa / couch with classical form and masterful carvings. Made of flamed mahogany featuring carved back crest and flared rolled arms accented with carved f...
Mahogany, Burl
$3,495
H 36 in W 56 in D 24 in
Antique English Chaise Lounge Bench Victorian Hall Seat Carved Walnut c1880
Located in Choudrant, LA
Antique English Chaise Lounge Bench Victorian Hall Seat Carved Walnut c1880. Direct from England, a distinctive antique Victorian chaise lounge bench with elegant proportions and ex...
Textile, Walnut
$2,995
H 40 in W 47 in D 18.5 in
Antique Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut & Leather Hall Window Bench Italy 1880
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Italian carved Renaissance Revival walnut hall or window bench, Italy, circa 1880. The bench of Savonarola form: the back with twin finials and an inset leather panel with br...
Leather, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century French Walnut Window Seats
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 19th Century French walnut window seats. This lovely pair of walnut window seats or benches have outswept fretted end supports, the geometric detailing finely detailed and ...
Walnut
Pair of Empire Style Side Tables
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of Empire style polished mahogany and rosewood side tables, serpentine tops on four legged bases with carved and gilded caryotid legs and with ormolu mounts
American Mahogany Classical Swan Sofa, Philadelphia, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany classical upholstered sofa with swans head arm rest, carved corner cornucopia, and terminating on ebonized lions paw feet. Philadelphia.
Pair of Regency Style Hall Benches
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of carved mahogany and parcel-gilt hall bench, the reeded solid seat with lapette carved and scroll end supports, loose button upholstered seat cushion, on turned fluted and t...
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XV Style Benches
Located in El Monte, CA
A lovely pair of Louis XV style giltwood upholstered benches that are meticulously handcrafted. Each bench features delicately carved elements of Rococo style including scrolling aca...
Giltwood
$4,500
H 18.5 in W 41.5 in D 12.38 in
19th Century English Mahogany Window Seat, Hand-Carved Regency Design
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century hall bench, or window seat, from England shows impeccable quality within the natural characteristics of the wood and the skill of the carver, its depth of color now...
Mahogany
A George III Style Hand Carved Mahogany Settee, Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An elegant hand carved mahogany George III double frame back settee. The oval backs with plume spalt in center with gently formed ridge arms and tapering legs. The seat in 100% new ...
Silk, Mahogany
$2,500
H 33 in W 81 in D 26 in
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Rolled Arm Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Classical Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Rolled Arm Sofa. Item features carved paw feet with cornucopia carvings, spiral carved top rail, great antique sofa to reup...
Mahogany
$7,776 / set
H 40.75 in W 53.94 in D 27.56 in
Pair of 19th Century English Mahogany Settees in the George II Style
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Petite but perfectly formed, pair of late 19th Century George II style settees. Crafted in mahogany, each with scrolled arms. Raised on square chamfered legs joined by under stretch...
Mahogany
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.5 in W 44 in D 26.5 in
Antique American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany & Upholstered Slipper Bench C1850
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany & Upholstered Slipper Bench with Foliate Carved Crest C1850 Measures- 35.5"H x 44"W x 26.5"D; SH 18" This elegant slipper bench is a fin...
Mahogany
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Victorian Chaise Longue Couch Day Bed Mahogany 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This Pretty Victorian Mahogany Chaise Longue is Raised Upon Shaped and Carved Legs Which Retain Their Original Brass and Porcelain Castors. Circa 1860 The Chaise Longue Has Recently ...
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
$24,500
H 29 in W 59.25 in D 29.25 in
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Carved-Wood Cream-Lacquered Settees, Jansen Attr.
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Pair of French Louis XVI Style Carved-wood Cream-Lacquered Settees, probably by Maison Jansen. The rectangular shaped Love Seats, each with scrolled carved armrests ending wit...
Fabric, Satin, Silk, Wood
19th Century Italian Walnut Sofa from Tuscany
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Elegant early 19th Century Italian, Northern Tuscan, sofa. With gently curved back and gilded scroll details to each arm. Of walnut construction with hand carved details to each leg,...
Upholstery, Walnut
Elegant French Style Carved Sofa
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and deep French Style sofa with elaborately carved and shaped frame with a floral basket crest. The arm ends with carved acanthus leaves and bell flowers along the front fram...
Wood
Restoration period mahogany-veneered sofa bed with canopy
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Restoration-period mahogany-veneered boat-shaped sofa-bed with slightly inverted headboard. The front is soberly adorned with an ormolu plaque featuring scrolls and fleurons framing ...
Bronze
$114,761
H 61.82 in W 38.59 in D 22.05 in
17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet On French Giltwood Regence Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
An Extremely Fine and Very Important 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet on French Giltwood Stand of Regence Period circa 1680-1690 Provenance Likely acquired by Herman Willem ...
Giltwood, Lacquer
$519,804 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$26,111 / set
H 35.44 in W 25.2 in D 20.08 in
Rare Pair of French Directoire Fauteuils en Curule, Paris, circa 1800, G. Jacob
By Georges Jacob
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
These finely sculpted fauteuils supported by curule-form bases, reflect the 'antique' influence of the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum during the 18th century. This form based...
Mahogany
$18,500 / set
H 33 in W 18.5 in D 16 in
Dining Chairs Swedish Set of 6 Neoclassical Gilded Green, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Dining chairs Swedish set of 6 neoclassical gilded green, Sweden. A set of six dining chairs made during the neoclassical period in Sweden, circa 1800-1810. Original gilding with gre...
$42,358
H 57.88 in W 72.45 in D 25.52 in
19th Century English Regency Console/Serving Table in the Manner of George Smith
By George Smith
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional and unusual early Regency mahogany and ebony banded serving / console table, with brass gallery back above a rectangular top with breakfront reeded edge and bowed ends...
Brass
$160,000 / set
H 75.6 in Dm 17.33 in
Pair of Art Deco Floor Lamps, France, Materials: Wood and Alabaster, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
2 Floor lamps Art Deco Exhibited at Original antique show ( Miami beach ) and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)". Materials: wood and alabaster France 1930 Yo...
Alabaster
$182,268
H 95 in W 42.5 in D 10 in
18th Century George III Carved Mirror in the Manner of Thomas Johnson
By Thomas Johnson II
Located in London, GB
A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
George III Mahogany And Satinwood Sideboard
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent demi-lune Georgian sideboard displays the pinnacle of the era’s refined craftsmanship and boasts a distinguished provenance. Crafted of the finest mahogany, the era'...
Brass
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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