BISCAYE FRÈRES Benches

This is a superb carved and signed Maison Jansen window bench of incredible quality. The carving is absolutely decadent and of the finest quality and white washed to give the bench a...

Offered here this wonderful antique and rustic French pinewood hall bench, also perfect as a dining bench. For lovers of a charming and warm interior, a bench like this has long been...

Vintage Neoclassical Style Curule Savonarola Wrought Iron Bench. Item features shapely curule/savonarola form base, wrought iron construction, distressed finish, very nice vintage it...

The 19th Century French Louis XVI Carved D Shaped Bench exudes elegance with its vintage design and antique origins. It features intricate carvings typical of the Louis XVI style, ad...

Rectangular newly upholstered seat with circular tapered carved legs.

This neoclassical style metal bench or stool with two curves and stretcher in between can be used for various seating purposes or at the foot of a bed. The base topped with a piece o...

Charming mid-20th-century French dining bench in the Louis XVI style, sourced directly from Provence. Handcrafted from solid oak, it features a generous 6.45-foot-long seat, perfectl...

This elegant bench would be ideal as a window seat, at the foot of a bed or at a dressing table or even a piano. The ends are double-caned with the caning in original condition and a...

This beautiful bench is something special, the finely crafted brass feet in the shape of a billy goat's feet are masterfully crafted. The frame is made of brushed steel which creates...

A Louis XVI style walnut tabouret bench late 20th century, having a needlework top, above ribbon carved and fluted walnut legs. Wonderful warm patina to the surface. Measures 31.5" i...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...

Condition: Newly Reupholstered Materials: Italian Leather, Carved Wood Style: Italian Neoclassical