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Seating For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Rococo
Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Damask, Giltwood
Jugendstil Beech Thonet Shoe Stool by Josef Hoffmann, circa 1907, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugenstil vintage stool from beech bentwood by Josef Hoffmann designed circa 1907
and executed by Gebr. Thonet Vienna.
A fantastic stool for shoe lovers b...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Seating
Materials
Bentwood
Sillón Voltaire francés Circa 1.940, realizado en madera de nogal
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Sillón Voltaire francés Circa 1.940, realizado en madera de nogal
Category
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Textile, Wood
1902 Antique Sofa Set Kohn No. 717, Designed by Gustav Siegel
Located in Praha, CZ
- Kohn catalogue 1902
- Art Nouveau
- completely restored
- bentwood beech solids
- new brown shellac hand polished polish
- completely reupholstered ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Art Nouveau Side Chairs By G M Ellwood for G S Henry
Located in Petworth, GB
A pair of English Art Nouveau side chairs
In mahogany with inlaid stringing
They have been re-upholstered in fabric by Watts of Westminster
Designed by G M Ellwood...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four 18th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A set of four 18th century carved walnut Italian Rococo armchairs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Spanish Gilt Iron Bench with Scrolled Feet
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant Spanish gilt iron bench was recently hand crafted by skilled European artisans using traditional iron-working techniques and materials. The hand forged iron base feature...
Category
2010s Spanish Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau Ball Legs Oak Tripod Stool, 1910s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
A beautifully simple three-legged oak stool handmade in 1910s, Vienna, Austria. The stool have nice crafted details such as the ball shaped legs, the cross construction and the nicel...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Oak
Period Louis XV Grey Painted Canape
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine sofa made in France circa 1750 is from the period of the reign of Louis XV. The carved beech wood frame is decorated with flowers and extensively modeled rails. The piece i...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Small Hand Forged Spanish Gilt Iron Bench in Muslin
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant small scale Spanish gilt iron bench was recently crafted by skilled European artisans using traditional iron-working techniques and materials. Hand forged from iron, It ...
Category
2010s Spanish Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Iron
Beech Armchairs by Marcel Kammerer for Thonet
Located in Budapest, HU
Introducing a true masterpiece of early 20th-century design: the Marcel Kammerer armchairs, bearing the distinguished number 6517 and expertly executed by Thonet circa 1900. These ar...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
Early 20th Century Set of Four Chairs Art Nouveau in Walnut, Original Upholstery
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century set four Italian chairs Art Nouveau in walnut, original upholstery in good conditions, restored and polished to wax.
Chairs, 19th century, with velvet upholstery ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Walnut
Restored Art Deco Seating Set, by J. Kotěra, Josef Motka - Litovel, Czech, 1900s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Architect: Jan Kotěra
Maker: Josef Motka - Litovel
Sofa dimensions:
Height: 79 cm (31.1 in)
Width: 110 cm (43.3 in)
Depth: 52 cm (20.5 in)
Seat height: 52 cm (20.5 in)
Armchair dim...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Fabric, Upholstery, Mahogany
18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Canape au Chasse
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinoiserie painted triple back canape in hues of red, gold, and turquoise with removable upholstered seat and back panels, 18th century, Italy.
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Thonet, Living Romm Set , Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful living room set composed of 2 sofas, 4 armchairs and 6 chairs, characteristic of Thonet's work: curved lines of the wood of the armrests, backrests...
Good general conditi...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Bentwood
Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Gold
Period Rococo Sofa
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period 18th century Rococo sofa with carved decorative detailing to the top and along the front stretcher. Four cabriolet legs tapering to ball and claw...
Category
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Six Mid-18th Century Italian Chairs, Venice, circa 1750
Located in Milano, IT
Six carved walnut chairs
Venice, mid-18th century
Height 35.03 in (18.70 in to the seat) x 19.09 in x 18.30 in
(89 cm - 47.5 cm to the seat - x 48.5 cm x 46.5 cm)
lb 80 (kg 36)
Stat...
Category
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Rococo Tragsofa
Located in Huntington, NY
An exquisite Swedish tragsofa with traditional Rococo shape and design (e.g. cabriole legs, curves and counter-curves) and Gustavian carvings (e.g. cross hatching, floral detail abov...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Sofa and Armchairs Labelled Jakob & Joseph Kohn Wien, Josef Hoffmann Style
Located in Vigonza, Padua
They can be sold separately
1900s leaving room settee, pair armchairs and sofa, Art Nouveau, by Jakob e Joseph Kohn, Wien, is in solid walnut , in the styl...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A pair of French Art Nouveau oak dining chairs with whiplash side stretchers
Located in London, GB
A pair of French Art Nouveau oak dining chairs with organic back design turned front legs and whiplash side stretchers in the true Nancy ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Hide, Oak
Period 18th Century Rococo Sofa
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Period 18th Century Rococo sofa from the area of Lindome, Sweden.
It has exquisite carving, the whole standing on cabriolet legs tapering to the ball and...
Category
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Swedish Rococo Style Desk Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Swedish Rococo style distressed painted desk chair with a caned back.
Category
20th Century Swedish Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Cinema Seats, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cinema seats, early 20th century.
Early 20th century wooden cinema seats, in need of complete renovation, wood and upholstery, sold as is.
H: 85cm, W: 104cm, D: 45cm
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Jugendstil office chair
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil office chair in very good original condition.
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rare Luxurious 9 Piece Italian Art Nouveau Salon Suite
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Excellent early 20th century Art Nouveau 9 piece salon suite set, hand carved and painted in a lovely neutral color with original silk upholstery in very good condition of the highes...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Wood
Venetian rococo Giltwood window seat..19th century .
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Venetian rococo exceptionally carved 19th century giltwood window bench ,upholstered in a High quality fabric. 19th century construction with curves, scrolls, and bends for your r...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Jugendstil Vintage Thonet Chair No 519 Adolf Loos for Cafe Capua Vienna 1913
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage Chair Model number 519 by Thonet. Adolf Loos designed the chair for Cafe Capua.
While the wooden parts are shellac polished by hand, the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Seating
Materials
Bentwood, Beech
Art Nouveau 1890s Pair of Lounge Chairs, Hand-Carved Walnut , spring seat
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Art Nouveau 1890s pair of bed room chairs, with hand-carved walnut legs, spring seat, newly upholstered with light dove gray fabric
Measures cm: H...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Vintage Bistro Chairs, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 4 bentwooden dining chairs with rattan seats.
The chairs can be either from Thonet or J&J Kohn. They are not stamped.
Good condition, no damages to the rattan. One finial h...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
French Art Nouveau Boucle' Dining Chairs after Louis Majorelle
Located in Las Vegas, NV
French Art Nouveau dining chairs with carved walnut frames featuring carved floral motif at the tops of each chair, a washed enamel fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Fine 19th Century Italian Venetian Carved Giltwood Armchair
Located in Benington, Herts
Finely carved mid 19th century Italian giltwood open armchair of wide proportions in the Rococo manner.
Italy, Venice Circa 1860.
The asymmetrical scroll and leaf-carved top rail, centred on a stylised shell within over scrolled uprights, above a newly upholstered grey silk padded and dished seat between scroll-ended arms, raised on a decorative foliate carved scrolling X-frame base with a conforming central stylised shell.
In excellent condition having a wonderful look to the gilt work this gondola style chair...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Italian Rococo Parcel Gilt Armchair
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century large Rococo style armchair recovered in white Terry Towelling with a feathered cushion seat. The parcel gilt frame of scrolls, foliate...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
A Pair of English Chippendale Style Armchairs in Birch, 20th Century, England
By Ole Wanscher
Located in Odense, DK
A decadent pair of English armchairs in birch with a beautiful stripe pattern fabric. Made in the early 20th century in England. The chairs' design pays homage to the legendary Engli...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Fabric, Burl, Birch
18th Century, Pair of Italian Rococò Carved Giltwood Benches
Located in IT
18th Century, pair of Italian Rococo carved giltwood benches.
This elegant pair of two-seater benches was built in the second half of the 18th century in Rome, Italy. The structure, in richly carved and gilded wood, has the characteristics of the Baroque period.
The band under the seat has a mixed profile and is carved with rocaille motifs and rich floral decoration in relief in the central part. The four legs, curved and moved, have on the uprights the same carvings and in the terminal part of the foot emerges a scroll. The rear uprights, carved with curled end, are higher than the seat, in order to slender the image of the benches vertically.
The seat is lined with velvet from a later period.
These benches can be exhibited in pairs or individually in entrances or corridors, in living rooms and studios or in a room at the foot of the bed. They can also be placed below large paintings. Very decorative, bright and graceful, they are suitable both in contexts characterized by antique and modern furniture.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Bistro Chair by J&J Kohn with Decorated Seat, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Bistro / bar chair produced by the Viennese workshops Jacob & Josef Kohn, one of the best-known bentwood manufacturers alongside Thonet, Mundus and Fischel.
Structure in bent beech w...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Unique Rippl-Rónai József Art Nouveau Chairs, circa 1900s
By Jozsef Rippl-Ronai
Located in Budapest, HU
Four unique chairs in art nouveau style with carved walnut decor. The carved forms let the chairs be dated back to the 1900s artistic movements. The prolo...
Category
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Swedish Rococo Period Armchairs
Located in Charleston, SC
18th Century Swedish period Rococo pair of armchairs that have been scraped to the most its original finish with the natural wood showing through.
This pair features carved cabriole...
Category
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Set of Sofa and Two Armchairs by Josef Hoffmann, 1900s
Located in Praha, CZ
Art Nouveau Thonet sofa and two armchairs, J/J Kohn, upholstered in genuine leather, designed in 1905 by architect Josef Hoffmann for the Fledermaus cabar...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
Set of Four Large Slender Bentwood Dining Set by Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four large slender bentwood dining set by Thonet. Early 20th century European production. Seat fabric can be changed with C. O. M. (one yard...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
French Art Nouveau Bergére Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut high back bergere arm chair with brown velvet upholstery
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
Pair of Italian Rococo Walnut Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Great scale and generous proportions with arched back with central carved rocaille over an upholstered back and serpentine seat and conforming shaped seat rail with carved decoration...
Category
1750s Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Dining Chairs No.81 by Thonet Debrecsen
By Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Dining chairs no.81 by Thonet Debrecsen executed in 1980s. Excellent original condition.
Category
1980s Hungarian Jugendstil Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
Striped Gold Upholstery Fine Deep Carved Mahogany Frame Lounge Chair Solid Frame
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Striped Gold Upholstery Fine Deep Carved Mahogany Frame Lounge Chair Solid Frame.
Upholstery is in Slightly as is condition as pictured.
Category
20th Century American Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Mid 20thC French Iron Pierced Seats & Hearts Garden Bistro Dining Chairs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Mid Century French Iron chairs with pierced seats. Heart shaped backs side chairs with lots of character and patina. Priced and sold as a pair. Can be parcel posted....
Category
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Iron
Moonage Daydream Modular Sofa Grand Natté White Fabric
By Gio Pagani
Located in Milano, IT
Moonage daydream is a modular sofa. The configurations can be made by choosing from four elements: central module, terminal module, wide terminal modu...
Category
2010s Italian Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Metal
Beech Chairs by Adolf Loos for Thonet
By Adolf Loos
Located in Budapest, HU
These armchairs can be attributed to Adolf Loos, following the essay of Giovanni Renzi:
Thonet uses the modern term only once in the 1904 catalog, on what ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
French Art Nouveau Walnut and Velvet Side Chair
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut open back side chair with carved floral design and pink velvet seat.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Jugendstil Vintage Rattan Armchairs Club Chairs by Hans Vollmer, Vienna c 1903
By Hans Vollmer
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage rattan armchairs, which were designed by Hans Vollmer, 1902-1903, Vienna and executed by Prag - Rudniker Korbwaren Fabricati...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Seating
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan
Antique Mahogany Art Nouveau Tall Finial Parlor Chair After J.S. Henry
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany Art Nouveau tall finial parlor chair after J.S. Henry. Maker unconfirmed but in the manner of J.S. Henry, tall carved finials, solid maho...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Rococo Armchairs made in Stockholm
Located in Ljungby, SE
A pair of Rococo armchairs made in Stockholm around 1760/70. Featuring carvings of rocailles with pickering in both the apron and the back. The chairs are equipped with H-stretchers ...
Category
1760s Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Painted Bench
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is an absolutely stunning early 19th century rococo Swedish bench. This beautiful piece has been dry scrapped to the original paint. It features a white color palette throughout...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Bentwood Armchair or Bistro Chair, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Dark brown bentwood dining armchair or bistro chair.
In the style of Thonet with original webbing
We date it at early 1950s.
Good condition with normal age related wear.
...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Bentwood
Pair of Riemerschmidt Armchairs Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Riemerschmidt armchairs for Liberty & Co., oak, upholstered seats.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of 19th Century Italian Rococo Painted Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century Italian Rococo Painted Armchairs.
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Upholstered Art Nouveau Slipper Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of upholstered armchairs having raked slipper forms with arched backs incorporating lumbar padding, streamlined rolled arms and long stylish Art Nouveau carved outswept legs e...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of large North European 18th Century Rococo Armchairs, Mid 18th c.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of silvered 18th century North European Rococo armchairs of grand size. Very comfortable and in perfect condition.
In the 18th c it became a fas...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Unique Chairs, Sofas and Other Seating for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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