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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
19th Century Adirondack folk art Stick chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a lovely Adirondack stick chair. Made from steam bent twigs and solid timber. The originality is fabulous and is perfectly useable but while not in use its sculptural constru...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Victorian Rose Carved Walnut Balloon Back Parlor Vanity Desk Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian parlor / vanity / desk chair. Made of carved walnut featuring a balloon back with carved floral rose design
Dimensions:
18" x 20" d x 33"h;seat 20"
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Streit Mission Craftsman Quartersawn Oak Morris Library Lounge Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Edwardian Mission / Arts & Crafts Morris Slumber chair by Streit Mfg Co, circa 1908. Made of quartersawn oak featuring slide out footstool and wide flat armrests that open t...
Category
Early 1900s American Mission Antique Seating
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
Swiss alp escabelle A91
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle A91
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
20th Century, Carlo Bugatti Wooden and Copper Chair, 1900
Located in Turin, Turin
Many of Carlo Bugatti's superior pieces have been commissioned by some of the Royal Houses of Europe, by some of the great estates of America and Europe, and by some of the most succ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Copper
White Cotton Victorian in Deconstructed Style Tufted Scroll-Back Chair
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
A stunning original Victorian lounge chair, professionally restored in a deconstructed style. Newly upholstered in domestic cotton, with replaced linen back, fillings, springs, bind...
Category
19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Pine
19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Child’s Chair, circa 1820
Located in Valby, 84
A rare and beautifully primitive Scandinavian child’s chair, hand-carved from solid wood with incredible patina and wear from centuries of use. The chair’s naive yet sculptural form ...
Category
1820s Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
19th-C. English Scrubbed Pine Dining Chairs New Upholstery - S/12
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This beautiful set is ready to go! This is a late 19th century English scrubbed pine set if twelve dining chairs. The neutral upholstery is new. The side chairs measure as follows: 2...
Category
Late 19th Century English Jacobean Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
Set of 8 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 8 antique Regency quality mahogany dining chairs consisting of 2 elbow chairs and 6 single chairs having a quality mahogany back with a carved rail to the centre, newly reupho...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Chaise Longue
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian carved mahogany chaise longue having an outstanding quality mahogany shaped back with carved scrolls, flowers, leaves and grapes, scroll shaped ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Biedermeier Settee, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant ash wood settee featuring openwork side panels and a straight, accentuated backrest adorned with fine inlay decoration. Upholstered in a simple, neutral fabric that enhances ...
Category
1810s German Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Late 19th Century French Gothic Style Hand Carved Oak Armchair, Throne
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Gothic style oak coffer armchair features eight hand carved panels in the lower apron and seat back, each with different Gothic motifs. The two lo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Antique French Louis XIV Carved Walnut & Upholstered Parlor Armchair C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique French Louis XIV Carved Walnut & Upholstered Parlor Armchair C1880.
Measures - 36.75"H x ...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Swedish early 19th century Gustavian painted sofa
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish early 19th century Gustavian painted sofa circa 1810.
Stunning sofa in original paint. This would have been a day bed with a pull out section to the front, but it has since...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pair of French Bergere Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French bergere armchairs circa 1895-1905. Upholstered in light neutral linen with feather and down cushions. Sold together priced $5,800 for the pair.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Upholstery, Wood, Down
Arts & Crafts Spade Back Chair
Located in Oakland, CA
Fumed oak finish spade back side chair, nice carving accent details on various areas of the chair. The finish is a very dark brown - black fumed oak with lighter areas from use and a...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
19th Century Set of 6 Louis XVI Dining Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite set of six Louis XVI-style dining chairs from the 19th century is a stunning example of French craftsmanship and elegance. Each chair features the iconic medallion-sha...
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Early American Three-slat Ladder-back Chair with Splint Weave Seat
Located in Louisville, KY
For those with a keen interest in historic pieces that have essentially evolved into artful pieces, this early American three-slat ladder back with stunning splint weave seat, most l...
Category
Early 19th Century American Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Circa 1880 French Antique Carved Teal Painted Daybed Sofa by L. Bontemps
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XVI STYLE CARVED TEAL POLYCHROMED DAYBED
Stamped twice to underside "L. BONTEMPS PARIS"
Paris, France circa 1880
83" W x 38" H x 35 1/4" D; 18 1/2" H to seat
A finely carved...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Art Nouveau, Liberty-Chair , 1900, Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
An Art Nouveau chair whose shape and design perfectly reflect this art period. Finely crafted walnut wood covered with a dark, fine glaze. This chair has been artfully restored and r...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
19th Century Original Painted Narrow Bench with Storage, Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique hand painted narrow bench with divided seats and storage; 6.5' long. Two bench seats open to reveal interior storage.
Traditional Eastern European folk art painting with dark...
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Attributed to Philip Webb Rare pair of large Sussex Armchairs, fully restored
By Morris & Co.
Located in London, GB
Morris & Co. Attributed to Philip Webb A rare pair of unusually large Sussex Armchairs. This original pair have been fully restored, gently dismantled, joints cleaned, glued and clam...
Category
1880s British Arts and Crafts Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
19th Century Anglo-Indian Slipper Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A 19th-century Anglo-Indian slipper chair with an original embroidered upholstered seat.
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Superb Quality Set Of Six Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality set of six antique Victorian mahogany dining chairs having a superb quality mahogany balloon back with carved scrolls, newly reupholstered serpentine shaped seats in a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
French Pair of Louis XV Wingback Bergeres & Ottoman
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A sophisticated pair of French 19th century wingback bergere armchairs and large matching ottoman. One side of the ottoman is concave to fit the bowed front of the chair–forming a ki...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Oak
Set of Six William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs, England circa 1835
Located in Worcester, GB
Set of Six William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs, England circa 1835
A fine and elegant set of six English William IV period dining chairs, crafted in solid mahogany, circa 1835.
Each c...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Six Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of six antique Victorian quality rosewood dining chairs having a quality rosewood shaped top with a carved solid rosewood splat to the back, newly reupholstered drop in seats in ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Late 19th Century French Gothic Style Hand Carved Oak Coffer Bench
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Gothic style oak coffer bench features ten hand carved panels in the lower apron and seat back, each with alternating Gothic motifs. Gothic column...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
Antique Luigi Filippo Armchair in Mahogany Capitonné Lining Italy '800
Located in Taranto, IT
Antique Luigi Filippo Armchair in Mahogany Lining Capitonné Italy 19th century.
Mahogany frame, upholstery in Capitonné fabric .
Item in excellent conservative condition , only sl...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
An ART NOUVEAU DECO CHAIR by JACOB & JOSEF KOHN, WIENER WERKSTATTE, Austria 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional and extremely rare chair with armrests, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, in dark brown lacquered wood, with superb backrest and airy armrests in folded wood, circular seat in pe...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Hand carved Antique French Leather Footstool
Located in Malibu, CA
Hand carved Antique French Leather Footstool19 Hand carved Antique French Antique leather footstool delicately hand carved antique French footstool...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bergere
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
In a lovely aquamarine upholstery on gray painted frame, this beautiful French 19th century Louis XV style bergere has timeless appeal. Crowned with a delicate posy carving in the ar...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Foam, Wood
Large Conversation Settee - Canapé à confident - Sofa
Located in Paris, FR
Very unusual and large conversation settee - canapé à confident.
Carved gilt-wood and velvet fabric, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Style Hand Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Louis XIII style hand carved walnut armchair features elegant barley twist legs and gracefully scrolled armrests with acanthus leaf carvings. An H...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Upholstery, Walnut
Fine Quality Set of 8 Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality set of 8 antique regency mahogany dining chairs consisting of 2 carver chairs and 6 single chairs having a fine quality figured mahogany top rail with a reeded edge. Th...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Set Of Eight Antique Regency Style Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With two Arm and six Side Chairs and having particularly fine chosen mahogany frames. Custom cut-velvet seats in a pleasing multi-color Stripe. Solid feeling and very comfortable.
D...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Rare Antique American Federal Mahogany Inlaid Sofa Settee Boston Massachusetts
Located in Dayton, OH
A Very Fine American Federal Period Carved Mahogany Sofa, circa 1810. Features a bowback frame with cross banding. Sloped arms lead to reeded supports in front of remarkable three-di...
Category
1810s Federal Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Pair of Red Chinoiserie Chairs
Located in Charlottesville, VA
We love chinoiserie and especially red. A nice pair of side chairs.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Painted Hall Bench - 19th Century
Located in Vo', Veneto
Beautiful and elegant Italian hall bench, in painted fir wood.
The alternation of sage green and cream colors creates a refined play of light and shade.
This piece of furniture was ...
Category
1850s Antique Seating
Materials
Fir
Antique Danish Hand Carved Piano Bench with Lion Heads and Original Leather Seat
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Arts & Crafts / Historicism period sculptural hand-carved piano bench with seat cover of original leather crafted by a Danish skilled carpenter circa 189...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Leather
6 Antique 19th C. French Breton Brittany Figural Carved Chestnut Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite Antique Brittany (Bretagne) French dining room chairs, circa last quarter 19th century. This beautiful set was hand crafted from chestnut featuring pierced nautical wheel ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Chestnut
Rare Needlepoint Empire Salon (One Sofa and Two Armchairs)
Located in Paris, FR
Sofa and two armchairs in mahogany. The armrest is adorned with dolphins and saber-shaped legs.
Circa, 1830.
Rare upholstery of complete needlepoint...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
English Solid Mahogany Window Seat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century hall bench, or window seat, from England is of impeccable quality, from the milling of the mahogany to the depth of color. Unique carved wood arms in the shape of b...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Chaise Longue, Viena, Austria c1830
Located in Norwalk, CT
Biedermeier chaise longue made in the early to mid 19th century in Austria. A fine example of the genre with a sleek form and handsome figured walnut veneer. The wood has been freshl...
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Style Hand Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century hand carved French walnut Louis XIV style armchair features hand carved armrests with scrolling acanthus leaves. The seat rests on spooled legs joined by...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut
Set of Six Italian Carved Walnut Chairs 19th Century Velvet to Replace
Located in Milano, MI
Six Italian Carved Walnut Chairs from the late 1800s with seat to be renewed in green velvet. The six chairs are in good joinery condition, the walnut frame is solid and you can use...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Set of 4 Biedermeier Chairs, Walnut, Brown Suede, Germany circa 1825
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful set of 4 Biedermeier balloon chairs from Franconia, Germany around 1825.
Walnut veneered on beech and oak in mirror image. Solid walnut, curved square legs. Two ebonized, c...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Suede, Beech, Oak, Walnut
Napoleon III buttoned curved back armchair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very elegant and well designed 19th century French armchair. It is a great size which means it works well in corners of rooms but is great quality so can be an everyday cha...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Bentwood rocking chair attr. Thonet, late 19th century
By Thonet
Located in View Park, CA
A bentwood rocker attributed to Thonet, late 19th or early 20th century. Featuring art nouveau whiplash curves and real wicker caning. Made in Poland (possibly at the Radomsk Thonet ...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Art Nouveau Antique Seating
Materials
Wicker, Bentwood
French Louis XV Style Aubusson Upholstered Antique Sofa, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Immerse yourself in the splendor of 19th-century Paris with this extraordinary French Louis XV-style antique Settee /sofa. Created during the opulent Belle Époque era, circa 1890, this settee epitomizes the elegance, artistry, and craftsmanship of its time. A perfect marriage of functionality and luxury, it invites you to own a piece of history.
Encasing the upholstery is a giltwood frame of exceptional quality, its surface richly adorned with detailed carvings. The frame boasts a continuous swirl motif that flows gracefully along the molded chair...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Swiss alp escabelle C 1
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Pair of Swiss alp escabelle C 1
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats,
A Pair,
Circa 1850-60
The Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion Garden Seats are of a hexagonal barrel form with gilded studs repr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Seating
Materials
Porcelain
English Regency Mahogany Hall Bench, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An English circa 1830 late regency period solid mahogany hall bench or window seat having rectangular molded-edge top with turned cylindrical bolsters each end above flat seat-rails ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Swedish Folk Art Bench, Rare Primitive Folk Art Furniture
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art bench from Sweden made around 1820. The bench is made by hand in solid pine and has never been painted. Rare primitive folk art furniture. Unusually curved, rococo l...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century French Armchairs in New Bouclé Upholstery .
Located in Almelo, NL
Pair of 19th Century French Armchairs in New Bouclé Upholstery
This elegant pair of 19th-century French armchairs beautifully embodies the refined craftsmanship and classic design s...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Bouclé, Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century French Style Painted Cane and Upholstered Vanity or Side Chair
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
19th century French cane chair crafted from solid fruitwood and painted in a charming oyster white finish. This chair is not only visually stunning but also robust and dependable, pe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Vienna Secession J. & J. Kohn Bench Settee by Otto Wagner
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare, beech bentwood frame with an upholstered seat and backrest. First time mentioned in the J. & J. Kohn catalog 1906 with the catalog no. 412.
Designed by Otto Wagner for J. & J....
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Seating
Materials
Beech, Bentwood, Upholstery
Pair of Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Style Hand Carved Oak Armchairs
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of late nineteenth century French Louis XIII style armchairs features hand carved Renaissance female figures that support the hand turned barley twist armrests. The seats r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
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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