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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu bench. The bench is raised by slender circular tapered fluted legs with richly chased fitt...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative set of four French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated armchairs. Each chair is raised by lovely cabriole legs with fine scrolled feet attached by beau...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Biedermeier Chairs
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of Biedermeier chairs; two female walnut chairs with rose colored upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive set of four Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. patinated off white and Mecca armchairs. Each chair is raised by ‘S’ scrolled cabriole legs with large carved Me...
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Regency Period Window Seats
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Regency period Mahogany 'Gillows influenced ' window seat. Each having reeded decoration to the fronts, stuff-over upholstery, raised on out swept feet, terminating in...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XVI Style Medallion Chairs, with Peony Flowers Pattern
Located in Lantau, HK
Original hand carved wood frame medallion shape from the 19th century,
newly painted in white, newly upholstered with elegant and modern fabric.
Ov...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Armchair, anonymous, for A Lagerberg, Sweden, 1897
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painted pine.
Presented at the Stockholm exhibition of 1897.
Measures: H 108 cm/ 3'7”
W 60 cm/ 23 1/2"
D 56 cm/ 22”
SH 42 cm/ 16 1/2".
Category
1890s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Pair of French 19th Charles X Style Burl Maple Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique pair of French 19th Charles X st. Burl Maple benches. Each beautiful bench is raised by two supports with most decorative and uniquely scrolled designs and...
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Seating
Materials
Maple
Good Chinese Rootwood Stool
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A good Chinese rootwood stool, of organic form with three legs. Chinese, circa 1860.
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Set of Fourteen Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine set of fourteen gilt bronze mounted mahogany dining chairs attributed to Jeanselme.
The floral tapestry to the back of each chair is in superb condition, of good design and with fine colors; two chairs retain their original tapestry upholstery...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Seating
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Louis XV Style Chairs
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A pair of French Louis XV style carved and painted wood armchairs, circa 1860, painted wooden frames with carved floral decoration, upholstered in buttoned silk.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Pair of 19th Century French Walnut Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century French finely carved walnut armchairs with acanthus leaf and ribbon motif. The chairs are finished with nail heads and have been newly upholstered with silk mat...
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Napoleon III Buttoned scroll back armchair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very stylish Napoleon III buttoned scroll back armchair with a very shapely frame. I have not seen one like this before. A great feature in a room for its unusual design an...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
19th-C. French Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Settee With Down Cushion
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is such a lovely piece! It is a 19th century French Louis XVI style carved giltwood settee in vintage upholstery. The frame shows some non-offensive chippiness. The upholstery i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood, Down
Regency Rosewood Duet Stool
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late Regency Period, 19th Century, Rosewood Duet Stool, Or Piano Stool, Having Upholstered Rectangular Seat Over Well Figured Frame With Moulded Channel And Appli...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Early 19th Century Irish Georgian Hall Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
These exquisite early 19th-century Irish George III mahogany hall chairs, executed in the sgabello form, are exceptional examples of the period's style and craftsmanship. Each chair ...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Elegant Classic Pair of Biedermeier Side Chairs
By Biedermeier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely classic pair of blonde ash Biedermeier side chairs having drop in seat cushions and pretty slightly splayed legs.
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Ash
English Walnut George II Style Open Armchair of Large Scale
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nicely scaled English walnut open armchair in the George II style with an upholstered drop in seat. This attractive and commodious chair sits well and is quite comfortable. The she...
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Primitive Benches
Located in Culver City, CA
Primitive Benches
France circa 1900
Slatted wood benches with weathered
94.5”L x 11.25”d x 18.75”h
Category
Early 1900s French Primitive Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Painted Stool
Located in Culver City, CA
Painted Stool
England circa 1900
In original painted finish, from a jeweler's shop.
23.25”w x 13”d x 27.5”h
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Orkney Island Chair
Located in Austin, TX
This exquisite Orkney Island chair, a testament to traditional craftsmanship, beckons visitors to step back in time. Carved with care and precision in the year 1900, it embodies the ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Seating
Materials
Straw, Wood
French 19th Century Long Bench
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Amazing long bench with a wonderful needlepoint in a very good condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
A Large Set of Twenty Four George IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
By George Smith
Located in Dublin, GB
A very fine set of twenty four George IV mahogany and ebony sabre leg dining chairs, the shaped top rails inlayed with ebonised Greek key design, above ebonised uprights, with a rect...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Seating
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Antique George II Style Mahogany Bench
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique George II style mahogany bench, late 19th century. With a recently reupholstered floral desig1300 seat resting on cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century Anglo Indian carved sofa
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th Century Anglo Indian carved sofa, the shaped back profusely carved with various foliage, the frame connecting down to the highly carved and decorative front sup...
Category
1860s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Teak
Reclining Library Armchair
Located in Culver City, CA
England circa 1830
Antique frame, reupholstered in de Le Cuona wool / linen blend.
27"w x 30.5”d x 41”h x 16”seat
Ref. CHAIR1221
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wool, Linen
Biedermeier Neoclassical Settee with Scroll Form Back & Saber Leg Supports
Located in New York, NY
This stunningly formed Biedermeier Settee with Scroll Form Back & Saber Supports in Beachwood with Neoclassical Detailing originates from France, Circa 1840. Features a beautifully r...
Category
1840s French Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Beech
Set of Eight Spanish Belle Epoque Folk Art Rush Seat Ladderback Dining Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Really lovely carved and whimsical traditional Spanish dining chairs or side chairs, with turned posts and floral medallions on each of the back supports with a beautiful carved flow...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Belle Époque Antique Seating
Materials
Rush, Walnut
William IV Mahogany Library Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Library Armchair Of Good Bold Proportions, Having Upholstered Scrolling Back And Arms With Moulded Decoration, Over Gene...
Category
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Library reading chair with carved swan head detail W1V period
By King & Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
William 1V period Mahogany & leather library reading chair
Recently covered in leather & coloured to chestnut,
brass studded detail
Fine pair Mahogany carved Swan Heads elbows
Sc...
Category
1830s William IV Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Monumental Gilded Meticulously Carved French Louis XVI Sofa Silk Upholstery
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is one of the most graceful and beautiful French sofas or settees we've had in decades. The gold leaf finish sit atop an expertly carved French Louis XVI frame and the silk upho...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Blue Painted Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century painted wood daybed from France with new linen cushions and bolsters. Heavy wear and patina on wood is consistent with age and use.
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Black Forest 19th Century Set of Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
In walnut, the chairs are delicately carved with interesting inlayed of animal figures.
Sold as is to refinish.
Category
Mid-19th Century German Black Forest Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
A Set of 6 French Bistro Chairs, c.1970
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of (6) 1960s French Baumann bentwood "dove" dining chairs. The dove chairs are one of Baumann’s most acclaimed designs. Baumann was a slightly obscure French producer just star...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Wonderful yew Windsor chair excellent colour and patination 19th Century
Located in Bakewell, GB
Wonderful yew Windsor chair excellent colour and patination 19th century broad arm and burr splats.
Size 115cms high 68cms wide 57cms deep
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Yew
Early 19th C. Italian Carved Rustic Bench "Ave Maria"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rustic bench from the late 18th to early 19th century beautifully combines functional design with artistic craftsmanship. The hand-carved rosettes on the apron add a decorative...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art chairs with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A pair of similar 19th century Swedish country chairs. Very slight difference with great patina ,see pictures
Scraped by hand to its beautiful blue original color.
Such nice ext...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Rare pair of 19th century carved ceremonial armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Rare pair of 19th-century carved ceremonial armchairs, the profusely carved backs with flower heads and scrolling leaf decoration to the lift-up seat retaining the original locks. Fl...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Style Bergère Armchairs, France 1860-80
Located in Leimen, DE
This very decorative pair of Louis XVI Style Bergère Armchairs come from France and date back to 1860-70. They have an oak frame with carved decor. The armchairs are very comfortable...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Armchairs in William Morris Velvet circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Armchairs in William Morris Velvet
England circa 1900
Substantial Arts & Crafts armchairs with slatted oak sides and original brass studs, Designed by Leonard Wyburd. Reupholstered i...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Armchair in Rosemary Hallgarten Teddy Mohair circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Armchair in Rosemary Hallgarten Teddy Mohair
England circa 1900
Country house style armchair newly upholstered in teddy mohair by Rosemary Hallgarten.
31.5”w x 34”d x 34”h x 15”seat
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Seating
Materials
Mohair, Wood
Monastery Benches circa 1880
Located in Culver City, CA
Monastery Benches
France circa 1880
Primitive Trestle benches with stretchers and weathered surface.
111.25"L x 15.5"d x 21"h
Category
1880s French Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Biedermeier Fruitwood Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of beautifully honey colored fruitwood Biedermeier side chairs, with gently curved rectangular backs, the top and side inlaid with banding, the splat carved with a stylized flower head, on sabre legs. Newly upholstered in black Prussian horse hair fabric...
Category
1810s German Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
French Louis Philippe Bench Seat Wood Sofa or Banquette French 19th Midcentury
Located in Labrit, Landes
Louis Philippe banquette or sofa on wheels
Carved with floral decorations and canelures.
France circa 1840
Good seating with springs. The fabric can be used as such, but if you wish,...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Turners Corner Chair
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Turners corner chair constructed from ash with the original rush seat.
In good condition with no movement to the joints and no damage to the rush seat.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Rush, Wood
Pair Polychromed and Gilded Louis XV Style Armchairs
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of Louis XV style, hand-carved, hand-painted, polychromed and gilded armchairs. Late 1800's. Newly upholstered in Fortuny fabric.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century Rustic Bench with Splayed Legs and Thick Cut Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique early 19th Century circa 1820's rustic bench hand made from a thick, oversized slab of wood with hand carved and joined splayed legs that run through the seat. The bench s...
Category
Early 19th Century American Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
A Victorian Mahogany Swan Back Chaise Longue Upholstered in a Blue Velvet Fabric
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Victorian Mahogany Swan Back Chaise Longue Day Bed Upholstered in a Blue Plush Fabric With A Carved Scroll End Back Rest. Brass Terminating Turned Legs on Original White Ceramic Ca...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Pine Live Edge Bench
Located in Burton, TX
This charming 19th Century French bench was found in the South of France. Sturdily constructed from pine and having a great patina, the bench features four legs pegged into the live ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Rustic mid-century wooden bench, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / bench / wood / rustic / mid-century
This beautifully crafted wooden French bench is the perfect addition to any interior. With its sturdy wooden top and legs, this ...
Category
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
A late Victorian satinwood wheel back settee in the Chippendale style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian satinwood wheel back settee in the Chippendale style, attributed to Wright and Mansfield, the back comprising two open work wheels on either side of an openwork spl...
Category
19th Century English Chippendale Antique Seating
Materials
Satinwood
Victorian country house curved back sofa
Located in Malton, GB
This is a superb quality late Victorian scroll arm sofa with gorgeous turned mahogany legs and large brass casters. Supremely comfy and gorgeous to look at. No casters on the back le...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
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
19th century French armchair with matching footstool
Located in Malton, GB
This is a great looking and increasingly harder set to find. A wonderful shield back armchair with carved frame and a waisted footstool with carved details as well. Neat set and a gr...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Empire Gilded and Painted Daybed
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century Empire daybed painted black with gilded carved accents. Elegant sleigh profile gilded in leaf pattern sits atop legs adorned with leaf detail gilding. Upholstered in com...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Victorian Hand Carved Hall Chair
Located in Tarleton, GB
Introducing our exquisite Victorian Hand Carved Hall Chair - a true masterpiece of Victorian craftsmanship. Expertly constructed from solid oak, thi...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Primitive Swedish Stool 1880-1920c
Located in Farsta, SE
Primitive Swedish Stool 1880-1920c
Beautiful pearl grey patina.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Made out of pine and birch wood.
Height: 4...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
19th Century Russian Giltwood Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Period Early 19th Century Russian Giltwood and Painted Armchair or Bergere. In style of Rossi. Incredible proportion and size. Good size for modern sitting...
Category
Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
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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