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Seating For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Folk Art
Style: Baroque
Style: Rococo
German Sheep Stool by Hans Peter Krafft for Meier 1970s
By Hans Peter Krafft
Located in Lisboa, PT
A rare and highly collectible life-sized German Sheep Stool, designed by Hans Peter Krafft and produced by Meier in the 1980s. This remarkable piece perfe...
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1970s German Folk Art Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Wool, Birch

Early 20th c, Art Nouveau Armchairs by Anton Rosen
Located in Allerum, SE
Early 20th c, Danish Art Nouveau armchairs in birch and pewter inlays by Anton Rosen (1859 - 1928) The chairs was designed for the "Grill Room" at the Palace hotel in Copenhagen in 1...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Pewter

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...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Wood, Nutwood

Antique French Gilt Rococo Base Bench with New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique French Gilt Rococo Base Bench, France, late 19th Century. It has recently been reupholstered in an ivory color fabric.
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Spanish Wrought Iron Bench W/ Embossed Leather Cushion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish wrought iron "X" bench from the early 1900's. The bench has developed a beautiful patina. A new embossed leather cushion has been added recently.
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Early 1900s Spanish Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Wrought Iron

Hand Carved Dog Bench by Stephen Huneck
Located in Chicago, IL
Stephen Huneck, a renowned American folk artist, left behind a legacy of creativity and craftsmanship that continues to inspire today. This hand-carved wood dog bench...
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1990s American Folk Art Seating

Materials

Wood

1960s Carved And Painted Italian Bench / Ottoman In Striped Floral Chintz
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a sweet bench! It is an Italian piece with hand painted scrolling shells and vintage striped floral chintz cotton. It is in very good vintage con...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Poplar, Paint

Provincial 18th century Swedish Baroque Armchair
Located in Bozeman, MT
Good provincial 18th century Swedish Baroque armchair in it's original finish with great patination. ca 1750 Sweden.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

19th Century Swedish Bench
Located in Turners Falls, MA
19th Century Swedish Bench. Carved open back and sides. Birch wood
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Birch

19th Century Rococo Style Wide Marquise Chair
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite antique chair is a French Louis XV style ‘Bergère Marquise’ in the Rococo tradition, dating from circa 1890-1900. The chair is meticulo...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Around 1900 Bentwood Armchair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The art nouveau armchair was made of bentwood. The seat has been reupholstered and covered with a very beautiful Art Nouveau fabric. The chair is reminiscent of Thonet chairs, but n...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Rare Italian Rattan and Wicker Chaise Longues by Bonacina, Italy 30s
Located in Lucija, SI
Rare rattan and wicker chaise longues or lounger armchair, with footstools was made in the 20s by Bonacina in Italy
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1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Seating

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Bench
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Bench. Offered is a handsome 18th century Italian Baroque walnut bench from the Tuscany region of Italy that has graceful arms which is profession...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Restored Piano Stool, late 19th Century
Located in Schwerin, MV
Antique piano stool – hand-turned swivel stool, late 19th century, restored. This exquisite piano stool from the Napoleon III era combines historical elegance with outstanding craft...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Metal

Antique Spanish Leather and Wood Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Classic antique Baroque style dining chairs, in weathered wood, and leather. Both are structurally sound and sturdy, both show some cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. We ...
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19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Wood

Set of 2 Northern Swedish Rococo Pine Chairs
Located in Kramfors, SE
Set of 2 Swedish rococo chairs from the late 18th century, 1780 to 1790. The chairs are northern Swedish and dry scraped to the original paint from the late 1700s. The chairs have th...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating

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Pine

Classic Swedish pine chairs set of 4 in solid pinewood Early 1900
Located in Forest, BE
Set of 4 classic, minimal and elegant lightweight comfortable pinewood chairs from Sweden around 1900. These are massive pine that shows a nice warm patina. We did not touch anything...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Seating

Materials

Hardwood, Pine

A Pair of Armchairs, By a Danish Cabinetmaker, Art Nouveau, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A pair of exquisite armchairs from the early 20th century, crafted by a skilled Danish cabinetmaker. Embracing the graceful curves and organic flower motifs of the Art Nouveau moveme...
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Early 20th Century Danish Baroque Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Primitive Folk Art Chair 'Fäbostol' ca 1750, Dalarna, Sweden
Located in Farsta, SE
Primitive Folk Art Chair 'Fäbostol' ca 1750, Dalarna, Sweden A primitive birch wood chair with a beautiful patina, smooth surface, and wear consistent with age and use. Heigth: 66....
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating

Materials

Birch

Pair MCM Dining Chairs Prague No.811 Designed by Josef Hoffmann, Drevounia 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
These Chairs were designed by Josef Hoffmann, model no. 811 and produced by Drevounia in '60s. Chairs are in mint condition They are made of black wooden fr...
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1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Seating

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Original Thonet Piano Stool, Early 20th Century, Restaured
Located in Schwerin, MV
Restored piano stool from the traditional company Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. The piano stool is made of solid wood and has a f...
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Wood, Braid

Contemporary Bistro Chair No. 18 by TON, Light Beech
Located in Paris, IDF
Chair No. 18 Iconic bistro chair conceived by Michael Thonet in 1869, now produced in the same manufacture in Czech Republic by TON. Wood: solid beech Finish: natural light Seat:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Beech

Pair of Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A pair of shapely late 18th Century Swedish Rococo side chairs. With carved top rail and serpentine seat over a generous cabriole leg, terminating in ball and claw feet. The whole re...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating

Materials

Pine, Paint

Seating Set of Baroque Sofa and Two Armchairs, Budapest, 1870s
Located in Budapest, HU
Beautiful baroque seating set consisting of a sofa and two armchairs. Extraordinary workmanship of the woods made according to the canons of the ti...
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Late 19th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Rare Pair of Tyrolean Walnut Armchairs 18th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Rare Pair of Tyrolean Walnut Armchairs 18th Century Crescent arm ending in rounded terminals surmounted by a traditional crest with pierced heart supported by six turned columns s...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Swedish Provincial Tragsofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A charming provincial Swedish tragsofa dating. From the turn of the 19th Century in old, but not original, paint remnants. Later cushions covered in plain linen.
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Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Pine, Paint

Handwoven Tule Lounge Chair Made in Mexico from LUTECA
Located in New York, NY
From a craft object to relevant design, these special pieces that are made in Mexico, were created to add warmth and texture to your interior. Intended for indoor or covered outdoor use, they are a reminder of the incredible workmanship and know-how passed down through generations and generations, dating back as far as the Mayans. As well as fostering and adapting historical values and crafts, some of which are now almost extinct, the project is a cultural endeavor that combines the highest quality weaving skills of local master craftsmen with the preservation of endangered manufacturing technique that supports an entire village eco-system. In stock. Ships from Mexico...
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2010s Mexican Folk Art Seating

Materials

Seagrass

Neoclassical Carved Walnut Grotto Shell Stool Swivels
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved walnut swiveling stool with a shell motif and a tripod base. Cabriolet legs with paw feet. In excellent restored condition with minimal wear from age and use.
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1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

19th Pair of Carved Walnut Leather Savonarola Bench or Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Italian hand carved walnut Savonarola chair, circa 1880. Having wonderfully carved frame with scrolling arms, aged black leather seat and back, accented with brass roset...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Bentwood Rocking Chairs with Cane Seat and Back
Located in Miami, FL
This model is inspired by the Thonet no. 10 rocker from circa 1880. It´s made in Spain, circa 1940-1950. It was restored and it´s in perfect shape.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Primitive Handcrafted Organic Highback Naga Chair in Solid Teak, Wabi Sabi Style
Located in Odense, DK
One of a kind charming authentic primitive stump chair made in a single solid hardwood. Hand carved by the Naga tribe in India, ca 1970s. A nice wabi...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Seating

Materials

Hardwood, Teak

Contemporary Bistro Chair No. 14 by TON, Black Beech
Located in Paris, IDF
Chair No. 14 Iconic bistro chair conceived by Michael Thonet in 1869, now produced in the same manufacture in Czech Republic by TON. Wood: solid beech Finish: black stain Sea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Beech

Yoruba Royal Beaded Chair Made in West Africa
Located in London, GB
Yoruba Royal Beaded Chair, West Africa A traditional Yoruba royal beaded chair, handcrafted in West Africa. These chairs were historically made for Yoruba kings and high-ranking ind...
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Late 20th Century Sahrawi Folk Art Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Beads

Vintage French Baroque Style Gold Giltwood Upholstered Bergere Club Chair - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Baroque/Louis XV Style Carved Gold Giltwood Upholstered Bergere Club Chairs - a Pair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 38" H x ...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Baroque Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Danish Modern Highback Lounge Chairs in Style of Henning Kjærnulf, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
A sculptural pair of comfortable highback lounge chairs crafted from high-quality materials, and their style is reminiscent of the work of Danish designer Henning Kjærnulf. Armrest c...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Original Otto Prutscher & Gebrueder Thonet Vienna Jugendstil Chair, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed for the Café Heinrichshof opposite to the States Opera House in Vienna, ruined in 1945.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Seating

Materials

Hardwood

Folk Art Carved Eagle Chairs
Located in Hanover, MA
Very unusual pair of chairs, hand carved, possibly using a chainsaw as well as other blades, of a fierce looking eagle with unfurled wings, its talons on the feet of a man on all fou...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Seating

Materials

Walnut

Marcel Kammerer Seating Set Salon Suite, Thonet, Turquoise Green Leather, 1910
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic bentwood set seating group designed by Marcel Kammerer and manufactured by Thonet, Austria, circa 1910. The set contains of two armchairs and ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Brass

Original and Documented Jugendstil Adolf Loos Chair, 20th Century, 1907
Located in Vienna, AT
Chair from the antechamber of the Rudolf Kraus apartment, brother of Karl Kraus, the famous wordsmith. This Apartment in Vienna 1, Nibelungengasse 13, was presented by Adolf Loos on ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Seating

Materials

Beech

A Hexagon Stool in Oak, Reupholstered Seat in Lambswool, Danish Modern, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful Danish modern stool in oak with curly legs, the hexagon seat reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1950s. A fine stoo...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Seating

Materials

Lambskin, Oak

Danish Modern, A Pair of Tripod Stools, Reupholstered Seats in Lambswool, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A pair of charming Danish modern stools in solid oak with curly legs, the round seats are reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Seating

Materials

Lambskin, Oak

Wrought Iron French Art Nouveau Children's Armchair, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau children's armchair. Striking French design from the 1900s. Blue lacquered wrought iron. This wonderful Art Nouveau children's armchair is in good co...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

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Wrought Iron

Rattan Art Nouveau Children's Folding Deck Chair or Lounge Chair, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Nouveau children's folding deck chair or lounge chair. Striking French design from the 1900s. Rattan and bamboo frame with original rattan and bamboo foot stool...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Michael Thonet Style Oak Cane Rattan Bentwood Rocking Chair Rocker. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 40" H x 22.5" W x 43.5" D x 19" Seat height x 25" Arm height.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Oak

Folding Lounge Chair by Thonet with Adjustable Footstool 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original rare folding lounge chair in bentwood and cane from 1880 by Michael Thonet. Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, Austria. Steam-bent beechwood and cane.  
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1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Rattan, Bentwood

Vintage Fischel Bentwood Bistro Chairs, 1920s. Set of 6.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Fischel Bentwood Bistro Chairs, 1920s. Set of 6. Set of six Fischel Vienna dining chairs in bentwood with striped pattern on seat and backrest. These Art Nouveau cafe chairs ...
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1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Woven Tule 'Icpalli' Bench made in Mexico from LUTECA
Located in New York, NY
From a craft object to relevant design, these special pieces, made in Mexico, were created to add warmth and texture to your interior. Intended for indo...
Category

2010s Mexican Folk Art Seating

Materials

Seagrass

Original Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent example of the more decorative phase of Josef Hoffmann, before the WW1. Carpenter Jakob Soulek for the Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibited first in 1912 at the Museum für Kunst...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Seating

Materials

Pearwood

Thonet Rocking Chair Nr. 6
Located in Čelinac, BA
Thonet Rocking Chair Nr 6 for restauration.
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Bentwood

Italian hand-carved dorado wood stool in French 20th century style
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian hand-carved dorado wood stool in French style 20th century - Private Collection Domenico Rugiano
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20th Century Italian Baroque Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

1750 Venezia Pair of Armchairs in Carved Walnut Original Embossed Leather Covers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an extraordinary pair of magnificent solid walnut carved armchairs with their refined original embossed leather covers. This rare and exceptional pieces hails from the Late 1...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Wood

Early 19th Century Italian Walnut Grotto Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical 19th-century Venetian grotto chair is carved from gorgeous dark brown walnut. The piece features a large-scale open scallop shell motif on the back and seat, with sinu...
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Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Art Nouveau Side Chairs by Emile Gallé, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare pair of Art Nouveau side chairs. Design by Emile Gallé. Striking French design from the 1890s. Solid oak frames with original sycamore decorations of flowers in ...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

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Oak, Sycamore

19th Century Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench/Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench/settee Typical of the Italian Renaissance with carved Florentine backs. This pair cre...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Contemporary Bistro Armchair No. 30 by TON, Light Beech
Located in Paris, IDF
Armchair No. 30 Iconic bistro chair conceived by Michael Thonet in 1869, now produced in the same manufacture in Czech Republic by TON. Wood: solid beech Finish: natural light Se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Art Nouveau Seating

Materials

Beech

19th Century Pair of Carved Walnut Leather Savonarola Bench or Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Italian hand carved walnut Savonarola chair, circa 1880. Having wonderfully carved frame with scrolling arms, aged black leather seat and back, accented with brass roset...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Thonet Style Bentwood Dining Chairs, Italy 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Pair of dining chairs in the style of Thonet bentwood chair. The chairs were made in Italy in the 60s. Both in good vintage condition. With minor traces of use and age.
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Seating

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for the Century Guild. An Important Art Nouveau Chair
Located in London, GB
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942), a highly important oak chair, with an Art Nouveau floral back. Mackmurdo's influence in Europe is recognized as having produced the earliest examples of Art Nouveau, particularly in the styling of a chair-back designed in 1882 and the title page for Wren's City Churches a year later. The present chair was designed for the head of Rainhill hospital St Helen's south Lancashire/Merseyside (now demolished), an institute for the mentally ill, as part of an interior scheme for his study. It was almost certainly designed and made only for this interior, unlike the earlier chair which was designed in 1882 and made and sold until 1888. It was originally thought this interior was designed by the Liverpool architect Edmund Rathbone whose brother, Harold Rathbone, founded the Della Robbia Pottery factory in 1894. A picture is shown in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, p. 199, illus. 516, from the Bedford Lemere archive at the National Monuments Record, apparently credited as 'Rainhill, Edmund Rathbone'. But Edmund Rathbone was actually the Century Guild...
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1880s English Art Nouveau Antique Seating

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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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