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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Louis XIV
A French 19th Century Pair of Louis XIV Style Stools
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Pair of Large Rectangular Stools natural and carved wood.
The 4 sheaths feet carved and linked by a stretcher.
Louis XIV Style
Napoléon III Period
Circa 1880
Used Petit Point Tapestry Upholstery
If the stool played a great role at the court of Louis XIV, it was also the pretext of a war... that of the stools precisely, recounted by Saint-Simon. The Duchesses fought and the Duchesse became a seat with very curious forms.
There were benches and chairs, then armchairs, not to mention stools. A seat dear to the duchesses. Some fought for one, to sit in the presence of the queen. Standing, while others, sometimes cousins, were seated, was intolerable. The Duke of Saint-Simon was pleased to recount the «war of stools». This one was provoked by Mme de Chevreuse who sat, without any way, before Queen Anne of Austria...
Category
1880s French Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Set of 8 Antique Dining Chairs, English, Walnut, Leather, Victorian, Circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a suite of 8 Antique Dining Chairs. An English, walnut and leather covered seat, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Superb quality dining suite, with delightful bu...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
PAiR OF ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD SALON CHAIRS WITH STUNNING INLAID BACK PANELS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Antique Victorian Salon chairs with orna...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
19thc Set of 6 French Louis XIV Carved Oak Tall Back Dining Chairs
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc Set of 6 French Louis XIV style Carved Oak Tall Back Dining Chairs. Upholstery looks good to me [I do recommend reupholstery on all of my Vintage/ Antique Seating. Frames are s...
Category
1890s French Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
PAIR OF HOWARD & SON'S BRIDGEWATER MODEL EASY ARMCHAiRS WITH FULL STAMPED LEGS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this pair of Howard & Son's Bridgewater easy armchairs with fully stamped legs
Please note the delivery fee...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery
PAiR OF ANTIQUE ENGLISH ELM WINDSOR STICK BACK CHAIRS STAMPED LEA HALL INFANTRY
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of English Elm circa 1860-1880 Windsor stick back chairs stamped to the base LED and signed...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
Tufted Leather Round Ottoman
Located in Westwood, NJ
Tufted leather round ottoman with antiqued brown full-grain leather.
Dimensions: 36" W x 36" D x 16" H
Color variation is common and accept...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
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 Duck Egg Blue Plush Fabric With A Carved Scroll End Back Rest. Brass Terminating Turned Legs on Original White C...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of Victorian Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Victorian Mahogany Framed Armchairs Upholstered in Deep Blue Velvet with Buttoned Arms on Turned Front Legs and Sabre Rear having Pot Castors 29"w x 39"d x 35"h (16" to the s...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
END OF THE 17th CENTURY WALNUT ENTRANCE BENCH
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid entrance bench in solid walnut, characterized by a carved backrest with linear decorations on three parts. The shoulder rest was also made from a single piece of fine walnut...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Fancy Painted Child’s Rocking Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
Fancy Painted Child’s Rocking Chair, mid-19th century.
14 inches wide by 18 ½ inches deep by 21 ¾ inches tall
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Victorian Settee
Located in Doylestown, PA
This love seat is made of carved mahogany in the Victorian style and has been reupholstered with a beautiful Antique Uzbek Suzani textile. The carved frame highlights the rich mahoga...
Category
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Mahogany
Wonderful antique Victorian quality carved walnut freestanding stool
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful antique Victorian quality carved walnut freestanding stool, having a quality carved walnut shaped frieze standing on four shaped carved walnut cabriole legs with scroll fee...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Velvet Ottoman
Located in Culver City, CA
Velvet Ottoman
England circa 1890
Original upholstery, on Gilt barley twist legs with original castors.
20”w x 20”d x 18”h
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
English Mahogany Window Seat
Located in London, GB
A simple, but elegant mahogany windowseat or bench with a rectangular top, raised bolster ends and turned tapering legs.
A lovely piece of traditional English furniture for a window...
Category
1950s British Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Music Stool
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely English music stool, which we’ve had reupholstered using a rich red leather. Fully adjustable by rotating the seat. As we’ve discovered, this is an excellent desk or...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Metal, Brass
British Victorian Max Rollitt Dean Green Velvet and Beige Fabric Sofa
Located in London, GB
The Dean Sofa by Max Rollitt is a wonderful bespoke piece. Making bespoke pieces since 1998, the collection now comprises beds, chairs, tables, lighting and more. These days, it’s M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Victorian Seating
Materials
Fabric, Velvet
Antique French Louis XIV Baroque Style Upholstery Fauteuil & Ottoman
Located in Sheridan, CO
French upholstered armchair and ottoman, 19th c. Baroque style armchair, back and seat in flame stitch style upholstery. The armchair features detailed carved lion's head handholds, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Wood
Rare Victorian Red Velvet Chesterfield Bergere Chaise Longue / Day Bed
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Rare and Unusual 19th Century Red Deep Button Velvet Bergere Chaise Longue / Day Bed With Cane Headrest Circa 1860
Ideal for a living space or luxurious Boudoir.
Really comfortab...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Cane, Mahogany
Beautiful Set Of Twelve Victorian Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this stunning set of twelve Victorian carved oak and upholstered dining chairs, late 19th century , including two elbow chairs , with channel moulded sho...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Antique Leather Wingback Arm Chair
Located in Cirencester, GB
This leather chair is mid 19th century with just the most fantastic colour and patina to it. Bags of Character and texture. The wing-backed armchair was originally designed to keep ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
19th Century Saddle Seat Leather Desk Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A fine quality 19th century English Victorian period saddle seat desk chair, constructed of solid mahogany with a brown upholstered backrest and armrests, circa 1880. The mahogany of...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
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
Antique Set of 6 Victorian Walnut Cabriole Dining Chairs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful set of six English antique Victorian walnut dining chairs, circa 1860 in date.
They have striking carved solid walnut backs and mid rails and are raised on elega...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century English Captain's Chair
Located in High Point, NC
19th century captain's chair from England. The chair is made from oak and has a seat made from ash. This type of chair was made for sitting for long periods of time and is very com...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Ash
Restored Victorian Hardwood Hand Dyed Brown Leather Library Reading Armchair
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely fully restored early Victorian mahogany carved library reading armchair with hand dyed brown lea...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Leather
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
Gor Bench
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Diseño y Ebanistería was the first furniture collection, where great designers of the Mexican scene collaborated with BREUER to demonstrate our mastery in cabinetmaking and carpentry...
Category
2010s Mexican Victorian Seating
Materials
Bronze
Decorative English Victorian Chair, Velvet & Wood, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Imagine a cozy yet elegant chair from the late 1800s, reminiscent of the Victorian era. This chair features a graceful wooden frame, intricately carved with ornate details, reflectin...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Victorian Mahogany Office Desk Armchair-19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Rotating office desk armchair from English in mahogany from the 19th century
Beautiful quality of execution with asculpted backrest
the round seat turns and rests on four legs con...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Walnut Bench Covered With A Chesterfield Style Seating
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely 19th century walnut bench from England covered with a chesterfield style seating
Very beautiful walnut base with a beautiful flame a...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
A Vintage Set of 4 Slat Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash slat back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint. ...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Ash
A Set of Four Ash Crinoline Stretcher Windsor Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of 4 ash crinoline stretcher Windsor chairs. Lovely honey blonde color. Beautiful pierced back splats. Very solid and sturdy. These are not antiques. Built the old fashio...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Ash
Victorian English Style leather Ottoman with Brass Casters and Nailhead Trim
By George Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rectangular Victorian English Style leather Ottoman.
Coffee table or cocktail table with turned walnut legs with brass casters and brass nailhead trim.
Dimensions: H 17" x W 27" x D 27".
Rectangular Victorian English style coffee table...
Category
Late 20th Century American Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Wrought Iron Green Woodard Rose Style Garden Patio Springer Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Wrought Iron Green Victorian Woodard Rose Style Garden Patio Springer Chairs - Set of 4. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H x 26.5" W x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
A Vintage Set of 4 White Fiddleback Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash fiddle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Ash
Antique Victorian Leather and Oak Stool / Bench
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique Victorian leather and oak stool / bench. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period.
The quality is outstanding, it stands on beautifull...
Category
1860s British High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
English Victorian Period Mahogany Metamorphic Library Armchair w/ Footrest, 1865
Located in Atlanta, GA
In amazing condition with no tears or punctures to the original leather, the leather tufted and trimmed in brass nailheads, the chair with detailed carving, two buttons on the tops o...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Victorian Pink Stripe Button Back Armchair
Located in Faversham, GB
A Victorian button-back armchair with a generous seat and a high back.
Mahogany turned front legs and splayed back legs and all raised on original brass castors.
The armchair has ...
Category
1870s British High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
19th Century Corner Chair American or English
Located in Lomita, CA
The cherub upholstery fabric of this antique corner chair will bring a smile to your face, but the piece deserves a deeper look. It has a secret.: The chair has a "second skin," in a tweed upholstery that someone was reluctant to remove. The cherub upholstery on the armrest of the chair is actually a shawl or drape for the for the chair.
It is Victorian, carved and turned walnut on a part-upholstered corner armchair
that is English or American from the late 19th Century according to our appraiser.
The seat is triangular with a rounded front rail, that is backed by two low arms with raised upholstery. The curved seat rail has a long fringe trim, all raised on four cylindrical bead turned legs on casters. The detachable fabric drape or shawl is priceless. Appraisers beleive this could have possibly been half of a two-piece tete-a-tete chair...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Red Velvet Leather Buttonback Captains Chair With Porcelain Castors
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th Century Red Velvet Chesterfield Red Velvet Buttonback Captains Chair With Porcelain Castors
Heavy weight hand made chair with horsehair stuffed seat.
Extra dimensions
Heigh...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Rare Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900
A very nice antique Swiss nutwood chair decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting ibex and chamois. The backrest...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Mahogany Figural Lion Head Carved Curule Saddle Seat Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
A late 19th century antique Victorian occasional arm chair. Made from mahogany with a curule or saddle seat form and lion head carvings. Features a cello neck back tapering to a scro...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of 6 Louis XIV Style Dining Chairs with Carved Wood Frames
Located in Elkton, MD
Set of 6 Louis XIV Style Dining Chairs featuring intricately carved wood frames and luxurious leather upholstery. Includes 2 armchairs measuring 45" h x 23" w x 24" d and 4 side chai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
PAIR OF ANTIQUE SHOW FRAMED VICTORIAN CHESTERFIELD BROWN LEATHER ARMCHAIRs
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this pair of rare fully restored circa 1860-1880 Show framed Chesterfield tufted hand dyed brown leather lib...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
SUITE OF SIX FULLY RESTORED BROWN LEATHER ANTIQUE CHESTERFIELD DINING ARMCHAIRs
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of fully restored late Victorian Chesterfield brown leather dining chairs which come fr...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Mid 19th Century Rosewood Salon Stool
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Mid 19th Century, Victorian Period, Rosewood Salon Stool Having Upholstered Top Over Attractive Moulded And Carved Frame Raised On Four Elegant Carved Cabriole Le...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rosewood
A Good 19th Century English Oak Settle with Freshly Upholstered Seat
Located in Oak Park, MI
A large and stately English oak settle or bench with a paneled back and freshly upholstered seat. c1890 with a lovely patina. Beautiful dark oak color. Handsome. Ready to use - very...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Oak
19th Century Leather Slipper Chair
Located in Richmond, London
A charming Georgian style slipper chair of compact proportions, covered in well-aged, possibly original buttoned leather.
England, circa 1860.
Why we like it
Very comfortable and w...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
Armchairs in Oak & Wool, Louis XIII Style, By a French Cabinetmaker in the 1930s
Located in Odense, DK
These armchairs are a classic representation of Victorian Louis XIII style crafted by a skilled French cabinetmaker in the early 20th century. Made from sturdy oak wood and upholster...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Victorian Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Liège bench carved 18th century Louis XIV
Located in Somme-Leuze, BE
very beautiful little Liège Louis XIV bench dating from the 18th century with patina very beautiful work of cabinetmaking beautiful sculpture beautiful patina
Category
18th Century Belgian Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Oak, Paint
A late Victorian mahogany leathered box stool or Ottoman
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian mahogany leathered box stool or Ottoman, of rectangular form, re-upholstered overall in distressed burgundy leather, the hinged lid deep-buttoned to form a seat, the...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900
A pair wonderful inlayed nutwood chairs decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting chamois, goat, hare, hunter, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1950s
A vintage barber shop children chair. With rotatable height adjustment and a wooden ho...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Hall Bench in Wool Blend by de la Cuona Circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Hall Bench in Wool Blend
England circa 1890
Antique frame with turned legs, newly upholstered in wool blend by de la Cuona.
76”L x 16”d x 23”h
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wool, Oak
19th Century Children's Dining Chair
Located in Lučenec, SK
This is a beautiful ocena blue and white children's dining chair. It was used in a noble family in order to increase the seating height of their child.
Category
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Daybed in Pierre Frey Fabric Circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Daybed in Pierre Frey Fabric
England circa 1890
Antique frame with turned wooden feet on castors, newly upholstered in Pierre Frey embroidered fabric.
34”w x 73”d x 33.5”h x 15” seat
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric
Victorian Salon Chair 1860 Nursing Seat
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Victorian nursing chair in mahogany
Can also function as a parlour or salon chair
Circa 1860 on this collectable piece
The low seat is a give away to it being originally desi...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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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