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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Italian Designer, Lounge Chairs, Wood, Velvet, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of wood and green velvet lounge chairs designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
Seat height: 14.18"
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Jacques Adnet Arm Chair
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rare Jacques Adnet Arm Chair
Signature saddle stitched leather over heavy steel with deep chocolate seat and back
Floating back cushion is attached with unique saddle stitched clips...
Category
1940s French Vintage Seating
Materials
Steel
Italian Designer, Lounge Chairs, Oak, Fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sizeable oak and beige fabric lounge chairs designed and produced in Italy, 1940s.
Seat height 18.5”.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
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
Osvaldo Borsani Ottomans
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wonderful pair of Osvaldo Borsani ottomans newly upholstered in green tartan wool fabric.
Wonderful patina to rich mahogany wood bases with inlay and curved feet.
Italy circa 1940s
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
French Woven Lounge Chairs 1940's
By Vibo
Located in Hudson, NY
French Mid Century Ripe Chairs by Adrien Audox and Frida Minet for Vibo. Beautifully curved bentwood and original woven rope seats.
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Rush, Bentwood
Pair of Antique Swedish Satin Birch Biedermeier Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of antique Swedish satin birch Biedermeier armchairs. They were recently imported from Sweden and date from around the 1850-1870 period.
They are of superb quality, ...
Category
1850s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Emanuele Rambaldi set of six beech and straw chairs by Chiappe, Chiavari, 1940s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A very rare set of six "Chiavarine" chairs, expertly crafted in the early 1940s by the esteemed cabinetmaker Guido Chiappe, under the artistic direction of Italian visionary Emanuele...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Straw, Beech
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
Danish Modern Finn Juhl "46" Sofa, Dark Lavender Blue Velvet, Carl Brørup, 1940s
By Finn Juhl
Located in Odense, DK
Early and important Finn Juhl "46" sofa made in the 1940s at original manufacturer Carl Brørup. The sofa is upholstered in a beautiful dark blue velvet. The sofa is in very good orig...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet
Osvaldo Borsani Lounge Chair in Walnut and Blue Velvet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Osvaldo Borsani for Arredamenti Borsani Varedo, lounge chair model 3615, walnut, velvet fabric, Italy, 1941
A design by Osvaldo Borsani, this easy chair epitomizes a harmonious fus...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Berga Mobler Pair of Lounge Chairs in Beige Teddy
By Berga Mobler
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Berga Mobler, pair of armchairs, beige teddy fabric, beech, Denmark, 1940s
This bold and curvy armchair is based on a solid construction with a tender touch due to the soft texture ...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Beech
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Charlotte Perriand 6 bauche chairs 1940
Located in Grenoble, FR
Charlotte Perriand
A set of 6 Bauche model straw chairs by Charlotte Perriand produced during the war in Grenoble where Pierre Jeanneret was resistant under the occupation. These ar...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Straw, Ash
Exaggerated Butterfly Back Wing Chair, Circa 1940
Located in Rochester, NY
Exaggerated butterfly back wing chair w/ tapered mahogany legs / brass tacking at wood accented rolled arms & top of front legs / original floral design cotton linen upholstery w/ b...
Category
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of armchairs from the 1940s
Located in Brescia, IT
Vintage Scandinavian armchairs made of wood and light-colored fabric. Characterized by a wooden frame that features flowing, harmonious curves that perfectly complement the upholster...
Category
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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
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
High Back Settee by Osvaldo Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Walnut, fabric. Custom settee for a private commission, produced by ABV. This example dates from 1949, although the design itself dates from 1943.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Early Alvar Aalto Hallway Armchair in Red Lacquer Finish
By Finmar, Alvar Aalto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking Model 403 Hallway Chair in red lacquer finish, designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Sanitorium, later issued by Finmar. The armchair showcases a fluid design, with a gra...
Category
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Birch
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
Large Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Lounge Chair, c1940s
Located in London, GB
Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Armchair, circa 1940s.
This tall lounge chair produced by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1940s is typical of Danish lounge chair designs of the day. It f...
Category
1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Sheepskin, Beech
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
19th Spanish Century Renaissance Revival Style Carved Walnut Wood Bench
Located in Miami, FL
This rich and sculptural Renaissance style bench has magnificent hand carved motifs of scrolling rinceau, shields, grape clusters, rampant swans. One pair of demi-figures upholds a stepped out frieze topped by a central ceramic panel. The other pair of demi figures upholds the trunk seat...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Bronze
Set of Six Italian Carved Walnut Chairs 19th Century Velvet to Replace
Located in Milan, IT
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, walnut structure is solid, but they need ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Set of Six Dining Chairs by Osvaldo Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Set of six dining chairs
by Osvaldo Borsani for Atelier Borsani Varedo.
Mahogany with patinated brass details.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Brass
Superb Set of Six Antique English Geo. I/II Style Hand Carved Mahogany Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous Quality Antique English Set of Six (6) heavy, dense San Domingan Hand Carved Mahogany Geo. I/II Style Side Chairs (no arms) with design influences by Thos. Chippendale and R...
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Napoleon III tub chairs with cabriole legs
Located in Malton, GB
If you would like these chairs upholstered please click yes in the upholstery drop down menu. These would require 8 metres of material (4m per chair). You can supply your own or plea...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery
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
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
Dutch Dining Chairs in Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining chairs, stained beech, The Netherlands, 1940s
This set of dining chairs is designed with a perfectly balanced backrest and sturdy overall frame. The robust structure is evide...
Category
1940s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech
19th C. French Walnut Upholstered Armchair
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous and very comfortable 19th C. French armchair is supported on turned and fluted legs, with a carved moulding around the outer frame. The chair has recently been reuphols...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Regency Library Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality early 19th century simulated rosewood
Regency period library armchair having elegant scrolling
Arms over X framed end supports with ...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
19th Century Louis XIII Style Carved Oak and Leather Armchair by Karpen
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a study with this large antique king armchair. Hand carved by Karpen Furniture in Chicago, the important chair stands on turned leg...
Category
Late 19th Century American Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Pair of French Armchairs or Throne Chairs, circa 1880 Unrestored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique pair of French Armchairs from the late 1800s in an as found condition, meaning that, they will require restoration and new upholstery. This particular pair of Antique French ...
Category
1880s French Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Edwardian Duet Piano Stool
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very well made antique Edwardian duet piano stool. This was made in England, it dates from the 1890-1910 period.
The quality is excellent this has a gorgeous and ver...
Category
1890s British Edwardian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Paddle Arm British Colonial Plantation Lounge Chair
Located in Peabody, MA
An original antique Anglo-Indian long paddle arm plantation lounge chair in solid teak circa late 19th century. Retains its underarm
extensions for reclining with legs up.
Depth ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Teak
Gio Ponti curved sofa by Casa e Giardino, Italy, 1940s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare and beautiful curved sofa with a wooden frame and fabric upholstery, designed by Gio Ponti for "Casa e Giardino", manufactured in Italy in the 1940s.
In Gio Ponti's ideal hom...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Antique Islamic Moorish Syrian Carved Inlaid Mother of Pearl Corner Chair 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century Islamic Moorish style inlaid corner chair, Damascus work from Syria, circa 1880.
The corner chair is made from hardwoo...
Category
1880s Syrian Islamic Antique Seating
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
19th Century French Hand Carved and Painted side Chairs in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French hand carved side chairs in Louis XV style beautifully hand painted in light green with gilt wood accents. Both are upholstered in floral silk textile and are in very good orig...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Wood
French art deco cognac leather and velvet moustache club chair
Located in Kleinburg, ON
French art deco heavily patinated club chairs, featuring a distinctive moustache-shaped back and a distressed, patinated brown leather upholstery with seat in a tonal velvet material...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet, Leather
Pair of 19th Century William IV Period Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A pair of 19th century William IV period fine quality solid mahogany bar back side chairs with newly upholstered seats, in excellent condition. These strong chairs are designed with ...
Category
Early 19th Century British William IV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Cream White Canapé
Located in Houston, TX
A Classic and stately 19th century Louis XVI giltwood canapé, newly upholstered in a creamy white ecru mohair silk velvet. Measures: 71.5" L.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Mohair, Silk, Giltwood, Wood
Unique English Oak Side Chair, Circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
Late 19th century very unique English side chair in solid oak with carved back in floral motif. Two long vertical open slats (one to each side of the back) add to the unique design o...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
19th Century British Dining Chairs, Set of Four
Located in High Point, NC
Made in the United Kingdom in the 19th Century, this set of four chairs is made of wood and features an upholstered cushion. Finished in black, the refined style of these chairs lend...
Category
19th Century British Country Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
12 Antique English Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs Supplied by Mario Buatta
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. and later, England, an assembled set of dining chairs in the Hepplewhite style, (6) side chairs with pierced splat backs, and (6) side chairs of similar design, all of mahoga...
Category
1890s English Hepplewhite Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Set of 6 Louis xiv sheep bone chairs original tapestry dating from the century
Located in Somme-Leuze, BE
magnificent set of 6 Louis XIV sheep bone chairs from the 19th century original tapestry oak woodwork
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Rustic, Primitive, Wabi Sabi, Naive Vintage Stool, Table, Italy, c1800s
Located in London Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire
A naive, most probably 19th-century rustic, primitive, Wabi-Sabi vintage
antique stool originating from the hilltop city of Matera in Italy. The legs date
from differing periods as...
Category
19th Century British Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
English 19th Century Pine Stool with Stretchers and Rustic Character
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English 19th century pine stool with side stretchers and rustic character. Discover the rustic charm and practicality of this English 19th-century pine stool, a piece that beautif...
Category
19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
19th Century Howard Style Willoughby Armchair With Cope Castors
Located in Accrington, GB
A 19th century armchair in the style and quality of Howard and Sons Willoughby arm chair. The armchair has front turned walnut legs with stamped Cope and Collinson castors, with rear walnut legs again with stamped Cope and Collinson castors. The armchair has a beautiful floral linen fabric...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Eight English 1880s Oak Dining Room Side Chairs with Spindle Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English set of eight oak dining room side chairs from the late 19th century, with spindle motifs and wooden seats. Created in England during the last quarter of the 19th century, ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
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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