Skip to main content

Seating

to
1,854
5,604
5,504
11,352
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
7,531
2,763
325
618
182
507
115
272
90
144
80
177
1,290
579
476
460
351
319
280
252
249
141
108
93
91
36
28
13
13
7
2,542
10,260
73,124
48,761
5,685
40,499
19,199
286
1,068
2,483
2,977
10,111
12,814
10,342
3,916
1,543
10,385
3,362
1,894
1,724
1,551
8,831
3,054
2,802
2,272
685
11,352
11,352
11,352
89
72
63
51
43
Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved walnut armchair having a quality carved walnut shaped back, carved walnut open arms standing on shaped carved walnut cabriole legs to the front and o...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Antique Captain's Chair, English Elm, Beech, Smoker's Bow, Elbow Seat, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique captain's chair. An English, elm and beech smoker's bow or elbow seat, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Superb country house appeal with the class...
Category

Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Beech, Elm

Set of Four Classic Pre-Thonet Bentwood Cafe Chairs by Mundus and J. & J. Kohn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 1900's, classic Thonet style bentwood cafe chairs by Mundus and J. & J. Kohn. Mundus was a furniture manufacturing company that operated in various locations across the Austro-...
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Seating

Materials

Bentwood

Antique Rocking Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Rocker, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rocking chair. An English, walnut framed armchair rocker, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Relax and soothe the day...
Category

Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Textile, Walnut

19th Century hand painted folk art corner seat
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century hand painted folk art corner seat circa 1880. We are pleased to offer this rare traditional piece of hungarian furniture, hand painted in a blue/green and red colour sc...
Category

Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Seating

Materials

Pine, Paint

19th Century 'Sussex Chair' designed by Philip Webb for William Morris & co.
Located in London, GB
Rush-seated armchair in turned, ebonised wood frame and rush seat. In lovely original condition, the ebonised frame rubbed back to reveal the richly patinated wooden frame. Retains ...
Category

Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Seating

Materials

Rush, Ash

George II Style Chinoiserie Decorated Ebonized Gilt Accent Side Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
George II Style Chinoiserie Japanned gilt decorated ebonized cane side or desk chair with removable down filled red velvet seat cushion. Beautifully curved cabriole legs with paw b...
Category

Late 19th Century George II Antique Seating

Materials

Cane, Wood, Giltwood

Lee and Bunnell, Westport Lounge Chair, Wood, USA, 1900s
Located in High Point, NC
An early production painted wood "Westport" lounge chair designed by Thomas Lee in 1903 for his summer home in Westport, NY and produced by carpenter Harry Bunnell c. 1905. With make...
Category

Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

French Gothic Style Carved Oak Chayère Throne Chair, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… A French chayère throne chair, hand-carved in the late 1800s, using older Gothic-style panels. Multiple panels of Gothic tracery and linenfold were in...
Category

Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Seating

Materials

Wood, Oak

French Empire Napoleonic Style Chairs in South African Zebra Hide
Located in Saint Louis, US
Here we have a pair of antique French Baroque chairs. These two chairs were fully restored and upholstered from the bone; they were given a comple...
Category

Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Seating

Materials

Zebra Hide, Wood

Rare Antique Gothic Revival Oak Armchair Chair w Female Sculptures in Armrests
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and impressive, Gothic style chair from the late 1800s. This rare and solid oak Gothic Revival church chair has a beautiful patination and it is as stabile as the day it was...
Category

Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Oak

Antique Genuine Swedish Gustavian Style Country House Bench or Sofa
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish sofa in gustavian style. The sofa is a genuine country house furniture made by hand around 1820 in northern Sweden. The frame is m...
Category

Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating

Materials

Pine

John Jeliff Jenny Lind Carved Figural Renaissance Revival Victorian Sofa Settee
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb John Jelliff bronze plaque mounted figure of Jenny Lind on the central section at the top of the crest. The frame is absolutely stunning and features incised gilded ...
Category

1870s American Renaissance Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

English upholstered footstool on turned oak legs, c. 1850-1900
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rectangular footstool on turned oak legs terminating in button feet. The top of the stool has been upholstered in a hand loomed wool kilim fragment with a geometric pattern. England...
Category

Mid-19th Century British Antique Seating

Materials

Wool, Oak

Set of 4 Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Inlaid Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 4 antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid dining chairs having a quality mahogany back with pretty marquetry inlay, newly reupholstered seats in a quality fabric standing on...
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Seating

Materials

Other

Antique French Louis XVI Painted Accent Chairs in Light Blue - A Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
A charming pair of late-19th-century Louis XVI-style accent chairs, sourced from Provence, France. Each features a hand-crafted maple frame with a square back, hand-painted in creamy...
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Maple, Paint

Rare Serpentine Birch Austrian German Biedermeier Sofa Settee 1860s era
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Biedermeier restored 2 seat sofa. Bought from Atelier De Greef/Georges De Greef. He is part of the Art Restorers Association. He is also the official of the Milan Museum for the rec...
Category

1860s German Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Birch

Outstanding Quality Set of 8 Antique Regency Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality set of eight antique Regency carved rosewood dining chairs having magnificently carved rosewood top rails and carved rosewood shaped centre splats. Newly reuphols...
Category

19th Century English Regency Antique Seating

Materials

Other

Pair Early 19th Century American Tiger Maple Chairs
Located in Rochester, NY
A pair of country Sheraton tiger maple side chairs w/ the original woven rush seats. Overall nicely aged glowing color patina. American, early 19th century. Look at all pictures and ...
Category

Early 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Seating

Materials

Rush, Maple

Pair of 19th century French fauteuil walnut armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of 19th century french fauteuil walnut armchairs, circa 1870. Fine pair of french carved walnut armchairs, circa 1870. Nice proportions on this pair of chairs, which original t...
Category

Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Seating

Materials

Tapestry, Walnut

Set of 8 Antique English Regency Period Mahogany Carved Klismos Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
8 Antique English Regency Dining Chairs, C. 1820s. Features a mahogany frame with rope twisted back and stately acanthus leaf floral striped seat. Front legs are turned tapered and...
Category

1820s Regency Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This old authentic rocking chair was designed Michael Thonet and manufactured by Thonet. It was in the catalogue of 1904. It is a design classic. This dark brown rocking chair is in very good vintage condition with normal signs of age and use. The chair is stamped. Take your chance to get this Thonet collector’s item. Michael Thonet (1796-1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture, which ment the beginning of Modern Design. Le Corbusier used Thonet chairs...
Category

Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Seating

Materials

Bentwood

Set of Six Biedermeier Chairs, Cherry, Southern Germany, circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Set of six identical chairs from the Biedermeier period around 1830. H x W x D: 90 x 50 x 43 cm, seat height: 50 cm Made in southern Germany. Solid cherry and cherry veneered. Beau...
Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Cherry

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Carved Walnut Antique Settee
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian Antique settee circa 1845 of the period Louis Philippe. The settee is made of solid walnut wood hand carved. In good antique conditions of the ...
Category

1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Swiss alp escabelle A97 from Gruyere village
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle A97 from Gruyere village
Category

1840s Swiss Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

Early 19Thc Original Paint Decorated Windsor Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Step down Windsors in original paint decorated chairs.These very fine red painted chairs have mustard floral decoration with an amazing patina...
Category

19th Century American Adirondack Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

A Heywood Wakefield wicker chair, C. 1890.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extravagant Victorian wicker chair has wonderful detail including intricate weaves, braids, beads, and balls, all supported by four flaring legs. The Heywood-Wakefield Company ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wicker

Petite Chinese Quarter Moon Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With rustic texture and simplicity of form, this petite 19th-century stool is a timeless example of casual seating in rural China. Crafted of northern elm (yumu) with mortise-and-ten...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Seating

Materials

Elm

Large Biedermeier Sofa / Banquette In Burl Mahogany
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large Biedermeier style sofa or banquette in burl mahogany veneer and solid mahogany covered with a beautiful classic empire fabric in old gold with laurel wreath motifs. Beautiful ...
Category

Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Anglo-Indian White Lacquered Carved & Pierced Lion Motif Arm Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Anglo-Indian White Lacquered Carved & Pierced Lion Motif Arm Chair, circa 1880 This stunning 19th-century Anglo-Indian armchair, circa 1880, is a striking example of th...
Category

19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Gilded Cane English Regency Settee C 1810 with Original Horsehair Cushion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning, all original, Regency gilt caned settee, expertly crafted and finished in lustrous black lacquer with refined gilt gold accents. Reflecting the classical influence of early...
Category

19th Century English Regency Antique Seating

Materials

Cane, Wood, Giltwood

Superb Quality Antique Early Victorian Ornate Cast Iron Garden Seat
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique early Victorian ornate cast iron garden seat having a cast iron shaped back and arms with ornate pierced decoration, fantastic ornate seat with pierced scrolle...
Category

19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Iron

Set of four original chairs #511 from 1904, Gebrüder Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Four legged construction, square bentwood, beechwood stained mahogany, renovated cover and decorative nails, height 105cm, width 43cm, depth 60cm. Renovated condition with signs of a...
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Seating

Materials

Bentwood

19th Century Spanish Colonial Leather Upholstered Armchair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Spanish Colonial Leather Upholstered Armchair Beautiful handmade chair, nice carving and turned legs with new leather and large nail head trim
Category

19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Seating

Materials

Animal Skin, Leather, Wood

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Daybed
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Chair Gothic Revival Bishops Throne Altar Chair Cushion Oak 19thC
Located in Tyler, TX
OUTSTANDING Antique French Oak GOTHIC REVIVAL Bishops Throne Altar Chair with Reversible Liturgical Cushion~~HIGHLY CARVED ~~c. 1880s Highly detailed Gothic accents~~the m...
Category

Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Oak

Antique German Biedermeier Mahogany Fauteuil Wingback Library Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mid to early 19th century German Biedermeier library / lounge armchair. Made of mahogany featuring traditional form with fauteuil padded arms and flared ear / wing back with...
Category

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Vintage Black Hitchcock Chairs, Three Side Chairs, One Armed Chair
Located in Louisville, KY
These L. Hitchcocks chairs are as one would expect coming from Hitchcock, simply splendid. With their signature black painted finish and gold stencil work overall, the age, patina an...
Category

Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Seating

Materials

Rush, Wood, Paint

Philadelphia Neoclassic Upholstered Mahogany Sofa, 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American Neoclassic sofa with mahogany frame upholstered in silk with contrasting gimp. The crest rail has a panel of branch crotch mahogany book matched across the length of the sofa back. The scrolled arms, lion’s paw legs...
Category

1830s American Neoclassical Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Upholstery, Mahogany

Antique French Oak Armchair Upholstered in Shearling Properly Restored c1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Armchair Upholstered in genuine Shearling. The armchair was made in the style of Louis XIII and was completely and properly restored from the bare wood frame and on up...
Category

1880s French Louis XIII Antique Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Upholstery, Oak

French 19th Century Louis XVI-Style Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming, antique European stool. The cut velvet upholstery cushion has nailhead trim and sits atop a carved apron with floret dies at the fo...
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery

Pair Napoleon III Painted Side Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of period Napoleon III side chairs with cane seats, hand turned, exquisitely carved fluting at front legs and beautiful hand painted detailing. New down feather dark moss green ...
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating

Materials

Cane, Wood

Gondola stool, Austria Jugend / early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Decorative and functional gondola stool in walnut and original fabric. Wonderful timeless shape which works in most rooms and interiors. In good condition, smaller signs of age an...
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Seating

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Swedish Karl Johan/ Empire Meridienne/ Recamier in Carved Mahogany w/ Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptionally beautiful Karl Johan meridienne or fainting couch with graceful curves and foliate and fleur-de-lis carvings on the mahogany frame, with upholstered back, seat and s...
Category

Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Seating

Materials

Cotton, Upholstery, Mahogany

Austro-German 19th Century Biedermeier Sofa
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fabulous Biedermeier style settee from 19th century Bavaria. The settee is made from exceptionally beautiful, solid maple. Some areas have a striped appearance to the grain. This i...
Category

19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Maple

Spoon backed Dining Chairs, Set of 4
Located in New York, NY
Transform your dining room with our Spoon Back 19th Century Dining Chairs! Our elegant set of 4 chairs feature strong and supportive spoon backs, adding both style and comfort to you...
Category

Late 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Walnut & Upholstered Fauteuil
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French carved walnut fauteuil from the 1800’s is in wonderful antique condition. The frame is tight and has recently been upholstered in a calming patterned fabric surrounded with na...
Category

19th Century French Other Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

19th Century German Set of Six Biedermeier Antique Veneered Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 19th Century, antique German Biedermeier set of six dining room chairs made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Walnut, in good condition. The side chairs have an open...
Category

Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut, Velvet, Upholstery

19th Century German Set of Six Antique Biedermeier Walnut Dining Room Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique German Biedermeier set of six dining room chairs made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Walnut, in good condition. The side chairs have an open, detailed carved ba...
Category

Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut, Ebony

Victorian Mahogany Chaise Lounge
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian mahogany serpentine chaise upholstered in a red floral fabric with buttoned back, raised on cabriol legs with castors. Dimensions Width190c...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Syrian Moorish inlaid chair with mashrabiya and Arabic calligraphy decoration, circa 1890. This very attractive antique Levantine chair ...
Category

1890s Syrian Islamic Antique Seating

Materials

Bone, Shell, Ebony, Walnut

Pair of Mid-century Beech and Straw Armchairs Basque Spanish circa 1940
Located in Labrit, Landes
Mid-century pair of open armchairs Spanish from the Basque area, made circa 1940. Beech and straw, with few colored straw. Atypical design with rounded armrests and straw on the sea...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Seating

Materials

Straw, Beech

19th Century Swedish Gustavian Chair with Originalpaint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian chair from Umea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden Nice unusual model with ribs in the back & hand carved flowers & leaves. Has style features of English ...
Category

Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating

Materials

Pine

19th Century Italian Charles X Carved Walnut Antique Large Settee
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Antique settee 1825s in full Charles X era. The settee is made of solid walnut hand carved. Particular shape called a boat. Large size compared to other ...
Category

1820s Italian Charles X Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Swiss alp escabelle from Gruyere village signed C A M 1857
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp pine escabelle dated and signed C A M 1857 from Gruyere village
Category

Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Seating

Materials

Pine

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...
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Metal

Exceptionally Rare Primitive Early 19th Iberian Dug-Out Bench Wabi Sabi
Located in London, GB
A super rare dug-out bench from the mountains of northern Portugal. Hollowed out from a signal piece of walnut. Heavily patinated with age old repairs.
Category

Early 19th Century Portuguese Antique Seating

Materials

Chestnut, Walnut

Pair of American Mahogany Upholstered Slip Seat Gondola Chairs, c. 1830-35
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of American neoclassic mahogany and figured mahogany veneered slip seat gondola chairs in the French Restoration taste. The boxed slip seat is fitted to a bowed mahogany front s...
Category

Mid-19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, 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.

Recently Viewed

View All