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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1910s
19th Century French Hand Carved Oak Settee or Park Bench
Located in Miami, FL
19th century French bench made from oak. The back is exquisitely hand carved with two differents motifs, surrounded by decorative carvings. The sides are made up of matching decorati...
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Armchair French Giltwood Rococo Style, France
Located in New York, NY
Armchair French giltwood Rococo style France. An armchair made during the 19th century in France. Frame of giltwood with beautiful carvings. Contempora...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Jamaican Cuban Mahogany Upholstered Sofa with Acanthus & Lion Paw Feet. C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Jamaican Cuban mahogany sofa with flanking scrolled arms, reeded skirt, centered rosette, and terminating on acanthus carved lions paw feet. Sofa has be...
Category
1820s Jamaican British Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Muslin, Mahogany
Antique 18th Century Style Venetian Orange Leather Armchair
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th century style Venetian carved Italian armchair.
Priced each.
Additional information:
Materials: giltwood
Color: Burn...
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Carved Hall Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique pair of carved oak Baroque Italian hall chairs.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Large Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Throne Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Victorian quality carved oak throne chair having a quality carved oak top rail with two cherubs, barley twist supports, cane back flanked by carved scrolls and sunflowe...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Large Howard and sons chaise longue sofa
Located in Stroud, GB
Early substantial deep seated Howard and sons chaise sofa covered in H&S blue ticking
standing on English walnut turned legs and original gilt castors.
French Empire shape perfected ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Qing Dynasty Elm Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chinese Qing dynasty chairs in light Elm. Mid 19th century construction featuring mortise and tenon joinery and wooden nails. Elegant craftsmanship ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
Early 19th Century French Restauration Period Elm Armchairs with Urn Motif
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of French Restauration period walnut armchairs from the early nineteenth century features scrolling arms and gently curved legs. The back legs are flared "en sabres", or li...
Category
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Elm
English 19th Century Club Chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Elegant English late 19th-early 20th century Howard type upholstered club chair. Rolled and buttoned back and arms with a buttoned swell front and standing on turned mahogany legs wi...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Large Antique Fireside Stool, English, Walnut, Footstool, Victorian, Circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique fireside stool. An English, walnut footstool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Generously sized stool with an attractive frame
Displays a d...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Late 19th Century Hand Carved Syrian Settee
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a late 19th century example of a hand carved Syrian settee. With ornate carved bead work, and other natual material sectioned motifs and hand carved text at it ...
Category
1890s Syrian Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
A Regency Mahogany Scroll End Sofa
Located in London, GB
A Regency Mahogany Scroll End Sofa
With carved show wood front, on turned and reeded legs with brass casters
Height: 88 cm, 34 5/8″
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19th Century Carved And Gilt Vanity Chair
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century French baroque carved and gilt vanity chair. Upholstered in a vintage fine and colorful brocade of roses and foliage.
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Restauration Armchairs, 1880
Located in Leimen, DE
Explore our pretty French Restauration Armchair, crafted circa 1870-80. Adorned with intricate carvings, this armchair is constructed from luxurious Mahogany wood and features a styl...
Category
1880s French Restauration Antique Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Victorian Walnut Armchair
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
Victorian walnut armchair
A Victorian walnut armchair of good proportions. Fully restored and covered in calico. Loose cover made in 'Old Flax, Ivory' by ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Fantasy Carved and Painted Sofa
Located in Rochester, NY
Exotic Venetian sofa. Lavishly carved and painted Venetian sofa. 19th century. Dramatic design. Please, contact us for shipping options.
Presented Joseph Dasta...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
A W N Pugin, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster A Gothic Revival oak armchair
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster for the House of Lords London. A Gothic Revival oak armchair with carved rosettes to the headrest, and each side of the arms, and u...
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Northern Swedish Charming Pine Folk Art Stool
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish charming folk art stool from the early 19th century. The stool is made in pine and it has the original worn patina of time. The model and construction is primitive b...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Austrian 1850s Biedermeier Upholstered Stool with Out-Scrolled Arms and Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
This adorable Austrian Biedermeier walnut stool from the mid-19th century features high out-scrolled upholstered arms flanking an upholstered seat. The simple curvy lines of the uppe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Muslin, Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Secession Stool
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession stool professionally stained and repolished.
Category
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of French Empire Mahogany Armchairs Attributed to Jacob Desmalter
By Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine pair of French Empire mahogany armchairs attributed to Jacob Desmalter, circa 1805. The shaped backs ending in beautifully...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Yellow Birch Sofa Settee
Located in Round Top, TX
Drama and elegance combine in this lovely example of Swedish Biedermeier craftsmanship. This stunning antique sofa is made from polished yellow birch that seems to glow with life. No...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Birch
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Armchairs. Vienna, c. 1830.
Located in Vienna, AT
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This elegant pair of Viennese Biedermeier upholstered armchairs from c. 1825-30 are distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design and excellent cra...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Empire Mahogany Bench with Blue Upholstery, Satinwood and Gilt Bronze Inlay
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Empire bench crafted in mahogany with gently curved legs.
The end panels are adorned with satinwood line inlay and gilt bronze mounts set in ebonized fields.
The seat has be...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Bronze
1947 Peder Pedersen, Set of 6 Solid Wood Dining Chairs, Light Wool Upholstered
Located in London, GB
1947 Peder Pedersen, set of six dining chairs of mahogany, hereof two armchairs. Seat upholstered with light wool. Designed 1947. Made by cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen. Presented at th...
Category
1840s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Wool
French Louis XVI Style Bergère Armchair Upholstered Green Velvet, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI style bergère armchair upholstered in sage green velvet, 19th century
Deep and comfortable, Classic French ch...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Set of Four 19th Century French Louis XV Fruitwood Side Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of Four 19th Century French Louis XV Fruitwood Side Chairs feature the classic form definitive of the Rococo style, with violin-shaped seat backs, generous seats, and an undulati...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare Beautiful Thonet High Back Armchair No 6351 , Black, Cane
By Michael Thonet, Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
Original cane and black finish, stamped Thonet. Beautiful lines.
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking and steadfast pair of early 19th century English Regency period armchairs with perfectly curved backs, columnar arm supports with ba...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Finely Decorated and Painted 19th Century Settle Bench from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large and deep 19th century original painted and decorated settle bench is made in New Berlin, Pennsylvania. It is in remarkable condition and great surface. This settle is very...
Category
1830s American American Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
English Mahogany Arm Chair With Upholstered Seat, 1820
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Regency period ram’s horn arm chair on sabre legs. The chair back has a rectangular concave crest rail morticed between the upper leg posts and...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
2 Antique Victorian Eastlake Maple Ladderback Needlepoint Velvet Parlor Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Two antique Victorian Eastlake parlor accent chairs. Made of maple featuring ladderback design with low arm, turned posts, and needlepoint / velvet seats.
dimensions:
19"L x 17"W x...
Category
Late 19th Century Eastlake Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Velvet, Maple
Louis XVI Settee or Sofa, Golden Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XVI style sofa. Golden wood. Upholstery to restore or replace.
Sofa on turned stipe legs and waist with dice with flowers, repeating the decoration of the legs in columns on ...
Category
19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Late 19thc Pair Louis XV Style Upholstered French Fruitwood Chairs
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming pair of French Louis XV style upholstered chairs are accented at the seats and backs by brass tacking, beautifully carv...
Category
1890s Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
American Fancy Painted Grape Vine Spindle Bench . Baltimore , Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American carved wood and painted bench with grape vine motif, one board seat, scrolled arms, spindle carvings, and ending on turned painted legs. Fancy Furniture...
Category
1820s American American Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Paint, Wood
Decorative Small Floral Painted Ebonised Victorian Stool
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A delightful small Victorian hand painted stool.
Beautiful hand painted floral decoration, a great decorative piece.
In good sound condition.
Category
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Ashanti People, Ghana Asipim Chair with Cushion.
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
A royal chair in Asante society It is a sign of power and prestige used exclusively by chiefs. The chair is made of a hand carved wood frame covered with hammered brass tacks and stu...
Category
19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Side Chair Designed by Thonet, Austria, 1910
By Thonet
Located in Antwerp, BE
Classic collectible chair by famous German-Austrian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet. Bentwood frame with hooped legs. The seat is embossed with a decorative floral motif.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Bentwood
ANTIQUE set Four PERIOD A. Chairs by PHOENIX David Kendal - Stickley era W7365
By Phoenix
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a very nice set of four (4) antique Arm Chairs by PHOENIX. They are in very good condition, "like new. From their condition, we can tell they were seldom used... They have...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Seating
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Painted Bench
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is an absolutely stunning early 19th century rococo Swedish bench. This beautiful piece has been dry scrapped to the original paint. It features a white color palette throughout...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Pair of English Leather Armchairs
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely magnificent pair of antique English solid walnut library armchairs, circa 1880 in date.
Each with a beautiful hand carved cresting rail, the backs, seats and arms upholstered in sumptuous leather, the arms on spindle supports and on turned front legs terminating in the original brass castors.
The brown leather is truly striking and in excellent condition, these armchairs are of a quality that would be very difficult to find today and the solid walnut has wonderful hand carved decoration.
Provenance: Barcote Manor, Buckland, Oxfordshire.
Barcote Manor
was built in 1876 as a hunting lodge for Lady Theodora Guest, a daughter of the Duke of Westminster. In 1881 it was sold to William West...
Category
1880s English Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Set of Two Wicker Chairs 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of wicker and oak chairs. They are not exactly the same. When joined together they form a small wicker bench. The backrest is composed of a series of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Hall Bench in Red-Brown wood, England, around 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
This 19th-century Victorian hall bench, crafted in England around 1870, is a striking example of period craftsmanship and refined design. Made from rich red-brown wood, it features f...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Carved Elbow Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
A quality antique Victorian mahogany carved elbow chair with an elegant shaped and beautifully carved top rail and a finely carved centre splat. This admirable piece has wonderful sh...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Josef Maria Olbrich, set of 4 armchairs for Thonet, Austria, 1910
Located in Argelato, BO
Josef Maria Olbrich, set of 4 armchairs for Thonet, Austria, 1910
Rare and extraordinary set of 4 bent beech chairs by the architect and designer Olbrich for Thonet from an important office in Trieste...
Category
1910s Vienna Secession Vintage Seating
Materials
Bentwood
Set of Four Austrian Biedermeier Side Chairs with Lyre Shaped Backs, circa 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of four Austrian Biedermeier dining chairs from the mid-19th century, with lyre-shaped backs, carved urns and new upholstery. Each of this set of Biedermeier side chairs featur...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Black Wood and Red Velvet English Chiavari Chair
Located in New York, NY
An antique English Chiavari black wood painted side chair with striking red velvet tufted seat, England, circa Late-19th century to early-20th century. Chair has spindle back, black ...
Category
1890s English Chinoiserie Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
Louis 13 Bench Sofa in native wood - XIXth - Spain - High Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Superb bench in native wood of Louis XIII style. Twisted columns decorated with spinning tops on the backrest, armrests finished with balls, base joined by a stringer brace. The sofa is upholstered in a fabric with a High Period pattern of animals in foliage like the initial letters of medieval manuscripts...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Palisander
Pair of 19th Century Carved Moorish Hardwood Chairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of 19th century carved Moorish hardwood chairs, profusely carved throughout with mother of pearl inlay and Islamic carved inscription to the back rail, above the upholstered rem...
Category
Late 19th Century Moroccan Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Regency Mahogany Sofa
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency mahogany sofa, boldly carved with roundels, the curved cresting centered on a scrolling motif and supported on lyre fronted legs w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Pair of Armchair Carcasses, Montespan Style, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French pair of armchair carcasses, Montespan style, 19th century
Very beautiful model and lovely wood finish, to be upholstered to your taste.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Swiss alp escabelle B2
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B2
Category
1840s Swiss Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Circa 1835 Set of 6 American Late Classical Period Tiger Maple Side Chairs
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A fine set of 6 American late Classical period tiger maple side chairs, c. 1835. New England origin. Raised on ring turned, tapered legs with vasiform terminals. Cane sears in excell...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Maple
A fine set of 8 19th c Irish mahogany dining chairs by Butler of Dublin
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine set of 19th c 8 Irish Chippendale finely carved dining chairs. Comprising of 2 heavily carved arms and 6 sides. These chairs are heavily carved with fine eagle heads on the a...
Category
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Chippendale Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Library reading chair with carved swan head detail W1V period
By King & Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
William 1V period Mahogany & leather library reading chair
Recently covered in leather & coloured to chestnut,
brass studded detail
Fine pair Mahogany carved Swan Heads elbows
Sc...
Category
1830s William IV Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Fine Set of Four Biedermeier Walnut Chairs. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
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These Fine set of four Viennese Biedermeier walnut chairs from circa 1825 is the best example of an early Viennese Biedermeier which reflect innovative design and highest qual...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of Louis XVI Style Porter's Chairs in Carved Walnut
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of walnut Porter chairs in the Louis XVI style featuring hand carved acanthus leaves on the crest rail and arms, tapered legs with cabled fluting, central bow on the seat rail a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
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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