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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Georgian Revival Eclectic Set, Unique Set English Style Each in Different Design
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Beautiful set of 6 chairs and two armchairs. Made of eight different style of chairs.
This group was made with the Chippendale and Hepplewhite style chairs...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Seating
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Set of Four Balloon-Back Napoleon III Dining Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful set of four balloon backed antique French dining chairs dating from the Napoleon III period. Comfortable as well as elegant, each chair is sculpted from finest mahogany, ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
19th C. Regency Metamorphic Library Steps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully hand crafted Olive leather tufted Bench with a Mahogany frame. The Top tilts up revealing a set of 5 Library Stairs. The stairs lock into place and a lower pull out s...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
A Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Maplewood Stools
By Biedermeier
Located in London, GB
Austria, circa 1880
A pair of Biedermeier stools with Maplewood bases, the legs turned with ebonised bands, now with seats upholstered in white linen.
Height 45.00cm
Width ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Seating
Materials
Maple
Charles Bevan attributed. A gothic Revival side chair with chamfered edges
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan attributed. A gothic Revival side chair with chamfered edges, and ebonized dot decoration to the lower back, and to the front and back seat corners. With ring turned su...
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th century Carolean inspired hall chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Unusual pair of carolean inspired hall chairs circa 1880.
Made from earlier 18th century elements. Carved back rests with inlaid floral plaques.
Slight differences in carvings plea...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Bruce Talbert attributed probably made by Gillows. A Gothic Revival oak armchair
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert attributed, probably made by Gillows. A Gothic Revival oak armchair with a shaped head rail centered with a carved floret, flanked by carved floral finials...
Category
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
19th Century Early American Style Maple Ladder and Spindle Back Plank Side Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Early American Style Maple Ladder and spindle Back Plank Side Chair. Will make a nice addition to your collection. Measures 17" in width, 16" in depth and stands 32" t...
Category
19th Century American American Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Maple
18th CENTURY TASTE'S PAIR OF GOLDEN ARMCHAIRS
Located in Firenze, FI
These armchairs in carved pine wood and gilded with gold leaf represent a fine example of Tuscan craftsmanship in eighteenth-century style. The armchairs are characterized by a wavy ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Monumental Antique English Jacobean Carved Oak Moreton Hall Bench Pew 82"
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare and impressive hall bench / settle from Moreton Hall in Lancashire United Kingdom, circa 1830s. Made of oak featuring serpentine hand carved form with lion passant holding an acorn, heavy acanthus leaf foliate and swags. The bench showcases impressive dog bone arms with ornate scrolling. The seat is supported by robust legs carved throughout with scrolled foot over plinth. The settle is a true masterpiece! Included with the bench is an original antique oil painting of the great house. The painting is by Harry Bloomfield (1883-1941)
Moreton Hall, Whalley, was situated on the lower slopes of Whalley Nab, off the road from Whalley towards Accrington (now the A680) about a quarter of a mile from Portfield Bar and just over a mile South-South-East of Whalley. The Hall was a Jacobean style mansion built in 1833 by John Webster...
Category
1830s Jacobean Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Armchairs with Wood Legs, Italy, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian armchairs with highly sculptural backrests and sides supported on elegantly tapered wood legs. Newly refinished and upholstered in a creamy faux suede.
Italy, circa...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
Charles Dudouyt Set of Six (6) Rush and Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage Walnut and rush seat dining chairs by Charles Dudouyt, France 1940s. Dudouyt crafted wooden furniture in strong Art Deco/ brutalist forms, using playful geometries and const...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Rush, Walnut
Italian Carved Bench Freshly Upholstered in Tiger Silk Velvet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian carved bench freshly upholstered in tiger silk velvet. Very nice nail head details around the perimeter. Each leg has a hand carved grotto head and the original fin...
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique French Side Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a beautiful pair of 19th century French chairs! These are a gorgeous French Provencial style with hand carved detail along the back and legs. The paint is fading and chipping...
Category
1890s French Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
19th Century Mahogany Pair of Library Armchairs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very fine quality pair of 19th century mahogany
French Empire library armchairs having well figured
Top rails over enclosed swept arms with car...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Mahogany Bench Attributed To Shoolbred
Located in Essex, MA
Original and of the period. Hard to find longer length. Rectangular top with turned cylindrical hand holds. Raised on circular tapered legs. Sold in 2001 from a NYC dealer...
Category
1870s English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Baffo armchair by Gianni Pareschi and Ezio Didoni for Dam, by Busnelli 1969
Located in Misinto, IT
Baffo, a tube that runs and bends, holding a leather basin suspended a foot from the ground.
The Baffo armchair is the result of the union between the i...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Metal
19th Century Empire Style Mahogany Living Room and Gilded Bronze Caryatid Head
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Empire style mahogany and gilded bronze decorated living room with caryatid heads and claw feet. Bench, two armchairs, two chairs. Period 19th century. Tapestry to restore. Armc...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th century Italian Painted Footstools
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of 19th century Italian painted Footstools standing on cabriole legs with richly foliate carvings and gilt wood decorations.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood, Paint
Set of 4 Russian Chairs, Birch Veneer, Early 19th Century
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 4 Russian Chairs, birch veneer, early 19th century
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
A Moorish ebonized parlour chair with Musharabieh turnings
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co attributed. A Moorish ebonized parlour chair with Musharabieh turnings to each side of the back and also uniting the seat to the lower stretchers, with extending arched feet. With a beautiful original floral beaded tapestry...
Category
1890s English Moorish Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
STUNNiNG ANTIQUE VICTORIAN "TETE A TETE" CONVERSATION SOFA WITH EBONISED FRAME
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale lovely Victorian Aesthetic Movement “Tete a Tete” Conversation couch
Please note the delivery fee listed is...
Category
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Hardwood
An Aesthetic Movement walnut armchair with a curvaceous back leather upholstery.
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement Walnut Library armchair with a curvaceous back and nicely worn button back leather upholstery. The arms with double curves to the end of the armrests and floret...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of English 1890-1920s Bamboo and Rattan Chairs with Custom Cushions
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English bamboo and rattan chairs from circa 1890-1920 with custom cushions. These exquisite English bamboo and rattan chairs, hailing from the late 19th to early 20th centu...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Rattan, Bamboo
Antique English Victorian Cast Iron Wooden Slat Garden Seat Patio Park Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Cast Iron Wooden Slat Garden Seat Patio Park Bench. Cast iron leafy scroll frame, iron stretcher, "sled" form base to legs, weathered green painted finish, ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Louis XVI Style Chairs Upholstered in Irish Natural Linen
Located in Brea, CA
Beautiful carved and painted Louis XVI style chairs upholstered in 100% pure Irish linen in a natural flax color.
Paint is oyster white, with subtle distressed edges, and finished wi...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Chaise longue, Northern Europe, circa 1890. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chaise longue from the late 19th century.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. The chaise longue is covered with new fabric.
Dimensions: ...
Category
1890s Norwegian Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Liberty & Co armchair with a shaped back & mashrabiya turnings to the head rest.
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co An Aesthetic Movement ebonized Moorish low armchair with a shaped back with mashrabiya turnings to the head rest and tapestry seat
Category
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Monumental Antique Imperial Meiji Japanese Ebonized High Relief Carved Dragon
Located in Dayton, OH
Impressive Imperial Japanese Meiji period Elm Dragon storage bench. Features high relief carved accents and under seat storage. From top to bottom this piece is adorned with three to...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Spanish Renaissance Carved Bleached Chestnut and Iron Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hallway or entry with this elegant antique bench. Crafted in Spain circa 1880 and built of chestnut wood, the bench stands on carved legs ending with round feet. Both ox y...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
Leather and Steel Lounge Chair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This lounge chair was originally a sofa designed by the Lloyd Manufactureing Company. Due to the wear we decided to make it a comfortable lounge chair upholstered in black leather. ...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Steel
Set of 12 Late Georgian Mahogany Dining Chairs attributed to Gillows
Located in London, GB
A Fine set of Twelve George IV Dining Chairs
Attributed to Gillows of London & Lancaster
Constructed from flamed Cuban mahogany, with hand-car...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1940s Rustic Industrial Iron and Buffalo Leather Swivel Stools, Set of 4
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, rare, leather and iron swivel
stools you could hope to find. Firm cushioning lend inviting comfort to the elegant silhouette. ...
Category
1940s Rustic Vintage Seating
Materials
Iron
1940's Hollywood Regency Patinated Occasional/ Side Chair
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1940's Hollywood Regency Carved Wood/ Patinated Occasional/ Side Chair. Powder blue fabric in good condition.
Category
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Sofa. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
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This elegant and truly exceptional Viennese Biedermeier sofa was made circa 1825.
Viennese Biedermeier pieces are distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and r...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Joint Stool
Located in Nantucket, MA
Sturdy little joint stool with round seat and lightly turned and incised legs. Original finish.
Category
Mid-19th Century North American Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 French Parcel Paint Louis XVI Style Cabriolet Armchairs, Circa 1885
Located in Dallas, TX
Dating to circa 1885, this set of four hand-carved parcel paint cabriolet armchairs are in the style of Louis XVI. The thick oval medallion backs (which have retained their original checkered canvas on the verso side) have been adorned with a trophy at the crest, featuring a floral margent tied to an arrow quiver by a twisted rope. Emanating from beneath the trophy are two distinct motifs: rais-de-couer beneath repeating husks, with both sets of carvings...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Linen, Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century French Bench with Original Paint
Located in High Point, NC
Earl 19th century Louis Philippe I bench made from fruitwood and with the original paint finish. The bench is supported on six hand turned and reeded legs, ending in tall hand turne...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood, Paint
An Anglo-Japanese ebonized side or nursing chair with green hide upholstery
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese ebonized side or nursing chair with curled finials and subtle fret works to the back. Professionally reupholstered in high quality green hide.
Category
1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Large Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of 19th Century Carved Giltwood Italian Armchairs of generous proportions. Each armchair is raised by cabriole legs, the front legs having rollers. Each chair features beautiful...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Giltwood
Swedish Designer, Stool, Pine, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine stool designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.
Seat height: 12.5”
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Pine
Eric Bertil Karlén Pair of Lounge Chairs in Ivory Linen and Elm, Sweden, 1940s
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare pair of lounge chairs was designed by Eric Bertil Karlén and produced by his company Firma Rumsinteriör in Sweden in the 1940s. The elegan...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Wood, Elm
R Boyd. in the style of Dr C Dresser. A pair of oak side chairs
Located in London, GB
R Boyd. in the style of Dr C Dresser. A pair of Aesthetic Movement oak side chairs with 1/4 moon details and double hoop stretchers. Furniture by R Boyd was illustrated in the Furnit...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Charles Bevan attributed. A Gothic Revival side chair with scroll carvings
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan attributed. A gothic Revival side chair with scroll carvings to the upper sides and incised decoration framing the backrest, with chamfered, and carved, and dot decorat...
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
An Aesthetic Movement Elm stool with a 'S' handle, and a wild grain to the seat.
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement period Elm stool with a 'S' shaped pierced handle, and a wonderful wild grain to the seat. Tight through and exposed joints to the four corners of the seat with...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
Charles Bevan attributed. A Gothic Revival oak side chair with carved decoration
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan (attributed), a Gothic Revival oak side chair, with rounded details to the upper backrest rail flanked by shaped uprights with carved and ebonized zig-zag bands to the ...
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Model FD 133 "Spade Chair", Finn Juhl
Located in Neuss, NW
Model FD 133 "Spade Chair" by Finn Juhl for France & Daverkosen from the 1960s. High-quality frame made of solid teak. The armchair has been reupholstered and covered with a high-qua...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Teak
Elegant Antique Carved Hall Wing Chair In Needlepoint Upholstery With Foot Stool
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The tall shaped back with narrow carved wings and carved lower frame and seat rail. The carved scrolled leafy arm ends with turned arm supports. Raised on spool turned legs with H st...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style 19th Century French Footstool with Carved Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style wooden footstool from the 19th century with carved cabriole legs and double welt linen custom upholstery. Elevate the elegance of your living space with this ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Unusual Northern Swedish Antique Unique Country Folk Art Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual primitive country chair in folk art from Northern Sweden. The chair is a one of a kind piece made by hand in solid pine around 1820 to 1840. Old historic paint which has beco...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Guglielmo Ulrich, Organic Lounge Chairs, Wood, Fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of wood and white bouclé fabric lounge chairs designed and produced by Guglielmo Ulrich, Italy, 1940s.
Seat height: 17”
Reupholstered in brand new fabric.
Category
1940s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Old Hickory American Provincial Paddle Arm Lounge Chair c 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Classic American Rustic furniture - lounge, armchair, made by the Old Hickory Furniture Company circa 1940's. The chair features a solid oak frame with a woven wicker backrest, it...
Category
1940s American Rustic Vintage Seating
Materials
Wicker, Oak
19th Country French Provincial Painted Bench or Footstool
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming late 19th century country French provincial bench seat or footstool featuring a lacquer painted finish. The carved wood frame has serp...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Faux Bois Stool
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th-century French Faux Bois Stool is the perfect addition to your garden exterior. Crafted with a unique process in France, it adds a timeless r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Faux Bamboo
E W Pugin attri. A Gothic Revival oak duet chair with a wider than usual seat.
Located in London, GB
E W Pugin attributed. A Gothic Revival oak duet chair with a wider than usual seat. With later period upholstery.
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair late 19th Century Chinese hardwood side chairs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th Century Chinese hardwood side chairs, each with hand carved panels the the backrest, inset panel seats, raised on square section legs, united by...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Leather Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Needs Upholstery
Category
1940s Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Rare Alvar Aalto Stool 60 Wartime Version, Artek, 1940s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Alvar Aalto war-time stools are extremely sought after collectibles for the simple reason that not many of them are available any more.
A war-time stoo...
Category
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Wood
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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