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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Chippendale 18th Century Mahogany Carver Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Superb Quality 18th Century Chippendale Period Mahogany Carver Armchair, Of Rare Bold Proportion, Having Exceptionally Rich Carved Decoration To Elegant Pierced Splat Back, Over Sc...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Large English Country House Stool
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An incredibly large early 19th Century English country house footstool or coffee table.
Dry oak legs terminating on the original brass caster’s.
Recovered in calico with jute detailing.
Category
19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
1800's Antique French Louis XIII Carved Walnut, Griffins Flanking Crest Sofa!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Sofa, French Louis XIII Carved Walnut, Griffins Cabochon Flanking Crest, 1800s, 19th Century!
This antique French Louis XIII sofa is a true masterpiece, carved from...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of Gainsborough Library Armchairs English, Circa 1890
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Pair of George III style Gainsborough library chairs. Vintage brown leather upholstery. with solid walnut arms and legs.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
3 szek 19 century biedermeier
Located in Kerepes, HU
3 darab biedermeier van szó, csak egyben eladó.
Kis méretük de annál látványosak. Alkalmasok egyaránt akar egy váróteremben vagy egy szalonban egy kis dohányzó asztal mellet.
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Other
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
Tufted Silk Damask Louis XV Style Bergere Chair
Located in Mckinney, TX
This French Louis XV Bergère style armchair is a masterpiece of craftsmanship from the early 19th century. The hand-molded frame and barrel back exhibit meticulous attention to detai...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Wood
Beautiful Pair Of Victorian Carolean Open Armchairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this amazing pair of Victorian Carolean design open armchairs, the cresting rail pierced and carved with foliage over trailing grape vine and spiral turn...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair of French armchairs / fauteuils
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Great pair of 19th century gilt and painted armchairs
Nice large proportions , need reupholstering but the frames are solid / firm
Height 39 inches or 99 cms
Width 27 inches or 69 cm...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Seating
Materials
Paint
Set of 4 spool chairs in walnut, upholstery replaced, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique and rare set of 4 walnut chairs, hand-carved with spool type, green/blue upholstery replaced new, original from the 1600s, coming from an Italian residence, excellent as a di...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier gyogyoru sofa
Located in Kerepes, HU
Ez egy nagyon különleges forma Biedermeier stílusban , korabeli, sofa.
Nagyon mutatás es ennyire kényelmes is.
Díszítő es hasznos egyaránt bútor darab nappali, haló , előtér vagy ...
Category
Early 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Large and beautiful yew wood Windsor chair c1850
Located in Bakewell, GB
Large and beautiful yew wood Windsor chair c1850 extremely good colour and condition with burr wood splats etc
Dimensions 116 cms high 76 wide and 70 deep
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Yew
Pair of Napoleon III buttoned back and seat armchairs
Located in Malton, GB
These are a very elegant pair of French Napoleon III armchairs. The design is a classic square back shape with deep buttoned seat and back. Standing on tall cabriole legs and a gener...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
French Carved Oak Lyre-Back Fauteuils Needlepoint Seat Armchairs, A Pair
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French oak lyre-back armchairs, late 19th c. The armchairs have carved frame with interlocking ring ornamentation, gently curving arms, centering padded seat, upholstered in ...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Oak
Antique French Louis Philippe Upholstered Walnut Sofa
Located in Sheridan, CO
French Louis Philippe period walnut sofa, mid to late 19th c. The sofa features a curved crest, open scrolled armrests, rising on volute supports.
This sofa was upholstered later. U...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Walnut
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
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
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Carved Parlor Settee Loveseat 60"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Italian Neo-Renaissance parlor settee / loveseat / bench, circa 1870s. Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling with high relief figural carvings of cherubs / puttis, N...
Category
1870s Renaissance Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Victorian Period Armchair
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous antique Victorian armchair. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1880-1900 period.
It is of outstanding quality, it is a lovely size and is very comfortable...
Category
1880s British Sheraton Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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
Classic Pair of Antique Georgian Style Newly Upholstered Wing Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant pair of vintage Georgian style wing back chairs in a smaller size than many of the larger ones. Chairs are newly upholstered in an updated white cottom duck with down cushio...
Category
Late 19th Century American Georgian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair George III style upholstered leather brass nailed armchairs
Located in Oakville, ON
Lovely blind fret mahogany armchairs with later brown brass nailed leather. Excellent quality and very comfy to sit in .
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Mid 19th Century turned legged stool
Located in Oakville, ON
Lovely turned tool with solid sturdy stance in excellent contain and ready to use .
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Maple, Pine
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
William Birch Stamped Upholstered English Armchair, circa 1890
Located in Sherborne, GB
A large scale country house English armchair, by William Birch. The back leg is stamped W.B and numbered 3599, there is also a signature on the rear seat calico. This comfortable arm...
Category
1890s English Country Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Birch
Plywood Group Lounge Chair, Charles & Ray Eames
Located in Neuss, NW
Plywood Group Lounge Chair by Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra, designed in the 1945/1946s. Stainless steel frame with seat and backrest shell made of bent ash plywood.
Quality Features...
Category
Late 19th Century German Mid-Century Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Ash
Antique Louis XV Style Fauteuil Arm Chair
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Louis XV Style Fauteuil Arm Chair
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Armchair
Located in Oakville, ON
Nice quality armchair with pleasing carving and lines .
Category
1760s Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Epoque Fauteuil à La Reine
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil, hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, cherubs, peacoc...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Set of Six Antique Swedish Rococo Dining Chairs With Gray Paint, circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
This lovely set of six dining chairs exude a graceful country charm. While likely from a Swedish farm house, these speak to a more upscale home with a touch of elegance due to the ex...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
19th Century Country French Beech Wood and Rush Prayer Chair from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions. Created in Normandy, France circa 1880, the Prie-Dieu ( Pray God ), stands on curved legs joined by a d...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Seating
Materials
Rush, Beech
Arts & Crafts 'Sussex' Armchair By Morris & Co
By Morris & Co.
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts 'Sussex' ebonised beech armchair
With original rush seat
Circa 1890
Category
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Seating
Materials
Rush, Beech
George IV Leather Club Sofa, Early 19th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A George IV leather club sofa, early 19th century with straight back and arms, turned wood legs, upholstered in dark brown leather, button and stud detail.
Category
Early 19th Century George IV Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
pair of French 19th century Transitional st. patinated wood armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Transitional st. patinated wood armchairs. Each armchair is raised by elegant cabriole legs with finely detailed foliate carvi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Set of 6 Chippendale Revival Dining Chairs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Harlequin set of six solid mahogany Chippendale Revival dining chairs, mid 19th century in date.
They have been crafted from hand carved solid mahogany, each with a pie...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XV Style Fauteuil à La Reine
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil 'à la reine', hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, ch...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Attributed Herter Brothers Antique Aesthetic Movement Carved Slipper Chair
By Herter Brothers
Located in Atlanta, GA
The firm of Herter Brothers, (working 1864–1906), was founded by German immigrants Gustave (1830–1898) and Christian Herter (1839–1883) in New York City.
An antique late 19th centur...
Category
19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Superb 19th century French Gilded Louis XV Style Marquis Bergere Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Ok, this is a superb frame, the frame is expertly carved and gilded in bright gold leaf that's genuine gold. The frame is substantially wider than a typical bergere chair and the fin...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, 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
Long Hand Painted Bench With Interior Storage, Hungary circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique hand painted bench with divided storage at over 9' long .
Traditional Eastern European folk art hand-painting reveals faded flourishes/flower borders along front against brow...
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
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
Chinese Huanghuali & Marble Corner Chairs, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese Huanghuali and Dream Stone Marble Inset Corner Chairs, circa 19th century or earlier, with shield-form backs. 34.25" H x 24.25" W x 21" D; seat: 18.25" H.
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Seating
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Ebonized Piano Stool
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming upholstered and ebonized piano stool made in France. The top cushion is upholstered in a worn floral-print velvet that compliments the ebonized wooden frame. The center of...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Pair of Antique Louis XV Style Carved Fauteuil Arm Chairs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Antique Louis XV Style Carved Fauteuil Arm Chairs. This listing is for two chairs but we actually have four available.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Louis XVI Victorian Gold Gilt Wood Wing Back Bergere Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Victorian Gold Gilt Wood Wing Back Bergere Arm Chair. Item featured has a large impressive profile, carved and applied acanthus and geometric accents,...
Category
19th Century Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Venetian "Fan" Sofas with Mustard-Yellow Upholstery
Located in Dubai, AE
A pair of early 19th-century three-seater Venetian canape sofas, also commonly referred to as 'fan'-shaped sofas. The frames are carved from wood, with serpentine padded backrests an...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Red Leather Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This chair was made sometime in the 1800s in Italy. Has beautiful hand carved ornamental carvings throughout the frame of the chair; hand scalloped arms on a sea-scroll with the pati...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Metal
Chair "Oh Romeo, where is Juliet ?" by Markus Friedrich Staab
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Church Chair contemporized, painted and multi-lacquered, cut, additional leg added.
• Info about Markus
• born 1964 in Aschaffenburg, Germany
• since 1986 active as a visual artis...
Category
Late 19th Century German Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Long Narrow Plank Top Bench, Hungary circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
Rustic narrow 8' plank top bench, originally painted brown now distressed and worn down to natural pine with deep aged patina.
The top reveals generations of use with nicks, cracks, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Rustic Antique Seating
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Spanish Baroque Giltwood & Mohair Upholstered Side Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, early to mid 19th century.
A very attractive antique Spanish side chair with gilt wood finials, carved skirt rail and upholstered ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Mohair, Giltwood
Set of 12 Antique 18th Century Quality Carved Mahogany Chippendale Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 12 antique 18th century George III quality carved mahogany Chippendale chairs consisting of 2 elbow chairs with shaped open arms and 10 single chairs having a quality carved m...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Iron & Leather Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bring history home with our Iron and Leather Armchair – a 19th century Spanish style masterpiece. In excellent antique condition this piece is delicate yet commanding. The leather up...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Beautiful antique English stick back Windsor chair from the early 19th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered is this beautiful antique English stick back Windsor chair from the early 19th century. The Windsor chair is a timeless classic and can easily be placed in both a modern and ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Colonial Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Barokk bor szek szettet
Located in Kerepes, HU
A teljes szett 6 db barokk bor székből áll. Csak is egyben elado.
A korara kepés nagyon jól alapattal örvendezik , rögtön használható, élig különleges es mutatások.
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Seating
Materials
Other
19th Century Painted Chair-Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A painted pine chair-table from the Netherlands made in the 1800’s. This functional antique is a chair that converts into a table by use of hand forged iron hinges that allow the cha...
Category
19th Century Dutch Other Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
Renaissance style bench with storage, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions height 190 cm width 145 cm depth 55 cm
Category
1870s French Renaissance Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair 19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Mahogany Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Mahogany Armchairs represent an interesting era and reflect the tastes of an ambitious monarch. Many are not aware that during his rei...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, 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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