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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Louis XV
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
Circa 1830 English High Back Windsor Arm Chair, Yew Wood
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830 English high back Windsor arm chair, yew wood. This sturdy, comfortable chair has desired "Christmas Tree" cut-outs in the back panels. Bold turnings. Well shaped arms & knuckles. Provenance: Derek Green...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Yew
18th Century French Walnut Louis XV Style Fauteuil with Original Petit Point
Located in Louisville, KY
This mid 18th century French Louis XV walnut fauteuil with seemingly gloriously original upholstery portrays an exquisite petit-point that shows beautiful aging and a few minor areas that are reparable. The chair frame encompassing the padded back, arms, and serpentine-fronted seat apron are of rich walnut and are intricately hand carved revealing a floral crest in the center the top frame, flanked with stunningly done leaves that wrap the upper corners and continue down to the arms leading into the front seat apron with recessed gadroons along the way ultimately revealing a floral motif that continues on the crowns of the hipped cabriole legs that finish with a single scroll on pad bottoms. The overall wood of this chair is quite spectacular in that it seems to have the original rubbed finish which reveals the raw beauty of the wood and the patina flows beautifully into the wonderfully aged petit-point covering.
This piece was part of a collection of a prominent Louisville family and spent a portion of its life in a stunning music conservatory as a piece of historic art beautifully positioned next to an antique baby grand piano.
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Victorian Oak & Leather Rail Back Revolving Desk Chair With Stud Detailing
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Victorian Oak & Leather Rail Back Revolving Desk Chair With Stud Detailing
With a dark Olive green seat.
Height to top of the arms is 71.5cm
Category
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Victorian Polished Green Leather Bentwood Revolving Desk Chair With Studs
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Victorian Polished Antique Green Leather Bentwood Revolving Desk Chair With Studs
Seat has recently been re-upholstered in a pale green leather.
Ch...
Category
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass, Iron
Set of 4 Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 4 antique Victorian quality rosewood dining chairs having a shaped carved top rail with a shaped carved centre splat newly, reupholstered serpentine shaped seats in a quality ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Pair Of Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Polychrome And Gilt Settees
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very unique and finely detailed pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period Polychrome and Gilt settees, from Venice. Each settee is raised by six cabriole legs with gilt scrolled...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Vintage English Brown Leather Tufted Chesterfield Club Armchairs a Pair
By Chesterfield
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage English Brown Leather tufted Chesterfield Club Armchairs, England circa.
Pair vintage brown english traditional leather chesterfield club arm chairs.
Upholstered in tight but...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Carved and Painted Louis XV Fauteuils
Located in Dallas, TX
A nicely scaled pair carved and painted Louis XV Fauteuils 3rd quarter of the 18th Century. France. Circa 1760.
DIMENSIONS:
36" H x 26" W x 31" D
Seat height 17"
Category
18th Century English Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
French painted Louis XV style stool having a shaped frame circa 1890.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French painted Louis XV style stool having a shaped frame with natuaralistic carvings C 1890.
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Victorian Spoon Back Armchair
Located in London, GB
An excellent antique Victorian spoon back armchair. This was made in England and it dates from around the 1860-1880’s period.
Th...
Category
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 6 oak chairs, Western Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Set of 6 oak chairs, Western Europe. The solid oak chairs are upholstered in new dark green fabric and finished with decorative copper upholstery nails.
Chairs: height 102cm; width ...
Category
1890s German Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Carved Ebonised Oak Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality carved ebonised oak side chairs having quality ebonised oak carved backs depicting leaves and barley twist supports unusual carved oak seats standin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Ebony
Pair of Louis XV-Style Giltwood Fauteuils/arm chairs
Located in Houston, TX
These fine chairs have a domed and padded back surmounted
By a floral crest, joined by padded arms to the like seat, raised
Above a floral guilloche-carved apron on molded cabriole ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Quality Antique Victorian Pair of Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian pair of walnut dining chairs having a quality balloon back with a pretty carved top rail and a shaped carved spl...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century E W Godwin Mahogany Bow Back Chair William Watt
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An exceptional Bow back corner chair dating from the 1870s attributed to E W Godwin, probably made by William Watt. Very well constructed Bow chair with circular seat and bobbin turn...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning Set Of Four Victorian Heavily Carved Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
WE DELIGHT TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS STUNNING SET OF 4 OAK FRAMED DINING CHAIRS WITH HEAVILY CARVED DETAIL BEARING CREST AND TWO KNIGHTS, LEATHER UPHOLSTERED SEATS AND STRETCHER SUPPORT...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
French Louis XV Carved Walnut Distressed Antique Needlepoint Upholstered Stool
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous French antique walnut foot stool with a gorgeous needlepoint upholstered seating surface. The stool is in antique distressed condition and will show parts of the b...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair Leather Club Chairs Victorian Antiques 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of Victorian Leather Club Chairs.
Circa 1900
These Leather Club Chairs Feature Traditional Wing Backs and Wide Arm Rests.
The Chairs ...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
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
Louis XV Carved And Gilt Swivel Vanity Chair
Located in Norwood, NJ
Louis XV style carved wood and silver gilt swivel low chair. Silver gilt with darker antique finish shading. The back of the chair sweeps around the sides creating shallow arms.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
PAiR OF GEORGE SMITH CHELSEA SIGNATURE SCROLL ARM SOFAS HOWARD & SON'S MODEL
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of George Smith Signature Scroll arm sofas with overstuffed feather filled cushions which a...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Circa 1930s English Howard & Sons Country House Open Easy Beech Armchair
Located in London, GB
Circa 1930s English country house Howard and Sons open arm easy armchair featuring the classic ring turned front legs and exposed wooden feature arm supports. Made of Beech with an O...
Category
1930s English Late Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Floral Carved Upholstered Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Giltwood Floral Carved Upholstered Arm Chair. Item features a carved gilt wood frame, distressed gold finish, floral print upholstery. Circa 19th C...
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric
Stunning antique Victorian quality carved walnut ladies chair
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning antique Victorian quality carved walnut ladies chair, having a quality carved walnut back with turned reeded supports, standing on turned reeded tapering legs to the front a...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Large Victorian Elm Windsor Armchair 19th century
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Large Victorian Windsor armchair in solid elm with high comb-shaped back. Wide turned wooden base. Wide hoop-shaped arms. Perfect for an office or bedroom.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Alabaster
1930s Louis XV Style French Carved Settee In Cut Red Velvet W/ Down Cushion
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful 1930s French Louis XV style settee in a vintage red cut velvet with a plump sown cushion. It is unmarked and in very good condition.
My shipping is for the Cont...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Velvet, Fruitwood
Pair Of Louis XV Style Bergeres In Carved Beech Around 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Louis XV Style Bergeres In Carved Beech Around 1920
Category
Late 20th Century European Louis XV Seating
Materials
Beech
Pair Antique English Victorian Carved Mahogany Leather Upholstered Stools 19 Ct.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Hand Carved Victorian solid Mahogany frame upholstered identical pair of occasional Stools of square form and of English origin. Circa last quarter of the Nineteenth Century....
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
6 Feet Walnut Bench From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely large walnut bench from the 19th century from England with 6 feet
Very beautiful walnut base with a beautiful, simple and elegant turning
The benches were covered in a light...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
VICTORIAN THOMAS CHIPPENDALE LION'S HAIRY PAW BERGERE BROWN LEATHER ARMCHAiR
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, Circa 1880 Thomas Chippendale style carved with Lion's hairy Paw feet...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Rosewood Crown / Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Ely, GB
Set of Four Wonderful Early Victorian Solid Rosewood Dining Chairs, Circa 1840-1860.
They are of superb quality and have beautiful form, with curvaceous backs & cabriole legs.
Th...
Category
1840s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rosewood
French Carved Walnut 19th Century Louis XV Newly Upholstered Armchair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique French Louis XV armchair, beautifully carved in walnut, 19th century, Napoleon III period, with lovely new neutral toile upholstery. #4665
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Large Gilt Frame Sofa Newly Upholstered
Located in London, GB
This is a very large and comfortable 19th-century sofa, newly upholstered with a hardwearing washable suede-like light grey fabric. This style of furniture was popular during the rei...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Cane Dining Chairs, Set of 6
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table with this elegant suite of antique side chairs. Crafted in France circa 1970, and built of walnut, each dining chair stands on cabriole legs decorated with ac...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Set of Eight French Louis XV Style Dining Chairs w/ Belgium Linen Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight French Louis XV style dining chairs with Belgian linen upholstery. The bleaching process gives them a fabulous and contemporary appeal while still showcasing their clas...
Category
1930s French Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
A Pair of Victorian Side Chairs - Cream and Red Painted Frame and Toile Fabric
Located in Morristown, NJ
A pair of late 19th c., custom cream and red painted chairs each with the padded back and seat upholstered in a red and cream toile, on octagonal tap...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Paint
18th Century Hand Carved Scale Sculptural Chair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Incredible hand carved vintage chair, the splat and stile feature intricate fish scale carvings. The ornate cresting rail is adorned with shell mimicked in the apron. Features a slip...
Category
18th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Ebony Stool Bench with Nail Head Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Ebony Stool Bench with Nail Head Finish
This antique ebony turned leg foot stool bench with nail head finish is a classic and elegant piece of furniture. It features ebony w...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Period American Victorian Carved Walnut Saloon Back Armchair Circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Victorian upholstered armchair, circa 1860, executed in walnut upholstered in a vintage midnight blue velvet upholstery fabric.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Hardwood, Walnut
Set Victorian Dining Chairs Mahogany Balloon Back
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 6 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs.
Circa 1850
These chairs Have Turned Front Legs and Sabre back Legs.
The Chairs Feature Recently Re Upholstered Lift Out Seats.
Having a Sha...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XV Style French Adjustable Stool
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XV style adjustable swivel stool made of solid rosewood with hand-carved details, sturdy curved legs and decorative wood finial. Covered in original peti...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Rosewood
Pair of French Louis XV Style Walnut & Caned Swivel Armchairs
Located in Montreal, QC
A Pair of French Louis XV style walnut swivel armchairs, the caned seats and back are in excellent condition. These are a wonderful and quite comfortable pair, with a curved back bac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Carved Louis XV Bench or Window Seat with Original Paint
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Bought in the South of France, this beautifully carved Louis XV bench retains its original lovely patinated pale white paint with a grayish patin...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
PAIR OF ORNATELY CARVED NEO-GOTHIC SOLiD WALNUT 19TH CENTURY CEREMONY ARMCHAIRS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare pair of ornately hand carved Italian Neo Gothic ceremony chairs with hand carved arm rests a...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Classic Pair of French Louis XV Style Painted UpholsteredArmchairs or Fauteuils
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and classic vintage Louis XV armchairs or fauteuils in immaculate condition, with lovely contrasting fabric on back. Classic Louis XV carved florets and tapered cabriole legs...
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Fine Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Carved Armchairs Wingchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning pair of painted and exquisitely carved French 19th century Louis XV armchairs, wing chairs or bergeres. Beautiful original pale grayish white paint, with new upholstery in h...
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Country French Provincial Louis XV Style Serpentine Wingback Settee
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming walnut wingback settee canape made in the country French provincial or Louis XV taste. The carved frame has a distinctive serpentine crest and apron with gracefully curved w...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair Victorian Arm Chairs Salon Chair 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of Victorian Rosewood Open Armchairs.
Raised upon Cabriole Front Legs with Brass Castors and Swept Back Legs.
Circa 1870
Having a Shaped Frieze Rail and Carved and Shaped Arm Su...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rosewood
3rd Quarter 19th Century English Child's Parlor Chair
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
3rd quarter 19th century child's parlor chair, English. Victorian period. Spool-turned frame now with old velvet upholstery. Original finish. Apparently mahogany.
15.5" w., 15.5" d.,...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
French Bergere cabriolet armchair pink white and blue Louis XV style - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Louis XV style cabriolet bergere armchair in patinated white lacquered wood carved with ribbon decoration and flowers.
Whiplash armrest supports
Curved ribbed front legs.
R...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair Of Antique Carved And Caned French Provincial Fauteuils
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style Grand Mere type fauteuils with low seats. Nicely carved walnut frames with darkened leaves and scrolled vine details on the caned backs. With curved arms and wide cane...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Wood
French Antique Walnut Louis XV Armchair, c. 1770
Located in Weehawken, NJ
French Antique Walnut Louis XV Walnut Armchair featuring deep hand carved elegant flower and foliage designs. Made in France circa mid-1700’s. The upholstery is a lovely tapestry of ...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Period Painted and Parcel-Gilt Bergere Chair
Located in Louisville, KY
Stunning French, 18th century, Louis XV Bergere Chair aligned with Rococo period. Previously part of a museum collection in Louisville, Kentucky. Collectors or those with a refined t...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut, Giltwood, Paint
A late Victorian two-seater Chesterfield sofa
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian two-seater Chesterfield sofa, of typical form with a continuous scroll back and arms, reupholstered in deep-buttoned blue leather, raised on turned tapering walnut l...
Category
20th Century English Late Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French 19th Century Bed or Daybed
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Daybed is nicely carved garnished with a red velvet fabric. Easy to place anywhere at home.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Matching pair of Victorian Carved Oak Wing Arm Chairs
Located in Flower Mound, TX
A lovely pair of heavily carved Victorian oak wing back armchairs. These chairs have intricate carvings on the back panels, side wings and exterior sides panels all done in the style of the 17th. Circa 1850
Provenance: These were acquired from “The Wodehouse”, Wombourne, Staffordshire
The Wodehouse is a Grade II listed English country house near Wombourne, Staffordshire, notable as the family seat of the Georgian landscape...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Oak
Antique Double Spoon Back Settee, English, 3 Seat, Sofa, Early Victorian, C.1840
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique double spoon back settee. An English, rosewood three seater ornate sofa, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840.
Striking ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, 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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