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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1910s
7' Wide Antique Country House Sofa, English, Walnut, Button Back Settee, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique country house sofa. An English, walnut and velvet button back settee, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Stunning, grand Regency statement piece with ...
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1820s British Regency Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Rare 19th Century Tavern, or Clerks, Chair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An extremely rare mid-19th century English country Tavern chair, or high clerks chair, having elegant Turned upright spindles to bowed back over Superb...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Ash, Elm

19th Century Fine Set of Six Biedermeier Walnut Chair. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, These fine set of six Viennese Biedermeier walnut chairs from circa 1825 is the best example of an early Viennese Biedermeier which reflect innovative design and highest quali...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut, Upholstery

Pair of Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Wood Armchairs
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of mid-nineteenth century gilt wood armchairs is in the classic French Louis XV style. The hand carved frames are detailed with simple fluting and scrolling armrests. With ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Silk, Upholstery, Giltwood

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...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Seating

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Oak

Swedish Set of 5 Gustavian Dining Chairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A set of five Gustavian- style dining chairs, circa 1810, with fantastic potential in any space. The curved backrests feature horizontal reeded texture on the outside and are perfect...
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint

Vienna secession bench no.4275 by Thonet attr. Marcel Kammerer
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Vienna secession bench no.4275 by Thonet attr. to Marcel Kammerer. Professionally stained and repolished with french polish and new fabric.
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1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XIII Style Throne Armchairs
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French 19th century Revival Louis XIII style throne armchairs with hand carved figures on the raised arm rests and top of the chair backs...
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19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Oak

19th Century English Oak Joint Stool
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak joint stool from England. The top is made from a single board and has a beveled edge and pegged construction. The top follows down to a hand carved fluted apron wh...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Oak

Pair of 19th Century Turned French Stools
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century oak stools from France with newly upholstered tops in linen finished with a single welt. The frames have hand-turned barley twist legs, joined by matching stretc...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating

Materials

Linen, Oak

19th Century French Reclining Wing Chair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis Philippe style upholstered reclining wing chair. A brass ring pull latch and sawtooth mechansim on the sides of the arms adjusts the slant of the back. So...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Seating

Materials

Brass

19th Century Baltic Mahogany Long Bench - Antique Empire Silk Sofa, Canapé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, antique Baltic long bench with two pillows made of hand carved Mahogany, in good condition. The three seater sofa, settee is stand...
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Mid-19th Century Baltic Empire Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Upholstery, Mahogany

19th Century Country House Sofa By Morison & Co - Edinburgh
Located in Batley, GB
A 19th century country house sofa by renowned cabinet makers and upholsterers Morison & Co of Edinburgh Scotland Structurally in good solid order with tight joints. The upholstery ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Tiger Maple Victorian Antique Spindle Back Settee Bench
Located in Lomita, CA
This estate sale find is a design asset in many different spaces. It offers form and function for gatherings and guests. An antique Victorian tiger maple spindle-back settee American...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Maple

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Painted Bergères with Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI style painted wood wingback bergères chairs from the 19th century, with carved décor and new upholstery. Created in France dur...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Superb Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Green Leather Desk Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality pair of antique Victorian green leather desk chairs having a superb quality green leather shaped back and seat, reeded mahogany shaped arms, serpentine shaped carved m...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

Eight 19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Dining Chairs in Light Blue Plaid
Located in Astoria, NY
An exquisite set of eight late 19th-century French dining chairs in the Louis XV style, sourced directly from Provence, France. Hand-crafted from solid walnut wood, these chairs show...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Cotton, Walnut

19th Century Russian Neoclassical Flame Mahogany Sofa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Russian Neoclassical flame mahogany sofa Russia, 19th Century A fine example of 19th Century Russian Neoclassical furniture...
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Mid-19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Small rustic French benches 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Dating from around 1850 in France, these beautiful low benches are rustic and have a beautiful patina on the wood. Their low height of just 11 cm and their length of 198 cm make the...
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1850s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Seating

Materials

Pine

Antique French Walnut Double Caned & Hand Carved
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous French Art Noveau walnut with double caning, front and back, hand carved settee. Sweeping lines with cabriolet legs, all hand carved stained and lacquered. In excellent anti...
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1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Cane, Walnut, Lacquer

Antique British Colonial Settee or Couch
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century West Indies British colonial settee handcrafted with mahogany in classic elegant form with carved ocean inspired motifs, rolled ...
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19th Century Caribbean Anglo-Indian Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Antique American Gothic Revival Cathedral Back Carved Walnut Throne Side Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique American Gothic Revival throne chair, circa 1870s. Made from walnut with a pierced cathedral back featuring arches and a cen...
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1870s Gothic Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Biedermeier Carver Chairs Swedish Late 1800s Antique Dark Golden Birch 1800s
Located in Lewes, England
Swedish Biedermeier Empire pair of antique carver chairs in highest grade quilted golden birch veneers finished in a darker oak color French polish finish with rounded arms. They ha...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Birch

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for the Century Guild. An Important Art Nouveau Chair
Located in London, GB
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942), a highly important oak chair, with an Art Nouveau floral back. Mackmurdo's influence in Europe is recognized as having produced the earliest examples of Art Nouveau, particularly in the styling of a chair-back designed in 1882 and the title page for Wren's City Churches a year later. The present chair was designed for the head of Rainhill hospital St Helen's south Lancashire/Merseyside (now demolished), an institute for the mentally ill, as part of an interior scheme for his study. It was almost certainly designed and made only for this interior, unlike the earlier chair which was designed in 1882 and made and sold until 1888. It was originally thought this interior was designed by the Liverpool architect Edmund Rathbone whose brother, Harold Rathbone, founded the Della Robbia Pottery factory in 1894. A picture is shown in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, p. 199, illus. 516, from the Bedford Lemere archive at the National Monuments Record, apparently credited as 'Rainhill, Edmund Rathbone'. But Edmund Rathbone was actually the Century Guild...
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1880s English Art Nouveau Antique Seating

Materials

Oak

19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Recamiere. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
We are delighted to present this truly unique and exceptional Viennese Biedermeier recamiere / daybed, crafted around 1825. This magnificent piece not only embodies the timeless eleg...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

19th Century British Colonial Tea Plantation Teak & Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1890 Rare Teak and leather lounge chair that was formerly used in a Tea Estate in India. Hand made with pull out leaves that transform into leg rests and can be tucked back ...
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1890s Indian British Colonial Antique Seating

Materials

Teak

Louis XVI Antique Design French Carved Walnut Buttonback Love Seat
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Charming Louis XVI Design 19th Century French Carved Walnut Button Back Love Seat With Leaf Carved Rococo Frame
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

19th Century English 'Dog and Snake' Garden Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable classical 19th century English 'Snake and Dog' cast iron garden bench by famed iron forge, Coalbrookdale Iron Company, with dog head arm finials and sides with swirling ...
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19th Century English Antique Seating

Materials

Iron

19th Century Antique Empire Sofa Hand Carved Mahogany
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Antique empire settee three-seater sofa hand carved mahogany Feather down cushions with green velvet. Comfortable elegance, qu...
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Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century English Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century mahogany hall chairs from England. The backs are in the shape of shields, which are pierced and have a central lozenge in the back with carved decoration. The ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Mid 19th century French empire mahogany and leather reclining chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality mid 19th century French mahogany and leather reclining chair circa 1860. We are pleased to be able to offer this stunning french flame mahogany reclining chair for sale...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Swiss alp folk art escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp folk art escabelle
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1890s Swiss Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

Antique American Empire Figural Carved Mahogany Recamier Gold Chaise Lounge Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Empire Figural Carved Mahogany Recamier Gold Chaise Lounge Sofa. Item features a carved face to lower crest ands further carved wooden fra...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Antique Victorian Aesthetic Movement Black Ebonized Figural Carved Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Aesthetic Movement Black Ebonized Figural Carved Loveseat Sofa. Item features carved lion heads to the arms, rolling casters, black ebonized frame, great style and ...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

19th Century Neo-Renaissance Style Carved Wingback Chair with Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Renaissance style wingback chair with nicely carved hardwood frame, upholstered back and loose upholstered seat from the Belle Époque. Features carved scrolled arms with a...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Ten Antique French Louis XIII Os De Mouton Oak Dining Chairs in Coral Stripe
Located in Astoria, NY
A grand set of ten restored late 19th-century French dining chairs in the classic Louis XIII style, sourced from Provence, France. Beautifully hand-carved from solid oak, each chair ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Cotton, Oak

Biedermeier Piano Bench
Located in New York, NY
Lovely antique piano bench with internal compartment for music sheet storage. The perfect accompaniment to a beautiful piano, this piece is suitabl...
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1840s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Birch

19th Century Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench/Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench/settee Typical of the Italian Renaissance with carved Florentine backs. This pair cre...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Pair Antique 1890s era French Louis XV Style Wingback Chairs Nailhead Trim
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb pair of time-worn distressed paint decorated pair of wingchairs. The chairs feature gorgeous lines and very sophisticated design and upholstery. The finish is fantastic and is completely original. They were made in France and date to the 1890s era and are in good used antique condition. Dimensions: 41.5 inches high x 30 inches wide x 35 inches deep. Seat height 18 inches
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

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 ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating

Materials

Pine

Louis XIV Style Carved Giltwood Tapestry Upholstered Armchair
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely beautiful and unusual Louis XIV style Throne armchair with original tapestry upholstery. The hight is very rare as well -140 cm which makes this exceptional cha...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Seating

Materials

Tapestry, Wood, Giltwood

Near Pair of Antique Welsh Country Ladder back Chairs. C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous near pair of elm ladder back chairs One is slightly taller than the other Lovely original patina and colour Great in a Folk Art interior Sturdy construction The measure...
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Early 1800s Welsh Folk Art Antique Seating

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Elm

19th Century Anglo-Indian Stool
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century heavily carved Anglo-Indian footstool featuring floral, foliage and mythical beast details. This footstool is newly upholstered and is also available C.O.M. with quick t...
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19th Century Indian Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

Pair of Boston late Classical slip seat mahogany side chairs, 1830-45
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of American mahogany and figured mahogany veneered late Classical upholstered slip seat side chairs. The chairs feature a shaped & pierced crest rail and back rail. Chestnut sec...
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Mid-19th Century American Classical Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Chestnut, Mahogany

Set of 4 George III Ladder Back Side Chairs with Slip Seats
Located in Huntington, NY
Covered in horse hair.
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19th Century English George III Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV French Bergere Armchair Finished with Black Leather & Brass Stud Detail
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Black Leather Louis XV French Bergere Design Armchair Finished with Brass Stud Detailing, Ideal For The Study, Office or Library. Measure: Height to seat 47cm.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Brass

Oval Windsor stool with leather seat, c. 1825-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
A rare oval shaped Windsor footstool with an upholstered leather seat and splayed bamboo turned hardwood legs joined by "H" stretchers. The brass upholstery tacks and leather are rep...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Seating

Materials

Brass

Rare Set of Twelve 19th Century Empire Chairs in Mahogany, Brass and Velvet
Located in Meer, VAN
Rare Set of Twelve Early 19th Century Empire Dining Chairs in Mahogany, Inlaid Brass and Velvet This is a very large and rare set of twelve elegant dining chairs from the (late) ‘em...
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Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Seating

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Bergère Armchair toile de jouy & carved wood - Napoleon III - 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wonderful Louis XV style bergere armachair from the Napoleon III period with basket back, in natural wood molded and carved with flowers and foliage, arched arms and legs. This bergè...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

French Napoleon III Walnut Sofa Banquette French Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Elegant Napoleon III walnut banquette or sofa. France circa 1890, The upholstery and the fabric has been recently changed. Very good antique condition. A little stain on the fabri...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of French Louis XV Style 19th Century Wingback Bergères with New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XV style painted bergères à oreilles from the late 19th century, with grey painted finish and upholstery. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

Pair of Biedermeier Armchairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Beautiful pair of Swedish Biedermeier chairs, or “carver chairs” in glowing, golden birch. The curved backs, shaped to a stylized Chapeau de Gendarme form, feature inlaid medallions ...
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19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Seating

Materials

Birch

Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Figural Carved Walnut Morris Chair C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Figural Carved Walnut Morris Chair with Carved Heads, Fol...
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Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut, Upholstery

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.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

19th Century English Oak Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century oak window seat from England. This piece has lovely hand carved decorated arms attached to the seat, which is made from a single board. Th...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Oak

Antique Victorian Piano Stool with Glass Ball Claw Feet
Located in Trenton, NJ
This antique Victorian piano stool or vanity stool is a truly exceptional piece that brings a touch of old-world charm to any room. Featuring beautifully crafted metal claw feet with...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Eastlake Antique Seating

Materials

Glass, Wood

Early 19th century Swedish Gustavian Sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine 19th century late Gustavian sofa inspired by the Roman Empire and ancient Egypt. Hand Crafted with Gold Leaf Wood Trimmed Hand-Carved Rosette Details. The removable back allows...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating

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Gold Leaf

French Antique primitive wooden bench with nice patina
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1890 / bench / wood / Vintage / Mid-Century / Brutalist / Rustic Old wooden farmhouse bench with rustic character and patina. Handmade in France in the late 19th century....
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Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Seating

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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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