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Seating For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
French Louis XVI Walnut and Double Caned Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fantastic, original and rare loveseat made in France in the early 1900s with double caning in the style of Louis XVI. A few minor breaks in the caning on the back (see photos). New c...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Pair of English 19th Century Oak Stools with Saber Legs and Custom Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English oak stools from the 19th century with saber legs and custom upholstery. This pair of English oak stools from the 19th century is a splendid blend of traditional des...
Category
19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Biedermeier Chair, 1820-30, Walnut
Located in Leimen, DE
Discover a timeless piece of history with our classic Biedermeier chair from 1820s Southern Germany. Crafted with beautiful walnut veneer and showcasing an elegant ebonized back desi...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique American Federal Mahogany Inlaid Sofa Settee Boston Massachusetts
Located in Dayton, OH
A Very Fine American Federal Period Carved Mahogany Sofa, circa 1810. Features a bowback frame with cross banding. Sloped arms lead to reeded supports in front of remarkable three-di...
Category
1810s Federal Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
19thc English Armchair w/Acanthus Leaf Carving & Needle & Petit Point Upholstery
Located in Savannah, GA
This elegant Jacobean Revival English oak armchair features hand carved acanthus leaves on the upper and lower sloping arms. The front legs and stretchers are also expertly hand carv...
Category
1870s English Jacobean Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Cheerfild club chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A good quality early 20th century, brown leather club armchair Chesterfield. Original hand dyed brown leather. This Cesterfield is horse hair filled, with button-back upholstery. st...
Category
Early 1900s English Chesterfield Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Carved Walnut Antique Settee
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian Antique settee circa 1845 of the period Louis Philippe. The settee is made of solid walnut wood hand carved. In good antique conditions of the wood. Particular wavy shape. T...
Category
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique 19th Century American Federal Mahogany Carved Sofa Settee
Located in Dayton, OH
A Very Fine American Federal Period Carved Mahogany Sofa, circa 1830. Features a bowfront frame with sloped arms leading to reeded supports. The sofa is supported by turned and reede...
Category
1830s Federal Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Victorian Walnut Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian walnut stool having a pretty newly upholstered seat in a quality fabric depicting finches and wild flowers. It is raised on superb solid walnut cabriole legs with a...
Category
1870s British Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
English bench with patinated saber feet and linen fabrics dating from the
Located in Somme-Leuze, BE
very pretty English patina bench dating from the 19th century with tee filling in good condition
Category
19th Century English Belle Époque Antique Seating
Materials
Paint
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
Dutch Directoire Style Painted Fauteuil
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This single Dutch fauteuil in the Directoire style is in wonderful antique condition. The carved frame is sturdy and decorative with its original paint finish. The stripe fabric is s...
Category
19th Century Dutch Directoire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Small Pine and Oak Bench
Located in Port Chester, NY
A small distressed oak and pine bench with probable industrial origins, such as a train station. Charming details include round finials and well articulated spindles on the back. T...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Oak, Pine
19th Century Empire Sofa Schumacher Sabi Tiger Velvet
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th Century Empire sofa. This handsome burl veneer sofa features ebonized and gilt columns, urn finials, with two hidden drawers, all newly upholstered in Schumacher abstract ...
Category
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Burl
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ORNATELY HAND CARVED WALNUT CHAiSE LOUNGE PORCELAIN CASTORS
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning heavily carved walnut framed Chaise Lounge with period Porcelain castors
Please note the deli...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of French Crapaud Armchairs
Located in Faversham, GB
A set of late 19th century Napoleon III crapaud armchairs with wide wide generous seats raised on turned ebony legs.
The armchair has been fully restored and stripped back to the so...
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Daybed in Pierre Frey Fabric Circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Daybed in Pierre Frey Fabric
England circa 1890
Antique frame with turned wooden feet on castors, newly upholstered in Pierre Frey embroidered fabric.
34”w x 73”d x 33.5”h x 15” seat
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric
Swedish long folk art bench, circa 1850
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish long folk art bench, circa 1850
If one didn’t know better, one could almost mistake it for being of a newer date. It was probably only in use for big events and celebrations...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
19th Century Moorish Armchair
Located in Mouscron, WHT
19th Century Moorish Armchairs , carved wood, bone inlay
Category
Late 19th Century Maghreb Moorish Antique Seating
Materials
Bone, Wood
Oriental Work. Armchair In Carved Wood, Bone And Mother-of-pearl Inlay 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th Century Moorish Armchairs , carved wood, bone inlay
missing in the central medallion
Category
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Children's Dining Chair
Located in Lučenec, SK
This is a beautiful ocena blue and white children's dining chair. It was used in a noble family in order to increase the seating height of their child.
Category
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Oriental Work. 2 chairs In Carved Wood, Bone And Mother-of-pearl Inlay 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oriental Work. 2 chairs In Carved Wood, Bone And Mother-of-pearl Inlay 1880
the price is for tne pair
Category
Late 19th Century Maghreb Moorish Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Bone
Gothic Revival Oak High Back Hall Bench, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Gothic Revival high back hall bench.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid oak frame with original hand-carved elements in the back and the sides!
Un...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
Chinese Low Back Lady's Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this petite ladies' chair combines the low, square back of traditional rose chairs with the round frame and cabriole legs of waisted display tables. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Seating
Materials
Rosewood
Paire de tabourets en métal doré
Located in PARIS, FR
TRAVAIL FRANÇAIS 1970
Paire de tabourets en métal doré à patine nuancée et montants à têtes de
chevaux.
Piètement d'angle à quatre jambes terminées par des sabots et réunies en pa...
Category
1870s French Modern Antique Seating
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Oak
Pair Antique French Carved Walnut Fauteuils for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Ca. later 19th c. Louis XV style with elegant carved frames, the shaped backs and curved arms with delicate carved foliate details. The serpentine skirt rails and cabriole legs with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Oak Renaissance Revival Hall Bench with Hand-Carved Lions, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Renaissance Revival hall bench.
Striking Dutch design from the 1890s.
Solid oak base with original hand-carved lions as armrests and original hand-carved element...
Category
1890s Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
19th Century Corner Chair American or English
Located in Lomita, CA
The cherub upholstery fabric of this antique corner chair will bring a smile to your face, but the piece deserves a deeper look. It has a secret.: The chair has a "second skin," in a tweed upholstery that someone was reluctant to remove. The cherub upholstery on the armrest of the chair is actually a shawl or drape for the for the chair.
It is Victorian, carved and turned walnut on a part-upholstered corner armchair
that is English or American from the late 19th Century according to our appraiser.
The seat is triangular with a rounded front rail, that is backed by two low arms with raised upholstery. The curved seat rail has a long fringe trim, all raised on four cylindrical bead turned legs on casters. The detachable fabric drape or shawl is priceless. Appraisers beleive this could have possibly been half of a two-piece tete-a-tete chair...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Fantastic Rare Caned Bronze Ormolu Signed Francoise Linke Pair Side Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous pair of French Louis XVI style signed Francois Linke Cane back and seated walnut side chairs. They are in good condition with minor signs of age and use but nothin...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Seating
Materials
Bronze
Pair of faux bamboo XIX th century armchairs
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Exceptional pair of faux bamboo armchairs attributed to Perret Vibert circa 1900
Fabric « Au bon marché » not in perfect condition.
Rare, great quality and condition.
Category
1890s Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Natural Wicker Antique Footstool Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co. w/Leather Seat
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome natural wicker footstool is woven with round reed in a rolled edge fashion with closely woven skirting. Features include flared ball feet of turned wood to simulate wic...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Wicker
19th c . Swedish Gustavian Painted Stools Signed by Johannes Ericsson
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautifully carved pair of Swedish benches from the late Gustavian period, newly upholstered in linen with nailhead trim, circa 1830. Signed by Johannes Ericsson, 1803-1865, a chair ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Vict. Carved Oak Jacobean Bobbin Upholstered Nursing Chair, Scotland 1880, H859
Located in Vancouver, BC
Victorian carved oak Jacobean bobbin upholstered nursing chair, Scotland 1880, H859.
Scotland 1880
Solid Oak
Original Finish pierced top rail
Bobbin supports with finials
Upho...
Category
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Victorian Salon Chair 1860 Nursing Seat
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Victorian nursing chair in mahogany
Can also function as a parlour or salon chair
Circa 1860 on this collectable piece
The low seat is a give away to it being originally desi...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Empire Johnson Hartig Libertine Yellow Modern Toile Chaise
Located in Houston, TX
A period 19th Century American Empire chaise newly upholstered in Schumacher Johnson Hartig Libertine Yellow Modern Toile Chaise. This heavy yellow and white cotton fabric is a layer...
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Side Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a beautiful antique needle point chair! They have been adorned in in hues in soft green and rose tones and pair wonderfully with the rich wood. The arms and legs have stunnin...
Category
1880s French Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Pair of French Napoleon III Armchairs
Located in Buchanan, NY
A classic pair of French 19th century Napoleon III style armchairs with gracious rounded backs and gently scrolled arms. These chairs are designed with impeccable proportions, featur...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery
Set of Four French Walnut Carved Cane Dining Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful set of four French Walnut Carved Cane Dining Chairs. Some damage to the caning (see photos) Priced accordingly
#4383
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
New England Carver Chair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very classic form of a 17th century New England Style Carver chair that looks to be made in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. This very well crafted chair is made of Maple and ash ...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Maple
Victorian Pink Stripe Button Back Armchair
Located in Faversham, GB
A Victorian button-back armchair with a generous seat and a high back.
Mahogany turned front legs and splayed back legs and all raised on original brass castors.
The armchair has ...
Category
1870s British High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
English Regency Black and Gold Armchair, 19th Century.
Located in Asaa, DK
English Regency Black and Gold Armchair, 19th Century.
Antique shield back chair with hand painted cherub/putti motif. Ebonized frame with golden Greek key patterns and striping. W...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Hardwood
Coppia di sedie nello stile di Ernest Archibald Taylor 1980
By Arts and Crafts Company
Located in Conversano, IT
Stupenda coppia di sedie riedizione delle iconiche sedie Liberty del Maestro Ernest Archibald Taylor.
Realizzate negli anni 80 in frassino nero con dettagli in intarsio di madreperla...
Category
1870s Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Seating
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ash
19th Century French Empire “Kissing Settee” with Privacy Screens
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful French Empire walnut “kissing settee” with carved swan arms, crests, and corners, privacy screens which raise up on each side, adorned with striped satin upholstery and s...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Signed Maison Jansen Louis XV White Washed Carved Window Bench
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb carved and signed Maison Jansen window bench of incredible quality. The carving is absolutely decadent and of the finest quality and white washed to give the bench a...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rococo revival chaise longue
Located in Cheshire, GB
Rococo revival chaise longue, upholstered in burgundy hand-dyed deep buttoned leather. The carved and pierced back with scrolling decoration. To the arms carved with lion heads. All ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Napoleon III buttoned back open armchair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very elegant 19th century Napoleon III buttoned back open armchair. Great design with the stylish ebonised frame. The size is attractive making it practical as well as deco...
Category
19th Century Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
19th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Sofa Bench in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A long 19th c. Swedish sofa bench from the Gustavian period, hand-scraped to reveal the original paint, circa 1800. This beautiful sofa has been newly upholstered in linen and has un...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
French 19th Century Provençal Hand Painted Bench with New Rush Seating
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a fine example of a typical 3 seat rush bench from the 19th Century from the Provençe area of Southern France. The paint work is original and the rush has been newly rewoven.
Category
19th Century French Antique Seating
Materials
Rush, Pine
Antique Italian Bench Settee Entry Hall Bench Renaissance Revival Walnut 19th C
Located in Tyler, TX
Beautifully Carved Antique Walnut Italian Renaissance Revival Bench or Settee with Lift Top Seat~~c. mid 19th C
HIGHLY CARVED~~these benches are always in high demand
Versatile pi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Louis XIII Bench In Walnut With Its Tapestry
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely Louis XIII style bench in walnut covered with a tapestry
Very beautiful little model which has a superb turning
The bench is covered with a very beautiful tapestry represen...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Marquetry Inlaid mahogany armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of Marquetry Inlaid mahogany armchairs. Having a shaped back with fine marquetry and pen-work inlaid panel above the central padded back, flanked by pierced fretwork panels, wit...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Carved Gilt-wood Salon Suite - Sofa, Chairs & Footstools
Located in London, Park Royal
A nine piece Italian, Louis XV style, gilt-wood Suite. This masterfully handcrafted set includes one sofa, two armchairs with matching footstools, and four chairs, all unified by a a...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Beech
Set of seven Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Set of six dining chairs and one armchair on high, elegant square tapered legs with thread inlays. The rear legs are slightly flared and, together with the rounded backrests, give th...
Category
Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Seating
Materials
Cherry
Liège armchair dating from the 19th century, pretty sculpture
Located in Somme-Leuze, BE
Liège armchair dating from the 19th century
Magnificent rock sculpture and acanthus leaf
Oak armchair
Perfect state of conservation
Category
19th Century Belgian Louis XIV Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Bergère Chair, Austria circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Biedermeier bergère in cherry veneer with elegant, c-shaped curved armrests and a centrally rising backrest. The armchair stands on socketed square feet at the front and flared sabre...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Seating
Materials
Cherry
Hall Bench in Wool Blend by de la Cuona Circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Hall Bench in Wool Blend
England circa 1890
Antique frame with turned legs, newly upholstered in wool blend by de la Cuona.
76”L x 16”d x 23”h
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wool, Oak
Set of 9 beautifully carved original polychrome chairs
Located in Somme-Leuze, BE
magnificent set of 9 very nicely sculpted original polychrome chairs new tapestry with high quality Italian silk fabric enhances gold on the sculptures stunning
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Oak, Paint
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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