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Seating For Sale
Style: Empire
Style: Anglo-Indian
Set of Three Elegant Mahogany, Empire Style Chairs, One Pair and a Single Chair
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous chairs white great patina and beautiful lines on these Swedish Empire style chairs. They are late 1800s, early 1900s Swedish. We can recover chair for you on request. Touch ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Empire Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Empire design Fauteuils in Mahogany, France, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined pair of Empire design Fauteuils, each constructed in richly-figured mahogany. The pair French in origin, and dating from the fourth quarter of the 1800s.
Each chair with upholstered seat and back surrounded by exposed frames. The seats flanked by carved down-swept arms, and resting atop four splayed tapering legs.
Reference: "The Antiques Directory...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery
Antique Empire Style Ottomans
Located in Rīga, LV
Pieces are fully restored: new upholstery with coordinated trim, wood was restored and new lacquer applied, brass details are cleaned and refinished
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Anglo Indian Style Side Chairs
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
A set of four Anglo Indian style side chairs with applied metal decorations.
Category
1990s Anglo-Indian Seating
Materials
Metal
Pair of Side Chairs With Gold Gilt & Claw Foot Details, Circa 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a touch of elegance to your living space with this stunning Pair of Side Chairs from the 1940s. Featuring exquisite gold gilt details and claw feet, these chairs exude luxury and...
Category
1940s Asian Anglo-Indian Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Armchairs from the Empire Period
Located in NICE, FR
These splendid Empire period armchairs symbolize the opulence, refinement and luxury characteristic of the Napoleonic era. Beautifully carved and adorned with sophisticated details, ...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Empire Armchairs, Pierre-Benoît Marcion, France, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
Set of eight armchairs by the French ébéniste Pierre-Benoît Marcion, with carved lion's heads and paw feet. The frame is made of polished mahogany. The backrests and seats are newly ...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Pair French Empire Tub Chairs Arm Chair Fauteil Gilt Frame
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning pair of French Empire style gilt tub arm chairs
These really are every interior designers dream, elegant and cool
Hand carved gilt frame very intrivcate with acanthus leaf m...
Category
1980s Empire Vintage Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Set of Twelve Vintage Anglo Indian Metal Clad Neoclassical Armchairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive set of twelve Anglo Indian armchairs crafted in indigenous hardwoods in classic form, entirely clad in metal and featuring inscribed floral designs, caned backs, fluted an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Seating
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 mid 19th century Danish mahogany armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Beautiful set of 4 Danish empire armchairs circa 1860.
Comprising of 2 armchairs and 2 open frame armchairs. Main feature being the scrolling arm and scrolling front leg. Carved b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
French Empire Period Walnut & Upholstered Officer’s Bergere, early 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a concave and arched backrest, the with shaped open armrests allowing a sword and scabbard to remain on the sitter, raised on carbriole legs, the inside of legs with antique i...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Teak Carved Settee, Bench
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Teak carved settee, bench
This is a sturdy piece, the settee or bench has a carved curved high back with more carving on the front of the arms and legs
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Seating
Materials
Teak
Antique French Empire Black Ebonized Walnut Needlepoint Parlor Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Black Ebonized Walnut Needlepoint Parlor Arm Chair. Item features a coral floral needlepoint upholstery, torch and flame carved crust, gold painted finish, very...
Category
19th Century Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Empire Mahogany Side Chairs w/ Neoclassical Bronze Ormolu - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Mahogany Side Chairs with Neoclassical Bronze Ormolu - a Pair. Item features finely cast ornate bronze ormolu, slightly curved backrest, solid wood frames, beau...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Figural Ebonized Giltwood Armchair with Dolphins by Century 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Empire style chair by Century Furniture offers maple frame with upholstered seat and back, flanking giltwood carved dolphins beneath each ebonized arm, and raised on slightl...
Category
20th Century American Empire Seating
Materials
Wood
Empire Style Chairs 1950's
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Empire style chairs made in high quality wood and red fabric. in a very good condition.
PRICE PER PIECE.
Category
1950s Belgian Empire Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
English Anglo-English Foot Stool
Located in Queens, NY
English Anglo-Indian (19th Cent) square foot stool with a decorated apron.
Category
19th Century British Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
French Empire Armchair with Red Floral Striped Damask Upholstery
Located in Queens, NY
French Restoration mahogany armchair having a rectangular headrest topped by a tapering gadrooned crest, upturned scroll arms with acanthus embellishments, upholstered back and seat ...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Upholstery
19th C Italian Biedermeier Mahogany Reclining Lounge Chair w/ Cast Iron Hardware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C Italian Biedermeier Mahogany Reclining Lounge Chair with Cast Iron Hardware. Item features a reclining back, solid wood frame, beautiful wood grain, distressed finish, nicely ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
Lovely Hardwood Hand Carved Anglo Indian Burmese Chair with Floral Detailing
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original solid hardwood Anglo-Indian Burmese hand carved chair
The condition is good, it has been restored to include having the frames che...
Category
19th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Ferguson Copeland Laced Leather Lounge Chairs
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below.
Shipping Quote Information
The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Category
1980s Empire Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cotton, Velvet
Pair of French Empire Style Armchairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Walnut frame with a tapestry manufactures about 1870 in France, carved with acanthus leaves and palmettes and painted with gold, the armrests supported by gilt griffins partialy pai...
Category
1870s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
French Empire Fauteuil
Located in Sharon, CT
Impressive black armchair of typical French Empire form, beautifully upholstered. Subtly incised palmettes where the arm rails meet the seat. Original b...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Empire Style Dutch Marquetry Inlaid and Carved Side Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 34 1/4 in W: 17 1/4 in D: 20 1/2 in SH: 19 1/2 in
Pair of Antique Dutch Empire Style Marquetry Inlaid & Carved Side Chairs – 19th Century Neoclassical Elegance
Ele...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Indian Folding Savonarola Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very decorative and elaborate inlaid late 19th century folding scissors Savonarola armchair. With a carved foliate and twin peacock back rail, le...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Bone, Hardwood, Ebony
Pair of Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs, Brass, Baltic States, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Two classicistic mahogany armchairs with brass decoration and openwork backs. The chairs stand on square pointed legs with H-shaped bracing, which merge into elegantly curved, high-s...
Category
Late 18th Century Baltic Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
French Empire Gold Upholstered 5-Piece Living Room Set
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 7 French Empire style (19th Cent) mahogany living room / salon set with gilt swan head arms and gold upholstery (settee: 66¬Ω"w 24¬Ω"d 36¬Ω"h, 2 bergeres: 24¬Ω"w 23¬Ω"d 38"h, ...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Empire Style Bench
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century Empire Sitting Bench. Age appropriate wear. Reupholstered with Velvet fabric. See detailed photos & any questions, please message us.
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Hardwood
19th C. American Empire Mahogany Carved Column Paw Foot Swivel Leather Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. American Empire Mahogany Carved Column Paw Foot Swivel Leather Stool. Item features an adjustable swivel seat, brown leather upholstery, solid mahogany wood carved Corinthian...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Anglo-Indian Carved Rosewood Side Chair Raj Period
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a intricately carved sculptural rosewood Anglo-Indian side chair that has been newly upholstered in a very light gold-toned Italian silk velvet. The chairs is in good conditi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Rosewood
Late 19th Century Franch Empire armchair , in Carved Solid Mahogany
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century Franch Empire chair with armrests in carved solid mahogany , wax polished
Measure cm: H 92/42 x W 56 x D 50.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Restored Empire Sofa, Walnut, Spruce, Revived Polish, Austria, 1810s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This Empire-style sofa from the early 19th ceThis Empire-style sofa from the early 19th century was crafted in Austria and represents an exceptional example of furniture craftsmanshi...
Category
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Walnut, Spruce
Pair of Shepherdesses Chairs in St. Dominique Blond Mahogany
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair of Shepherdesses in St. Dominique Blond Mahogany
Sculpted heads of Eagles with hamstrung front feet ending in doe hooves.
Rare pair of chairs purchased in France.
Age appropria...
Category
Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Empire Style Parcel Gilt and Ebonized Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique piece Empire style parcel gilt and Ebonized armchair.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood, Ebony
Empire Style Armchair, 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Empire style armchair made around 1850 in black wood and green-yellow velvet.
Has some nice sculptural details carved in the wood. Is easy to mo...
Category
1850s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
19th Century Empire Style Gilt X Frame Stool
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century Empire style gilt X frame stool.
A superb antique neoclassical X frame stool in the Empire style, the stool has relatively new upholstery and the show wood is carved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Empire Antique Seating
1870 French Empire Marquetry Inlaid Suite Berger Armchairs & Settee Canape, Pair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning French marquetry inlaid circa 1870 Empire style three piece suite with neoclassical detailing
A very rare and good looking set, th...
Category
1870s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Silk, Hardwood
French 1860s Empire Style Walnut Bench with Out-Scrolled Sides and Swan Figures
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style walnut bench from the mid-19th century, with carved swan heads and new upholstery. This French walnut backless bench features an exquisite silhouette, flanked w...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
19th C Biedermeier Italian Burl Fruitwood Curule Base Side Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of 19th C Biedermeier Ebonized & Fruitwood Curule Base Side Chairs. Item features shapely sabre legs, ebonized back splats, rolled backs, beautiful original veneer and solid woo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Carved Empire Upholstered Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
The set of 10 Carved Empire Upholstered Chairs comprise of a group with 2 arm chairs and 8 side chairs. All chairs with a carved top rail and featuring a fully upholstered back which...
Category
2010s Empire Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Set of Three Antique Empire Side Chairs, 19th Century, Biedermeier
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of three antique Empire side chairs, 19th century, Biedermeier.
Category
19th Century Empire Antique Seating
Antique Mahogany Child Armchair, France
Located in Munich, DE
This charming children’s armchair is made out of mahogany with fine carving. It is newly upholstered with a discretely patterned fine, lustrous fabric in green with golden spots.
Paris, circa 1810...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Superb & Rare Empire Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Superbly elegant and unusual late 19th century Empire style chair having curved back adorned with small gorgeous Medusa head, inlaid in perfect places including the reeded legs with ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Empire Mahogany Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Empire mahogany armchairs.
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
French Arm Chairs Gilt Seats Empire Hand Carved
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of French gilt arm chairs in the Empire manner
Very comfortable with wide arms and cushioned seats, backs and arms
Chairs have just been reupholstered hence odour and s...
Category
1920s Empire Vintage Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Empire Style Curule Seats, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mahogany Empire style stools or Curule seats standing on curved X-legs finished by lion paws, linked each other by turned baluster shaped stretche...
Category
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Set of Six Italian Neoclassical Klismos Empire Dining Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
Very elegant late 19th century set of six Italian Neoclassical Klismos shaped Empire side or dining chairs:
standing on four tapering and partially fluted legs topped by paterae ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Suite of 8 Empire Style Chairs in Solid Cherrywood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 8 empire style chairs in solid cherrywood,
velvet to change
small old restorations.
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Seating
Materials
Cherry
Elegant French Empire Five Piece Mahogany Salon Set with Bronze Swan Decoration
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning parlor set of antique French Empire mahogany and bronze upholstered sofa or loveseat, two armchairs and two side chairs. Fre...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Russian Neoclassic Stools
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of Russian neoclassic mahogany and brass stools.
Category
19th Century Russian Empire Antique Seating
Pair of Late 19th Century Empire Style Armchairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of late 19th century lounge chairs are in the Empire style. The curved arms end with carved acanthus leaves. The seats and borderin...
Category
Late 19th Century American Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
English Anglo-Indian Padouk Arm Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of late 18th Century English Anglo-Indian George II padouk arm chairs with balloon slip seats and bellflower carved knees with a splat back having a decorative shell crest and b...
Category
Late 18th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Padouk
Original antique Empire Sofa / canapé circa 1860-1870 Empire Room mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire sofa circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
Massive mahogany cast with Empire caryadites bronze.
Top condition.
Measurments:
width:140cm
Height: 100cm
Depht: 80cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
English Anglo-Indian Teak Sunburst Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
English Anglo-Indian teak loveseat with a cane seat and a slat sunburst carved back with fluted legs (1pc of back missing)
Category
20th Century British Anglo-Indian Seating
Materials
Teak
Pair of large Empire style Giltwood Upholstered Armchairs Fauteuils
Located in New York, NY
Pair of vintage (20th century) hand-carved giltwood armchairs in the French Empire style with lovely red upholstered seats, seatbacks and armrests with petit point embroidered flora...
Category
20th Century Unknown Empire Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Two Modern Trellis Back Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany lattice back dining chair, the rectangular back enclosing a lattice of interlacing C's above an upholstered drop-in seat, on square tapering legs. Inspired by an Empire or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Seating
Materials
Wood
Duncan Phyfe Style Love Seat Settee with Scrolling Arms
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Duncan Phyfe style loveseat settee with scrolling arms, floral print upholstery and matching side pillows.
Category
1950s American Empire Vintage Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Anglo-Indian Ebony and Gray Leather Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Anglo-Indian (19th Century) ebony carved open armchair with a gray leather upholstered seat and back with nail heads.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Ebony
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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