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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Bauhaus
Classic Windsor Style Rocking Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautifully made Windsor style rocking chair in what looks like maple, having modeled seat and fine spindles on a curved back. The legs are also lovely t...
Category

1940s American Victorian Vintage Seating

Materials

Maple

Pair of Bauhaus Cantilever Armchairs Model EK32 by Hynek Gottwald, 1935
Located in Prague, New Town
Pair of rare Bauhaus cantilever chrome-plated tubular steel armchairs, model "EK32", designed by the company Hynek Gottwald in former Czechoslovakia, 1935. Being one of the Hynek Go...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Exceptional Quality Antique Set of Eight Inlaid Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exceptional quality antique set of eight Victorian inlaid carved mahogany dining chairs consisting of six single and two elbow chairs having attractive curved tops with pretty satinw...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Other

Thonet Bentwood Chair Model No. A 476 / A 1085 from the 1930s
Located in Reichenschwand, DE
This Thonet Bentwood Chair Model No. A 476 / A 1085 from the 1930s captures the essence of modernist design, blending simplicity with craftsmanship. Made from solid beech wood, with ...
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1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood, Beech, Bentwood, Plywood, Lacquer

Antique Drawing Room Armchair, English, Elbow Chair, Chippendale Revival, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing room armchair. An English, mahogany elbow chair in Chippendale revival taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Endearing Chippendale revi...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Wood

FINE ANTIQUE CiRCA 1860 JACOBEAN GOTHIC REVIVAL HAND CARVED PORTERS HALL CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1860 Porters hall chair with Jacobean Gothic...
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1860s British High Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Oak

"Le Blu Lagoon" Hand-painted Three-Piece Sofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by Yves Klein, this hand-painted three piece sofa by Naomi S. Clark features abstract brushstrokes to evoke the choppy Mediterranean sea. As...
Category

2010s American Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Foam, Abalone, Canvas

Original Bauhaus Armchair, Chrome-Plated Steel, Cleaned Upholstery, Czech, 1950s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
In pristine original condition, the upholstery has been professionally cleaned, and its polish revived by our refurbishing team in Czechia. The chrome parts have been cleaned and p...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique Victorian Striped Upholstered Chairs, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique Eastlake Parlor chair from the Victorian Era approximately the late 1880's - 1890's with original wood front wheels. Very Good C...
Category

Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Victorian Hand Carved Walnut and Upholstered Foot Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
A Victorian Hand Carved Walnut and Upholstered Foot Stool Measures 20" in width, 14.75" in depth and 16.5" in height.
Category

20th Century American Victorian Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Vintage Cane Cantilever Dining Chairs in the manner of Marcel Breuer Set of 4
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Cantilever vintage chairs are made in Italy from the 70ties In the manner of Marcel Breuer the chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement and also from Finland Desig...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Cane, Beech, Birch

Elm Stool or Stand North East Yorkshire English Maker, Circa 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a lovely country stool made of Elm in Victorian England during the 19th century, circa 1850. The elm stool has thick solid circular turned seat or top which sits on four ring turned legs with four shaped turned stretchers between the legs which make this stool very strong and stable. The stool has developed a glorious rich color through natural patination and polishing over the years with the top a lovely mellow color. We attribute this stool to a North East Yorkshire...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Elm

Pair of Early Victorian John Henry Belter Style Side Chairs
Located in Medina, OH
Pair of early Victorian side chairs in the style of John Henry Belter. These chairs are very unique and hold a pretty nice fabric, it does not seem like there are any stains or rips....
Category

Late 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Victorian Burgundy Velvet Armchair
Located in Faversham, GB
A wide Victorian deep button-back armchair with turned legs, raised on castors. The armchair is in its original burgundy-coloured velvet upholstery and is in excellent condition for...
Category

Early 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Velvet, Mahogany

Armchair, Pair, Hunting Trophy, Antler, Red Deer, Fallow, Wild Boar, Hide
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Pairs of hunting trophy armchairs are exceptionally rare. This pair are also unusual because they are made from a few large antlers giving them a minimalist quality. The fluid form of the antlers creates a sculptural, organic aesthetic. They are also usable and very comfortable. It has taken great skill to make these chairs, selecting massive antlers to create exquisite form and stability within a minimalistic, sculptural aesthetic. They are dramatic and unusual injecting a naturalistic and organic gravitas to any interior which reflects the grace, agility and presence of the kings of forest that they came from. The impressive crestings, sides and front stretchers on each armchair are made from five magnificent fallow deer antlers. The arms and supports on each chair are made from eight massive red deer antlers. The antlers are arranged creatively to create both, a stable structure and sculptural form. The seats are upholstered in wild boar hide. Dimensions: Width 91cm., 35.83in., Height 132cm., 51.97in., Depth 96cm., 37.80in. Museums With Collections Of Antler Furniture • Victoria & Albert Museum, London • Museum casle trautenfels, Trautenfels – Austria • Museum of natural history, Venice • Palace Museum, Beijing “There is grace and movement in the antler itself. They’re one of the most beautiful forms in nature…” Gail Flynn Hunting trophies have been used as source material for clothes hooks, storage racks and lamps since the 15th century. Mounting antlers and stuffed heads on walls provided impressive, decorative displays for hunting trophies. A hunting lodge replete with antlers and stuffed animals was most likely where ideas for antler furnishings emerged. At the beginning of the 19th century antler furniture was made exclusively for the European nobility to decorate palaces, castles and country seats. The furniture was either made completely from stag antler, or it was decorated with antler pieces from the stag, deer, fallow deer and others, or veneered with sliced antler pieces to create a hunting design. The first recorded antler furniture dates from 1825, made for a hunting castle of Count William of Nassau near Wiesbaden, Germany. Other famous collections of historical antler furniture are the hunting room in the country estate of the brandhof of Archduke Johann of Austria or the antler collection of Count Arco in his palace in Munich, Germany. There are hundreds of drawings of creative antler decorations by the Austrian furniture maker Joseph Danhauser (1780-1829). In 1851, chairs, chests of drawers and a sofa made of horns were exhibited at the Great Exhibition Of The Industries Of All Nations in London which were considered one of the great novelties of this iconic exhibition. This created a new lifestyle trend and fashion driven by the ambitious European middle-class and antler furniture disseminated into bourgeoisie households. One of the first designers is the German ivory carver and furniture maker H. F. C. Rampendahl who gained enthusiastic successes on several world exhibitions with his antler furniture. An antler bureau, a horn seating group or individual chairs, decorated gun cabinets, H.F.C. Rampendahl created a whole new design world for fashioning rooms. This prompted other designers in Germany Austria and USA to make antler furniture H.F.C. Rampendahl, Hamburg, P. Keutner, Regensburg, Vitus Madel & Son, Ichenhausen, Kurt Schicker, Regensburg, Heinrich Keitel, Vienna, Rudolf Brix...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Antler, Hide

LOVELY HOWARD & SON'S / CHAIRS LTD TWO SEAT SOFA FEATHER FILLED SEAT CUSHIONs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super comfortable Howard & Son's / Howard Chairs LTD sofa with the inside back left leg stamped Please...
Category

20th Century English Victorian Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Large Antique Fireside Stool, English, Walnut, Footstool, Victorian, Circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique fireside stool. An English, walnut footstool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Generously sized stool with an attractive frame Displays a d...
Category

Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Set of 4 Mid 19th Century Oak & Elm Windsor Armchairs
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A fine set of 4 mid 19th century quality English oak and elm Windsor armchairs. Comprising low stick and hoop back English Windsor armchairs in oak, with pierced splats, and stick ba...
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Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Elm, Oak

Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 6 antique Victorian quality rosewood dining chairs having a quality rosewood shaped top rail with carved scrolls, carved splat to the centre, newly reupholstered seats in a qu...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Other

Restored Antique Howard & Son's Berners Street Chesterfield Chaise Lounge Sofa
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning exceptionally rare and restored Howard & Son's circa 1880 Chaise Lounge with hand carved walnut frame This is the first chaise in this mod...
Category

1880s English High Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

English Victorian Style Ebonized Wood and Velvet Stool
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming diminutive English Victorian style stool or footstool featuring a festive marigold velvet color upholstery. The stool has an oak frame with tu...
Category

20th Century English Victorian Seating

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Pair of Mies van der Rohe Tubular Chrome Brno Chairs by Knoll
Located in Hanover, MA
Designed in 1930 for the Tugendhat house in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the Brno chair is in the Pantheon of modern design icons. The cantilevered frame is a single piece of tubular chrome...
Category

1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Set of Six Antique Victorian Oak Masonic Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A superb set of six antique Victorian oak masonic dining chairs. They were made in England, and date from around the 1880-1900 period. They are of superb quality and have an extreme...
Category

1880s British Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Adolf Schneck, rare A 64 F Bentwood armhair for Thonet, 1929
Located in Uppsala, SE
Rare armchair by Adolf Schneck (sometimes wrongly attributed to Josef Hoffmann) designed in 1929 and made by Thonet. This model was exhibited at the Viennese Art and Industry show du...
Category

1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Bauhaus Tubular Chromed Steel and Beech Armchair by Mart Stam for Thonet
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus tubular chromed steel and ebonized beech armchair by Dutch designer Mart Stam for Thonet, 1932. The original wood finish has worn patches ...
Category

1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Gavina - Marcel Breuer - Armchair (2) - Wassily Chair - Caviar leather
Located in Budapest, HU
Gavina Wassily Chair (1960s) Designed by Marcel Breuer Dimensions: Height: 73 cm Width: 78 cm Depth: 70 cm This iconic Gavina Wassily Chair, designed by Marcel Breuer in the 1960s...
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1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

RARE ORIGINAL ViCTORIAN HOWARD & SONS BRIDGEWATER ARMCHAIR WITH KILIM UPHOLSTERY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, totally original, Howard & Son's Berners street fully stamped Bridgewater model armchair with the super rare, English Country House Kilim upholstery Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price. I have various other Howard and Son's armchairs and sofas listed under my other items. This is a rare chair...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Magnificent Victorian John Henry Belter Attributed Rosewood Tufted Chaise Longue
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Magnificent Victorian John Henry Belter attributed rosewood tufted chase lounge. This piece has been reupholstered in a scrumptious high end peacock blue ...
Category

Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Rosewood

19th Century Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. Natural Wicker Swivel Piano Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
This fanciful Victorian wicker swivel piano chair has all the bells and whistles of the most prestigious American wicker designers Heywood Brothers ...
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1890s American Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Metal

Victorian Chaise Longue Couch Day Bed Mahogany 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This Pretty Victorian Mahogany Chaise Longue is Raised Upon Shaped and Carved Legs Which Retain Their Original Brass and Porcelain Castors. Circa 1860 The Chaise Longue Has Recently ...
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1860s Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Slipper Chair In Vintage Mulberry Linen
Located in Batley, GB
A quite beautiful mid 19th century slipper chair. Raised on nicely turned walnut legs with the original brass Cope & Collinson casters. Newley upholstered by in in vintage Mulberry...
Category

Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Howard & Son's Restored Brown Leather Chesterfield Chesterbed Walnut Framed
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare totally original Victorian Howard & Son’s Chesterfield Chesterbed chaise lounge An amazing find, the chaise has been fully restor...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Walnut

White Vinyl & Chrome Model SS33 Style Cantilever Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the realm of vintage furniture with our white vinyl and chrome tube cantilever chair, reminiscent of the iconic Model SS33 Bauhaus chair designed by Anton Lorenz for Thonet...
Category

1980s American Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

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

Antique Victorian Whisky Brown Leather Restored Chesterfield Sofa Chaise Lounge
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very rare fully restored Chesterfield tufted sofa chaise lounge in whiskey brown leather. A very rare example, ...
Category

1860s English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

Antique Upholstered Footstool, English, Fireside, Lounge Stool, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique upholstered footstool. An English, mahogany fireside or lounge stool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Attractive footstool with great colour an...
Category

Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

19th Century Victorian Style Side Chairs Painted in Oyster White
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
19th century Victorian style chairs crafted from solid fruitwood and painted in a charming oyster white finish. These chairs are not only visually stunning but also robust and depend...
Category

19th Century European Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Linen, Fruitwood

Victorian Mahogany Leather Armchair
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality continental carved walnut armchair, remaining in very good condition. Width: 73cm Depth: 102cm Height: 100cm.
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

Very Rare 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool Height Adjust
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 19th century circa 1880 Italian Venetian height adjustable Grotto Fantasy stool after th...
Category

1880s Italian Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

Chaise longue chair Amaca inspired by Le Corbusiers LC4
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Finnish leather lounge chair named Amaca displayed in 1993 Stemma catalogue. Inspired by Le Courbisier LC4. Chrome plated tubular steel frame with leather upholstery. In very good or...
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1990s Finnish Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Chrome

An Elegant Pair of Brighton Pavilion Victorian Design Cane And Bamboo Chairs
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Handmade Pair of Brighton Pavilion Chairs With Caned Seats & Painted Faux Burnt Bamboo Finished Frame. Each seat rears features Chinoiserie figures painted gilt panels. Painted pa...
Category

20th Century British High Victorian Seating

Materials

Faux Bamboo, Cane

Italian Tufted Leather Upholstered Chesterfield Sofa, late 19thc
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully worn chesterfield style sofa with a deep seat and tufted back and arms, the front of the arms with an interesting crimped leather, tight seat, raised on turned ebonized w...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

19th Century Faux Bamboo Maple Windsor Side Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century maple faux bamboo windsor side chair with patina. Meaurw 16" in width, 17" in depth and stands 34.5" tall. Seat height is 17.5".
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Faux Bamboo, Maple

Thonet Anton Lorenz Cantilevered Chrome Armchair
Located in Pasadena, TX
(1 ) Thonet Lorenz arm chair The Lorenz arm chair was designed by Anton Lorenz in 1929 and manufactured by Thonet. In 1929 Anton Lorenz founded the firm Desta (Deutsche Stahlmöbel)...
Category

20th Century European Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Chrome

Chrome Bauhaus Stool Thonet B8 by Marcel Breuer, 1930
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s - propably Thonet - Design: Marcel Breuer - Published in books and catalogues - profesionally polished, cleaned - new fabric jr
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1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Antique Claw & Ball Restored Hand Dyed Brown Leather Wingback Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of his & her’s fully restored Wingback armchairs in hand dyed brown leather and finished ...
Category

1880s English Late Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

Fasem Vintage Italy brown Leather Dining Chairs Armchairs Cantilever Set of 2
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Cantilever vintage chairs are Italian classics and produced by Fasem. In the manner of Marcel Breuer this chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement. It can be used...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique Restored Brown Leather Chesterfield Library Armchairs Sofa Stool Suite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, Victorian circa 1880 fully restored Chesterfield Whisky brown leather Library suite. A very rare find, I never come across original sets of four pieces from this era and especially not the fully buttoned sets. We have restored the suite and it is in better than retail new condition throughout. The set is actually quite rare size wise, the armchairs are much wider than normal and happy accommodate the larger of us, the sofa is a real sweet heart size and looks amazing. This is the finest set of this type you will find anywhere, its true library set...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather

Restored Bauhaus Oak Bed-Side Tables, Mucke-Melder, Czechia, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Bauhaus oak bed-side tables by Mucke-Melder. Maker: Mücke - Melder Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Period: 1930-1939 Material: Oak, Chrome-Plated Steel, Revived Polis...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair. Adjustable seat height 18" to 25". 14.5" wide x 17" in depth and stands 38"
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Oak, Paint

Outstanding Quality Set of 4 Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality set of 4 antique Victorian carved mahogany dining chairs having a marvellous quality carved mahogany shaped back, newly reupholstered seats in a quality fabric st...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Other

Marcel Breuer B34 Tubular Armchair 1930s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Marcel Breuer B34 Armchair 1930s
Category

1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Fine Antique Show Framed Victorian Chesterfield Brown Leather Library Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare fully restored circa 1860 Show framed Chesterfield tufted hand dyed brown leather library reading chair...
Category

1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Italian Wicker and painted metal armchair in Bauhaus style
Located in Milano, IT
This captivating chair, with its sinuous structure and the combination of natural and industrial materials, immediately evokes a sense of nostalgia and a connection with the innovati...
Category

1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal

Set of Five Chrome Tubular Steel Bauhaus Style Lounge Chairs
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of six Bauhaus style stackable tubular steel chrome lounge chairs a classic streamline design in original vintage condition. The wool fabric in different shades of gray looks a...
Category

1960s Belgian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal, Chrome

English Victorian Knole Sofa
By Knole
Located in Faversham, GB
An outstanding Victorian Knole sofa upholstered in blush pink upholstery. The sofa has a high back and two drop down arms with the original restored mechanisms with new hinges added...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Bauhaus Black Tubular Chrome Sofa by Robert Slezák, Design by Thonet, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus style sofa with a lacquered wood and chrome tubular steel frame. Manufactured by Robert Slezák in the 1930s. Chrome tubular steel is in perfect original condition. Upholst...
Category

20th Century Czech Bauhaus Seating

Materials

Chrome

19th Century Victorian Carved Walnut and Gilt Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A pretty Victorian carved walnut and gilt stool with an elegant shaped carved walnut and gilt frieze It is raised on four lovely carved walnut and gilt sh...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating

Materials

Walnut

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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