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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Folk Art
Swedish Designer, Side Chair, Wood, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood side or lounge chair designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s.
Seat height: 15”
Category
1930s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique quality ash and elm Windsor chair dining armchair 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality 19th Century ash and elm Windsor chair dining armchair.
Solid and strong, with no loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age, character and charm.
Would look great i...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Ash, Elm
Pair of Early American Patinated Maple Plank Chairs, Circa Mid 19th Century
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Early American Patinated Maple Plank Chairs, Circa Mid 19th Century. Great patina. Not just for decorative purpose only. Very sturdy for actual use. No wiggles or squikies. M...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Maple
Painted Pine Storage Bench or Settle
Located in Baltimore, MD
The rails and stiles of the back of this handsome storage bench create three frames, each with a trefoil (three leaf) stylized plant carving in the center. Similarly, one such carvin...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Seating
Materials
Pine
21st Century Beige Victorian Armchair
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A timeless masterpiece, Beige Victorian Armchair is a noble armchair that fills the space with glamour. The richness of its structure transfo...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Broad Arm Windsor Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
An early Victorian yew, elm and ash broad arm Windsor chair.
Great original surface. Underside signed G.G. Barker. Likely George G. Barker & Co. importers in Wilmington, NC, circa...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century Gillows Walnut Open Armchair
Located in Batley, GB
A superb quality mid-19th century armchair by Gillows of Lancaster. Raised on finely worked walnut turned front legs and arm supports without splayed chamfered legs to the rear, all ...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Fully Restored Antique Hand Dyed Brown Leather Four Seater Knoll Drop Arm Sofa
By Knoll
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very rare fully restored four seater Knoll sofa with oversized feather filled cushions
If you’re looking at this listing ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Victorian Carved Walnut Balloon Back Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1164
Located in Vancouver, BC
Pair Of Victorian Carved Walnut Balloon Back Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1164
Solid Walnut
Original Finish
With carved shaped back rails
Open carved center rail
Stuff over serpentine se...
Category
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Early American Patinated Maple Plank Side Chair, Circa Early 20th Century
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early American Patinated Maple Plank Chair, Eraly 20th Century. Great patina. Not just for decorative purpose only. Very sturdy for actual use. No wiggles or squikies. Measures 16...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Seating
Materials
Maple
Set of Eight Victorian Dining Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable set of eight 19th century English dining chairs having two armchairs and six sides crafted in mahogany with eboni...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
19th century shepherds crook oak armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century shepherds crook oak armchair circa 1840, made from solid oak.
Fantastic chair with the proportions that lends itself well to making it a desk chair.
Shaped back wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair Victorian Mahogany Spindle and Cane Seat Side Chairs with Custom Cushion
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Victorian Mahogany Spindle back and Cane Seat Side Chairs with Custom Cushion in good antique condition. Custom zippered cushions ( blue sky) in good condition. They attached...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Plastic, Mahogany
Mid 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Small Folk Art Sofa
Located in Boden, SE
A charming antique sofa from the mid-1800s. The sofa is from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden It's petite and compact, perfect for smaller spaces.
The sofa has a foldable lid tha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Victorian Mahogany Spiral Turned Spindle and Striped Upholstered Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian mahogany armchair with a tall spindle back topped with turned urn finials and upholstered armrests with spindle sides, and beige striped upholstered seat and back c...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
EXQUISITE PAIR OF ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN 1870 WILLIAM MORRIS WINGBACK ARMCHAIRS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of mid Victorian circa 1870 William Morris style wingback armchairs with orna...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Upholstery
Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 6 antique Victorian quality carved walnut dining chairs having a quality carved walnut shaped back, newly reupholstered serpentine shape seats in a quality fabric standing on ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Birdy Armchair - One of a kind artist object, hand-carved, Natural mat finish
By Alix Coco
Located in SAINT-AGNE, FR
Playful and iconic, Birdy is a chair created by artist and designer Alix Coco. A surprising sculpture with a strong spirit, Birdy blurs the boundaries between art and design, form an...
Category
2010s French Folk Art Seating
Materials
Wood
Custom Cotton Glazed Floral Chintz Upholstered His and Hers Lounge Chairs
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c. his and hers chairs. One wingback with scroll arms and loose seat cushions, the other with tight seat and slightly curved back. Both with a pleated skirt over wood legs, unma...
Category
Late 20th Century American Victorian Seating
Materials
Cotton, Upholstery, Wood
Antique Rocking Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Rocker, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rocking chair. An English, walnut framed armchair rocker, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Relax and soothe the day...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Textile, Walnut
Pine Storage Bench or Settle in Original Decorative Paint
Located in Baltimore, MD
What an amazing bench! In line and form it is very much like other Central European storage benches we offer, albeit a very fine example. It has straight back rails enclosing three flat panels. The legs are straight and the integral arms are only slightly scrolled and enclose another flat panel. The seat lifts to reveal a deep storage well, divided into two compartments.
But the original finish is outstanding. The background is a deep oxblood on which black stripes are applied in such a pattern as to present as a stylized grain paint. Vertical here and horizontal there, laid straight or diagonally, or in arches.
The five rectangular panels have the tromp l’oeil effect of being raised panels. These and the diamonds and “arrow heads” appear to be faux grain painted as a maple or some similar species. The overall effect is stunning and rare.
This dealer purchased a Hungarian chest...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Seating
Materials
Pine
Danish Folk Art Armchair in Solid Oak & Gotland Sheepskin, Mid 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Step back in time and immerse yourself in the rich heritage of Denmark with this extraordinary Danish Folk Art armchair from the mid-19th century. Handcrafted with remarkable attenti...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Folk Art Seating
Materials
Lambskin, Wool, Oak
19th Century American Walnut and Needlepoint Upholstered Seat Side Chairs, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of 19th Century Victorian American Walnut and Needlepoint Upholstered Seat Side Chairs. Measures 17" in width, 17" in depth and stands 34" tall. Seat height is 17.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Oak And Leather Desk Chair
Located in Accrington, GB
A quality antique desk chair that dates to the late part of the 19th century. The chair has quality in every detail from the cut of oak used, the brass castors, shaped saddled seat a...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Late 19th century 7 piece burr birch living room suite
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 19th century 7 piece burr birch living room suite circa 1890.
Set comprises of 1 sofa and 6 single dining chairs. Stunning golden colour burr birch veneers. Upholstered in lat...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Birch
Mid 19th century French 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 f...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique circa 1860 Victorian Burr Walnut Armchair Royal Coat of Arms Armorial
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this truly sublime, high Victorian Burr Walnut occasional chair with truly exquisite Royal Coat of Arms Armorial crest embroidered seat and back re...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Chesterfield Tufted Green Leather Captains Directors Library Reading Desk Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely, Chesterfield buttoned green leather desk chair
A good looking well-made and decorative captain’s chair, it has a light beechwood f...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
PAIR OF ANTIQUE ITALIAN CAROLEAN HIGH BACK WiNGBACK ARMCHAIRS FOR UPHOLSTERY
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of antique Italian / Carolean throne armchairs with ornately carved bases and floral uphols...
Category
1880s Italian High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
FINE & IMPORTANT PAIR OF ANTiQUE HAND CARVED BURR WALNUT BROWN LEATHER ARMCHAIRS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Important pair of Museum quality, fully restored Antique Victorian circa 1860 hand dyed Cigar brown lea...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
Pair of Ornate Carved Antique Italian Throne Chairs with Griffins / Dragons
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning pair of original, hand carved in solid walnut, Italian high back throne chairs .
Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Set Victorian Dining Chairs Balloon Back Mahogany, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Here we have a set of 6 walnut victorian cabriole leg dining chairs.
The chairs are raised upon cabriole front legs featuring carved toes an...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Cast Iron Gothic Garden Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Impressive English cast iron painted garden throne chair with high back and wonderful decorative details that will add interest to any garden. Part of the decoration is missing but s...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Sculptural Wood Tripod Chair, Spain Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair of interesting brutalist wood tripod chairs from Spain, with a trefoil motif adorning all the chair handles. The trefoil is a frequently occurring emblem in the architectural ...
Category
1970s Spanish Folk Art Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
6 Victorian Oak Upholstered Dining Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1169
Located in Vancouver, BC
6 Victorian Oak Upholstered Dining Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1169
Solid Oak
Original finish
Carved shaped top rail
Pair of supports on the ends with turned finials on top
Upholstered ...
Category
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Brutalist Set of 3 Low Stools and 1 Coffee Table, Solid Wood, France, 1960s
Located in leucate, FR
This primitive set was produced by a French craftsman in the 1960s.
The stools all have a slightly different shape, the table is of the same constru...
Category
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Oak Joint Stool
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak stool from England with a beveled edge around the top over a hand carved and scalloped apron and supported on hand turned barley twist splayed legs, joined by simple...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Walnut and Cane Carved Lounge Arm Chair Queen Anne Legs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Walnut and Cane Carved Lounge Arm Chair With Queen Anne Legs. Circa Early 1900s. Measurements: 38.5" H x 24.5" W x 24.5" D x 17" Seat height x 26.5" Arm height.
*...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Antique Original William Morris Sussex Rope Seat Armchair Seen in the V&A Museum
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare and collectable William Morris Rush seat Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum
The History This chair was named after a country chair found in Sussex, which inspired the design with the turned frame and rush seat. Similar types of chairs, with imitation bamboo frames and rush seats, were fashionable between 1790 and 1820.
Ownership & Use
William Morris and his wife, Jane, used Sussex chairs in their first home, Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, from 1860 and subsequently in their London house, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith.
Morris's great friend, the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) had Sussex armchairs in his studio, as did the sculptor, Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934). Robert Edis recommended this chair as 'excellent, comfortable and artistic' in his influential book, 'Decoration and Furnishing of Town Houses in 1881'. Examples from the Sussex range were supplied for students' rooms at Newnham College...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rope, Beech
Late 19th C. Victorian Mahogany and Needlepoint Upholstered Side Chair on Wheels
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th C. Victorian Mahogany and Needlepoint Upholstered Side Chair on Wheels in very good antique condition.
Category
Late 19th Century North American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Set of 6 English Oak and Elm Windsor Carver Chairs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Set of 6 English Oak and Elm Windsor Carver Chairs
This style is known by many names Smokers Bow, Windsor Chairs or Captain’s Chairs
A very rare ...
Category
1850s Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Early 20th century 3 piece upholstered salon suite
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Striking 3 piece salon suite circa 1900.
Suite comprises of a sofa and 2 matching chairs. Each with fan shell backs, piping and button back detail. Richly upholstered in later cre...
Category
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
STUNNING PAIR OF VICTORIAN STYLE CLAW & BALL FEET FLORAL WINGBACK ARMCHAIRs
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Salmon pink and Floral upholstered Wingback armchairs with ornately carved Claw & Ball feet to the front and b...
Category
1970s British Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique Victorian quality carved mahogany stool
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved mahogany stool having a newly reupholstered seat in a quality fabric above a mahogany frieze standing on shaped carved mahogany cabriole legs with cl...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Antique Set of Four Victorian Walnut & Pressed Cane Dining Chairs, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique set of four Victorian dining chairs offer walnut construction with shaped rail having burl insets over cane seats and raised on turned legs, c1890.
Measures- 34.5''H x ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Early 20th Century Swivel Piano Stool with Red Velvet Seat, Belgium
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This charming early 20th century four-legged upholstered swivel 'Bobbin' stool in ebonised wood with a red velvet seat is in very good condition.
It is...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
English Bombay-Shaped Woven Rattan Bench
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th Century English bombay-shaped bench of rattan with ornate diamond and stripe decoration woven into the front. Beneath the upholstered seat cushion ...
Category
20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Lollipop Rocking Chair by George Hunzinger, 19th Century
Located in Hamburg, PA
A wonderful "Lollipop" Victorian Platform Rocker by George Hunzinger, circa 1885. Wood is lacquered and hand-carved and in excellent, origina...
Category
19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Lollipop Platform Rocking Chair by George Hunzinger
Located in Southampton, NJ
An outstanding Lollipop platform rocker in carved Oak by George Hunzinger late 19th c. production. The iconic patented Huntzinger steel and spring rocking mechanism is perfectly in t...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass, Steel
ANTiQUE VICTORIAN HOWARD & SON'S STYLE LIBRARY READING ARMCHAIR FOR UPHOLSTERy
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original antique Victorian circa 1880 Howard & Son's style library armchair with period porcelai...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
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
Antique Duncan Phyfe Tiger Maple Chair, Circa 1880s
Located in Germantown, MD
A very charming Duncan Phyfe chair from the 19th century. Handcrafted. Red brand new red velvet upholstery being done.
Measures 18"W x 19"D x 33"H....
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Maple
Victorian Manner Slipper Chairs, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Victorian manner spoon back slipper chairs, each with shaped tufted back above upholstered seat, now covered in brick red chenille, above carved cabriole legs.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
20th Century Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Stool
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Charming 19th century Swedish folk art stool in Its original condition with great patina, ca 1810 Sweden.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Seating
Materials
Pine
Large Antique Victorian Quality Carved Rosewood Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Victorian quality carved rosewood stool having a newly reupholstered seat in a quality lavender colour stylish fabric, carved rosewood frieze, standing on shaped carved...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
A Mid Nineteenth Century Early Howard & Sons Baloon Back Slipper Chair
Located in London, GB
A fine slipper chair featuring balloon back with wide seat and on turned walnut front legs of the highest quality and attributed to Howard & Sons.
English, Early Nineteenth Century
...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian quality carved walnut arm chair
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved walnut arm chair having a quality carved walnut shaped back, carved walnut shaped open arms standing on shaped carved cabriole legs with scroll feet,...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Classic Swedish pine chairs set of 4 in solid pinewood Early 1900
Located in Forest, BE
Set of 4 classic, minimal and elegant lightweight comfortable pinewood chairs from Sweden around 1900. These are massive pine that shows a nice warm patina. We did not touch anything...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Folk Art Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Pine
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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