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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Louis XV
Antique French Louis XV Velvet Sofa
Located in Malibu, CA
Stunning French antique Louis XV sofa hand carved frame in walnut even arm canape sofa, reupholstered in low pile Italian cotton velvet in chart...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Walnut, Velvet
19th Century French Painted Double Caning Bergère Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A late 19th century, French double caned panel hand carved painted walnut bergère armchair in very good condition. Very elegant and comfortable piece which could be an accent in any ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Cane
Baroque Style Bench In Golden And Painted Wood
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Baroque Style Bench In Golden And Painted Wood, Italy
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Victorian Walnut Upholstered Fall Front Piano Stool A lovely looking piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian Walnut Upholstered Fall Front Piano Stool
A lovely looking piece, the stool is a rectangular shape with a drop fall front divided into storage for sheet music
The stool is...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Louis XIV Style French Loveseat
Located in New York, NY
Louis XIV style French loveseat. Frame is walnut and has loose cushions.
Category
1960s Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of French Antique Giltwood Louis XVI-Style Bergere Chairs/Arm Chairs 19th C
Located in Houston, TX
The curved back design of these chairs make them desirable
Because they are not only a beautiful design but they are
Comfortable. The giltwood is in antique gilt finish with a lig...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Mid 19th Century Carved Anglo Indian Settee
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This is a beautiful hand carved hardwood Anglo Indian settee dates back to the mid Victorian era, circa 1860. The settee is of serpentine form, the profusely carved back is beautiful...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Antique Eastlake Victorian Burl Walnut Carved Curule Footstool Ottoman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Eastlake Victorian Burl Walnut Carved Curule Footstool Ottoman. Circa 19th Century. Measurements: 16" H x 16" W x 16" D.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Mid 19th century carved walnut armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century carved walnut armchair circa 1860.
Fine quality profusely carved solid walnut armchair from the high victorian period.
Cartouche shaped back with carved acanthus l...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
A Grand Scale French Louis XV Period Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome French Louis XV period grand scale carved walnut armchair later adapted with mounted handwrought iron brackets for sedan use. 18th century.
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Antique French Louis XV Fauteuil Gilded Arm Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This pair of fauteuil armchairs, newly upholstered in neutral fabric, is very elegant, with exquisitely carved, elegant back rests, aprons and armrests. Antique sturdy frame, origina...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
An pair of painted and carved French Louis XV style open arm chairs circa 1900.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant pair of painted and carved French Louis XV style open arm chairs circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Restored Antique Louis XV Style Footstool in Pale Blue with Linen Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the sophistication of French design with our extraordinary antique footstool, a masterpiece crafted in the Louis XV style. Newly restored by our expert team of pr...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Foam, Fabric
Antique French Louis Style Gilt Wood Sofa
Located in London, GB
A stunning and top quality antique French Louis style gilt wood sofa, dating from around the 1930’s period.
It is beautifully made, with a gorgeous shape and beautiful carving. The ...
Category
1930s French Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
Victorian Design Tan Leather Deep Button Chesterfield Club Chair & Footstool
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Victorian Grand Tour Design Tan Buffalo Hide Leather Deep Button Chesterfield Club Chair with Matching Chesterfield Footstool
Hand...
Category
20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
Rare 19th Century John Gerts Victorian Piano Stool
Located in Middletown, MD
Offering a remarkably well preserved 19th century Victorian piano/organ stool featuring an adjustable swivel seat ranging from 18-21 inches in height desig...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Vintage French Louis XV Style Cream and Red Painted Low Boudoir Fauteuil Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Cream and Red Painted Low Seat Boudoir Fauteuil Arm Chair. Circa Mid 20th Century.
Measurements: 35" H x 25" W x 27.5" D x 14" Seat height x 23" Arm hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Piano Stool, English, Painted Frame, Music Seat, Riser, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique piano stool. An English, painted music stool with riser, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Appealing Victorian music stool with adjustable height
...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Jean Baptist Cresson, Louis XV, 14 Dining Chairs, France, 18th C., Christies
By Jean-Baptiste Cresson
Located in Stamford, CT
14 Louis XV Dining Chairs by Jean Baptist Cresson, 18th Century, France, Painted, Scalamandre Upholstery
One of a kind set of stunning dining chairs. Each having curvaceous form crest rails finely carved with flowers above a molded chair...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
6 Antique English Glenister Wycomb Elm Windsor Country Farmhouse Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Six antique Glenister primitive elm dining chairs from Wycombe England. Circa 19th Century.
The Thomas Glenister Company
Temple End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; chair maker (b. 1837-c.1891)
Glenister’s was founded by Daniel Glenister, a High Wycombe publican, who allowed those who ran up tabs which they could not settle to instead make chairs in lieu of payment. Soon, the sale of chairs became more profitable than the primary business and in the 1841 census he lists his occupation as a chair manufacturer, supporting the theory that the business began in 1839. In the 1851 census Daniel Glenister is listed as having 50 employees.
Thomas was the son of the chair maker, Daniel Glenister. He was apprenticed to Treacher’s furniture factory and then joined his father in business which traded as Daniel Glenister and Son from at least 1861. In the 1860s his brother-in-law Charles Gibbons joined the business and the firm became Glenister and Gibbons for a few years.
In 1873 Thomas took the Moody and Sankey order for 19,300 public hall chairs for Moody’s Mission. This was a mission undertaken by the American evangelists Ira Sankey and Dwight Moody, holding public gatherings in British towns and cities. The chairs were simple wooden-seated models, made in a few weeks by contracting out to William Birch and Walter Skull...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
Set of 4 French Louis XV Style Dining Chairs, Painted Newly Reupholstered
Located in Miami, FL
A very good quality set of four comfortable and sturdy French Louis XV style dining chairs in a pleasing antiqued beige finish. Newly reupholstered with a neutral fabric.
The well ...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique Victorian Quality Yew Wood Broad Arm Windsor Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality yew wood broad arm Windsor chair having yew wood turned columns and spindles, shaped splat to the back with scroll arms, elm seat and standing on yew wood t...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Yew
A Reupholstered Antique Victorian Velvet Armchair
Located in London, GB
A large Victorian armchair or club chair newly re-upholstered in a crushed burnt umber coloured velvet. The roll back and arms with piped edges, new brass casters with studded legs. ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet
Windsor armchair in turned wood from the 19th Century
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Victorian armchair in turned and carved wood from the 19th century. Very good condition Height: 89 cm Width 53 cm Depth 45 cm Seat height 45 cm
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Carriage Stool, English, Walnut, Fireside Foot Rest, Victorian, C.1840
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carriage stool. An English, walnut and silk cotton raised fireside foot rest, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840.
Rest...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Settee with Painted Finish
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant French 20th century settee in the Louis XV style, had a painted wooden frame in a delicate cream shade, harmonizing perfectly with the upholstery, a blend of pink flora...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric
Quality Mid Victorian Carved Gentlemen's Arm Chair, Scotland 1870, H1151
Located in Vancouver, BC
Quality Mid Victorian Carved Gentlemen's Arm Chair, Scotland 1870, H1151
Scotland 1870
Solid Walnut
Original Finish
Carved top rail
With spoon back and button upholstered panels
Wit...
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Windsor armchairs in turned and carved wood 19th century
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Set of 4 Windsor armchairs in turned and carved wood XIXth century
Good condition
Wide seat, high slatted back
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Ornate Slipper Chair
Located in Middletown, MD
Circa 1890-1910 this antique Victorian slipper chair is American made and constructed of solid, smooth mahogany with ornately carved w...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Louis XV Style, Bergère Chairs, Grey Painted Wood, Fabric, France, 1970s
By Jean-Baptiste Cresson
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XV Style, Arm / Bergere Chairs, Grey Painted Wood, Fabric, France
Set of Four Arm Chairs, two earlier 1890s and two later in a fine upholstery. These chairs commissioned from ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Three-Piece "Duchesse Brisee"
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique fruitwood "Duchesse Brisee" (French for broken duchess), or chaise, was crafted in Provence, circa 1890. The set is made up of two armchairs (his and hers), an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut, Fabric
Pair of Victorian Walnut Parlour Chairs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Victorian walnut and re-upholstered parlour chairs, each having carved and swept frames, raised on ring turned and tapering fluted forelegs with lignum vitae castors - 26"w x...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Louis XV Red À La Reine Armchair, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A armchair, fauteuil à la Reine with back in the style of Jean Baptiste Cresson with headlines of the armrests and seat upholstered and covered with red silk damask, "violonné" backr...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Mated Pair Similarly Upholstered French Carved Walnut Louis Bergere Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Painted Day Bed ~ Sofa
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Painted Day Bed ~ Sofa will add elegance, flair and comfort to any room, all in one piece! The graceful, elegant lines of the Rococo style are evident in the...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Gorgeous 19th Century French Carved Louis XV Needlepoint Upholstered Settee
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful carved walnut French Louis XV settee in needlepoint. The settee is in good condition with some stains on the back which is to be expected and the needlepoint is a...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
intricate victorian, arts and crafts moorish style stool, possibly Liberty
Located in London, GB
intricate victorian / arts and crafts moorish style stool, possibly Liberty.
Please note that our handling time is often much shorter than advertised.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Louis XV Style Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautifully carved and painted Louis XV style bench with newly upholstered seat.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Quality Mid Victorian Carved Ladies Parlour Chair, Scotland 1870, H1151
Located in Vancouver, BC
Quality Mid Victorian Carved Ladies Parlour Chair, Scotland 1870, H1151
Scotland 1870
Solid Walnut
Original Finish
Carved top rail
With moulded spoon back and button upholstery
Larg...
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Ebonized Bamboo Rocking Chair, Thonet, Circa 1920
By Thonet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This classic bentwood rocking chair. made of lacquered black bamboo, is attributed to Thonet from the 1920s. The seat interior and back have been upholstered in a tiger print fabric,...
Category
1920s Austrian Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Bamboo
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Nailhead Keepsake Shoe Shine Box Foot Stool 15
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian quartersawn oak shoeshine box / foot stool / footrest featuring brass nailhead accents and turned column legs.
Dimensions:
14.75" x 10.25" x 11" (Width x Depth x H...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rubber, Oak
Thonet walking stick chair, Vienna. Ca. 1880
By Thonet
Located in Oostende, BE
Victorian bentwood folding walking stick stool by the Austrian makers Thonet. With its swans neck handle and circular caned seat, this elegant example of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Rattan, Bentwood
A pair of French Louis XV style painted open armchairs circa 1900.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of French Louis XV style painted open armchairs having nicely carved frames circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Louis XV Armchairs, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of armchairs in fine Cuban mahogany wood, centred cut curls and floral carving, framed backrest, padded armrests supported in curved colueta, brown cushioned seat and backrest...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Walnut Bench From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely walnut bench from the 19th century from England
Very beautiful walnut base avery decoratif and simple feets
The bench was covered in beige linen velvet
beautiful patina and i...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair Of Fine Quality Carved Walnut Fauteuils
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The elegant Louis XV style armchair with a carved and scrolled crest rail with open cartouche in the center. The sloping arms with scrolls and the ends with carved acanthus leaves. R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Lovely Set Of Six English Oak Victorian Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this amazing set of six Victorian Jacobean style panel backed with upholstered seats in good condition , from Nether Winchendon House, Buckinghamshire , ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Unusual Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Armchairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual pair of antique Victorian quality carved walnut armchairs having quality carved walnut spoon backs, beautifully carved walnut open arms standing on shaped carved walnut cabri...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Walnut Victorian Hand-Carved Chairs - a Pair
Located in Louisville, KY
This stunning pair of Victorian hand-carved walnut ladies chairs are nothing short of breathtaking when you see them in an environment. They've spent the last 50 years of their lives...
Category
Mid-18th Century Unknown Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Fireside Stool, English, Needlepoint, Footstool, Early Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fireside stool. An English, mahogany and needlepoint footstool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Cheerful n...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
French Provincial Bergere Lounge Chairs Louis XV Silk
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Pair of Vintage French ...
Category
1970s Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Silk, Mahogany, Cotton
Stool of adjustable height by C. H. Hare and Sons
Located in London, GB
A steel and brass Victorian patent stool of adjustable height by C. H. Hare and Sons of Birmingham.
Seat height adjusts by turning the handles underneath the sides of the seat.
F...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Victorian Windsor Armchair
Located in London, GB
A wonderful original antique Victorian Windsor armchair. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period.
The quality is fantastic, the seat is made from stunnin...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Birch, Elm
Pair Victorian Parlour Chairs Antique Balloon Back 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of Victorian arm chairs with distinctive balloon backs
Circa 1880 on this classic pair of Victorian saloon chairs
Would be a his and...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved walnut armchair having a quality carved walnut shaped back, carved walnut open arms standing on shaped carved walnut cabriole legs to the front and o...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Daybed Freshly Lacquered White With New Todd Hase Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful French Louis XV daybed freshly lacquered in white with new Todd Hase upholstery high performance off-white. This daybed is fitted with...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
IMPORTANT PAIR OF LOUIS XV CHAIRS French, from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PAIR OF LOUIS XV CHAIRS
French, from the 18th Century
in walnut wood, with carvings representing vegetal motifs.
Straw backs and seats.
Defects and traces of polychromy.
D...
Category
18th Century English Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th C French Armchairs in Jacquard Zebra-print Velvet
Located in Norwalk, CT
A handsome pair of French open arm chairs. Lovely patina on hand-carved fruitwood frames. Newly upholstered in a quality jacquard velvet...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Fruitwood
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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