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Seating For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Late Victorian
1 OF 2 TIMOTHY OULTON HERiTAGE BROWN VINTAGE LEATHER CHESTERFIELD HALO SOFAS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super comfortable, Timothy Oulton Designed, over sized Heritage brown leather Chesterfield sofa that is...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Antique English Green Leather Library Armchair on Castors, 19th Century
Located in Ely, GB
A Good Quality Antique English Mahogany & Green Leather Library / Desk Chair on Brass Castors, circa 19th Century.
The chair is super comfortable and the leather upholstery is in ve...
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
STUNNING RESTORED HAND DYED BROWN LEATHER HOWARDS & SON STYLE SOFA PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage fully restored hand dyed brown leather Howard & Son’s style three seat sofa with overstu...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Antique Deep Buttoned Leather Chesterfield Sofa
Located in London, GB
A magnificent antique deep buttoned leather Chesterfield sofa. This was made in England, we would date it to around the 1920’s.
It is of outstanding quality, this is extremely well ...
Category
1920s British Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rare English Victorian Mahogany Reclining Library Chair, circa 1840
Located in Salisbury, GB
This rare Victorian mahogany reclining library chair was made circa 1840.
The mahogany frame with the sliding footrest that is stored under the chair, then slides out on a runner ...
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Restored Antique Victorian 1870 Coalbrookdale Nasturtium Pattern Garden Bench
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron garden seat or bench dating to circa 1870.
The ...
Category
Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
EXQUISITE VICTORIAN CiRCA 1860 TAN BLACK LEATHER OTTOMAN STOOL FOOTSTOOL STORAGE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian black leather and mahogany ottoman stool
Please note the delivery fee listed...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Victorian Curved & Button Back Upholstered Loveseat C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Victorian Curved & Button Back Upholstered Loveseat C1900
Measures - 32.5"H x 48"W x 31"D
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Exceptional Set Of 8 English Antique Carved Oak Hand Dyed Leather Dining Chairs
Located in Norwich, GB
An exceptional set of eight English Victorian carved oak dining chairs with leather seating. Maker's label 'Hewetsons Tottenham Court Rd London.' Circa 1890.
The set consists of two...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Dining Chairs Set of 12 Walnut, 1 Carver and 11 Side Chairs
Located in Toronto, CA
Dining chairs walnut 1 arm and 11 side chairs 19th century styling made by Lionel Rawlinson
pop off seats so upholstery can be easily changed. Solid sturdy chairs.
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Victorian Seating
Materials
Walnut
Quality Set of Four Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality set of four antique Victorian mahogany dining chairs having a quality mahogany shaped balloon back, serpentine fronted...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Other
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Balloon Back Mahogany Library Side Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th century English Victorian balloon back mahogany library side chairs. Listing features turn carved legs, drop seats, balloon backs, soli...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Six Henry II circa 1880 French Oak and Embossed Crocodile Leather Dining Chairs
Located in GB
We delighted to offer for sale this exceptional set of six French oak with Embossed pressed brown leather upholstered Henry II circa 1880 dining chairs with crocodile leather embossed seat pads
A very rare and totally original set of Victorian dining chairs...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Crocodile, Oak
Antique Restored Brown Leather Chesterfield English Oak Footstool Ottoman Stool
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this restored Victorian circa 1860-1880, hand dyed cigar brown leather single stool or ottoman with internal storage
Please note the delivery fe...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Victorian Cast Iron Lion Base Blue Leather Ships Captains Swivel Office Chair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning mid Victorian Ships Swivel armchair on a solid cast iron base with Lion head detailing
A very good looking and decorati...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Iron
19th Century Mahogany Bench-England
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine 19th century mahogany bench from England
Very beautiful solid mahogany base with a very beautiful turning and a beautiful decorat...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Restored Bordeaux Leather Chesterfield Club Suite Armchair & Sofa on Turned Legs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare handmade in England fully restored Bordeaux leather Gentleman's club suite with hand turned legs ...
Category
20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather, Beech
Victorian Mahogany Office Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5032 Victorian, mahogany, swivel desk chair, having shaped back rail with a carved splat below and a caned seat with a new cushion flanked by outswept, pad arms, all standing on ca...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a Victorian mahogany desk chair, in the Arts & Crafts style, revolving and with four down swept legs terminating on scroll fe...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Oak Rocking Chair with Scottish Bobbin Turnings All over Cherub Fabric
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale absolutely stunning ornately carved with Bobbin turns, Rocking armchair with Cherub stitched upholstery
This is pretty much the finest rocking ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Very Rare Fully Restored Gentleman's Club Moustache Back Brown Leather Sofa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exceptional, fully restored, very rare original Victorian gentleman’s club sofa with coil sprung base and rare Moustache back
Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
Set of Eleven Oak English Dining Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of eleven English Victorian oak dining chairs comprising two armchairs and nine side chairs. Chairs have leather seats with gold tool...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Painted Stool
Located in Culver City, CA
Painted Stool
England circa 1900
In original painted finish, from a jeweler's shop.
23.25”w x 13”d x 27.5”h
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood
Reclining Library Armchair
Located in Culver City, CA
England circa 1830
Antique frame, reupholstered in de Le Cuona wool / linen blend.
27"w x 30.5”d x 41”h x 16”seat
Ref. CHAIR1221
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wool, Linen
Tufted Leather Round Ottoman
Located in Westwood, NJ
Tufted leather round ottoman with antiqued brown full-grain leather.
Dimensions: 36" W x 36" D x 16" H
Color variation is common and accept...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Orig. CHARLESTON BATTERY BENCH, Lowcountry Cypress & Cast Iron, Dk. Green, 4 ft.
Located in Charleston, SC
This is the BIRLANT exclusive original CHARLESTON BATTERY BENCH with heaviest weight cast iron sides made from the 19th century original pattern and dur...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Enamel, Iron
A Victorian Mahogany Swan Back Chaise Longue Upholstered in a Blue Velvet Fabric
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Victorian Mahogany Swan Back Chaise Longue Day Bed Upholstered in a Duck Egg Blue Plush Fabric With A Carved Scroll End Back Rest. Brass Terminating Turned Legs on Original White C...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 "Windsor" / Western / Cowboy chairs in beech, Circa 1970
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Set of 6 Windsor / tavern / western / bistro / saloon / cowboy chairs in beech wood.
Good condition, heavy and solid, small traces of wear.
Circa 1970.
...
Category
1970s British Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood, Beech
Unique English Oak Side Chair, Circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
Late 19th century very unique English side chair in solid oak with carved back in floral motif. Two long vertical open slats (one to each side of the back) add to the unique design o...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Stunning Mid 19th Century Burr Elm Nursing Chair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A mid 19th century, early Victorian period burr maple nursing chair. The burr maple foliate carved frame, with leaves head carved cresting rail, with upholstered back and set in a qu...
Category
19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
Set of 8 Antique Dining Chairs, English, Walnut, Leather, Victorian, Circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a suite of 8 Antique Dining Chairs. An English, walnut and leather covered seat, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Superb quality dining suite, with delightful bu...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
PAiR OF ANTIQUE ENGLISH ELM WINDSOR STICK BACK CHAIRS STAMPED LEA HALL INFANTRY
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of English Elm circa 1860-1880 Windsor stick back chairs stamped to the base LED and signed...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Elm
PAiR OF ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD SALON CHAIRS WITH STUNNING INLAID BACK PANELS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Antique Victorian Salon chairs with orna...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
PAIR OF HOWARD & SON'S BRIDGEWATER MODEL EASY ARMCHAiRS WITH FULL STAMPED LEGS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this pair of Howard & Son's Bridgewater easy armchairs with fully stamped legs
Please note the delivery fee...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Seating
Materials
Upholstery
Fancy Painted Child’s Rocking Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
Fancy Painted Child’s Rocking Chair, mid-19th century.
14 inches wide by 18 ½ inches deep by 21 ¾ inches tall
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Victorian English Style leather Ottoman with Brass Casters and Nailhead Trim
By George Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rectangular Victorian English Style leather Ottoman.
Coffee table or cocktail table with turned walnut legs with brass casters and brass nailhead trim.
Dimensions: H 17" x W 27" x D 27".
Rectangular Victorian English style coffee table...
Category
Late 20th Century American Victorian Seating
Materials
Leather
Wonderful antique Victorian quality carved walnut freestanding stool
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful antique Victorian quality carved walnut freestanding stool, having a quality carved walnut shaped frieze standing on four shaped carved walnut cabriole legs with scroll fee...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
English Victorian Oak Hall Bench Four Feet Long with Turned Legs, Roll Ends
Located in Wells, ME
English Victorian oak hall bench with turned roll ends, turned tapered legs and single board seat. This type of bench is called a hall bench as they were originally used in entrance...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of Victorian Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Victorian Mahogany Framed Armchairs Upholstered in Deep Blue Velvet with Buttoned Arms on Turned Front Legs and Sabre Rear having Pot Castors 29"w x 39"d x 35"h (16" to the s...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Music Stool
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely English music stool, which we’ve had reupholstered using a rich red leather. Fully adjustable by rotating the seat. As we’ve discovered, this is an excellent desk or...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Metal, Brass
English Mahogany Window Seat
Located in London, GB
A simple, but elegant mahogany windowseat or bench with a rectangular top, raised bolster ends and turned tapering legs.
A lovely piece of traditional English furniture for a window...
Category
1950s British Victorian Vintage Seating
Materials
Mahogany
British Victorian Max Rollitt Dean Green Velvet and Beige Fabric Sofa
Located in London, GB
The Dean Sofa by Max Rollitt is a wonderful bespoke piece. Making bespoke pieces since 1998, the collection now comprises beds, chairs, tables, lighting and more. These days, it’s M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Victorian Seating
Materials
Fabric, Velvet
Rare Victorian Red Velvet Chesterfield Bergere Chaise Longue / Day Bed
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Rare and Unusual 19th Century Red Deep Button Velvet Bergere Chaise Longue / Day Bed With Cane Headrest Circa 1860
Ideal for a living space or luxurious Boudoir.
Really comfortab...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Velvet, Cane, Mahogany
Beautiful Set Of Twelve Victorian Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this stunning set of twelve Victorian carved oak and upholstered dining chairs, late 19th century , including two elbow chairs , with channel moulded sho...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Beautiful Pair Of Victorian Carolean Open Armchairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this amazing pair of Victorian Carolean design open armchairs, the cresting rail pierced and carved with foliage over trailing grape vine and spiral turn...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Leather Wingback Arm Chair
Located in Cirencester, GB
This leather chair is mid 19th century with just the most fantastic colour and patina to it. Bags of Character and texture. The wing-backed armchair was originally designed to keep ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
Antique Victorian Settee
Located in Doylestown, PA
This love seat is made of carved mahogany in the Victorian style and has been reupholstered with a beautiful Antique Uzbek Suzani textile. The carved frame highlights the rich mahoga...
Category
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Mahogany
Velvet Ottoman
Located in Culver City, CA
Velvet Ottoman
England circa 1890
Original upholstery, on Gilt barley twist legs with original castors.
20”w x 20”d x 18”h
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Saddle Seat Leather Desk Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A fine quality 19th century English Victorian period saddle seat desk chair, constructed of solid mahogany with a brown upholstered backrest and armrests, circa 1880. The mahogany of...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather
Antique Set of 6 Victorian Walnut Cabriole Dining Chairs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful set of six English antique Victorian walnut dining chairs, circa 1860 in date.
They have striking carved solid walnut backs and mid rails and are raised on elega...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Gor Bench
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Diseño y Ebanistería was the first furniture collection, where great designers of the Mexican scene collaborated with BREUER to demonstrate our mastery in cabinetmaking and carpentry...
Category
2010s Mexican Victorian Seating
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Mahogany Office Desk Armchair-19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Rotating office desk armchair from English in mahogany from the 19th century
Beautiful quality of execution with asculpted backrest
the round seat turns and rests on four legs con...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Captain's Chair
Located in High Point, NC
19th century captain's chair from England. The chair is made from oak and has a seat made from ash. This type of chair was made for sitting for long periods of time and is very com...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Ash
An early Victorian leather-upholstered rosewood stool
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An early Victorian leather-upholstered rosewood stool, of square form, the drop-on top re-upholstered in deep buttoned burgundy leather, raised on bold cabriole legs, the seat rail a...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
A Set of Four Ash Crinoline Stretcher Windsor Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of 4 ash crinoline stretcher Windsor chairs. Lovely honey blonde color. Beautiful pierced back splats. Very solid and sturdy. These are not antiques. Built the old fashio...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Ash
Wrought Iron Green Woodard Rose Style Garden Patio Springer Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Wrought Iron Green Victorian Woodard Rose Style Garden Patio Springer Chairs - Set of 4. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H x 26.5" W x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Walnut Bench Covered With A Chesterfield Style Seating
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely 19th century walnut bench from England covered with a chesterfield style seating
Very beautiful walnut base with a beautiful flame a...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
A Vintage Set of 4 White Fiddleback Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash fiddle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Seating
Materials
Ash
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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