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Armchairs For Sale
Style: Baroque
Style: Egyptian Revival
Antique French Baroque Carved Mahogany Fireside Throne Chair Newly Upholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Baroque Carved Mahogany Fireside Throne Chair Newly Upholstered in Metallic Rose Gold Brazilian Cowhide Antique rare French Mahogany Baroque...
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Mid-19th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Cowhide

Baroque Armchair in Giltwood and Yellow Velvet
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful armchair from an elite Venetian bourgeois family, whose design is also an inspiration. The armchair is made of gilt wood in the mighty frame, with 4 supporting feet, each f...
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Early 1800s Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Giltwood

Grand German Late 17th Century Baroque Walnut Armchair
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Fine tall German late 17th century Baroque walnut throne armchair with a rectangular arched padded back and seat covered in 17th century Gobelin depicting ‘Susanna and the Elders’ wi...
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Late 17th Century German Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Tapestry, Walnut

19th Century Venetian Baroque Armchairs Hand Carved Walnut, Wax Polished, Straw
Located in Vigonza, Padua
19th Century venetian baroque armchairs in hand carved walnut, wax polished with straw seat. Canopy of the seat recently made in perfect condition Excellent as head of the table, ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair Antique Italian Baroque Giltwood Armchairs with Damascene Silk
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Italian Baroque giltwood armchairs with Damascene Silk are a gorgeous example of the style rendered only as the Italian master ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Silk, Giltwood

Baroque Armchair in Giltwood and Black Velvet
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful armchair taken over by an elite Venetian bourgeois family, whose design is also an inspiration. The armchair is made of gilded wood in the mighty frame, with 4 supporting f...
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1880s Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Giltwood

Armchair Open Upholstered Rust Mohair Velvet French Stretcher
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Elegant period armchair injecting character to any interior - Practical, sturdy and suitable for regular use - Re-upholstered in a 19th century, rust, mohair velvet faced with ru...
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

The Set of Three Original 18th Century Louis XVI Gold Gilded Armchairs
Located in Doha, QA
This magnificent set of three French antique Louis XVI (ca 1770) gold gilded armchairs originated from the region of Avignon. These stunning original armchairs are elegant and charac...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Gold

Italian Baroque Throne Armchair in Nutwood Reupholstered in Velvet
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous Baroque throne armchair made of full nutwood in Italy. The armchair was completely new upholstered inside / outside with red velvet, the cushi...
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1920s Italian Baroque Vintage Armchairs

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Velvet, Nutwood

Pair of 19th Century Spanish Colonial Style Carved Armchairs with Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Spanish colonial style armchairs, having leather both seats and backs, and brass nailheads. Measure: Height to the arm: 28.74in.
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Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair of Antique 18th Century French Walnut Cardinal Armchairs
Located in Doha, QA
Magnificent pair of walnut hand carved cardinal armchairs with royal antique red velvet with golden metal threats upholstery. These extraordinary la...
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18th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Walnut

Important French Set Sofa, (2) Armchairs and a Table end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two Magnificent French Armchairs with respective Stools early 19th Century armchair measurements: H: 96cm x 76cm c 75cm stool measures: 45cm x 45cm x 50cm Hight wood and italian silk...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Silk, Wood

Italian Baroque Silver Mecca Giltwood Throne Armchair, Rome 17th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
This antique Italian Rococo 17th century throne armchair sourced in a palazzo in Rome, features swirls, curls and foliate motif richly hand carved...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Silver Leaf

Early 18th Century Leather and Linnen French Wingchair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A early 18th century walnut French wingback armchair. This Louis XIV model is also known as Os de Mouton or 'Sheepclaw feet'. The shape of the feet were a provincial take on the gild...
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Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair of Original 18th Century Louis XV Salon Gold Gilded Chairs
Located in Doha, QA
Extraordinary and exquisite set of original Louis XV salon gold gilded chairs with curved wood edges, intricately carved surfaces and Grey Green Pat...
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Mid-18th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Gold

Egyptian Revival Ebonized Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
Egyptian Revival Ebonized armchair with a pierced carved back, arm support, and caned seat on paw feet.
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20th Century Egyptian Revival Armchairs

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Wood

19th Century Italian Giltwood Palazzo Chair Suite
Located in London, GB
Consisting of three armchairs and seven side chairs, this superb giltwood suite was made in Italy in the nineteenth century. With slight variations in t...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Giltwood

French Vintage Armchairs in Chinese Style
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid pair of armchairs designed at the end of 1800, of fine French manufacture. The armchairs are in oriental style as you can see from the sinuous and curved shapes and woven d...
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Early 1800s French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Rattan, Wood

Pair of Venetian Hand Painted Armchairs in White Antique Painting and Giltwood
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Venetian hand painted armchairs in white antique painting and giltwood Green Velvet in back and seats Beautiful hand paintings in both backs.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair of 17th Century Italian Baroque Parcel-Gilt Walnut Leather Armchairs
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine pair of walnut Baroque Italian armchairs dating to the middle part of the 17th century retaining parts of extremely old leather seating. Italian circa 1650-70. T...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair of Venetian Hand Painted Armchairs in White Antique Painting and Giltwood
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Venetian hand painted armchairs in white antique painting and giltwood Green Velvet in back and seats Beautiful hand paintings in both backs.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair of Italian Armchairs in Carved and Gilded Wood 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs in carved and gilded wood. 19th Century Covered in green damask fabric, Measures: W. 70 - D. 70 - H. 100 Cm Good conditions.
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19th Century European Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Swedish 19th Century Baroque Leather Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th Century Baroque armchair with original leather clothing from Sweden in dark wood.  
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Antique Egyptian Revival Carved Cobra & Isis Wings Mahogany Armchairs, a Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For full item description be sure to click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this listing. Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a Pair of A...
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Early 20th Century Egyptian Revival Armchairs

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Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Spanish Pair of Carved Walnut Armchairs, 1900s
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style pair of carved armchairs, Spain, 1900s Good antique condition with some minor marks from used and age. Beautiful Solomonic c...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Walnut

Baroque Armchair, Germany 1750-60
Located in Belmont, MA
Original and unique Baroque armchair. This beautiful armchair dates back to 1750-60 and comes from Southern Germany. The oak chair stands out for its beautifully hand-carved details....
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1750s German Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Oak

English Armchair / Bench 19th Century Cast Iron and Teack
Located in Madrid, ES
English armchair / bench, 18th Century Height 93 cm Width 119 cm Depth 60 cm Weight 80 kg Armrest height from seat 17 cm Seat height 37 cm Seat width 114 x 33 cm Manufactur...
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Late 19th Century English Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Iron

Armchair Oak 17 Century Upholstered Faux Fur Navy Funky Fun
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
17th century oak armchair re-upholstered in navy faux faur The faux fur creates a cosy, funky, fun, modern, individual, interpretation of...
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1680s European Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Faux Fur, Oak

Armchair Swedish Early Baroque Period Gilt Leather Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Swedish Early Baroque period gilt leather Sweden. An armchair in a generous size made during the Carolean Baroque Era 1650-1720 period in Swede...
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Late 17th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Italian, Emiliana, Baroque Large Carved & Shaped Walnut Open Armchair, ca. 1680
Located in Atlanta, GA
from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, having an arched and shaped slightly reclining backrest and fitted seat, with curving carved open arms, raised on tall turned legs joined by ...
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1680s Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair of Antique Italian Carved Walnut Armchairs with Needlepoint Upholstery
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Italy in the 1600’s, this pair of elegant walnut armchairs features a rich foliate and floral needlepoint upholstery. The chairbacks, seats and aprons of each chair has been covered by embroidery patterned with green, gold, and pink flowers and a subtle metallic silver border. The fabric is affixed to the wood frames by hundreds of iron nailheads. A pair of finials in the shape of curled leaves with fruit top...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Textile, Walnut

19th Century Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
A richly carved walnut Italian throne chair. This arm chair could make a wonderful statement in any room. Use it for a desk chair, next to a fireplace, an office or in the living roo...
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19th Century European Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Early Bobbin Turned Walnut Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Late 17th century Italian walnut square back armchair with bobbin turned arms, legs and stretchers, the whole possessing good rich color and crisp t...
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1680s Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Walnut

Louis XVI Style Italian Pair of Carved Walnut Armchairs, 1900s
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style pair of carved armchairs, Italy, 1900s Good antique condition with some minor marks from used and age. A set of two antique baroque side chairs hand-crafted out of walnut wood in a good condition. This set of dining chairs features a walnut color with a beautiful patina finish, hand-carved details through the entire frame, and intricated engraving leather...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Walnut

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne
By Valentino Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century Baroque style carved walnut figural throne armchair, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Fabric, Walnut

19th Century 2 Armchairs Antique Baroque Style Scissor Chair Lion Heads walnut
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century 2 armchairs solid walnut, all-round carved with historicism ornaments, backrest each side crowned by lion's heads with wide open mouth, scissor legs with baluster crossb...
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19th Century German Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Antique Italian Besarel Walnut Arm Chair Baroque Upholstered Mid-19th C Rare
By Andrea Brustolon, Valentino Panciera Besarel
Located in Tyler, TX
Stunning & rare Italian venetian highly carved walnut Baroque upholstered arm chair~~ Besarel~~mid-19th century We recently had the good fortune to obtain this rare work of art~~an antique carved walnut arm chair...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

Black and Gold Damask Armchair by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Specially designed armchair take on a neo-baroque style. This accent furniture is a great head turner piece in any living space. An eye catching black-gold upholstered fabric part of...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Marble, Gold Leaf

Reproduction of a Baroque Style Armchair
Located in Pasadena, CA
From the Hollis Collection, a custom Baroque style armchair in an ebonized finish. Side Chair also available. 1 yard customer’s own material.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Baroque Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Sicilian Armchairs in Red Lacquer in the Style of Barocco 1700
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Sicilian armchairs in red lacquer in the style of Barocco 1700, lacquered in red lacquer, the Sicilian and delicate style of great passion and design, a pair of very rare arm...
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1930s Italian Baroque Vintage Armchairs

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Wood, Lacquer

Royal Throne Armchair in Gold Leaf Finish and Premium Fabric
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A ruler worthy throne like armchair. The upholstery fabric and pattern can be customisable cater to your personal stylistic and preferences. Comes together with an extra plush of padding for comfiness. Laid on the hand carved wooden frame...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Gold Leaf

Armchairs Pair Large Baroque Swedish 1650-1750 Gray Velvet Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs Pair Baroque Swedish 1650-1750 Gray Velvet Sweden. A pair of large armchairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Upholstered in a dark grey cotton velvet with brass n...
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18th Century European Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Oak

Pair of Italian Baroque Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good pair of early 18th century Italian Baroque hall chairs. The chairs are in overall good condition considering their three hundred years of use. The appropriate upholste...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Brass

Venetian Gold Leaf Armchair by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Adding a sophisticate touch to your room with a golden beige armchair decorated with gold leaf finishes. Elegantly wrapped with our own design of damask upholstered fabric. Outstandi...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Marble, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Baroque Polychrome and Giltwood Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely unique pair of Italian early 19th century Baroque polychrome and giltwood armchairs. Each rare armchair is raised by han...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Giltwood

Two Seater Blue Damask Sofa in Gold Leaf Carving by Modenese Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
True essence of the artisanal work is shown through this luxurious classic two seater sofa. A highest quality blend of fabric choice and texture, the recreation of luxe indigo - gold tone of the velvet stripes and frill over the beautiful damask upholstered back seat. The solid wood hand carving...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Set of Four Late 18th Century Baroque Walnut and Gilt Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome set of four Italian late 18th century Baroque st. walnut and giltwood armchairs. Each chair is raised by elegant lightly scalloped shaped supports at each side with elegan...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Walnut, Giltwood

Classic French Armchair in Damask Upholstery and Gold Leaf by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Bringing the 18th century french palace furniture style to your luxururious living space. The grand armchair's rounded embelished arms and legs are in...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Swedish Late Baroque Style Upholstered Arm-Chair with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish late Baroque style arm-chair from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden. Charming unusually armchair with fantastic hand-carved upper part & colorful color. ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Pine

Armchair, Upholstered, Os-De Mouton, Walnut, French, 17th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The outside and inside rectangular back and seat re-upholstered, during its last ownership, with an off-white and grey/blue cotton/linen mix fabric faced with close nailed brass stud...
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1680s French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Bergere Armchair in Dark Walnut Finish and Patinated Gold Leaf by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Classic bergere armchair with cushion, decorated with dark walnut finish and patinated gold leaf. Both internal and external upholstery is in high-end Italian fabric with classic-sty...
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2010s Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Late 19th Century Swedish Bleached Oak Carvers or Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of multifunctional bleached Oak Swedish carvers or side chairs. Featuring scrolled arms, decoratively carved seat backs and front frieze. The chairs have been reupholstered in a warm mid-tan leather. Perfect as dining table or handsome decorative statement side chairs.
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19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Oak

Armchair Upholstered Kelim Knole Vintage Country House Massive
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, vintage, country house, knole armchair upholstered in a kelim textile A Classic country house piece with the high back and wings creating a ...
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1980s English Baroque Vintage Armchairs

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Fabric

Baroque Style Living Armchair, Hand Carved and Gilded, Fully Made in Italy
Located in Barlassina, IT
One of the most representative furniture of the Belloni "Il Classico" collection. Extremely refined armchair inspired by the Baroque style. Finely hand carved in Italy by skilled ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of palatial Venetian walnut carved mid-19th century Baroque figural throne armchairs, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732). The ornately carved thrones, each flanked with figures of standing males supporting a branch-carved armrests with vines. Raised on cabriolet scrolled legs. Provenance: The Castello di Giove in Umbria, Italy, circa 1870-1880. Height: 54 1/4 inches (137.8 cm.) Width: 37 1/4 inches (94.6 cm.) Depth: 32 inches (81.3 cm.) Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662 – 25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in his native Belluno, in the Venetian terraferma, and in the studio of the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi, who was carrying out commissions at Padua and at Venice (1677). He spent the years 1678-80 at Rome, where the High Baroque sculpture of Bernini and his contemporaries polished his style. Apart from that, the first phase of Brustolon's working career was spent in Venice, 1680–1685. Brustolon is documented at several Venetian churches where he executed decorative carving in such profusion that he must have quickly assembled a large studio of assistants. As with his contemporary in London, Grinling Gibbons almost all the high quality robust Baroque carving in Venice has been attributed to Brustolon at one time or another. In the Venetian Ghetto, at the Scola Levantina, Brustolon provided the woodwork for the synagogue on the piano nobile, where the carved, canopied bimah is supported on Solomonic columns, which Brustolon had seen in Bernini's baldacchino in the Basilica of St Peter's. His furniture included armchairs with figural sculptures that take the place of front legs and armrest supports, inspired by his experience of Bernini's Cathedra Petri. The gueridon, a tall stand for a candelabrum, offered Brustolon unhampered possibilities for variations of the idea of a caryatid or atlas: the familiar Baroque painted and ebonized figural gueridons, endlessly reproduced since the eighteenth century, found their models in Brustolon's work. His secular commissions from Pietro Venier, of the Venier di San Vio family (a suite of forty sculptural pieces that can be seen in the Sala di Brustolon of the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice), from the Pisani of Strà, and from the Correr di San Simeone families encourage the attribution to him of some extravagantly rich undocumented moveable furniture. Andrea Brustolon's elaborate carved furniture aspired towards the condition of sculpture, such as the Dutch bases for console tables which look like enlargements of the work of the two Van Vianens, Paulus and Adam, perhaps the greatest Dutch silversmiths of the period. These carved pieces display the baroque tendency to develop a form three-dimensionally in space. Brustolon's walnut, boxwood and ebony pieces transcend ordinary functional limitations of furniture; they are constructed of elaborately carved figures. The framework of Brustolon's chairs, side tables and gueridons were carved as gnarled tree branches, with further supports of putti and male figures carved in ebony. Backrests of the chairs, which were never touched in the rigidly upright posture that contemporary etiquette demanded, were carved with allegories of vanity, fire and music, etc. The most extravagant piece delivered for Pietro Venier was a large side table and vase-stand of box and ebony, designed as a single ensemble to display rare imported Japanese porcelain vases. The eclectic allegories include Hercules with the Hydra and Cerberus, males and reclining river-gods (see ref.). For the Correr, less extrovert chairs bear female nudes extended along the armrests. For the Pisani, he carved a suite of twelve chairs (now at the Palazzo Quirinale) with flowers, fruit, leaves and branches to symbolize the twelve months of the year. Work by Brustolon is at the Villa Pisani at Stra. In 1685 Brustolon returned to the house where he was born at Belluno, and from that time devoted himself mainly to tabernacles and devotional sculptures in walnut, boxwood or ivory. His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood sculptures, The Sacrifice of Abraham and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Sicilian Sculpted Armchair Baroque Rococo Italy Throne Shell Walnut Linen Velvet
Located in Ettlingen, DE
Authentic Southern Italian, Sicilian throne, as it has been traditionally used in the large rural estates for the padrone, for the noble chief. Seating height would be perfect for a modern writing desk. The seating upholstery is quite firm, giving a good support. The carvings depicting the rising sun on top, the sea, and acanthus for a long life. The armchair can be dated around 1715. Carefully restored. All the carvings are complete, and fully original. Upholstered with an exclusive linen velvet by Maison Charles Burger...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Linen, Walnut

Pair of Italian 19th Century Baroque St. Dark Oak and Leather Throne Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome pair of Italian mid-19th century Baroque st. dark oak and leather throne armchairs. Each chair is raised by elegant topie shaped feet below block reserves and unique ...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Oak

Armchair Wing Sleeping Walnut Upholstered Bargello Cresting Baroque H-Stretcher
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A museum quality, late-17th century, walnut, upholstered sleeping armchair • Exceptionally rare model; one of the first models of upholstered armchair with the addition of the wings intended to conceal draughts. • Transitional form : many of the carved features are characteristic of Baroque furniture dating from 1680 and the incorporation of upholstery is influenced by the desire for comfort post restoration of Charles II introducing French fashions to the English court. • Striking, statement piece. The cresting, “H” stretcher and scrollwork carving which features throughout the chair inject gravitas. • Practical size and ergonomic comfortable design, suitable for regular use. The original, carved, walnut cresting supported by a pair of dragons with scrollwork either side of a central stylised leaf spray. The shaped rectangular back with wings. The sweeping arms with carved scroll ends supported by tapering turned uprights emerging from blocks. The rectangular seat supported by double scroll carved and column turned legs joined by an ‘H’stretcher which mirrors the shape of the back in the centre with finial, column turned side and back stretcher and back legs. Exceptional original colour and patina. c.1690. CONDITION : re-upholstered in a recreation of 17th century, Italian, bargello embroidery which is characteristic of the period. Tiny marks, wear and losses as expected throughout the armchair. The finial is a C19 or early C20 replacement. The stretcher has suffered from worm damage and there are replaced sections at either end of 1” and 1½ “ respectively, and an area to the left of the finial has been filled. This work was not done by me and has some age to it and the finial was probably replaced at the same time. The armchair is sturdy and suitable for regular use. PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Cheyne Walk, London RELATED : Few sleeping chairs...
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1690s English Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Antique and Vintage Armchairs for Sale on 1stDibs

Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.

Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.

In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.

Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.

When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.

If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.

If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.

Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.

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