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Armchairs For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Baroque
Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Louis XVI fauteuils, giltwood with beautifully carved details. Exquisite original gobelin fabric, the gimp has been replaced. In good condition.
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Armchairs with a Gold Leaf Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style armchairs. These carved wood chairs are in a gold leaf finish and are known as marquise due to their extra wide seat, typically wider than...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Needlepoint Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI painted needlepoint armchair is a study in classical elegance! The hand-carved framework features a contoured, oval seatback and generously sized seat, ...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Tapestry, Hardwood

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

Antique French Louis XVI Painted Armchair with Needlepoint Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI painted armchair with needlepoint tapestry is as elegant as they come, yet surprisingly comfortable as well! Oval seatback is contoured to conform to one's b...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Tapestry, Wood

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

Pair 19th Century French Louis XIV Gilded Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century French Louis XIV Gilded Armchairs will add regal elegance to any room! Bold Baroque styling has been hand-carved into the framework which was then given a gold fini...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood

Beautiful Antique Hand Carved Nutwood Chair / Armchair With Green Upholstery
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and very comfortable antique chair with perfect upholstery. If you are looking for an incredibly well handcrafted antique chair to g...
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Armchairs

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Velvet, Nutwood

French 18th Century Louis XVI Painted Wood Armchair by George Jacob
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century Louis XVI painted wood armchair by George Jacob (1739-1814) A Louis XVI period armchair or fauteuil "en cabriolet' made ca. 1775-1779 showing the stamp of Georges Jacob (1739-1814). The carved paintwood fauteuil with round and slightly curved padded back and seat within a moulded French Grey paintwood frame showing a beautiful original patina, on fluted tapering legs. The armrests with scroll ends and partial upholstery. The armchair or fauteuil upholstered in the French tradition with an elegant linen fabric copying a Louis XVI silk jacquard with a traditional colorful ribbon&flower ornament on a vivid blue ground. Georges Jacob was one of the most prominent Parisian chair...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood, Linen

Armchair chair 17th Century English Walnut Needlework X-Stretchered, Scroll
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptional, museum quality, English, baroque, walnut, open armchair with faceted legs and shaped ‘x’ stretcher, upholstered in fine Georgian needlework...
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Two Elegant French Armchairs in the antique Louis Seize Style beech hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood, carved and polished. Straight, backrest frame. Frame with carved frame on conical, carved legs. Carved armrests rise slightly to the rear. The seat and backrest are ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Beech

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 French Louis XVI Style Gilded Fauteuils
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century pair of French fauteuils or armchairs in the Louis XVI style with carved and gilded frames. The chairs are beautifully upholstered in a taupe leather with decorativ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Brass

Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Louis XVI painted armchairs is a superlative decorative accent that just happens to provide seating! Hand-carved from solid walnut, each features a distinctive neoclassical theme in its carved embellishment that is enhanced by the patina of the original painted finish. The contoured oval seatback is framed with spiral ribbon trim topped with roses...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Silk, Walnut

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. Re-upholstered from l...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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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

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

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

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, Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant complete set of four French 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood armchairs. Each chair is raised by circular tapered fluted legs with topie shaped feet and...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Giltwood

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Armchairs in Manner of Henri Jacob (d. 1824)
Located in New York, US
Our fautteuil d'officier (officer's armchairs) were supplied by Peter Marino for a prestigious Palm Beach client. Inspired by the Louis XVI period designs of Henri Jacob (d. 1824), ...
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Late 20th Century American Louis XVI 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

French Louis XVI Style Armchairs Custom Dyed Blue Leather Hand-Made in France
Located in Chicago, IL
From the Old Plank Collection, comes a Louis XVI style dining chair, made in France, by an elderly gentleman, who has been crafting French dining chairs his entire life. Our French L...
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2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Leather, Upholstery, Beech

Walnut Ladderback Armchair with Rush Seat, France, circa 1865
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-19th Century Louis XVI style walnut arm chair with ladder back, rush seat, fluted legs, and carved apron.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Rush, Walnut

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

Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gold Upholstered Fauteuils / Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) fauteuils / armchairs with distressed grey painted frames on turned fluted legs having a gold diamond-patterned upholstery on seats, backs, ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Armchairs

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Metal, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Italian Rococo Baroque Carved Wood Armchair Re-Upholstered
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful pair of Italian 19th century carved wood armchairs in Rococo Baroque style newly upholstered in white fabric with very elegant shape and great color of wood to highlight th...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Wood

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

Set of Four Continental 19th Century Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and complete set of four Continental 19th century Louis XVI style patinated wood and red leather armchairs. Each beautiful chair is raised by elegant circular tapered flut...
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19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Louis XVI Style Upholstered Open Armchair, Early 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Louis XVI style upholstered open armchair, early 20th century. The upholstered back flanked by padded open arms centering an over upholstered seat, raised on cabriole legs.  
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Wood

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

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Solid Oak Marquise Armchair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. solid oak Marquise armchair. The armchair is raised by elegant circular tapered...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Oak

Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Walnut Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period walnut armchairs. Each chair is raised by circular tapered fluted legs below the mottled frieze. The arms display char...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair of Delectable Early 19th Century Painted Neoclassical Armchair Bergères
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of 19th century Louis XVI neoclassical French bergères or armchairs with restored original olive and gold gilt paint. Made during the Louis XVI period in France. Channeled legs ...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

19th Century, Pair of French Lacquered and Giltwood Armchairs
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French lacquered and giltwood armchairs Measurements: cm H 98 x W 62 x D 65, seat H 44 cm This delightful pair of armchairs, in lacquered and gilded wood, ...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood, Giltwood

Armchair Bergère Louis XVI Neoclassical French White Pink France
Located in New York, NY
Chair bergère Louis XVI neoclassical French white pink France. An armchair bergère made during the Louis XVI period in France. Painted in a white finish. Channeled legs and armrests....
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Birch

Set of Four 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming set of four 18th century French Louis XVI period patinated arm chairs. Each with a rectangular upholstered backrest, the top rail is fluted and flanked by circular capital...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

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

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

Two Louis XVI Salon Armchairs Circa 1930
Located in Opole, PL
Two Louis XVI Salon Armchairs Circa 1930 Armchairs from the 1930s in the style of Louis XVI. Wooden frames adorned with rich carving. Seats on springs, upholstered like the backs an...
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1930s European Louis XVI Vintage Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Green Silk Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th/20th Cent) grey painted armchairs with oval back in pale green silk upholstery.    
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20th Century Louis XVI Armchairs

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Silk

Pair of French Louis XVI Walnut Armchairs, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of French Louis XVI walnut arm chairs with carved floral motif, original floral petit point, and terminating on stylized cabriole legs. Late 18th Century.
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Superb Quality 19th Century French Carved Walnut and Tapestry Armchair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare gem found in a large expertly carved walnut Louis XVI armchair with original magnificent figural tapestry upholstery finished with nailheads. The back of the chair is left in worn condition and needs upholstery...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Tapestry, Walnut

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne
By Andrea Brustolon, Valentino Besarel
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

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

Authentic Pair of French Armchair, Louis XVI Period, 1775-1790
Located in Paris, France
These authentic Louis XVI period armchairs, original and authentic, seduced me by their modernity. Very rare with their original cream lacquer, flat and square back "à la Reine", with their strict armrests and highly visible assembly, straight legs turned into quivers in the shape of a column tapered down and fluted. The foot ends in a dice that rests on the ground, while the top is cubic is decorated with a circular molding pattern quite rare contrary to the rosette pattern often used for copies - The queen chairs have perfect proportions in their elegant silhouette. In general, I am only interested in design and contemporary pieces, but in the course of my peregrinations I sometimes come across pieces that do not leave me indifferent. As for the lyres chairs, the baccarat chandelier and the large golden mirror...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood, Walnut

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Walnut Armchair, circa 1760
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 18th century Louis XVI period walnut armchair, circa 1760. The low seating armchair is raised by elegant circular tapered...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Walnut

Set of Four 19th Century Large, Hand-Carved Wood High Back Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A set of four 19th century large hand-carved wood high back armchairs. Wonderful quality carvings, standing on curved legs which are attached by a stretcher.
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt, Cream /Green Painted Fauteuils Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style two-tone cream and green painted with parcel-giltwood carved fauteuils armchairs. The intricately carved wood frames with a pa...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Velvet, Wood

20th Century French Seating Group in the Louis Seize Style Beechwood
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood, finely carved and framed. Shield-shaped, curving backrest frame with perforated middle bridge and Rococo crown. Passive curved frame with carved frame on conical, ca...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Beech

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

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 French Louis XVI Beechwood Bergeres
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XVI (18th century) carved beechwood bergeres / armchairs with carved beaded pattern edge on arched back and seat frame with acanthus and scroll carved arms and gold damask upholstery...
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18th Century Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood, Fabric, Upholstery, Beech

Vintage French Country Louis XVI Oval Cane Back Fauteuil Lounge Chairs, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Country Louis XVI oval cane back fauteuil lounge arm chairs - a pair. Item features cane backs with ornate weave to top of back...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Armchairs

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Cane, Wood

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

Directoire Mahogany Child’s Armchair, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The diminutive armchair with wear consistent with age and use.  
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of 19th century French neoclassical painted armchairs is perfect for adding a Classic touch with a light, airy look. Rectilinear...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Italian 19th Century Baroque Carved Arm Throne Chairs, Figural Carvings
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italian 19th century Baroque carved arm throne chairs. The pair with figural carvings and putti sleeping on beds of leafs, 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. 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 1678-1680 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 18th 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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1890s Italian Baroque Antique Armchairs

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Wood

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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