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Armchairs For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: American Classical
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Louis XVI painted armchairs are an excellent example of the neoclassical style, and feature carved accents enhanced by the patinaed painted finish. Upholster...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Set of Four Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of four Louis XVI style armchairs, 19th century. Hand-painted wood and silk.  
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Silk, Wood

French Louis XVI Period 18th Century Armchair with Floral Tapestry Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period carved wood armchair from the late 18th century with oval back and tapestry upholstery. Born during the second half of the 18th century, this exquisite sing...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Tapestry, Wood

Antique Silk-Upholstered Beechwood Armchair by Linke
Located in London, GB
This armchair is a fine piece of workmanship, completed by possibly the most important craftsman of the late 19th and early 20th century, François Linke. The back of the chair is sig...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Silk, Beech

19th Century Louis XVI Style Armchair
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique 19th century armchair, originally from a mansion in Newport RI. Exquisite wood carved and gilt frame. In very good condition, covered with a prestigious Scalamandre fabric.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilded Armchairs by 'Mellier'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th century French gilt fauteuil, each with carved 'C' scroll and foliate decoration to the show-wood, upholster...
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Late 19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI giltwood armchairs represents the epitome of the craftsmanship from the belle époque period in France, when artisans from all-over the world flo...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Silk, Giltwood

1870s Louis XVI Style Ebonized Fauteuil in Upholstered Linen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1870s Louis XVI style carved and ebonized fauteuil open armchair upholstered in custom taupe and cream striped linen. Mounted on casters, this armchair features beautifully carved ne...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Parcel-Gilt Upholstered Fauteuils
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A pair of painted and gilded wood medallion back chairs. Delicate bead and swag detail surround a central flower. Padded scroll form arms sit atop...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Three Elegant Antique "Cabriolet" Armchairs in Louis XVI Style, France, 1860
Located in Sofia, BG
Three elegant antique cabriolet armchairs from France in Louis XVI style, circa 1860. These chairs are made of solid painted wood with curved frame and legs and have been reupholster...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Beautiful Pair of Chairs, 18th Century Style, Signed, France
Located in Paris, FR
Unique pair of chairs, created and signed by one of the greatest French cabinet maker, Atelier BHC. In 18th century style, inspired by a famous French Castle near Paris. Amazing Bo...
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2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Brass, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Painted Fauteuil with Oval Back
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Louis XVI style painted fauteuil with oval back and pale yellow damask fabric.
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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Damask

Ebonized Gildwood Louis XVI Armchairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Armchairs upholstered on seat, back and armrest. Cut and turned decor, partly gilded, backrest with foliage decoration Backrest height 87, seat height 38.5, seat depth 52 and width...
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Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Hardwood, Giltwood

Pair of French Louis XVI Period Fauteuils or Armchairs
Located in Pembroke, MA
A stunning pair of French Louis XVI style painted armchairs or fauteuils with "caps de gendarmes" detailing, tapered fluted legs, and having lovely French black and white re-editione...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Fruitwood, Upholstery

Set of Four Painted Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of four fauteuils, with painted fielded frames, each rounded caned back flanked by bowed arms, on down-swept terminals, crown seat of linen with nailheads, raised on round taperi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Painted Fauteuils or Armchairs, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of 19th century Louis XVI style painted fauteuils or armchairs upholstered in leather. Newly upholstered.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Leather

19th Century Pair of Painted and Upholstered Louis XVI Style Open Arm Fauteuils
Located in Brea, CA
19th century pair of painted and upholstered open arm fauteuils in the Louis XVI style. Beautiful original painted finish in a creamy white finish, with grey patina, and antique brown glaze...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Paint, Wood

19th Century French Carved Chair with Beige Upholstery
Located in Pasadena, CA
A very sweetly carved French wingback armchair with solid linen-look upholstery. Removable seat cushion and lighter wood trim, circa 19th century.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Pair of 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Carved Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th-20th century Louis XVI style finely carved armchairs in Gianni Versace Fabric. These spectacular one of a kind antique walnut fauteuils or ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Painted Fauteuil by Claude Sene
Located in Essex, MA
Each chair with arched carved back and seat, carved with ribbon and leaf tip decoration, down swept arms all raised on circular tapered stop fluted legs. Signed under seat rail C. Sene. Claude Sene...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Other

Pair of Louis XVI Style Medallion Chairs, with Peony Flowers Pattern
Located in Lantau, HK
Original hand carved wood frame medallion shape from the 19th century, newly painted in white, newly upholstered with elegant and modern fabric. Ov...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Painted Fauteuil by Claude Sene
Located in Essex, MA
Finely carved arched back and seat carved with ribbon and leaf tip raised on circular tapered stop fluted legs. One chair stamped on base C Sene.
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Other

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Marquises Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved marquises bergere wide-armchairs, each with four fluted scrolled legs, a bowed finely carved top back...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood

American Mahogany Parcel-Gilt Bergère Armchair, New York, circa 1880
By Herter Brothers
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An American mahogany parcel-gilt bergère armchair, New York, circa 1880, possibly by Herter Brothers. This very nice armchair has the arms carved and gilt lion heads, turned and gard...
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Armchairs

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Mahogany

Pair of Painted Italian Fauteuils
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Louis XVI armchairs, each having a painted, channelled frame, showing natural wear to finish, padded, shield-shaped backrest, downswept arms with padded elbow rests, on acant...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair Of Louis XVI Style Bergere Arm Office Chairs Manner Of Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Bergere Arm Office Chairs Manner Of Jansen with brass cap feet, floral motif fabric. Made in France this pair having strong sturdy frames in the Louis XVI F...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Armchairs

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Wood

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bergere Armchair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish late 18th-early 19th century French Louis XVI style Ivory colored Bergere armchair. Having reeded and fluted, gilded decoration and raised on turned tapering legs.
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Softwood

Antique Louis XVI Pair of Armchairs in Original Crumbly Paint with Great Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Pair of Armchairs in the style of Louis XVI with their Original Paint. The Louis XVI Style Pair of Armchairs are old enough that the padding is all shredded coco under...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Louis XVI Period Oval Back Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Featuring exceptional carving. The leather-upholstered oval back within a conforming surround carved with beaded and rope banding and the top rail centred by...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Leather

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Buchanan, NY
A sophisticated pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs. This exquisite pair of French Louis XVI armchairs will make a stunning additi...
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1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Salon Armchairs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality pair of French Louis XVI style carved giltwood salon armchairs. Each with scrolling foliate decoration to the show wood, beautiful Aubusson tapestry co...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Giltwood

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

Pair of Antique Louis XVI French Style Lyre Back Italian Armchairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of antique Louis XVI French style lyre back Italian armchairs. Items feature carved lyre backs, smaller attractive frames, solid wood construction, tapered legs, great style and...
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20th Century Italian Louis XVI Armchairs

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Mahogany

18th Century Black Italian Pair of Antique Giltwood Armchairs, Fauteuils
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 18th Century, an antique pair of Italian gilded fauteuils with ornate armrests, the back rests are adorned with centered medallions, enhanced by detailed wood carvings, in good ...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Pink Distress Painted Oval Back Dining Arm Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage French Louis XVI style upholstered oval / medallion back dining armchairs with pink distress painted finish. Item features solid carved wood frames, oval backs with f...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of 19th C Hand-Carved Italian Venetian Distress Painted Fauteuil Arm Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable pair of Italian hand-carved Fauteuils, circa late 1800s in the French Louis XVI taste. The pair features shapely scrolling arms, medallion backs, reeded and tapered legs, ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood, Paint

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Fauteuil
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large and imposing late 1800s, early 1900s French Louis XVI-style armchair with carved wood frame painted in a distressed off-white color. The oval seat back features a carved twis...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Oval Back Painted Wood Armchairs, New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI style oval back painted wood upholstered accent armchairs. This pair of French chairs features oval backs, ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style French Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs, France, circa 1950s.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Mahogany

Pair of French Louis XVI Mahogany and Black Leather Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) mahogany arm chairs with brass trim, spindle detail, and black leather upholstery.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Brass

Important Pair of Italian Painted Fauteuils Florence, 18th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
An important pair of Italian painted fauteuils Florence, 18th century Each having a Tassinari and Chatel silk-upholstered shield form padded bac...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood

French Louis XVI Mahogany Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Cent) mahogany square back open arm chair with bronze trim and cane seat & back with a stretcher.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Bronze

Set of 4 French Louis XVI Damask Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 French Louis XVI style gilt carved arm chairs with carved oval back frame and white damask upholstery (19th Cent.).
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Giltwood, Damask

Gilded Armchair Style Louis XVI Upholstery With Hand Woven Silk Color Orchid
Located in Hamburg, DE
Armchair in the style of Louis XVI, new upholstery with hand woven silk color orchid, loose seat cushion, seat cushion filling new dawns, back height 102cm, seat height 49cm, width 8...
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1990s French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Wood

French Louis XVI Style Armchairs in Original Leather with Unusual Fleur de Lis
Located in Chicago, IL
Great pair of very old French Louis XVI Armchairs, in their Original Leather upholstery. Although we do have an in house upholstery department, I have been resisting the temptation t...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Leather, Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Armchairs En Gondoles
Located in New York, NY
FAPG 20555D/2 Pair "Fauteuils," or armchairs, en Gondoles, circa 1830-1835 New York Mahogany (secondary woods: ash) Each, 31 1/2 in. high, 21 1/8 in. wide, 21 1/8 in. deep (over...
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1830s American American Classical Antique Armchairs

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Mahogany

Pair of Italian Armchairs, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of Italian Cabriolet seats, 19th century. Completely reupholstered and refinished. Very refined style.  
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1850s Italian Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Elegant Antique Armchair from France, circa 1860
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant antique armchair from France, circa 1860. Made of solid walnut painted in beige with curved legs and back, upholstered with a cotton fabric in stripes. Very comfortable an...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

19th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs with a Gold Leaf Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs with a gold leaf finish from the late 19th century. These fauteuils are beautifully carved with gadrooning, flutted legs and a ribbon at the ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

19th Century Rustic Armchair
Located in Carmel, CA
This is the quintessential French ladder back chair. The shape of the ladder back and arms of this chair is characteristic of furniture from the Southwest region of France. The lad...
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Rush, Wood

Period Louis XVI Armchair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gilded,Painted and Carved Louis XVI Armchair
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Wood

Louis XVI Style French Walnut Armchair with Black Leather Upholstery
Located in San Francisco, CA
A finely carved walnut armchair with a oval shaped back and generous seat upholstered in quality black leather. Sturdy and sound, in excellent condition. France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Leather, Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Walnut Armchairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style walnut armchairs with original needlepoint upholstery. Chairs feature padded arms, channel backs, bow carvings, fluted legs. Each chair ha...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

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

Pair Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Fauteuils Arm Chairs Distress Painted Frames
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of exquisite French Fauteuil à la reine, in the style of Louis XVI, circa 1940s, each polychromed and distressed frame upholstered in striped silk, raised on fluted tapering leg...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Armchairs

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Wood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Beechwood Cabriolets Fauteuils with Oval Medallion Backs
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of French Louis XVI style beechwood cabriolets fauteuils with oval medallion backs, scrolled arms, fluted legs and green silk upholstery. Each of this pair of French Louis XVI...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs

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Beech, Silk, Upholstery

French Louis XVI Pink Floral Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (18/19th Cent) beech wood large open arm chair with a carved bow knot top oval shaped back and seat upholstered in a pink floral damask.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Beech, Paint, Upholstery

Louis XVI Chaise Percée
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century chaise percée, from the bathroom of Baron Max Fould-Springer, Palais Abbatial de Royaumont and by descent his sister Baroness Elie (Lilia...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs

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Mahogany

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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