Chippendale Style Tufted Leather Library Chair by Schafer Brothers

An English Chippendale style library chair with the seat and inside back upholstered in gros and petite point needlework in an oriental theme. The chair back is slightly camel shaped...

A Chippendale style armchair in walnut with a distressed finish and elaborately carved knees and ball and claw feet.

Pair Georgian style Leather Gainsborough library chairs, having deep buttoned brown leather backs and seats with brass-studded edges. The solid mahogany framed standing on square leg...

A fine example of Chippendale detail in this ornately craved arm chair. This particular item came to us from Indonesia by way of England where it would have looked right at home in ...

19th Century carved mahogany library armchair in the Chippendale style, upholstered in a cream fabric with a decorative floral pattern, high shaped back with a large cushioned seat, ...

Pair of English Chippendale (18th century) large Gainsborough carved open arm library chairs with shaped arm rests and back upholstered in brown...

Discover the timeless elegance of this Rare Period English George III Chippendale Library Armchair, dating back to circa 1790. This exquisite piece of antique furniture embodies the ...

Antique Carved Mahogany Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Leather Arm Chair. Item features a solid mahogany wood frame, nicely carved details, burgundy leather seat, great style and fo...

Set of 12 English Chippendale style (late 19th Cent) chairs with a carved ribbon back and an antique brown leather slip seat (2 arms-23.25"w 21"d 40.5h, 10 sides)

An important pair of mid-18th century Chippendale period mahogany Library Armchairs, having unusual carved and scrolled cartouche-shaped backs, with scroll moulded set-back arms. The Chairs having stuffover seats with gadrooned borders, supported on blind fret carved cabriole legs with scrolled toes. For similar examples see Chippendale's Director, 'French Chairs' Plate XXI Further information: Similar examples of our Library Armchairs can be found in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale book Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1762). The pair resembles the right chair design in Plate XXI, catalogued by Chippendale as “French Chairs”. He described in his book that this model “may be executed to advantage, some of them are intended to be open below at the back: which makes them very light without having a bad effect.’ His design illustrates his familiarity with the fashionable French Rococo style represented by the curvilinear form of the chair and scrolled feet. The carved surface decoration on our Chairs is much less elaborate than that on the published design and is more reminiscent of the work of Robert Manwaring...