Fine Pair of Chippendale Library Chairs

An English Chippendale style Library armchair with button tufted green leather, with scrolling arms set on carved cabriole legs with carved floral decoration and brass nailhead detai...

The Chippendale Gainsborough armchair. This handsome carved mahogany library or “Gainsborough” armchair has a gently curving back and shaped a...

Dazzling Modern chair, bold in character, this dazzling chair is unique in every way. Its one-of-a-kind shape was born from design exploration of the organic beauty and inspiration f...

With elegant curves and a sleek arc shape that seamlessly blends a softly textured boucle fabric for a look that invites calm and comfort. A versatile piece for any interior, the org...

In an ebonized black lacquered finish. With an upholstered cushion backrest and seat in a Linen performance fabric. The classic modern and graceful frame with an angled back and sw...

A hand-carved mahogany dining armchair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the serpentine top rail above a pierced vase splat, the upholstered drop-in...

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

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...

This Chippendale Library Chair is adorned with a breathtaking display of vibrant colours, delicate flowers, luscious fruits, and majestic gam...

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...

Newly upholstered in a spring green pure silk from the Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company (thickly woven from an original 18th century fabric pattern) and with double piped and button...

This is a rare English period George III or Chippendale chair in mahogany. The chair is a library chair or could also be used as a desk chair. The chair is extremely rare and other v...