Early Victorian Armchairs

Victorian walnut armchair A Victorian walnut armchair of good proportions. Fully restored and covered in calico. Loose cover made in 'Old Flax, Ivory' by ...

Victorian Rosewood Cabriole Leg armchair. circa 1860 Standing Upon Cabriole Front legs with Carved Toes. Having Shaped a Front Rail with Carvings and a Wood Show Frame again with ...

Armchair model 3758 A in original red indian leather and mahogany base. Model designed in 1927 for the Danish Museum of Decorative Art, produced by Rud Rasmussen in the 1940’s. Signed with manufacturer’s label to underside: (Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier). Kaare Klint is widely recognized as the father of Danish modern design. It is hard to overstate his influence. He developed an entirely new analytical approach to furniture design that his students at the Danish Academy of Art would emulate for years to come, yet was also inspired by historic designs from various cultures, modernizing and re-interpreting classic pieces for new generations. Literature: Kaare Klint, Harkær, pg. 28-30. Dansk Møbelkunst Gennem 40 Aar: 1927-1936, Jalk, pg. 169. Danish Chairs, Oda, pg. 22-23. Kaare Klint (1888-1954) is regarded as the founding father of Danish Modernim. As an architect, furniture designer and leading professor at the Department of Furniture Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Klint established the principles of modern Danish furniture by combining a profound appreciation of traditional construction techniques with a modernist emphasis on function and a rejection of ornaments. Klint’s design was always based on relentless research; he never compromised. Every piece had to fulfill its purpose, be completely clear in its construction with dimensions and proportions corresponding to the human body and display materials and craftsmanship of the highest quality. Logic, often using a mathematical system of measures, and a constructive way of thinking were the foundation of Klint’s philosophy of furniture design. Like many of his contemporaries, counting Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, he advocated standardization and functional requirements and dismissed the use of all ornamentation. But Klint realized his vision in wood and leather, using traditional craftsmen and working methods and often finding inspiration in historical models. In this way, he charted the course for an alternative Nordic Functionalism that idealized the workshop and the collaboration between furniture architects and cabinetmakers as opposed to the factory. Kaare Klint’s first major work was a collaboration with his mentor, the architect Carl Petersen. In 1914 they were commissioned to design furniture and fixtures for Faaborg Art Museum. One of the highlights to emerge from this commission was the Faaborg chair, a light and elegant chair with clear references to classical furniture. The construction and proportions of an 18th century English Chippendale...

Armchair in patinated leather made by Danish Cabinetmaker in 1930s. Great original condition.

An English 18th-century carved mahogany library armchair - or bergère - of good rich colour. George III, circa 1780. This antique Sheraton-period armchair, sometimes described as a bergère (bergere) chair, is raised on reeded square tapering legs which merge, headed by a carved rosette panel...

A very fine early 19th century mahogany framed library armchair, the curved top-rail above button back upholstered in leather, with raised padded arm rests and down scrolled arms whi...

Chic suite if four tufted leather tub chairs. y noted furniture maker B. L. Marble. The chairs have a leather bucket type seat, which is supported by a solid wood base, and legs, on ...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Carved Wood, Original Upholstery Style: Antique Victorian

Lovely Shaped English Antique Victorian 'Swan' or 'Spoon' Arm Chair with foot stool Lovely shaped mahogany Victorian 'Swan' or Spoon' arm chair very unusual shape. upholstered in a ...

A large Victorian late 19th century Library chair, newly re upholstered in Velvet. The new fabric copying the original fabric design on the ...

A striking and steadfast pair of early 19th century English Regency period armchairs with perfectly curved backs, columnar arm supports with ba...

Antique Victorian antique carved walnut turned leg armchair with a walnut framed back carved top rail lovely carved open arms turned reeded legs to...