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Rococo Armchairs

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.

The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.

The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.

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Style: Rococo
Victorian Rococo Revival Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition, New Upholstery Recommended Materials: Carved Walnut, Original Upholstery Style: Victorian Rococo Revival This exquisite Victorian Rococo Rev...
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1940s American Vintage Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

1750 Venezia Italy Set 2 Green Lacquered Wooden Armchairs with Floral Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent set of two Venetian armchairs lacquered in light green with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration. The pieces have a delicate and refined drawing of poly...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood, Lacquer

Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century. Pair of high-backed armchairs with arms of the "queen's fateuil" type, with a carved wooden frame in its own color. It features curv...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Other

Pair of Italian 19th Century Rococo Style Giltwood Carved Armchairs, circa 1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Italian 19th century Rococo style giltwood carved armchairs; the arched upholstered paneled backs with foliate scroll cresting and similar borders, having padded arm s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Gold Leaf Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique gold leaf Venetian grotto style shell back armchair. Seat has been newly reupholstered in champagne color velvety fabric. Arm height is 26.5"
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1980s Spanish Vintage Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

Swedish Rococo Walnut Armchair
Located in Houston, TX
Swedish rococo walnut armchair circa 1740-1769. Finely hand-carved in a nice, large scale. Excellent condition. Stable, sold and sturdy. Mortise and tenon joints. Exquisite carved de...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Textile, Upholstery, Walnut

18th Century Swedish Rococo Arm Chair with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Rococo arm chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden. A beautiful arm chair with nice proportions & curvy legs. Scraped b...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Pine

Armchair Rococo Swedish White Light Green, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Rococo Swedish white light green, Sweden. A single armchair with original paint made in Sweden during the Rococo period 1750-1775. A white washe...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

Custom Royal French Style Oversized Throne Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very theatrical large throne chair in a custom treatment. With an intricately carved frame having stylized shells and scrolls with the foot a raised snail’s head...
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20th Century Rococo Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

18th Century Rococo armchairs
Located in SE
A pair of high class rococo armchairs made in Stockholm. This type of armchairs with loose back plate were made in the Castle workshop. Front legs are decorated with acanthus leafs ...
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1760s Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Birch

Pair of Swedish Rococo Style 1890s Painted Wood Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Swedish Rococo style painted wood armchairs from the late 19th century, with carved splats, cabriole legs and upholstery. Created in Sweden during the last decade of the 19...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Exceptional 18th century Swedish Rococo Armchair
Located in Bozeman, MT
Exceptional and rare Swedish 18th century early rococo armchair in Its original finish, great embossed carvings, details and proportions. A masterpiece. Ca 1750 - 1760 Sweden.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Pine

Queen's Armchair made of Carved Walnut Upholstered in Black Leather with Iron-Gi
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful and decorative Queen's armchair is made of carved walnut upholstered in black leather with iron-gilded border and decoration. This is a French work in Louis XV style. ...
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1950s French Vintage Rococo Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair Of Italian Rococo Blue Painted Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Super sturdy and usable with serpentine crestrail and upholstered back and seat. Generous proportions, cabriole legs. Gilt and blue painted . From a Palm Beach Florida Estate.
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1750s Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood

Pair of Antique German Antler Chairs with Rococo Style Upholstery
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique German Antler chairs with rococo style upholstery. German, early 20th century Dimensions: Height 108cm, width 212cm, depth 80cm The...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Armchairs

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Antler, Upholstery

French 19th Century Rococo Style Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
A Rococo style armchair from the 19th century, delicately carved with floral clasps to the crest and seat rails and to the tops of the cabriole l...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

Armchair. Walnut wood, leather, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair. Walnut wood, leather, 18th century. High backed upholstered armchair (like the seat, both with studs), with carved wooden arms forming waves, which also has curved legs wi...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Other

A Pair of Magnificent Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Magnificent Giltwood Armchairs. Each magnificent throne chair with oval padded back encircled by an elaborate cresting carved with flowering acanthus, oak branches, and fleurs-de-lis. The top rail with two putti holding an armorial star-shaped cartouche with the interlaced L's of Louis XVIII, King of France, titled ‘Bordeaux 12 Mars 1814’, beneath a crown. This armourial cartouche is the Order of the Armband of Bordeaux. The open arms with padded armrests above exuberantly carved sculptural terminals depicting dragons with human faces. The shaped seat rail with ribbon and rocaille ornament and to the front with a star representing the Décoration du Lys. On cabriole legs. Upholstered in flower pressed blue velvet. France, Circa 1820/30. These magnificent throne chairs commemorate an important event in the Bourbon Restoration precipitating the fall of Napoleon I. They celebrate the surrender of the city of Bordeaux to royal power and to King Louis XVIII (1755-1824), heralding the fall of the first Empire (1804-1815). The Duc d'Angoulême (1775-1844), nephew of Louis XVIII and elder son of Charles X, entered the city of Bordeaux to the acclaim of the crowd on 12th March 1814. Louis XVIII later called it ‘the happiest event of my life’ and on the 29 September 1820 named the heir to his throne, not—like previous Bourbon heirs—Duc de Bretagne, or de Bourgogne, but the Duc de Bordeaux. This armourial cartouche to the top rail of these chairs is the Ordre du Brassard de Bordeaux (The Order of the Armband of Bordeaux). It was adopted for the Royal Guard and volunteers who accompanied the Duc d'Angoulême when he entered Bordeaux on 12th March 1814. It was officially called the Brassard de Bordeaux, or Brassard Vert. At first it consisted of a silk band of green with white borders, worn, as the name signifies, on the arm, but was later adapted as a medal with oval gilt sunburst on which is superimposed an oval medallion of white enamel bearing the royal monogram ‘L.L.’, and surrounded by a green enamelled band with the words ‘BORDEAUX 12 MARS 1814’. The whole is surmounted by the royal crown. In 1824 the issue of the Brassard de Bordeaux was controlled by the Royal Order of...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Armchair
Located in Huntington, NY
A fine Swedish Rococo armchair with carved backrest and turned arm rests. Wide seat atop cabriolet legs with turned H-cross construction. Tastefully repainted in pale blue and origin...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Linen, Wood, Paint

Mid-18th Century Italian Pair of Armchairs with Leather Covers, Milan circa 1750
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of armchairs Original impressed leather covers Milan, circa 1750 They measure: 40.94" high [18.11" to the seat] x 21.65" in deep x 27.55". 104 cm high (46 to the seat) x 55 ...
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1750s Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th Century Brown Frame Black Leather France
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th century brown frame black leather France. An assembled pair of armchairs made during the Rococo period in Fran...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Pair of 18th Century Rococo Armchairs
Located in Ljungby, SE
A pair of high-quality Rococo armchairs, made in Stockholm (Sweden) in the 1760s. The chairs feature elegant carvings in the form of rocailles on the top rail and the apron. The colo...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Elm, Pine

Pair of Italian 19th Century Rococo Style Carved Walnut Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Rococo style walnut armchairs from the 19th century, with carved skirts, cabriole legs and upholstery. Born in Italy during the 19th century, each of this pair of R...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

Armchair Rococo Sweden
Located in New York, NY
An armchair made in Sweden during the Rococo period 1750-1775. Made in Sweden. Later painted.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

Exceptional Gilded Ornate Salon Armchair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large and impressive. An outstanding carved and gilt Italianate Baroque style armchair with carved shell crest, Griffin arm supports, carved Eagle knees ending in Lion’s Paw Foot. Custom upholstered in a tan dot on black fabric. Ornate wood carvings...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

18th Century Couple of Italian Giltwood Armchairs
Located in IT
18th century couple of Italian giltwood armchairs This refined and important pair of armchairs was made around the middle of the 18th cen...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood

Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Damask, Giltwood

Italian Venetian Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian (18th Century) walnut serpentine shaped desk with 2 side doors and 2 narrow front doors above a drawer with a pull out front interior chair having a left arm.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

Venetian 1810s Rococo Style Painted Wood Armchair with Parcel-Gilt Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian painted wood Rococo style armchair from the early 19th century, with carved splat, scrolling arms, cabriole legs and cross stretcher. Born in Venice during the early years...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Venezia Italy Early 18th Century Set 5 Rococo Carved Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exquisite gilded and carved set of five armchairs. The front and side parts are carved with scrolls that create a delicate carving effects. This set hails from Mid- 18th C...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood, Silk

Pair of Louis XV Style Walnut Wood Armchairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Sculpted walnut wood. Made in France in the late 19th century. Upholsery is from the 1970s, chairs are in a good condition. Scratches, use marks, stains.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Rococo Armchair from Drottningholm Castle
Located in New York, NY
Black painted chair from Drottningholm castle Stamped KR DH under Royal Crown (Kronan Drottning Holm) Provenance: Queen Louisa Ulrika's Private Property, Drottningholm Castle,...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood, Paint

Italian, 19th Century Rococo Style Walnut Upholstered Armchair with Fine Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style tall back walnut armchair from the 19th century with scrolled open arms, cabriole legs on hoofed feet and upholstery. This Italian Rococo style armchair featu...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood, Walnut

Pair of Italian Rococo Walnut Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Great scale and generous proportions with arched back with central carved rocaille over an upholstered back and serpentine seat and conforming shaped seat rail with carved decoration...
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1750s Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair of Scandinavian Rococo Style Painted Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Scandinavian Rococo style armchairs from the 19th century with new upholstery. Born in Scandinavia during the 19th century, this pair of Rococo style armchairs features a sha...
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19th Century Scandinavian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

1750 Venezia Italy Pair of Rococo Carved Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exquisite gilded and carved pair of armchairs. The front and side parts are carved with scrolls that create a delicate carving effects. This pair hails from Mid- 18th Cent...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Silk, Giltwood

Pair Italian, Genovese, Rococo Period Shaped Walnut Poltrone, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The open armchairs having slightly convex shaped ladder backs, with shaped armrests and arm supports, upholstered removable seats within frames, the cabriole legs joined by curved x-...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Walnut

Fine 19th Century Italian Venetian Carved Giltwood Armchair
Located in Benington, Herts
Finely carved mid 19th century Italian giltwood open armchair of wide proportions in the Rococo manner. Italy, Venice Circa 1860. The asymmetrical scroll and leaf-carved top rail, centred on a stylised shell within over scrolled uprights, above a newly upholstered grey silk padded and dished seat between scroll-ended arms, raised on a decorative foliate carved scrolling X-frame base with a conforming central stylised shell. In excellent condition having a wonderful look to the gilt work this gondola style chair...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Silk, Giltwood

18th Century Italian Rococo Set of Four Giltwood Arm Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Height of Rococo style, Louis XV period set of four giltwood carved armchairs raised on cabriole legs. The serpentine curved front having a shell carving in the center. The style bei...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood

Armchair French Giltwood Rococo Style, France
Located in New York, NY
Armchair French giltwood Rococo style France. An armchair made during the 19th century in France. Frame of giltwood with beautiful carvings. Contempora...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Giltwood

Italien rococo armchairs
Located in PARIS, FR
A pairof Italian rococo armchairs typically exudes an elaborate and ornate design showcasing the style's opulence and artistic elegance. The chairs often feature curvaceous lines and...
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1940s Vintage Rococo Armchairs

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Oak

Rococo Style Upholstered Open Armchair
Located in Vienna, AT
Rococo style black leather upholstered open armchair and on cabriole legs with balls on the ends, gold plated. Made in Austria in th...
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1850s Austrian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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14k Gold

18th Century Swedish Rococo Pair of Armchairs
Located in San Angelo, TX
18th Century Swedish Rococo pair of armchairs that have been dry scrapped to the original paint with the natural wood showing through and features new upho...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood, Paint

Pair of Scandinavian Rococo Style Painted Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Scandinavian Rococo style armchairs from the 19th century with new upholstery. Born in Scandinavia during the 19th century, this pair of Rococo style armchairs features a sha...
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19th Century Scandinavian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Rococo Period Walnut Armchairs, Genova, Italy Mid-18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Rococo Period walnut armchairs, Genova, Italy Mid-18th Century. 2 pairs available.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair Of Painted Italianate Finely Crafted Armchairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved in a burgundy and gilt finish with elaborate scrolled backs and lion mask crests. Gilt floral details, curved arms , and elaborate scroll decorated seat rails with crests. The...
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20th Century Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

long Carved Walnut Arms Tall Back Turned Legs X Base Stretcher Arm Chair MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
long Carved Walnut Arms Tall Back Turned Legs X Base Stretcher Gold & Pink Flower Upholstery w/ Tassels Arm Fireside Chair MINT!
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20th Century American Rococo Armchairs

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Walnut

Pair, Swedish Rococo Style Arm Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Filled with curves and graceful lines, this pair of Rococo style Swedish arm chairs have a soft gray painted finish. Distress to the dove gray painted finish is seen throughout, in p...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.  
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Gold

Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Silver Leaf

Pair of 19th Century Italian Rococo Painted Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century Italian Rococo Painted Armchairs.
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Period Armchair From Stockholm 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
18th Century Swedish period Rococo armchair with simple silhouette that have been scraped to the most its original finish with the natural wood showing through. Features carved cabri...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Linen, Wood, Paint

Pair of Rococo Fauteuils / Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, circa 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Rococo period fauteuils, with needle-point linen slip covers, serpentine back and scroll arms ending in cabriole legs.  
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

18th Century, Pair of Rococo Italian Lacquered and Gilt Wood Armchairs
Located in IT
18th Century, Pair of Rococo Italian Lacquered and Gilt Wood Armchairs Measures: cm W 67 x D 73 x H 106,5. H sitting 45 cm The elegant pair of armchairs was made in Genoa, Italy, ar...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood, Giltwood

18th Century French Armchair Leather and Walnut
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 18th century Louis XV walnut armchair with 19th century leather upholstery. This chair has the typical Rococo design of the Louis XV era. A period when designers where inspired by ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair of Venetian Rococo Style Caned Barrel Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical pair of hand-carved hardwood armchairs or hall chairs made in the Venetian Rococo taste. The chairs feature a round seat with a barrel back form frame. The generous seat ha...
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20th Century Rococo Armchairs

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Fabric, Cane, Hardwood

Venetian Rococo Decorated Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian Rococo parcel gilt and paint decorated armchair, 18th century.
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Paint

Pair of Rococo Armchairs made in Stockholm
Located in Ljungby, SE
A pair of Rococo armchairs made in Stockholm around 1760/70. Featuring carvings of rocailles with pickering in both the apron and the back. The chairs are equipped with H-stretchers ...
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1760s Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Wood, Pine

Circa 1770 Pair of French Fauteuils En Cabriolet Armchairs
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1770 pair of French fauteuils en cabriolet (open arm chairs). Transitional Rococo to Neo-classical period and design (Louis XV-XVI). Carved walnut & beech, original gilding rem...
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1770s French Antique Rococo Armchairs

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Beech, Walnut

Period Swedish Rococo Armchair
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period Swedish Rococo armchair with decorative carved shell detail in the back and seat stretcher. This piece has been repainted in light gre...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Rococo armchairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo armchairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage armchairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo armchairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original armchairs, popular names associated with this style include Poltrona Frau, Renzo Frau, Modenese Gastone, and Anacleto Spazzapan. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for armchairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $714 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $5,260.

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