Carved Armchairs

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 ...

French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) armchair having green velvet upholstered oval backs, nailhead trim, and frames with distressed grey painted finish and gilt trim with carved ...

Walnut Black Forest or Schwarzwald chair with back, armrests and seat upholstery in original flower and fruit fabric. The chair is carved in a branch and vine effect which includes v...

Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style armchairs. These carved wood chairs are in a gold leaf finish and are known as marquise due to their extra wide seat, typically wider than...

Late 19th century beautiful and refined Provençal armchairs, Art Nouveau, hand carved walnut, restored and wax polished. Measures cm: H 46/99, W 52, D 52.

English Charles II style caned and walnut armchair with vertically slatted back above S-scroll legs joined by a stretcher. (19th century & possibly with earlier elements).

1900s important Tuscany chair for the head of the table, Michele Bonciani attributable, in solid hand carved walnut, wax polished, with original upholst...

Early 20th Century Italian hand carved and caned armchairs. The natural cane back and seats have been stripped to a nude finish. The chairs are in excellen...

Mid-18th Century baroque hand-carved 1750 Venetian walnut armchair. Straw seat not original. The 18th Century was in Venice the Golden Age and this armchair is a remarkable work by ...

Pair of Large African (Early 20th Century) rootwood armchairs with carved figural backs, both grasping mask staffs as front supports, with incised decorative patterns, ending in 2 ca...

This exquisite 17th-century English oak Wainscot armchair stands as a testament to the era's masterful craftsmanship and artistic expression. The chair's standout feature, a carved d...

A pair of Swedish Neoclassical style wooden armchairs from circa 1850 with carved guilloche friezes, Classic light gray painted finish and carved finials. These exquisite Swedish Neo...

A white-grey, vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish anonymous armchair with two pillows, designed by Carl Malmsten, in good condition. The seat backrest of single Scandinavian Little Fu...

French Napoleon III Armchair upholstered in off-white boucle circa 1865-1884. New casters on front legs. An excellent near-pair with a second Napoleon III chair similarly upholstered...

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of An Exceptional English St...

Lars Israel Wahlman was one of Sweden’s premier architects and designers of the early 20th century - a time known for the Swedish Arts & Crafts per...

The period of French history known as Directoire was a difficult time, as it arrived at the end of the Revolutionary War. Furnishings in this style, such as our pair of painted armch...

A fine pair of 18th century French walnut armchairs with chapeau de gendarme form backs, H-shaped os du mouton carved stretchers, and recent tan leather u...

Vintage Chinese Ming Style Natural Wood Horseshoe Pair of Armchairs and Table. Dimensions: Armchairs 68x68x107cm Table 60x60x74cm Good overall condition, normal wear according to th...

This exquisite Art Nouveau armchair from Paris exemplifies the elegance of French turn of the century design. Constructed from solid Mahogany that has developed a rich patina, the ch...

Hand-carved massive oak outdoor armchair with rounded armrests and oversized cushion. Rise to a new level of outdoor chic and comfort. This geometri...

Tall carved chair in the Gothic style. 19 th c. With a leather seat and tapestry Upholstered back. The arms in a Griffin carved head.

A very fine pair of palatial Venetian walnut carved mid-19th century Baroque figural throne armchairs, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732). The ornately carved thrones, each flanked with figures of standing males supporting a branch-carved armrests with vines. Raised on cabriolet scrolled legs. Provenance: The Castello di Giove in Umbria, Italy, circa 1870-1880. Height: 54 1/4 inches (137.8 cm.) Width: 37 1/4 inches (94.6 cm.) Depth: 32 inches (81.3 cm.) Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662 – 25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in his native Belluno, in the Venetian terraferma, and in the studio of the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi, who was carrying out commissions at Padua and at Venice (1677). He spent the years 1678-80 at Rome, where the High Baroque sculpture of Bernini and his contemporaries polished his style. Apart from that, the first phase of Brustolon's working career was spent in Venice, 1680–1685. Brustolon is documented at several Venetian churches where he executed decorative carving in such profusion that he must have quickly assembled a large studio of assistants. As with his contemporary in London, Grinling Gibbons almost all the high quality robust Baroque carving in Venice has been attributed to Brustolon at one time or another. In the Venetian Ghetto, at the Scola Levantina, Brustolon provided the woodwork for the synagogue on the piano nobile, where the carved, canopied bimah is supported on Solomonic columns, which Brustolon had seen in Bernini's baldacchino in the Basilica of St Peter's. His furniture included armchairs with figural sculptures that take the place of front legs and armrest supports, inspired by his experience of Bernini's Cathedra Petri. The gueridon, a tall stand for a candelabrum, offered Brustolon unhampered possibilities for variations of the idea of a caryatid or atlas: the familiar Baroque painted and ebonized figural gueridons, endlessly reproduced since the eighteenth century, found their models in Brustolon's work. His secular commissions from Pietro Venier, of the Venier di San Vio family (a suite of forty sculptural pieces that can be seen in the Sala di Brustolon of the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice), from the Pisani of Strà, and from the Correr di San Simeone families encourage the attribution to him of some extravagantly rich undocumented moveable furniture. Andrea Brustolon's elaborate carved furniture aspired towards the condition of sculpture, such as the Dutch bases for console tables which look like enlargements of the work of the two Van Vianens, Paulus and Adam, perhaps the greatest Dutch silversmiths of the period. These carved pieces display the baroque tendency to develop a form three-dimensionally in space. Brustolon's walnut, boxwood and ebony pieces transcend ordinary functional limitations of furniture; they are constructed of elaborately carved figures. The framework of Brustolon's chairs, side tables and gueridons were carved as gnarled tree branches, with further supports of putti and male figures carved in ebony. Backrests of the chairs, which were never touched in the rigidly upright posture that contemporary etiquette demanded, were carved with allegories of vanity, fire and music, etc. The most extravagant piece delivered for Pietro Venier was a large side table and vase-stand of box and ebony, designed as a single ensemble to display rare imported Japanese porcelain vases. The eclectic allegories include Hercules with the Hydra and Cerberus, males and reclining river-gods (see ref.). For the Correr, less extrovert chairs bear female nudes extended along the armrests. For the Pisani, he carved a suite of twelve chairs (now at the Palazzo Quirinale) with flowers, fruit, leaves and branches to symbolize the twelve months of the year. Work by Brustolon is at the Villa Pisani at Stra. In 1685 Brustolon returned to the house where he was born at Belluno, and from that time devoted himself mainly to tabernacles and devotional sculptures in walnut, boxwood or ivory. His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood sculptures, The Sacrifice of Abraham and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...

This newly restored antique French Provincial Louis XV fauteuil or armchair has an elegantly hand-carved walnut frame composed of leaves, shells and hearts. The upholstery is olive v...

Pair of English Regency Mahogany leather tufted curvature arm chairs with stylized lyre back supports, curvature leather tacked seats, and resting on bulbous fluted reeded legs with ...

American Hepplewhite mahogany Martha Washington camel back arm chair with satinwood inlaid scrolled arms, white muslin upholstery, and terminating on tapered squared splayed legs wit...

A very dramatic late 19th century Japanese carved softwood armchair. Having mythical dragons entwined to the backrest and arms, raised on carved cab...

This fabulous traditional classic Chippendale open armchairs are exceptionally designed, and hand-crafted in the style of Thomas Chippendale, circa 1760. Hand-carved walnut by skilled artisans using high-quality materials. Features a shell-carved crest rail with ears above an interlaced pierced back splat and leafage carving with volutes. The shaped-out curved arms rest ends with elegant floral carving, front cabriole legs with leafage carving at the knee ending in ball and claw feet, slip seats and a rear stretcher. Smith and Watson have carried the excellence of the eighteenth century successfully into the twenty-first century, a London furniture shop based in New York City since 1907. Their shop utilizes the talents of the most skilled craftspeople available. They produce the world's finest handcrafted furniture with the same care, detailing, and innovation for which it has been renowned for over a century. Offer fine details and exquisite craftsmanship in a traditional style that radiates strength and character. Generation after generation chooses this style of chairs for elegance and function. These chairs will bring a sense of history and elegance to any interior at home or office. Please note the price listed is for a pair (two chairs) Specifications: Floral upholstery fabric...

A fine quality pair of hand carved walnut Host and Hostess throne chairs. Upholstered in a coral tone velvet. Carving with a center cabochon form cartouche surrounded by floral scrol...

Sole Armchair, with its elegant oak frame and ergonomic seating, will make you feel wonderful. It’s versatile enough to be used in many corners of your living spaces. It will be with...

Original Swedish Art Deco shellback armchair clubchair 1920s-1940s previously reupholstered in top grade white Italian leather with a fully sprung seat and rare fluted back. A great...

A good quality sound and sturdy set of six English Arts & Crafts oak dining chairs with carved floral roundels to the headrests. Armchair measures Height 46 Inches. Depth 23 Inches....

The shaped gothic four-arched backs, with curved arms on square legs with modestly carved spandrels, with original needlepoint upholstery to the stuff over seat.

Fine set of eight George III mahogany oval back armchairs with upholstered backs, armrests and seat, the arms with scroll ends and long leaf details, the apron finally molded and sta...

A French 18th century fauteuil a la reine, Louis XV period, in distressed grey painted finish, the frame carved with floral motifs, acanthus leaves at feet. Upholstered seat, back an...

English Regency carved mahogany swan design arm chair with nail heads and yellow leather upholstery

This Jugendstil armchair, crafted by a Danish cabinetmaker in 1939, is a timeless blend of elegance and craftsmanship. Made from oak, its frame boasts intricate hand-carved details i...

A fine and very rare early 18th century English oak dugout armchair, the generously sized body rough-hewn from a single oak tree trunk, showing adzed and drawn toolmarks and possessi...

A wonderful pair of 1950s Italian Cherrywood chairs by Paolo Buffa with sculptural curved arms and upholstered in acid green fabric.

Antique Renaissance carved throne with decorative wood panels in solid hand-carved walnut, as well as the two crowns panels. The Throne with the two crowns have been restored and pol...

Beautifully hand carved and painted wood framed set of eight dining room chairs with dark green silk damask upholstery. The set include six side chairs and two armchairs. Each chair ...

An impressive pair of early 19th century Regency period white painted and carved giltwood armchairs, in the manner of Morel and Hughes, acanthus and s...

Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.  

A stunning pair of Swedish Gustavian armchairs made in Stockholm and signed (OEM) by Erik Öhrmark (1747-1813). In 1777 Öhrmark was granted the right, as a master chair maker, to prod...

Hand-carved Swedish Baroque Captain's chair in black with gold trim and Swedish flag. Arms are covered in distressed leather with nail head trim. The chair is covered in gold design with motifs including leaves and shells. Exact provenance and meaning of symbols and letters is unknown. It is believed that this chair was created for the captain of a ship, making it a unique conversation piece for your space. Could be recovered or reupholstered with new leather or left distressed to highlight the age, patina, and history of the chair. This captain's chair would work well as an accent chair, side chair, or a statement dining room head chair...

This pair of 19th century fruitwood armchairs feature carved acanthus leaves and reeded arms.

An English walnut chair from the turn of the century, with carved dog heads, leather seat and turned base. Created in England in the early years of the...

A pair of late 18th Century Louis XVI Period French fauteuils or arm chairs, each with solid carved walnut frame and wool petit point upholstery. Fine carved foliate details with fin...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of extremely ornate hand carved Anglo Indian Burmese Peacock armchairs What can I say, these have to be the most decorative cha...

Open Armchair of typical Wainscot form, the straight paneled back adorned with carved lettering probably documenting family event, wavy armrests with Primitive carved decoration, pan...

A fine and rare pair of English 19th century William & Mary style mahogany and silk-upholstered armchairs. The high-back frames with scrolled upholstered corners, rounded armrests wi...

A French Louis XIII style walnut fauteuil from the 19th century, with os de mouton base, large scrolling arms and red upholstery. Created in France during the 19th century, this waln...

A French Art Nouveau walnut armchair by Louis Majorelle, featuring sinuously curved arms and legs. The top of the chair is decorated with an intricately carved floral motif. It is up...

Louis XV French Provincial "au coin du feu" around the fireplace armchair with white linen upholstered paneled back and seat. French armchair bergèr...

These beautiful late 19th-century fauteuils (armchairs) are designed in the style of furniture crafted in France in the Louis XVI period (1774-92). The chairs’ frames are crafted...

A comfortable club type armchair with sloping back and carved scrolled arms. The plain seat rail raised on turned front legs on casters and square back legs. Upholstered in a fine orange and tan tweed type fabric with matching fringed pillow...

Pair Italian neoclassical eagle armchairs in yellow silk taffeta. Italian Empire painted and parcel-gilt carved armchairs with finely carved eagle arm t...

19th century Edwardian style mahogany wood framed upholstered armchair set of four pieces. Each chair is in great antique condition. Signed an...

Striking pair of black lacquered horseshoe armchairs from the late Qing dynasty period Shandong province China. Decorative carvings on backsplat and apron with a beautiful worn lacqu...

The Madras armchair is made with a hand-carved wooden base and hand-painted in a high-gloss rose pink lacquer. This flagship armchair from our collecti...