French Louis XVI Style 1880s Carved Bench with Cane Seat and Scrolling Arms

A Swedish painted bench from the late 19th century, with raised arms and new upholstery. Crafted in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, this bench features two carved...

Swedish 19th century painted bench Circa 1880 Place of Origin: Sweden Period: 19th century Dimensions: 53" W x 18.25" D x 15" H A Swedish neoclassical style painted wood bench ...

Pair of Italian painted 19th century benches. Price is for each bench, circa 1890. Price: $3,950 (Each) An Italian painted wood bench from the late 19th century, with out-scrolli...

A French walnut Louis XIV style armchair from the 19th century with rectangular slanted back, large scrolling arms, carved acanthus leaves motifs, scrolling legs and carved cross str...

An Italian walnut bench from the 19th century with carved splats, rush seat and tapered legs. This 19th-century Italian walnut bench is a testament to classic craftsmanship and timel...

An Italian walnut three-seater bench from the 19th century with carved splats, curving open arms, tapered legs in the front and saber ones in the back. Experience the timeless elega...

This English oak backless bench from the late 19th century features two beautiful out-scrolled arms with carved motifs flanking a long rectangular uph...

French Louis XVI style (19th Century) walnut oval shaped bench with double stretcher and inset cane seat.

An extraordinary little carved oak bench from 19th century France. This wonderful petite bench was made in the Louis XVI style and has a sinuously shaped top with a cane seat that is...

A French Louis XVI style carved-wood bench with its original finish and floral upholstered seat. This vintage bench from France has been nicely carved on all sides, with a circular linked chain and beaded trim about the apron, and presented upon six fluted and spaded legs with acanthus wraps about the knees. The seat is covered in a lovely vintage floral fabric...

Lovely French Louis XVI style carved and painted bench. Pretty carving and upholstered in a pink velvet fabric. Great for a ladies dressing room!

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...