1780s Benches

A large 18th century primitive bench from the Catalan region of Spain, circa 1780s. Handcrafted from mélèze, a robust pine variety native to mountainous areas, its construction speaks to the skill and craftsmanship of its time. This antique Spanish bench...

18th century Welsh oak hight back bench/settle, beautiful patina and condition.

Rectangular with drop in seat and molded edge. Square section legs with molded edge and H form stretcher.

Amazing original curved bench or bench in Louis XV style, made of polychrome fruit wood with a sweeping effect of the time and use. It is a low curved bench, with galve legs and baroque carving decoration in low and medium relief. It is the perfect piece to place at the foot of the bed, in the living room before the sofa or in the hall of the home. An antique with great detail and great decorative versatility. It has been recently reupholstered, with a vichy or red checkered...

A beautifully hand carved painted and parcel gilt bench, from the Piedmont District of Italy. New Fortuny upholstery.

A rare 18th C. Catalan bench in chestnut. Simply constructed with heavy natural patination.

This is a wonderful antique Italian Renaissance Revival walnut, specimen wood and marquetry decorated cassapanca or hall bench, made in Lombardy Italy and Circa 1780 in date. It is smothered in the most wonderful carved panels with fabulous inlaid marquetry decoration with fruit wood and bone inlaid marquetry panels depicting communal and hunting scenes. It has a hinged seat allowing access to the storage box below, and is raised on wonderful scroll feet Condition: In excellent original condition having only been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 115 x Width 155 x Depth 60 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 foot, 9 inches x Width 5 feet, 1 inch x Depth 2 feet Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet...

18th century oak settle / bench the high back with five fielded oak panels flanked by down swept arms on turned supports enclosing the recently uphol...

Pair of benches with lovely antique French Louis XVI period hand painted fruit wood structures featuring gold leafed details, fluted legs.

18th century oak and fruitwood bench or settle, the high back with five fielded oak panels flanked by down swept arms on turned supports enclosing the recently upholstered green leat...

Rectangular upholstered seat, molded frame raised on circular tapered fluted legs.

Having splayed sides with decorative carvings consisting of triple elongated hexagons as vertical stretchers, the sides above a sturdy and reinforced frame raised on eight fluted and...