Egyptian Benches

Large Louis Xv style carved giltwood bench or window seat ( tabouret ). Finished in the surround (all 4 of the sides ) with a central stretcher for stability. The gilt distressed f...

Curvilinear wood benches with upholstered seats.

This is a gorgeous stool that evokes the stage of "The Ten Commandments" where so much of the movie was filled with stylized figural gilded animals adorn...

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...

A chrome bench with upholstered magenta pink seat, '60s '70s Modern / Hollywood Regency style, after designer Milo Baughman, circa late-20th century, USA. A single seat bench with a ...

Dark wooden bench or side table with cane seat, France 1930's Would fit perfectly in your hallway, as a side table in your living room, to put books...

A whimsical Egyptian Revival style bench or ottoman with NEW boucle fabric. The wood is neutral and in wonderful condition. Solid and very comfortable for additional seating or simpl...

Our customizable accent bench features a bowed seat to provide ultimate comfort. Poplar wood with Swedish finish covered in striped Romo fabric. Measu...

An Italian midcentury Empire style painted bench with carved ram heads and new upholstery. This exquisite Italian painted bench features a nicely curved seat that has been recovered ...

Window seat bench, in Louis XV taste, having a painted finish showing natural wear; its padded, out-scrolled arms carved with acanthus, the stuff-over seat on an apron decorated by s...

Swedish oak bench from the 1960s. This original piece of furniture with simple and modern forms is distinguished by the presence of the upholstere...

Our customizable accent bench features a bowed seat to provide ultimate comfort. Poplar wood with Swedish finish covered in a colorful geometric fabric by...