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Chairs For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1910s
Pair of Louis XV Child-Size Fauteuils
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of Louis XV child-size giltwood fauteuils with cabriole legs and floral carved crest rails.
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XV Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Walnut Wing Chair
Located in Lymington, GB
An early-18th century walnut wing armchair. George I period, ca 1715.
This fine English walnut wingback chair is raised on well-drawn carved cabriole legs. With a lovely kick on the back legs.
Remarkably, after some 300 years, it still retains its original gros-point needlework upholstery in vibrant colors.
Of superb proportions, color, figuring and patination.
Measures:
H 106 cm (42'')
D 68 cm (27'').
W 87.5 cm (34 1/2'').
Literature:
Herbert Cescinsky 'English Furniture Of The Eighteenth Century', George Routledge & Sons (1911) vol. I, p. 81, fig. 105. ''A walnut easy chair'' dated 1710.
Nb. A slightly earlier antique walnut and beech wing armchair with contemporary needlework, circa 1710, sold in Christies, Lot 164, October 2015 @ £48,350 -The Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sothebys sold a George II needlework...
Category
Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Gebrüder Thonet Folding Chair No.1, circa 1867
Located in Praha, CZ
Manufactured in Austria by the Gebrüder Thonet company.
First view of the chair is in the sales catalog from 1867.
Newly reupholstered and finished with shellac.
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric
Chair Armchair English Chippendale 18th Century Brown Black, England
Located in New York, NY
An armchair made during the 18th century and Chippendale period in England. Generous sized chair. Seat upholstered in black leather.
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Armchair Walnut Leather Brown Spanish 17th Century Baroque Cordoba Ironwork
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Characterful open armchair injecting atmosphere into any interior
- Pared down form with a contemporary feel
- Tactile with original patina and thick modern leather.
- Character...
Category
1690s Spanish Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Folk Art Welsh Stick Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Folk Art stick chair from the English Countryside. Thick seat and surprisingly comfortable. Wonderful piece of sculpture with great patina. Seat height ...
Category
18th Century English Antique Chairs
Materials
Elm
Chair Armchair Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 Black Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chair armchair Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 black Sweden. An armchair made during the Rococo period in Sweden 1750-1775. Repainted in our Laserow Black. Seat upholstered in a waxed brown...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
With flat reed or basket weave seat.
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Maple
English Georgian 18th Century Chippendale Period Mahogany Hall Chair
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Chippendale period mahogany hall chair, circa 1770.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
8 Antique Swedish 18th Century Baroque French Louis XV Rococo Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Suite of 8 Swedish gilt and gesso Louis XV/Rococo side chairs, Circa mid 18th century. Features an ornately scalloped frame with shell carvings on the apron and crest. Upholstered in...
Category
18th Century Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Low Caned Fireside Slipper Chair, 18th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI low caned fireside slipper chair, 18th century.
This very rare and exceptional low chair is very old, and has withstood the test of time in a remarkably good state, with a minor loss to the base of the caning in a lower corner of the back (see picture). The caning has a lovely pattern. This low, deep chair was probably a fireside chair. However small metal bolts in the back suggest that it may have at some point been attached, possibly to a vehicle or to some kind of carrying device.
It is beautiful and highly decorative. Though it is quite comfortable, we do not recommend it be used for seating to protect the antique caned seat...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
French Louis XV Carved Walnut Fauteuil, Mid-18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Louis XV carved walnut fauteuil from the Provence region of France from the 18th century.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Chairs
Set of Four Venetian Wood and Blue Leather Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
18th century blue-gray painted Venetian side chairs with leather seats. Chairs have a Heraldic style cross maker's mark engraved on backs of chairs. Features hand carved stretchers a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Four 18th Century Chairs, France, Cherry, Painted, Directoire, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Set of very unusual 18th century chairs
It's a set of four chairs, all with different paintings of the Greek mythology.
Bourgogne (France)
cherrywood, oil colors
Directoire,...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Chairs
Materials
Cherry
Fine Set of Six Italian, 18th Century Painted and Parcel-Gilt Chairs
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of six Italian, 18th century green-painted and parcel-gilt chairs.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Ole Wanscher Mahogany 'Rungstedlund' Dining Chairs
By Ole Wanscher
Located in Marbella, ES
Set of six dining chairs, model 'Rungstedlund' PJ 34 by Ole Wanscher for P. Jeppesen, St. Heddinge, mahogany, blue upholstery, Denmark, 1960s.
This classic set of six dining chair...
Category
1660s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Furniture Collections in the Louvre (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a deluxe edition in two volumes which does justice to the splendour of this incomparable collection. This collection has never before been the subject of such an important wo...
Category
17th Century Antique Chairs
Materials
Paper
Directoire Style Open Armchair Hand-Carved
Located in New York, NY
Directoire style open armchair hand-carved Italian beechwood cane seating
Cane seating broken
H. 34" x W. 21/75, some water stains on feet.
Only one left, unfinished raw wood.
Category
17th Century Italian Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Beech
Pair of 18th Century Lyre Back Chairs with Fortuny Fabric Seats
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Louis XVI Period Lyre back slipper chairs upholstered in Fortuny fabric.
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
American Charleston Mahogany Upholstered Side Chair, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Charleston mahogany side chair with carved molded edges, flanking fan corners, centered splat back with Prince of Wales plumes, swags, and terminating on the original tapere...
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pareja De Sillones Fraileros Del S XVIII Con Tapicería Posterior Antigua, España
Located in Marbella, ES
Pareja de sillones fraileros del S XVIII con tapicería posterior antigua. España.
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century American Walnut Side Chairs with Petit Point Cushions
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th century American walnut side chairs with Petit Point Cushions
Handsome mid-late 19th century American walnut chairs. Quality bui...
Category
Mid-18th Century American Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Period Rococo Armchair with Handwoven Allmoge Textile Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish carved-wood single arm chair with fabulous old woven fabric upholstery from the mid-18th century. This antique chair from Sweden, though per...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Good pair of 18th century Portuguese Colonial carved palisander wood side chairs.
Portuguese furnishings of the 18th century are bold, quirky, intensive and unlike those of any other country. They have their own national flavour. The pieces often boast elaborately turned legs and energetic carving, pierced decorations and unpredictable combinations of the other styles.
in 18th century colonial Latin...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Side Chairs Swedish Rococo Period Wood Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful Swedish Rococo side chairs from the west part of Sweden. Made during the Rococo period and upholstered in a chocolate bro...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
1960s Set of Three Model 28 Black Leather Lounge Chairs by Nicos Zographos
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Three model 28 lounge chairs having rich black leather seats with deep button tufting and welt cord detailing on stainless steel frames.
Category
1690s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lovely George II circa 1760 Primitive Carver Armchair Original Period Repairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning George II circa 1760 oak carver chair with period repairs
A very good looking and well made chair...
Category
1760s English George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Church Chair Faldstool Art Nouveau Santo Antonio Cathedral, wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century church chair Art Nouveau kneeling stool from St. Anthony's Cathedral In walnut and shaped seat, polished with wax.
Measures cm: H 46/...
Category
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Beech
Pair of Chinese Art Deco Moon Gazing Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Chinese Art Deco deck chairs/ moon gazing chair made of Hongmu wood (blackwood).
Paneled seat with slightly curved armrests.
Great craftsmanship. O...
Category
1910s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Dentist Chair in Decorative Iron and Leather by Harvard, 1910s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare dentist's chair early 1900s Harvard brand. The chair is in finely forged and decorated artistic iron. The seat upholstered in light leather. Fantastic furniture...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Iron
Set of Four Period English Hepplewhite Chairs
Located in Wilson, NC
This set of four English Hepplewhite chairs has reeded cross supports and stiles. Each chair has a stylized acanthus leaf at the top of the c...
Category
1780s English Antique Chairs
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Mahogany
Italy Mid-18th Century Wooden Pair of Dining Chairs Hand Carved
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a very beautiful pair of elegant dining chairs hand carved in solid oak.
Their shapes are gorgeous and the proportions makes them an important presence in a dining room. Dee...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Large Turned Wood Baroque Style Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large turned wood Baroque style chair.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Antique Georgian Mahogany Pair of Side Chairs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine pair of Chippendale period mahogany side chairs having
attractive carved decoration to well-figured pierced splat backs
above unusual bowed seats raised on square chamfere...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Burr Chestnut Hand Carved Primate French Milking or Children's Chair circa 1760
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1780 Primate French milking or children’s chair in burr chestnut
What a stunning ...
Category
1760s French George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Chestnut
Dining Room Set of Eight Italian Chairs and a Pair of Armchairs, 1790
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of Nord-Italian walnut chairs (8) and a pair of armchairs,
Covered in ivory color silk in perfect condition.
Lombardy Nord Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Directoire Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
English George II Period Leather Lounging Chair, Backstool, Walnut Cabriole Legs
Located in Wells, ME
English George II period walnut, leather upholstered backstool or lounging chair of generous proportions. Acanthus leaf and shell carved cabriole legs with pad feet and fine rich lea...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Peruvian "Frailero" Wooden Chair with Leather Seat and Back
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Peruvian "frailero" wooden chair with stretched leather seat and back.
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century Danish Country Elm Armchair
Located in Pasadena, CA
A late 18th century Danish armchair in elmwood, with graceful curves and carved details. Flower and leaf motifs decorate the cartouche-shaped back on the crest rail and the pierced s...
Category
18th Century Danish George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Elm
Italy Mid-18th Century Set Six Wooden Dining Chairs Hand Carved
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a very beautiful set of six elegant dining chairs hand carved in solid oak.
Their shapes are gorgeous and the proportion makes them an important presence in a dining room. D...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Regency Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Dining Chairs English Set of 6 Assembled Chippendale England
Located in New York, NY
Dining chairs English set of 6 assembled Chippendale England. An assembled set of 6 Chippendale chairs made in England during the 18th cent...
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Folk Art Swedish Rustic Kubbstol
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk Art rustic Kubbstol from northern Sweden. A Kubbstol is a chair made of a single piece of wood that's been hewn out to form the seat, back and frame. It's a primitive constructi...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Chairs
Materials
Pine
Pair of English Mahogany Serpentine Back Upholstered Lolling Chairs, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English mahogany serpentine back lolling chairs with squared tampered splayed legs and connecting stretchers. Chairs are upholstered in white muslin, Late 18th Century.
Category
1780s English George III Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Muslin, Upholstery
Set of 5 Gustavian Styled Chairs with Wicker Seat and Backrest
Located in Hamburg, Hamburg
This set of 5 beautiful chairs in the Gustavian style come in an elegant black paint. The slightly curved legs as well as the seating frame and backrest feature sophisticated wood ca...
Category
18th Century Unknown Gustavian Antique Chairs
Materials
Other
18th Century French Petit Bergère with Hand Carvings and Cane, Louis XVI
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century French bergere in cane and hand carved wood, backrest and armrests with detailed ornamentation.
Original cane is damaged and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Set, Pair, Armchairs, Armchair, Stool, Ebonised, Baroque, Baroque-Revival
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, matched pair of ebonised armchairs from The Baroque & Baroque-Revival Periods & An Antiquarian, Baroque stool
- From a private, furniture collection, acquired to represent three different periods of European manufacture & collecting of ebonised furniture...
Category
1680s English Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Ebony
Chairs Pair of Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 White Green Gray, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chairs pair of Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 white green gray, Sweden. A pair of side chairs made during the Rococo period 1750-1775 in Sweden. Painted in a greenish gray and upholstered ...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Baroque Chairs, North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of baroque chairs made of solid oak with openwork backrests with an upholstered centre bar and carved vegetable décor with shell ornament on the curved frame. The chairs are covered with blue velvet. Shown in: Eller, Möbel des Klassizismus, Louis XVI and Empire, Munich 2002, p 204:301; and W. Schwarze, Antike deutsche Möbel...
Category
1780s German Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Dining Room Set of Eight Italian Chairs and a Pair of Armchairs, 1790
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of Nord-Italian walnut chairs (8) and a pair of armchairs,
Covered in ivory color silk in perfect condition.
Lombardy Nord Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Directoire Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Italy 18th Century Country Rustic Armchair, Chestnut Wood Hand Cut and Restored
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian 18th century country rustic robust armchair in chestnut wood hand cut, restored and polished with shellac and wax. Straw seat in excellent condition
Measures cm: H 102\48 x ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Chairs
Materials
Straw, Chestnut
French 18th Century Directoire Mahogany Chairs with Silk Blend Upholster Fabric
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful set of four late 18th-early 19th century European Directoire period mahogany gondola chairs will be the perfect addition to your dining room or living room as they can...
Category
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Silk, Upholstery, Mahogany, Giltwood
French Design, Louis XVI, Small Chairs, Ivory Painted Wood, Fabric, France 1740s
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century French Musician's chairs, Diminutive chair or stools each in a Swedish paint decorated original finish with new upholstery.
Prov...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Spanish Carved Walnut Armchair, Late 17th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Spanish carved walnut armchair, late 17th century.
Carlos II period.
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Eight Art Nouveau Chairs Model 639 by Thonet, Cotton - Czechoslovakia
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Girona, ES
Set of eight bistro chairs, completely restored, French polish, mottled greige cotton upholstery.
Model 639.
Attributed to Josef Hoffmann.
Thonet Fabrique' en Tchecoslovaquie (lab...
Category
1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wood, Cotton
Gothic Chippendale Mahogany Armchair, England, circa 1770
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Fine English George III period, circa 1770 carved mahogany armchair in Thomas Chippendale 'Gothick' manner having a serpentine crest-rail carved with acanthus 'ears' and centre folia...
Category
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Armchair Throne Pair Italian Walnut Red Mohair Velvet Armorial Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare pair of late-Renaissance, Italian, upholstered, walnut, throne, open, armchairs or coppia di seggioloni, retaining their original armorials
These throne armchairs are charact...
Category
Early 1600s Italian Renaissance Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Fruit Wood Carved Chair Cherubs Holding a Crown and Flowers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original 18th-century hand carved from solid Fruitwood high back occasional chairs
A good looking and well-made pair, the fr...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
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