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Chairs For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1910s
Rare Suite of Six Chairs, Prob. Lorraine, 18th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Very beautiful suite of six master chairs perfectly carved with all the details of Louis XIV decoration. On the dossiers there are angels in niches centered and framed with valances ...
Category
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Pearwood
Swedish Rococo Original Painted Carved Shell Detailed Chair, circa 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A lovely 18th century Swedish Rococo single chair which is full of original character. It was made in 1760. The chair features carved shell detailing to the front of the seat and bac...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
18th Century German Baroque Chair in Carved Walnut, circa 1740
Located in Berlin, DE
This 18th century German Baroque chair was made circa 1740 in South Germany.
It is beautifully carved in walnut and in its stunning original con...
Category
1740s German Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Gilded Italian Chiavari Chairs
Located in Stockholm, SE
Offered for your consideration are a pair of antique Italian 17th century gilded Empire Chiavari chairs. Gilded willow hardwood with woven...
Category
Early 17th Century Empire Antique Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Original Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent example of the more decorative phase of Josef Hoffmann, before the WW1. Carpenter Jakob Soulek for the Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibited first in 1912 at the Museum für Kunst...
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Chairs
Materials
Pearwood
Good Set of Eight George II Style Mahogany Dining Chairs with Distinctive Hoof
Located in Reepham, GB
A good set of eight George II style mahogany dining chairs with distinctive hoof feet. The set comprising two elbow chairs and six side chairs, dating from the early 20th Century but of mid 18th Century design (c. 1740), with shaped top rail, plain vase...
Category
Mid-18th Century European George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Turner's Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible 18th century English Turner's chair created to show off the talents of a skilled wood turner, with a triangle seat upholstered in a smooth ...
Category
18th Century British Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th/19th Century Venetian Chinoiserie Rococo Chair
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming Italian hand painted, carved, and woven cane side chair with beautiful heavily worn and distressed original patina perfection ove...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood, Paint
Antique German Leather & Wood Armchair with Brass Nailhead Details
Located in Nuernberg, DE
beautiful lounge arm chair made of wood and leather with nailhead details. We think this example is from the 1910s, good condition. Minor patina and scratches on the leather, gives t...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Chairs
Materials
Nutwood, Leather
Pair of Small Mid-Century Modern Furry Chairs - France 1960
Located in Girona, ES
Pair of small furry chairs with polished brass legs, wooden seats and backs filled with foam (new), original synthetic covers.
France c. 1960.
Category
1660s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Brass
Set of Ten Primitive Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of ten primitive pine chairs with great design. Comfortable.
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Rococo Chairs
Located in Kramfors, SE
A pair of Swedish Rococo chairs with nice proportions and wooden Rococo carvings. Scraped to original paint and original seats with new l...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Swiss Pine Back Stool
Located in London, GB
A Swiss pine back stool with an open heart carving on the back panel.
Swiss, early 18th century
Dimensions: H 85 x W 40 x D 34.5 cm.
Category
Early 18th Century Swiss Folk Art Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Pine
Armchairs Swedish Gustavian Original Paint Black Leather Carvings Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs Swedish Gustavian original paint black leather carvings sweden. A pair of armchairs made during the Gustavian period in Sweden. Frame in...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Chippendale Style Mahogany Corner Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. Late 18th century - early 19th century
Chippendale style Mohagany Corner chair w/ ball & claw feet (red velvet seat).
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Chiavari Chairs
By Chiavari
Located in palm beach, FL
Pair of Chiavari chairs, made of solid gilded brass with newly upholstered seats in green water velvet. Made in Liguria in Italy.
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Fruitwood Fauteuil À Oreills in Fortuny
Located in Charleston, SC
18th Century French Fruitwood Fauteuil À Oreills in Fortuny Fabric with pillow. Rich honey colored fruitwood with scrolled arms and carved patera on knees paired with elegant Fortuny...
Category
18th Century French Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Fruitwood
Set of 4 Stackable Plastic Chairs by Pierre Paulin for Henry Massonnet
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of 4 stackable plastic chairs was designed by Pierre Paulin for Henry Massonet and manufactured by STAMP in France in 1988. The chairs stand ou...
Category
1680s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Plastic
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Armchair
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian antique armchair Louis XVI period. The shape of the chair is very linear with straight legs in perfect Louis XVI taste. Wide and com...
Category
1780s Italian Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Chippendale Mahogany Chair with Leather Seat
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Great Chippendale chair with beautifully executed curves in finely grained mahogany. The Chippendale style was part of the English answer on French Rococo and incorporated oriental, ...
Category
Late 18th Century British Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Teak and Metal Club Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These unique club chairs feature rectangular teak arm rests on a sturdy metal frame. The stripped blue upholstery will compliment any setting you decide to pair them with.
Please c...
Category
Early 1600s Mid-Century Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Metal
Connecticut Maple Rush Seat Side Chair in Old Red Surface, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
Chippendale painted old red maple side chair with vasiform splat, cupid's bow crest and carved Spanish feet. Made in New England, most likely Connecticut, about 1770. All original wi...
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
French Late 18th Century Painted Directoire Chair
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century French side chair from the Directoire Period with a carved and parcel gilt cream painted frame. The backsplat with a carved classical urn. Upholstered in green Empire...
Category
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Burr Walnut Brown Leather Regency Metamorphic Reading Armchair to Library Steps
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of large and collectable Regency style metamorphic armchair which converts into Library steps after the original 18th century design by Gillows of Lancaster with Burr Walnut panels
A very good looking and well made pair, I have never seen a Regency style piece with Burr Walnut panels before, the leather seat pads have been restored by my leather polishers, they have been hand dyed six times, antiqued and sealed
The period 1800-1825 was a great one for ‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which was made by the London firm of Morgan and Saunders, of Catherine Street, Strand.
They were well known for their ingenious furniture, including reading chairs with writing surfaces attached and a great variety of travelling beds...
Category
18th Century English Regency Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Armchair Swedish Gustavian 1790-1810 Greenish Frame with Black Upholstery Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Swedish Gustavian 1790-1810 Greenish Frame with Black Upholstery Sweden. A single armchair made during the Gustavian period 1790-1810 in Sweden. Frame in original paint. Uph...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Early Provincial Louis XV Walnut Fauteuils 'Mid 18th Century'
Located in London, GB
A pair of Early Provincial Louis XV walnut fauteuils (open armchairs) (Mid 18th Century). Stamped Nougaret. Each with cartouche-shaped padded back, arms and serpentine-fronted seat, ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Pair of Chippendale Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Norton, MA
A pair of Chippendale carved Walnut side chairs, with pierced and shell carved and scroll eared crest rail, rare tassel and rope motif carved splat, shell carved knees, and ball and ...
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18th Century Swedish Antiques Baroque Chair with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish late baroque chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden
A lovely chair with fantastic patina.
Scraped by hand to its wel...
Category
Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Pine
Set of Four 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Side Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A superb set of four 18th century Dutch marquetry chairs each having elegant inlay throughout of birds, flowers and leaves. The curved moulded t...
Category
18th Century Antique Chairs
Materials
Tapestry
Oxford Midcentury Black Leather Chairs by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen, 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of two scandinavian midcentury modern design swivel “Oxford” office chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen and produced by Fritz Hansen with black le...
Category
1660s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Chairs
Materials
Metal
French Slipper Chair XVIII Century with flower brocade in petit point
Located in BILBAO, ES
French Slipper Chair XVIII Century with flower brocade in petit point
Tourquoise fading in the wood... very Romantic and Gustavian style shoe removal mini...
Category
1780s Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Wool
Wingback Chairs Pair English 18th Century Grey Velvet Brown Legs England
Located in New York, NY
A pair of wingback chairs made during the 18th century in England. Dark brown wooden legs. Reupholstered in a grey vintage velvet. Decorative...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
18th C Italian Piedmontese Carved Gilded Chair
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully carved large scale Piedmontese chair with a cream painted and gilt decorated frame. The shield shaped back has two circular highly carved columns to each side, below a deeply carved top chair rail...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
English Georgian Period Hepplewhite Armchair with Oval Back and Carved Splat
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Hepplewhite period mahogany armchair with carved splat within an oval back, shepherd's crook arms, tapered legs, saddle seat, circa 1790 $1,885.
Category
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
18th C. Pair of Italian Neoclassical Paint Decorated Armchairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Grand Pair of 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paint Decorated Armchairs. These gracefully designed chairs are supported by two tapered square back legs and two carved rosettes abov...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Beechwood Children's Chair
Located in Budapest, HU
Antique children's highchair with an abacus and potty chair functions.
Made of steamed beechwood, with leather cover.
Manufactured around 1910.
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Pair of William & Mary / Queen Anne Style Chairs with Burgundy Velvet Upholstery
Located in Madrid, ES
Matched pair of 18th century William & Mary transition to Queen Anne style side chairs with hand carved details. Upholstered with burgundy red velvet fabric featuring brass tacked ed...
Category
18th Century Spanish William and Mary Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Velvet
Chairs Set Four 4 Walnut Carved Marot 18 Century Silk Damask Yellow Upholstered
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Chairs of this calibre rarely come onto the open market. These are of the type that one sees either illustrated in classic reference books, or standing in grand country houses and ...
Category
1720s English Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair Antique 18th Century French "Fauteuils" Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique 18th century French "Fauteuils" armchairs.
Category
18th Century French Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
English 17th Century Charles II Oak Carved Pair of Spindleback Backstools
Located in Wells, ME
English Charles II Period oak pair of backstools with deeply leaf carved cresting lunettes and well turned spindles. These 17th century sidechairs are called backstools as the design...
Category
17th Century English Charles II Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Four 18th Century Satinwood Painted Armchairs - Seddon, Sons & Shackleton
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine and very rare set of four English late-18th century satinwood painted armchairs attributed to Seddon, Sons & Shackleton, ca 1790.
Retaining their wonderful, almost entirely o...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chairs
Materials
Satinwood
High-Backed Chair Made In Solid Oak With The Style Of The Renaissance From 1910s
Located in Lejre, DK
The high-backed chair crafted from solid oak, echoing the Renaissance style from around the year 1910, is a remarkable piece of furniture that exudes timeless elegance and sophistica...
Category
1910s Danish Renaissance Vintage Chairs
Materials
Oak, Fabric
English Queen Anne Period 18th Century Walnut Pair of Balloon Seated Sidechairs
Located in Wells, ME
English Queen Anne period walnut pair of balloon seated sidechairs with cabriole legs, pad feet and lovely curved and waisted back. The upholstery is about 10 years old, as is a repa...
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th Century Brown Frame Black Leather France
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th century brown frame black leather France. An assembled pair of armchairs made during the Rococo period in Fran...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Carved English Mahogany Corner Chair
Located in Wilson, NC
The scrolled arms of this corner chair are carved with arabesque leaves. The back crest rail is carved with a floral design in high relief. The back splats are pierced and have inter...
Category
1780s English Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Period 1770s Era Italian Provincial Walnut Desk or Vanity Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1770s Italian French Provincial Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Rococo Children Chair with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Rococo children chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden
A very charming and genuine Rococo Chair.
Great for children aged 6-12 years.
Scraped by hand to its originalpaint.
Good antique condition with minor historic knocks, marks, scratchers, wear, imperfections as is to be expected with functional antique furniture.
A rare find that would look amazing in the right location.
It is upholstered in old antique linen fabric...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Pine
Late 17th Century Carved Walnut and Embossed Leather Armchair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary chair with superb color, large proportion and very good condition. The wood has a very soft hand and great marking. With polychrome leather...
Category
17th Century European Elizabethan Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Dutch Mid-17th Century Oak Chair, Dated 1652
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch Mid-17th Century Oak chair, dated 1652
A 17th century Dutch oak chair. All oak panels have a coarse wood groove. Carved on the back p...
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of 18th Century Antique Swedish Baroque Dining Room Chairs Pine Tall Backs
Located in Kramfors, SE
A pair of northern Swedish antique baroque chairs from the mid to late 1700s, around 1770. The chairs are provincial and have a stately appearanc...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Pine
Pair of Antique Chinese Armchairs Hardwood Seat Chairs
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Elegant pair of antique Chinese antiques in hardwood.
- Feature round marble inserts to the back rest.
- Classic Asian interiors look.
- ...
Category
1910s Vintage Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Very Fine Set of Ten 18th Century Irish Chippendale Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Very fine set of 10 18th century Irish chippendale dining chairs. Made in the period of heavy 1st growth mahogany, these chairs feature...
Category
18th Century Irish Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Exceptional Pair George II Carved Walnut Library Armchairs
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional pair of English George II-period carved walnut library armchairs.
Raised on very well-carved cabriole legs with stylised ball-and-claw feet, each chair with rectangul...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
16th Century Spanish Walnut Chair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This walnut chair stands on four square-section feet linked by four crossbars. The front spacer is carved as an intertwined branch. The backrest’s jambs are adorned with leaves motif...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Walnut
Set of three Louis XVI Chairs, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Set of three Louis XVI chairs, Germany 1780-1800. The chairs are made of walnut, finely carved with typical Louis XVI motifs on backs, legs and the frames of the seats. The oval shap...
Category
1780s German Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Thonet Bent Beech Rattan Chairs in Pair, ca. 1910 '2 Pieces'
By Thonet
Located in Budapest, HU
Bent and steamed beechwood chairs with rattan seat.
Manufactured by Thonet around 1910 in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1910s Austrian Belle Époque Vintage Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Three Original Antique Baroque Chairs, circa 1740 Solid Walnut Wood hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Three original museum Baroque Solid Walnut Chairs, circa 1740
Solid walnut. On the curled legs, strongly cambered frame. Curved, medial-shaped backrest. Seat and backrest from the g...
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Rococo Side Chair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 18th century Swedish Rococo side chair, circa 1770. Original finish, leather upholstery later applied.
Category
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
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Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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