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Chairs For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Arts and Crafts
Shapland & Petter, Baillie Scott Style of, Arts & Crafts Oak Rush Seated Chair
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. A good Arts and Crafts oak rush seated chair in the style of M H Baillie Scott with a lower heart cut-out to the back rest. A wide apron below the seat with subt...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

N-Gene Armchair Beige
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engine, in the 1970s. The N-Gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholster...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Stunning Suite of Original Solid Hardwood Victorian Maple & Co. Dining Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of four original Maple & Co. solid mahogany dining chairs These chairs are part of a suite These are a very well made set, ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Superb 19thC. Iron Frame Leather Sling Rocking Chair by R W Winfield England
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A superb early 19th Century example of R W Winfield Iron Rocking Chair. History The firm of R.W. Winfield, one of the largest and most celebrated of English brassfounders, who ex...
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Shapland & Petter, A Pair Of English Arts & Crafts Ash & Rush Seat Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. Stamped with their design numbers under the seats. An unusual pair of English Arts & Crafts Ash side chairs with heart-shaped op...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

Series of 8 English Chairs in Green Leather, Mahogany, Early 20th Century
Located in Nice, FR
Series of 8 English chairs, made around 1910, chair with high back in carved solid mahogany, green leather upholstery.
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Victorian English Walnut Pair of Chairs With Balloon Back
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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. Particular pair of chairs in walnut wood; the seat is wide and very comfortable and the covering has been redone over time with a delicate embroidered cotton, the front legs are "cabriole" that is a design shaped in two curves, the upper one convex and the lower one concave; a shape known by the ancient Chinese and Greeks, back in fashion in Europe at the end of the 17th century, when it was incorporated into the more curvilinear styles introduced in England, France and Holland, The most interesting part of the chair is the elegant and harmonious "ballon back...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Cotton, Walnut

N-Gene Armchair with Blue Checker Fabric and Brown Leather
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engin, in the 1970s. The N-gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholstere...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Brilliant Design Dutch Arts & Crafts Oak Desk Chair w. Original Upholstery 1910s
Located in Lisse, NL
Great design, wonderfully executed and truly comfortable desk chair from circa 1910. This striking but relatively small size Arts & Crafts desk chair is ideal for ladies or for not ...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Victorian Hand Carved Walnut, Show Framed High Back Armchair in Colefax Fowler
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely Colexfax & Fowler floral upholstered Victorian armchair with hand carved show frame A very good looking and well made chair, this is what's ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Mid-19th Hindley & Sons Country House Armchair
Located in London, GB
An elegant Hindley & Sons upholstered armchair with satinwood legs, newly covered using naturally dyed antique linen in bottle green. English, early nineteenth century.
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Linen, Satinwood

Mechanical Adjustable Patent Victorian Chair Table after Hunzinger
Located in New York, NY
Interesting mechanical folding chair/table from the Victorian period. The chair backrest folds down to become a table surface, this style known as patent, or proto furniture was popu...
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Pair of Arts & Crafts Oak Back Pierced Hall Chairs with fabric by Morris & Co
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Arts & Crafts Oak, back pierced hall chairs with re upholstered in Willow Bough Tomato Olive by Morris & Co from the Queen Square fabrics by Ben Pentreath...
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1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Antique Carved Victorian Oxblood Leather Burgermeister Chair 17th Century Design
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1870 Burgermeister chair based on a 17th design A very well made and decorative c...
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1870s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Six Hand Made Arts & Crafts Dinning Chairs by Studio Artist David Smith USA
By David Smith & Co.
Located in Bellport, NY
There are two arm chairs and 4 side chairs all in immaculate condition, constructed by hand of (Java Hardwoods) by studio Craft artist David Smith. David known for his impeccable hand crafted American Country Furniture...
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Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Rare & Sturdy Vintage Pair of Handcrafted Oak Arts & Crafts Stools w Curved Seat
Located in Lisse, NL
Great style and wonderful condition pair of semi-antique solid oak stools. Finding this rare pair of vintage stools was a treat and to have found them in this amazing condition made...
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Mid-20th Century European Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Set of Eight Arts & Crafts Glasgow School Oak Dining Chairs with Tulip Details
Located in London, GB
E A Taylor attributed, probably made by Wylie & Lochhead. A set of eight Scottish Arts & Crafts Glasgow school tall back oak dining chairs, with subtle tulip detail...
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Early 1900s Scottish Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak

circa 1845 C Hindley & Sons Lion Carved Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very rare and important suite of five fully restored C Hindley & Son’s dining chairs circa 1844-1845 These are a very important and substantial set of chairs, they have been fully restored to include being stripped back to the bare frames, all the timber has been washed back and French polished , they have then been resprung using the original period coil sprung bases, new webbing fitted, then upholstered with premium Italian cattle grade fully aniline plain natural leather which has been individually hand nail tacked in place using antiqued studs, lastly hand dyed six times and antiqued to give it this one off cigar brown colour. These chairs have been on a journey as mentioned and they are true investment pieces, ready to serve the new owner for decades to come. Usually, I wouldn’t take dining chairs through such an expensive process however the carving to the legs is so sublime they warranted the treatment, I have never seen such beautiful Lion’s mains and terminating with hairy paws with recessed castors, these are simply put the finest dining chairs on the market anywhere in the world today you can buy. Dimensions Height:- 94.5cm Width:- 57cm Depth:- 74cm Seat height:- 50cm ABOUT THE CABINET MAKERS Hindley, Charles & Sons Berners Street & Oxford Street, London; cabinet makers, upholsterers and retailers (fl.c.1820-1892) Charles Hugh Hindley (b.1792- d.1871) was the son of Christopher, a merchant in Mere, Wiltshire. He moved to London with an elder brother to live with his uncle, who was possibly running the London branch of the Wiltshire business. In 1817 Charles joined the upholstery firm of Benjamin Merriman Nias at 32 Berners Street. Within a few years he bought the Nias business with a £1,000 investment from his family. Despite his business being described as a 'carpet warehouse' in London directories from 1820-1841, by the mid-1830s upholstery and cabinet work had joined his repertoire and he had taken on more showroom space next door at 31 Berners Street. Family records of the 1840s showed that individual custom-order business expanded to also ‘supplying established furnishing houses with goods on wholesale terms’. Jobs ranged from supplying Pentonville Prison with 100 hair mattresses and pillows, to altering spring roller blinds, to fulfilling private commissions with suites of parlour furniture. Hindley was the father of eleven children with three involved in the business: Charles Hugh (b. 1818), Frederick (b. 1820), and Albert Daniel (b.1822). Charles Hugh and Frederick joined the family firm about 1832, thus establishing the family partnership, Charles Hindley & Sons. Albert Daniel learned the carpet manufactory and trade in Kidderminster and eventually established a carpet manufactory in Liversedge, Yorkshire, supplying the family’s London store and others. In 1845 he patented an early tufted carpeting technique. Charles Hindley & Sons acquired the firm, Miles & Edwards in September 1844, including their premises at 134 Oxford Street. Both companies operated from this address until 1845 when Miles & Edwards was closed. The purchase of Miles & Edwards enabled Hindley & Co. to compete with other West End firms by offering everything from cabinet making and upholstery to painted decoration and interior design for the middle and upper class market. In a sample of 737 orders from October 1842-June 1845, six per cent of the clientele were upper and lower aristocracy with approximately seventy per cent gentry or middle class. The aristocratic clientele included the surnames of Hoare, Kirland, Drummond, Montefiore, Ashburton and Rothschild, and the Oriental Club at 18 Hanover Square (1824). Commissions were also executed for: Lady Fetherstonaugh at Uppark: bills dating 1852 and 1862 for furniture and curtains C B E Wright of Bolton Hall, Yorkshire: decorative wood panels The Earl of Dudley at Himley Hall, Staffordshire: a carved gilt wood centre table with mosaic top, dated 1845 and a bedroom suite (sold by Hampton & Sons, July 1924) Sir Clifford Constable at Burton Constable (1849) George Hammond Lucy at Charlecote Park: carpeting (19 December 1844) The Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle The Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle Lord and Lady Burton of Burton-on-Trent Sir William Eden of Windlestone Hall, Durham. Buckingham Palace: a small supply of Chintz wall covering for some rooms (1855) Surviving marked furniture by Hindley & Co. includes a stamped Regency kidney-shaped desk, veneered in yew and panelled with boxwood and ebony inlay, ornamented with finely-chased mounts and beadings, c.1830 [Connoiseur, November 1978], which is possibly the one illustrated in Gilbert (1996), fig. 498, and a walnut writing table with a raised set of drawers, 1840s, stamped C. Hindley & Sons, illus. (Gilbert (1996), fig. 497 and sold by Sotheby’s, 5 August 1981, lot 209. The staff at 134 Oxford Street comprised management, sales staff, designers, foreman, clerks, cabinet makers, chair makers, upholsterers, carvers, carpenters and French polishers. They also contracted tradesmen specialising in particular decorative and finishing techniques; such as Joseph Spong, a japanner, and William Stannard, a carver and gilder, who supplied significant orders, 1845-46. Stannard was also recorded in the stock book for ‘Repairing, Cleaning and Varnishing 18 Paintings [frames] £9.0.0’. Family records describe several employees: ‘a large and very ancient carpenter named Tomlinson… a cabinetmaker named Westbrook... [and] a foreman named Sorrel’. Charles Hindley & Sons showed a large Gothic sideboard at the Great Exhibition in 1851, inspired by Pugin (illustrated Microulis, Studies in the Decorative Arts (Spring/Summer 1998) p. 86) and they exhibited a Gothic bookcase and large sideboard at the 1862 International Exhibition, London (illustrated Microulis, Studies in the Decorative Arts (Spring/Summer 1998) p. 88). Both were elaborately carved pieces, described in the Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue as ‘evidence of sound judgment and advanced taste in the designer, and of able and skilful workmanship’. They also participated in the Building Trades Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1883 [The Furniture Gazette, 7 April 1883]. They exhibited Japanese leather papers at the Manchester Fine Art & Industrial Exhibition, 1882, and were awarded a silver medal for embossed leather wall hangings at the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883 [The Furniture Gazette, 18 November 1882 & 10 May 10 May 1884]. They also participated in the Workman’s Exhibition at Central Hall in Holborn, 1890 [The Furniture Gazette, 15 April 1890]. The designers did not sign their work but about fifteen different people were probably involved during the fifty-year period. One designer who worked in the late 1880s was J. Armstrong Stenhouse. He and the cabinet makers, G. R. Mackenzie, D. MacLennan and D. F. Lavach, as well as the carver, F. Lucas, worked on two Hindley exhibition pieces for the 2nd exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society, London An archive of 114 drawings (now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) was collated by Charles Albert Hindley (1863-1947), a grandson of the founder. These designs c.1844-1883 (some illustrated in ?Microulis, Furniture History?(2001), figs 1-16.), reflected the current trends of reinterpreted styles such as Gothic and Louis, and several seated furniture designs were labelled with specific commercial names such as the ‘Victoria Chair...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Victorian antique carved walnut chair having a beautiful carved detail to the top, shaped back with elegantly carved shaped arms with a se...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Very Rare 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool Height Adjust
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 19th century circa 1880 Italian Venetian height adjustable Grotto Fantasy stool after th...
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1880s Italian Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

English Classic Antique Victorian 19th Century Elm and Ashwood Windsor Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely solid ash and elm hand sawn circa 1880 Windsor stick back armchair The antique Windsor chair is a...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Ash, Elm

N-Gene Armchair with Black and Beige Checker Fabric and Black Leather
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engin, in the 1970s. The N-Gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholstere...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Dark Walnut Dining Chair by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
High-end palaces need high-end furniture, and the mission of Modenese Gastone Interiors is to serve this purpose. This majestic shiny dining ...
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2010s Italian Victorian Chairs

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Gold Leaf

Set of Elm Tub Arts and Crafts Chairs with Panelled Backs and Carry Handles
Located in London, GB
A set of 1930’s Elm tub chairs made by G T Harris Ltd Cabinet makers of Northampton producing high quality arts and crafts furniture in the 1920’s to 1930’s Measures: Ht 85cm x wi...
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1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Chairs

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Elm

Victorian Side Chair in White Finish and Bluemarine Upholstered Seat by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Complete your elegant luxury dining room by pairing your home décor with this victorian high-end side chair by Modenese gastone, featuring a wood frame painted in ivory finishings and hand made gold leaf applications. Seating cushion...
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2010s Italian Victorian Chairs

Materials

Gold Leaf

Winston Churchill Linked Harry Warren House Eight Antique Dining Carver Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of eight original, early Victorian circa 1840, hand carved Jacobean revival dining chairs...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

English Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chair with Stylised Floral Cut-Outs to the Arms
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter attributed. An English Arts & Crafts oak dining chair with stylized floral cut-outs to the arms which follow through to the lower stretcher giving it more streng...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

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Oak

E Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau Six Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Edward Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau. A set of six oak Arts & Crafts style dining chairs with chamfered details to the backs and carved Acorns to the legs with leather dro...
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1950s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Chairs

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Oak

Liberty, A Pair of Arts & Crafts Oak Rush Seat Chairs Inlaid with Pewter Hearts
Located in London, GB
Liberty. & Co, attributed, in the style of Voysey. A sweet little pair of English Arts and Crafts oak side or bedroom chairs inlaid with pewter hearts and newly laid rush seats.
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Pewter

English Classic Antique Victorian 19th Century Elm High Back Windsor Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely solid elm hand sawn circa 1880 Windsor high back armchair The antique Windsor chair is a country pi...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

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Elm

Victorian Chair with Armrests in Walnut Finish and Pink Upholstered Seating
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Complete your fancy luxury dining room by pairing your homeware with this Victorian chair with armrests for everyday use, featuring a wood frame painted in natural walnut finishing and silver leaf applications. Seating cushion...
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2010s Italian Victorian Chairs

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Corner Seat
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century mahogany corner chair with urn back slats, upholstered seat, three-pillar legs & cabriole leg with pad foot to the front.
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19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany, Upholstery

19th Century Set of 6 English Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs by James Reilly
Located in Casteren, NL
An exclusive set of 6 Victorian Mahogany splat back dining chairs made by master carpenter James Reilly (1825 – 1889). The chairs have a balloon back ab...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Side Chair in Walnut Finish and Pink Upholstered Seating by Modenese
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Complete your fancy luxury dining room by pairing your homeware with this victorian side chair for everyday use, featuring a wood frame painted in natural walnut finishing and silver leaf applications. Seating cushion...
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2010s Italian Victorian Chairs

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mid 19th C. Rush Seated Ladder Back Chair. English, circa 1850
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very nicely appointed Victorian rush seated ladder back chair; English and mid 19th century. A little different with the fret back design,...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Chairs

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Rush, Wood

Lovely Antique Ornately Hand Carved Lion's Hairy Paw Leg Club Library Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique Victorian hand carved Library reading armchair with Lion’s Hairy paw feet A very comfortable and well made piece, this chair...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Set of 4 Arts & Crafts Patinated Walnut Dining Chairs w. Inlaid Stylized Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Top quality Arts and Crafts workmanship chairs, in near-mint condition. If you are looking for the best condition and materials antiques only then this set of four dining chairs cou...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Walnut, Wood, Velvet, Oak, Upholstery

N-Gene Armchair with Green Checker Fabric and Purple Leather
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engin, in the 1970s. The N-Gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholstere...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

E A Taylor An Arts & Crafts Scottish School Oak Chair Made by Wylie and Lochhead
Located in London, GB
E A Taylor attri, made by Wylie and Lochhead. An Arts and Crafts Scottish School oak chair attributed to with stylised cut-out to the back and a won...
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Early 20th Century Scottish Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Oak

Arts & Crafts Side Chair with Ebony and Pewter Inlays, Probably Waring & Gillow.
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts rush seated side chair with stylised floral ebony and Pewter inlays, and further herringbone inlays probably made by Waring and Gillow, with a professionally re up...
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20th Century British Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Pewter

21st Century Hybrid No 2 Children's Armchair with Bunny Ears and White Leather
Located in New York, NY
Hybird No 2 follows its predecessor with a more feminine tone. Drawing parallels from “Alice In Wonderland” and keeping with the collections other worldly style. It takes its owner to a place of imaginative innocence and captivating purity. The cream color finish and leather upholstery not only add to the aesthetics of the piece, but gives the user soothing comfort and grace. Finally the "Mini" version of Hybrid No...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs

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Beech

19th Century English "Discipline" / Posture Chair Circa 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century English "Discipline" / posture chair Circa 1860. Diminutive tall stool type chair, made for a child to sit upright and straight. The two str...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

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Cane, Beech, Elm

Victorian Piano or Desk Chair
Located in Peekskill, NY
This swivel chair is a bit ornate but still has a nice light feel to it. It wood finish is original with a dark reddish color and a slight aged patina. Strangely enough I've walked b...
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of circa 1840 Hand Carved Prie Dieu High Back Prayer Chairs Original Bases
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of early 19th century Prie Dieu chairs made with solid walnut frames and the original thatched sears A great pair of occasion...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Heavily Carved Lion Hairy Paw Feet Victorian Armchair Sky Blue Velvet George II
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England antique Victorian armchair with heavily carved Lion’s hairy paw feet in ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of Victorian Carved Mahogany Stools
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Victorian carved mahogany stools, each of square form with a pierced frieze and raised on scrolling cabriole legs, the drop-in seats upholstered in woven horsehair. English...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Chairs

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Mahogany

Old Spanish Throne Occasional High Back Chair Period Distressed Paint & Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very old and original Spanish high back carved occasional chair An ornately carved and decorated ori...
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19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of French Bentwood Thonet Style Armchairs
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of French Thonet style bentwood armchairs made of beechwood with turned legs and spindle back. Original red vinyl seat and armrests with nailhead trim.
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Mid-20th Century French Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Beech

19th Centuy Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Ladies Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality 19th century Victorian carved walnut ladies chair with a walnut shaped framed back and pretty carved top rail. Newly reupholstered in a quality fabric and standing on carved ...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Shapland & Petter Attr, a Set of Four Simple Arts & Crafts Rush Seated Chairs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter attributed. A set of four simple Arts and crafts rush seated chairs in good original condition with the essence o...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

1 of 6 Burr Yew Wood Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Countryhouse Furniture
Located in GB
We are delighted to 1 of 6 lovely solid Yew hand sawn circa 1860 Windsor stick back armchair I have six of these in stock, one exact pair and th...
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Yew

Contemporary Black Sculpture Chair MATRIX by Studio 1+11, Germany
Located in Berlin, DE
The Object Chair Matrix is wood hand made chair in geometrical form, with black metal details. It is a form of an experience the comer makes indivi...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Metal

19th Century French Fauteuil Armchairs in Giltwood
Located in Southall, GB
A fine pair of 19th century French fauteuil armchairs in giltwood. They have been finely carved with theatrical masks, flutes and...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

Four Restored Antique Victorian Heavily Carved Ebonised Gold Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this extremely rare suite of four early Victorian circa 1840-1860 hand carved dining chairs with ebonised and gold gilt frames which have been fully restore...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Victorian Side Chairs with Green Paint and Red/ White Upholstered Seats
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Victorian balloon back side chairs. With delicate cabriole front legs and a shaped back with medial stretcher. The chairs have a 20th century faux finish green r...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

19th Century Victorian Leather Armchair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This armchair is newly upholstered with hand-patinated sheep leather. The leather is treated so that it is open diffusion, which allows a comfortable sitting in winter and summer...
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Beech, Leather

Pair Victorian Rosewood Chairs
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of good quality Victorian rosewood upholstered chairs in good condition having nicely carved backs standing on cabriol legs.
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1860s European Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Rosewood

Black Forest Carve Oak Bobbin Hall Chair Depicting Two Friends Hugging Scrooge
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very rare circa 1870 Black Forest carved oak hall chair with Bobbin turned legs and backrest depicting men hugging possibly Ebenezer Scrooge An att...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Chairs

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Oak

Shop Antique and Vintage Chairs on 1stDibs: Lounge Chairs, Dining Chairs and Other Seating for Sale

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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