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Chairs For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
5 Thonet style chairs circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
5 Thonet style chairs circa 1900 good general condition, no restoration required
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

A Victorian Jennens & Bettridge Black Lacquered & Gilt Decorative Hallway Chair
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Victorian Jennens & Bettridge Black Lacquered & Gilt Decorative Hallway Chair upon Cabriole Legs Decorative chair utilising the Victorian art form of papier mache & indochine. ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer

Museum-quality antique horn chair Victoria around 1870, England.
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum-quality antique horn chair Victoria around 1870. Extravagant antique horn chair, probably England. Seat cover with spring core padding covered w...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chairs

Materials

Horn, Leather

Andrianna Shamaris Low Antique Chair or Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful teak on this low chair that can also be used as a side table. The back rest and seat are hand carved from a single piece of wood. We added minimalist legs and small butterf...
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Early 1900s Organic Modern Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

1900 Antique Asian Chinoiserie Meticulously Carved Corner Chair
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1900 Antique Asian Meticulously Carved Chinoiserie Corner Chair. This chair is a statement piece.
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Early 1900s Chinoiserie Antique Chairs

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Wood

Set of 2 Little Chairs in Louis XVI Style in Wicker Work - Spain - XIX
Located in Lisboa, PT
Small set of living room and bedoom chairs in Louis XVI style in Wicker Artistry Work. Beautiful carved in dark wood work it strikely contrasts to the lighter material that was for ...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Chairs

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Wicker

English Regency Period Armchair
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
A Regency period dark wood armchair with storage space beneath the seat. Beautiful patina throughout.
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak

Set van 2 antieke Zwitserse Black Forest stoelen
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered is this beautiful set from the end of the 19th century, sculpted with woody & floral motifs. This set has very beautiful wood carvings with flower and leaf motifs and a stri...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Austrian Mountain Chair
Located in Nijlen, BE
Austrian mountain chair from the 19th century. Beautiful piece due to its pure shapes. The rosewood inlay makes the chair one of a kind. Original patina. We ship safely worldwide. ​
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19th Century Austrian Country Antique Chairs

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Oak

Biedermeier Carver Chairs Swedish Late 1800s Antique Quilted Golden Birch Round
Located in LONDON, GB
Swedish Biedermeier Empire pair of beautiful carver chairs in highest grade quilted golden birch veneers finished in the Classic honey oak color French polish finish with rounded arm...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Chairs

Materials

Birch

Italian antique rattan chair with floral and geometric decoration, early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique rattan chair with floral and geometric decoration, early 1900s Rattan chair with backrest finely decorated with rounded and flora...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Chairs

Materials

Rattan

Pair of French Napoleon III Tufted Armchairs
Located in Buchanan, NY
An elegant pair of 19th century Napoleon III tufted armchairs from France. The pair is upholstered in vintage floral fabric but would look amazing recovered in a modern updated fabri...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery

A Victorian blue leather oak library chair
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian blue leather oak library chair, the arched back continuous with the scroll arms, and carved with beribboned foliate sprays in the centre, the shaped seat rail set above t...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Pair of Painted Woodwork Chairs - XIX Century - Europe
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mostly found to embelish and side furniture in hall ways and bedrooms, these painted wood work chairs of the XIX Century, besides offering excellent seat position, are in good condit...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Chairs

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Wood

French Pair of Armchairs Louis XIV style - 1800 19th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice pair of Louis 14 style armchairs dating from the 19th century. Very beautiful pair of Louis XIII style armchairs, with high backs. Each armchair rests on four legs connected tog...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Chairs

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Fabric, Wood

19th century desk chair
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
19th century desk chair in original vintage condition.
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19th Century Slovak Neoclassical Antique Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Set 8 Antique Windsor Chairs Wheelback Kitchen Diners 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning set of 8 Windsor arm chairs with distinctive wheelbacks Classic farmhouse dining chairs and we date this set to circa 1890 We have various refectory tables to match if you a...
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1890s Antique Chairs

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Wood

Set of Six Biedermeier Chairs, Made in Czechia, 1840s, Cherry-Tree
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of Biedermeier chairs, six pieces Completely restored, new fabric and upholstery included. Shellac-polish.   
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1840s Czech Biedermeier Antique Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Cherry

Pair of Early 20th Century French Low Rustic Oak Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of handsome early 20th century French rustic solid oak chairs with a rustic yet modern profile. With their elemental, handmade quality and stark geometric silhouette, the pair i...
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Early 1900s French Antique Chairs

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Oak

Pair of Antique Bull Horn Chairs Austria 1870
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Pair of Antique Bull Horn Chairs Austria 1870 A pair antique bull horn chairs, from a noble villa in Austria. The seats are with antique green velvet ...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood, Antler

Unusual Northern Swedish Antique Unique Country Folk Art Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual primitive country chair in folk art from Northern Sweden. The chair is a one of a kind piece made by hand in solid pine around 1820 to 1840. Old historic paint which has beco...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Chairs

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Pine

Rare pair of 19th Century Gustavian Faux Bamboo Chairs
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Rare pair of early 19th century Gustavian faux bamboo chairs in their original finish. Ca 1810 Stockholm, Sweden. The chairs are attributed to Ephraim Sthal. Supplier to the Royal ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Chairs

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Wood

" Klismos"chair, 19th century
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
"Klismos" chair Mahogany, Of unusual design, the chair has a curved back attached to the seat by a triple support, Square seat, saber feet. England or Northern Europe, mid or late 19th century A design developed by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, the Klismos chair...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

An ART NOUVEAU DECO CHAIR by JACOB & JOSEF KOHN, WIENER WERKSTATTE, Austria 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional and extremely rare chair with armrests, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, in dark brown lacquered wood, with superb backrest and airy armrests in folded wood, circular seat in pe...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Vintage French Provincial Dining Chairs - Hand-Crafted 1900s Upholstery Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing our exceptional set of six French Provincial Dining Chairs, dating back to the 1900s. These chairs have been meticulously restored...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Chairs

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Lacquer, Wood, Foam, Upholstery, Mohair, Fabric

Hepplewhite Style English King chair (Antique Master)
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. Iconic ...
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Mid-19th Century British Hepplewhite Antique Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Antique 19th century Oriental work, folding chair circa 1880
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Antique 19th century Oriental work, folding chair in carved wood, bone inlay, circa 1880
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Late 19th Century Maghreb Islamic Antique Chairs

Materials

Bone, Beech

Set of Eight french Upholstered Chairs in Golden Wood Louis XIV Style - 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful set of 8 Louis XIV style chairs with baluster base in gilded wood connected by a spacer. The set has been reupholstered in a very good quality beige fabric with rectangular...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Revolving Ship Chair(s), England circa 1870
Located in Culver City, CA
Revolving Ship Chair(s) England circa 1870 Mahogany seats on cast iron bases with three decorative lions heads and P+O Motif carved on the back. 18.5”w x 19”d x 35”h x 19”seat
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19th Century English Antique Chairs

Materials

Iron

A pair of Mahogany Chippendale style Edwardian dining chairs.
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
A pair of Mahogany Chippendale style Edwardian dining chairs. Reupholstered in a deep blue velvet like fabric. Very solid and ornate chairs. One of the chairs has a professional but ...
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Late 19th Century British Chippendale Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair Of Old Smoking Chairs Say: Smoking - Solid Oak - Period: XIXth Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Charming pair of chairs called "Fumeuses", they have a wide seat in cane, on which one sat astride to smoke cigar, cigarette or pipe. Made of solid oak with a flat upper part of the ...
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19th Century European Louis XIV Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Original Chair Kolo Moser and Josef Hoffmann Attr. Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
An armchair with design-vocabulary used by Kolo Moser and Josef Hoffmann in their early works from 1901 on.
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Chairs

Materials

Nutwood

Set of 4 Russian Chairs, Birch Veneer, Early 19th Century
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 4 Russian Chairs, birch veneer, early 19th century
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19th Century Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Horseshoe Back Armchairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of elegant horseshoe back armchairs. Beautiful form and lines. We carry fine quality furniture with elegant finished and has been appeared many times in " ARCHITECTURE DIGEST ...
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Early 1900s Chinese Ming Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Swiss alp escabelle dated 1808
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle in pine dated 1808
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Early 1800s Swiss Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Biedermeier Cherrywood Chair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A chair from the Biedermeier period, ca. 1825. The chair is made of solid cherry wood. The chair is reupholstered and covered with new Biedermeier fabric...
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Chairs

Materials

Cherry

19th Century French Cane Chairs in Hand Carved Walnut Frame in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Four French chairs in hand carved walnut frame with seat and back in cane. Very good condition with no restorations. Comfortable and stable construc...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Chairs

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Walnut

Disco Ball/Past forges Future Chair by Markus Friedrich Staab 2022
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Bavarian Armchair ca. 1860, contemporized to be a contemporary sculptural design piece. functional german art. 2 Legs added by Ebonist Toni Menacher, Intarsie of a disco ball added t...
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1850s German Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

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Oak, Lacquer

Pair Chinese Horseshoe Folding Hunting Chairs Jiao Yi
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of Chinese solid elmwood horseshoe folding chairs. Each chair constructed with a rounded metal mounted crestrail ending in outswept handrests. The back splat carved with qilin...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chairs

Materials

Brass

Italian Georgian Style arm chairs with Rattan Seating
Located in Pasadena, CA
Italian hand Made Georgian Style arm chairs. The seats have rattan mesh seating. The cushions have been made to fit over the rattan. The cush...
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Mid-19th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Chairs

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Fabric, Rattan, Wood

Antique Vanleigh Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Vanleigh Furniture New York Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features the original label, solid oak wood construction, beautiful woodgrai...
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Early 1900s Renaissance Antique Chairs

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Oak

Set of 3 Circa 19th Century Carved Painted Swedish Country House Folk Chairs
Located in London, GB
A charming matching set of three circa 19th century painted folk country house chairs. There are two side chairs and one carver. All three have been repainted at some point and have subtle differences but have come from the same maker and provincial household. Good for a simple country kitchen...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Chairs

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Pine

Vintage Regency Patinated Arm Chairs With Cane Seat
Located in west palm beach, FL
A magnificent vintage Regency arm chair. A beautiful hand carved frame with an incredible patina from time. Hand woven cane seating looped into the frame. This chair is breathtaking,...
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Late 19th Century American Regency Antique Chairs

Materials

Cane

A fine pair of Regency mahogany armorial hall chairs attributed Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of Regency mahogany armorial hall chairs attributed Gillows, each with an ogee back supported on C-scrolls and circular dished seat raised on turned and reeded outswept f...
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1810s English Regency Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair Windsor Arm Chairs Oak His and Hers 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A pair of broad armed Windsor chairs in oak with elm seats Probably a his and hers set Circa 1860 Very solid and sturdy, great pair of farmhouse accent chairs Bought from a house sale...
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1860s Antique Chairs

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Oak

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Caned Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pair of exquisite Louis XVI style vanity chairs, with lightweight, caned oval- shaped seats and extravagant wraparound gallery backrests. These chairs are wonderful examples of Fre...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs

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Cane, Giltwood

Fine Antique Mid Victorian circa 1850 Metamorphic Library Steps Original
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Mid Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period carvings to the back A very charming and highly collectable piece, designed as an at home library steps and reading chair, these are used to add a sense of grand occasion to a standard bookcase...
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1850s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

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Oak

Victorian Hall Chair Mahogany Antique Accent 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Refined Victorian hall chair we date to circa 1860 Hand crafted from mahogany with an elegantly shaped back The concept of the hall chair can be traced back to the 17th and 18th cent...
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1860s Victorian Antique Chairs

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Mahogany

Set of 6 Biedermeier Elegant Black Chairs, Germany, 19th Century, Fully Restored
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Set of six comfortable, original Biedermeier style chairs manufactured in Germany, circa 1820-1840. The chairs are made of walnut, partially on the seat and backrest veneered with wa...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of Antique English Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th Century English oak chairs with original needlepoint upholstery. Measurements: Height: 39" Width: 20.25" Depth: 16.5" Seat height : 19.5"
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19th Century English Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Pair of Scandinavian Teak Folding Chairs
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Scandinavian folding chairs made in the 60s in the spirit of Hans Wegner. Its structure entirely in teak presents a design with a so...
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1860s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Antique Chairs

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Wood

Antique Elm Smokers Bow Captains Chair With Oversized Arm
Located in Accrington, GB
A rare chair dating to the early part of the 20th century. We think the chair was a teachers chair with the oversized arm acting as a bookrest. Made from a rich cut of elm the chair ...
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Early 1900s British Country Antique Chairs

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Elm

Antique Original William Morris Sussex Rope Seat Armchair Seen in the V&A Museum
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare and collectable William Morris Rush seat Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum The History This chair was named after a country chair found in Sussex, which inspired the design with the turned frame and rush seat. Similar types of chairs, with imitation bamboo frames and rush seats, were fashionable between 1790 and 1820. Ownership & Use William Morris and his wife, Jane, used Sussex chairs in their first home, Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, from 1860 and subsequently in their London house, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Morris's great friend, the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) had Sussex armchairs in his studio, as did the sculptor, Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934). Robert Edis recommended this chair as 'excellent, comfortable and artistic' in his influential book, 'Decoration and Furnishing of Town Houses in 1881'. Examples from the Sussex range were supplied for students' rooms at Newnham College...
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1870s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

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Rope, Beech

Set Of 6 Early 19th Century English Regency Chairs Attributed To Gillows
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine set of 6 Regency dining chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London, having a quality figured top rail with a reeded edge and carved top supported by shaped reeded supports over foliate scrolled splats, drop-in seats with luxury velvet fabric upholstery standing on reeded tapering legs to the front and out swept back legs. Circa 1820 English Artists Biography: The Gillow family of cabinet makers and upholsters came to prominence with Richard Gillow (1733 – 1811), the son of Robert Gillow, founder of the firm. Gillow’s reputation as one of the leading British cabinet...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Chairs

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Wood

Six Antique Victorian Turkey Work Carpet Kilim Rug Napoleonic Blue Dining Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable set of six original Victorian mahogany framed dining chairs with Napoleonic blue bordered Turkey Kilim Rug upholstery which are part of a suite These have a very rare upholstery which is called Turkey work, it’s a kind of Kilim rug which has been used for century’s to upholstery English country house furniture...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Chairs

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Wool, Hardwood

FINE ANTIQUE CARVED ViCTORIAN BURGERMEISTER CHAIR 17TH CENTURY JACOBEAN DESIGN
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1870 Burgermeister chair based on a 17th Jacobean...
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1870s English High Victorian Antique Chairs

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Upholstery, Oak

Colonial Settee Arm Chairs Antique India 3 Piece Suite Padauk Wood
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Sought after antique three piece suite from India We date this to circa 1840 and it's hand carved from padauk wood This type of colonial furn...
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1840s Antique Chairs

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Padouk

Superb Set of Six Antique English Geo. I/II Style Hand Carved Mahogany Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous Quality Antique English Set of Six (6) heavy, dense San Domingan Hand Carved Mahogany Geo. I/II Style Side Chairs (no arms) with design influences by Thos. Chippendale and R...
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Late 19th Century English George II Antique Chairs

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Mahogany

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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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