Antique Lyre Back Chair

Fabulous custom bespoke chair. Regency style. Chair was stripped, custom painted, and lacquered over 50 years ago. Everything old is new again! Very current styling. Older upholstery.

Beautiful lines in these fabulous chairs. Unique angular lines especially on the arms and back. Heavy presence with classic fringe skirt. Show stains on leg corners. Excellent candid...

Classic Maple Cushman Chairs. Timeless styling and quality craftsmanship. Rounded back with fanned supports. Nicely detailed arm and legs. Curbside to N...

Timeless regency designed Klismos Chairs. Off white to cream finish with speckled accent. Period upholstery. Curbside to NYC/Philly $450

“I know of no other chair like the single [sic] ‘lyre back’ one. . . . I certainly recognize it as a Boston chair considering all the individual elements, but the combination is particularly elegant.” So wrote noted scholar of Boston furniture Page Talbott when a set of four chairs of this design originally surfaced in the 1980s. Although the existence of four chairs in a specific pattern might imply that the chairs were originally part of a larger set, no additional chairs of this form have appeared in the intervening years. The lyre became a popular motif during the Neo-Classical period, and is frequently encountered as the back splat of klismos chairs, in no example more familiar than in a group of Duncan Phyfe chairs...

Pair of antique Italian Neoclassical lyre back side chairs with carved rosette design at center of curved top back rails. Circa 1800. Look at all pictures and read condition report ...

Charming side chair, with lyre-shaped back. Painted black, with gold tips (top & feet). Perforated metal seat. Very decorative.

A set of 4 early to mid-20th century Neoclassical Revival side or occasional chairs having lyre backrests with scrolled ends adorning hand carved gold gilt flower badges. Gold gilt p...