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Chairs For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Color:  Beige
Late 19th Century White Wrought Iron French Chairs
Located in Hastings, GB
A quite exceptional late 19th century pair of French patio/orangery chairs. This is a beautiful wrought iron pair of large chairs, with the mos...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Italian 20th Century Modernist Magis Condor Andries and Hiroko Van Onck Stools
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian 20th century modernist Magis Condor Andries and Hiroko Van Onck bar stools bar set of four Metal frame and plastic seats.      
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1880s Italian Post-Modern Antique Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique Vintage 1850 French Adjustable Dentist Chair
Located in Markington, GB
1850 French adjustable metal dentist chair Fantastic French dentist chair, it has a wooden seat, fully adjustable, chair is in great vintage conditio...
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1850s French Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Metal

Bruce Talbert for Gillow & Co, . Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Nursing Chair
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) for Gillow and Co., an Aesthetic Movement ebonized nursing chair, with a lobed top rail, a button upholstered crushed velvet in...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Rare Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Victorian Wicker Conversation Gossip Chair
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Perhaps the Rarest of all Victorian Wicker pieces, this parlor chair was used for Ladies to gossip while not facing one another or to limit contact between courting couples. Victoria...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Chairs

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Wicker

Masonry Garden Pair of Chairs from Italy late 19 Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19 the century stone chairs from Adriatic Sea coast, chairs are hand chiseled and table available as a set. Please see the photos of the table on the website. Price is only for ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Stone

Set of Four Antique Inlaid Side Chairs, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four antique inlaid side chairs, 19th century.
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19th Century Antique Chairs

Pair of Antique Carved Walnut French Victorian Louis XV Style Side Accent Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable pair of hand carved walnut 19th Century French side chairs in the Louis XV taste. The pair features carved cabriole legs, heavy solid walnut floral carved frames, and clas...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Chairs

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Walnut

19th Century George III Mahogany Hepplewhite Tub Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A fine 19th Century George III period mahogany Hepplewhite tub chair in the French taste.
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Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Chairs

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Mahogany

Pair of Louis XVI Style Parcel-Gilt Upholstered Fauteuils
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A pair of painted and gilded wood medallion back chairs. Delicate bead and swag detail surround a central flower. Padded scroll form arms sit atop...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Large 19th Century Suite of Louis XV Style Aubusson Tapestry Chairs and Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century French large suite consisting of a settee and 4 arm chairs and two side chairs. Original painted grey with parcel gilt details. Beautiful Aubusson tapestry wit...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Chairs

Materials

Tapestry

Dining Chairs Swedish Set of 6 Neoclassical Gilded Green, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Dining chairs Swedish set of 6 neoclassical gilded green, Sweden. A set of six dining chairs made during the neoclassical period in Sweden, circa 1800-1810. Original gilding with gre...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Chairs

Pair of Painted and Gilt Napoleon III Arm Chairs, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of painted and gilt Napoleon III armchairs. Floral motif carvings. Legs ending on casters. 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Chairs

Materials

Paint, Wood

Set 8 19th C. Louis XVI Style Carved Gilt wood Dining / Side Chairs Pink Fabric
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Set of eight 19th century French Chairs. Of the Louis XVI style gilded dining room chairs with beautiful carving all around the oval back. Up...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs

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Wood, Fabric, Upholstery, Giltwood

19th Century Pair of Gothic Armchairs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of English armchairs in the gothic manner. They have wonderfully carved frames and are newly upholstered in linen with a double welt decoration. Seat measures 18.25...
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19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Chairs

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Linen, Oak

Set of Four French Empire Fauteuil Armchairs in the Manner of Jacob Frères
Located in New York, NY
These four early 19th-century Empire fauteuil armchairs, in the manner of the Jacob Frères cabinetmaking firm of the late 18th century, each feature a distinctive pediment-shaped cre...
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1810s French Empire Antique Chairs

19th Century Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Carved and gilded pair of 19th century armchairs.
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1850s Antique Chairs

Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Oversized Balloon Back Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian giltwood oversized balloon back armchairs. These chairs have been recovered. These chairs are sold in pairs. The pri...
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19th Century Italian Antique Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

Set of 8 19thc Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
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19th Century French Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th Century Set of Six Chippendale Gothic Style Dining Chairs
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century set of six Chippendale Gothic style dining chairs with finely carved back splat. The seats are drop-in cream striped upho...
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1830s Irish William IV Antique Chairs

Pair of French Gilt Floral Arm Chairs, Circa 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of carved wood gilt oval back arm chairs with intertwined articulated floral motif, and terminating on floral corner medallions with fluted bu...
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1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Chairs

Early 19th Century Pair of Chairs
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Early 19th century pair of chairs. Built in the Restauration French period, the wood is entirely composed of mahogany, refine carved on the...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Chairs

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Mahogany

Pair of Louis XVI Style Fauteuils
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils with fabulous water gilding and exceptional upholstery.
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1880s Antique Chairs

19th Century Cinese Bent Elm Wood Arm Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. bent elm (umu) wood chair, only one available, made by well known Chinese chair making family. Soft and smooth wood. Very comfortable.
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chairs

Materials

Elm

Set of Four 19th c. Italian Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted, Gilded and Carved Side Chairs
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19th Century Italian Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Late Regency Rosewood Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bamboo turned spindle backs and carved down scrolled arms with decorative spindle supports, wood seat rail with loose cushion seat and back raised on turned tapered legs ending on casters. Provenance; Newel Galleries.
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1820s English Regency Antique Chairs

Materials

Rosewood

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Rare Early 20th Century Dentist Chair, ca 1930s
Located in Uppsala, SE
Rare early 20th century dentist / medical chair made in white painted wood with dark green leather upholstered seat and neck rest. The neck rest is height adjustable so it would accommodate both adults and children when in use. The seat also has a very modernist pattern made with upholsterers decor nails similar to that of German/Swedish designer Otto Schulz and what he used on his cabinets. The high back style of chair is also very much associated with the grand father of Scottish design Charles Rennie...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Chairs

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Rare Early 20th Century Dentist Chair, ca 1930s
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H 55.12 in W 17.33 in D 18.12 in
Woodard Orleans Wrought Iron Bounce Rocker Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
1940s Woodard Orleans pattern bounce rocker chair. Original verdigris powder coated finish. Seat without cushions, 12.5" H. Chair is stamped Woodard on...
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Chairs

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19th Century French Wrought Iron 6-Piece Garden Salon Set
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century French wrought iron 6-piece garden salon set is a charming way to furnish your outdoor space! The cafe table features exuberant scrolled legs supporting a top three feet ...
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1890s French Belle Époque Antique Chairs

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Napoleon III Painted Chair, France, 1850s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Napoleon III painted chair, France, 1850s.
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Chairs

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Wood

Napoleon III Painted Chair, France, 1850s
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Heywood Wakefield Natural Wicker Divan or Photographer's Chair circa 1900
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming Natural honey colored wicker divan was made by the Heywood-Wakefield Company around the turn of the last century. Features include round plied reed at post and wrapped ...
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Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Chairs

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Wicker

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Located in Miami, FL
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Pair of 19th Century Italian pink marble pedestals
Located in London, GB
This beautiful pair of pedestals are crafted in a dark, vermillion veined marble and a lighter, coral pink veined marble. Each pedestal features a thin, surmounting sheet of white ma...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Chairs

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Provincial Chinese Roundback Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favor of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditional cabinetry and architecture techniques to the human body. In the case of this Yuanyi, or round chair, the flowing crestrail is a direct descendant of the simple armrests that had traditionally supported individuals on mats in their homes. This homage to an ancestral form, combined with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques, created an elegant, functional chair that has endured for centuries and inspired many contemporary furniture designers...
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Antique Painted and Upholstered French Louis XV Barrel Cane Chair
Located in Brea, CA
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19th Century Set of 6 French Painted Dining Chairs Montgolfiere
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chairs

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Set Of Four French Arras Garden Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
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Late 19th Century North American Regency Antique Chairs

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Pair of 19th Century Bavarian Hunting Lodge Armchairs
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19th Century French Set of Four Hand Carved Chairs in Beige Linen Upholstery
Located in Sofia, BG
French set of four hand carved chairs in beige linen upholstery. Very good condition. Style Louis XIII France, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Chairs

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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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