Gilt Lyre Chair

1960s Clifford Pascoe side chair. Needs reupholstering.

Pair of 1990s Klismos chairs. Veneer chipped on both chairs. Needs reupholstering.

1990s Lucite barrel chair by Pace. 2 marks on chair as shown in last image. It might be able to be removed once the seat is taken off.

Early 20th century English garden chairs. Made of cast iron with some paint loss. We have three available.

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

Set of 6 French Louis XVI style (19th century) white and gilt lyre back side chairs with white damask upholstery.

“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 ...