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Period: 1880s
Napoleon III Chair with Turned Beech and Velvet for Child French, circa 1880
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French chair for child late 19th century Turned beech, with patina, The fabric in a good quality. Two marks in the velvet, nothing dist...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Chairs

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Beech, Velvet

Antique Armchair Fauteuil Napoleon III Upholstery and Beech French 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of fauteuil armchair French Napoleon III, circa 1880 Antique, late 19th century, Sound and solid It can be recovered if you wish but the velvet is clean and in good conditio...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Orkney Island Pine Wingback Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With woven straw back and wood seat and lower drawer. Square legs.
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Scottish Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Chairs

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Straw, Pine

Morris & Co. Phillip Webb Attri. Aesthetic Movement rush seat Sussex side chair
Located in London, GB
Morris & Co. Attributed to Philip Webb An Aesthetic Movement rush seat Sussex side chair with newly laid rush seat. This chair has been totally restored and had new rush professional...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Beech

Antique French SET OF 8 Dining Chairs Upholstered Carved Walnut 19thC EXQUISITE
Located in Tyler, TX
STUNNING Antique French SET OF 8 Renaissance Revival Walnut Upholstered Exquisitely Carved Dining Chairs~~c. 1880s SUPERB French style~~STATELY set with highly carved angels and che...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of Napoleon III Chairs Fabric and Painted Wood, French, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Pair of Napoleon III, circa 1880. Black painting with gilded vegetal motifs Antique, late 19th century. It can be recovered with the fabric of your choice to suit your inte...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Harnisch and Co chair Wiena 1880s Set of Two
Located in Čelinac, BA
Wiena 1880s chair by Harnisch Co
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Harnisch and Co chair Wiena 1880s  Set of Two
Harnisch and Co chair Wiena 1880s  Set of Two
$1,470 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique Armchairs Reupholsted Chauffeuse Napoleon III French late 19th Centuty
Located in Labrit, Landes
Chauffeuse little armchair French of the Napoleon III period circa 1880. The feets are in wood, the fauteuil has been recently reupholstered and recovered. Antique, 19th century. Sol...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Beech

Antique 19th Century Pair of mahogany Gothic Hall Chairs – Fine Side Chairs
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Pair of mahogany Gothic Hall Chairs – Fine Quality Side Chairs An antique 19th Century pair of mahogany Gothic hall chairs, full of age, character, and patina. ...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

22 x Aesthetic Movement Oak Upholstered Dining Chairs with Turned Front Legs
Located in London, GB
Gillows of Lancaster attributed. A rare set of 16 + 6 aesthetic movement oak upholstered dining or boardroom chairs with turned front legs. (The price...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Oak

Antique 19th Century English Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Armchair, circa 1880
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Baroque carved walnut throne chair, circa 1880. The chair having a carved crest with a shell motif to the center flanked by a pair of fi...
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English Baroque Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

1880s German Piano Chair, Walnut, Height Adjustable
Located in Greven, DE
Antique height adjustable piano chair Germany Walnut Wilhelminian period around 1890 Dimensions: H x W x D: 105 x 46 x 45 cm, seat height variable from H 46 - 58 cm Description: Q...
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German Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

Alsace Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th-century wooden chair from the Alsace region of France exemplifies rustic craftsmanship. Constructed from hardwood, the chair features a single slab seat and a unique twiste...
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French Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Primitive Set OF Four Chairs From France, Circa 1880
Located in Nashville, TN
Primitive Set OF Four Chairs From France, Circa 1880. Solid oak construction with excellent patina and use.
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European Antique 1880s Chairs

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Oak

Original of the Time, Rare J.&J. Thonet Stool, Late 19th Century, 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful and rare Thonet stool, published already in the 1888 Thonet Catalogue on page 23 as Salon-Stockerl Nr 5 zum Polstern Material Beechwood black stained with gold colored not...
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Austrian Jugendstil Antique 1880s Chairs

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Fabric, Beech

Six Henry II circa 1880 French Oak and Embossed Crocodile Leather Dining Chairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We delighted to offer for sale this exceptional set of six French oak with Embossed pressed brown leather upholstered Henry II circa 1880 dining chairs with crocodile leather embossed seat pads A very rare and totally original set of Victorian dining chairs...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Crocodile, Oak

Very Rare 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool Height Adjust
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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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Italian Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Belgo Chrom Chairs Steel Design Memphis Style, 1980s
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Memphis Milano style chairs by Belgo Chrom from the 1980s. Also a beautiful deskchair The green fabric is Alcantra, the backside is decorat...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Fine Set of Six Henry II circa 1880 French Oak & Embossed Leather Dining Chairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptional set of six French oak with Embossed pressed brown leather upholstered Henry II circa 1880 dining chairs A very rare and totally original set of Victorian dining chairs...
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French High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

19th Century French Neo Renaissance Chairs
Located in palm beach, FL
Beautiful pair of richly carved Renaissance-style chairs from the 19th French period.
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Oak

William Smee Leather Library Chairs, London, 1880
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of William Smee (1829-1886) library chairs, London, circa 1880. 19 inches wide by 21 ½ inches deep by 34 ½ inches tall; seat height 18 inches
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English Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Spanish Baroque Style Walnut And Leather Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful scale with pristine stamped leather and well carved frame. Brass tacks with bronze patina.
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Spanish Baroque Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

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Leather, Walnut

Attributed to Philip Webb Aesthetic Movement original rush seat Sussex chair
Located in London, GB
Morris & Co. Attributed to Philip Webb An Aesthetic Movement rush seat Sussex side chair with original rush seat and retaining the rush seat side panels. This chair has been totally ...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Rush

Fine Quality Antique Victorian Set of Four Marquetry Inlaid Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian set of four marquetry inlaid chairs having pretty shaped backs with fine quality marquetry inlay, newly reupholst...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Mahogany

Swiss Alp , folk art , Escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp, folk art , escabelle.
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Swiss Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Swiss Alp , folk art , Escabelle
Swiss Alp , folk art , Escabelle
$720 Sale Price
44% Off
A pair of substantial Gothic Revival oak hall chairs with period tiles
Located in London, GB
A pair of Gothic Revival oak hall chairs with two sets of period tiles inset in each chair depicting medieval farm workers. The tiles designed by John Moyr Smith.
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English Gothic Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Oak

SUITE OF FOUR ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN CIRCA 1880 OAK MIDDLE TEMPLE LAW LIBRARY CHAIRS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of four original Middle Temple Law Library reading chairs with the Temples crest printed...
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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair of Swiss alp , folk art Escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Pair of Swiss alp , folk art escabelle.
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Swiss Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Pair of Swiss alp , folk art  Escabelle
Pair of Swiss alp , folk art  Escabelle
$1,520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1880s Texas Horn Chair
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This horn chair came from Texas and was made for the Glantz Ranch between 1880 and 1900. The piece was inherited by Ruth Glantz around 1920 and purchased from her daughter by Fred an...
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American Antique 1880s Chairs

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Antler, Leather, Horn

French Caned Bergere Arm Chair Gilt Salon 1880 Louis XVI
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Louis XVI Revival bergère chair Circa 1880 The seat and curved back are finely hand-caned, allowing for both breathability and lightness The tight c...
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Louis XVI Antique 1880s Chairs

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Giltwood

Early Charles Gibbons Windsor Chair in Elm, 1889 High Wycombe
Located in Balen, BE
A rare and early Charles Gibbons Windsor chair, made in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 1889. Sturdy condition and authentic colour. Normal traces of use in accordance to its age, v...
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British Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Elm

Late 19th Century Walnut Twin Chair Back Sofa After a George II Design
Located in Benington, Herts
A superb quality late 19th century walnut double chair back sofa / settee after a George II design of Giles Grendey’s . English Circa 1880. A wonderful sofa having scroll back supp...
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English George II Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

Antique Burnt Bamboo & Root Bamboo Details Desk Chair c.1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this perfect example of an Antique Burnt Bamboo and Root Bamboo Desk Chair. The finials and the feet of the chair are in the root of the bamboo This chair is late 19Th cen...
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French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Linen, Bamboo

Pair of Figural Carved Walnut R.J. Horner Style Renaissance Chairs, circa 1880
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This pair of figural carved walnut Renaissance Revival chairs, circa 1880, in the style of R.J. Horner, showcases the dramatic artistry and craftsmanship associated with 19th-century...
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European Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

Antique Ebonized Chair
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant salon chair has been painted with black laquer and decorated with gold painted ornaments. The height of the seat is 40cm.
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European Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair Italian Hall Chairs Hand Carved Lime Wood, circa 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of Lime Wood Carved Italian Hall Chairs. circa 1880 The top featuring a rather grotesque carved mask, the front and back splat with stylised...
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Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Wood

VICTORIAN CIRCA 1880 HARDWOOD, LEATHER & BRASS METAMORPHIC CHAiR LIBRARY STEPS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in hand Walnut that converts with a hand rail ...
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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Brass

Victorian Upholstered Bentwood Salon or Desk Chair This is a charming piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Upholstered Bentwood Salon or Desk Chair This is a charming piece, the chair is made in the bent wood style with a carved top rail, spiral curved arms attractive turnings ...
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Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Bentwood

Italian Art Deco Style Set of 6 Cream Velvet and Black Lacquered Chairs
Located in Meda, MB
This set of 6 Art Deco style chairs were produced in the north of Italy in the 1980s. They are completely covered in an high quality cream velvet on a black lacquered structure. Me...
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Italian Art Deco Antique 1880s Chairs

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Lacquer

English Classic Antique Victorian 19th Century Elm and Ashwood Windsor Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Ash, Elm

Stunning Pair of Victorian Military Campaign Folding Chairs Steamer Liner Pieces
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime pair of Victorian circa 1880 military campaign style folding chairs A very good looking and highly collectable pair of desk steame...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Oak

Antique Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps William Morris Carpet Upholstery
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with William Morr...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Oak

Stunning Antique Victorian Military Campaign Kilim Upholstered Folding Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime original Victorian circa 1880 hand made Military Campaign folding chair with Kilim upholstery A very good looking and highly colle...
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English Kilim Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Oak

ANTIQUE HAND CARVED ENGLISH 1880 VICTORiAN COCK FIGHTING METAMORPHIC ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, handmade made in England, circa 1860-1880 Victorian ornately hand carved English Oak Cockfig...
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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Leather, Oak

High Back Wooden Wabi-Sabi Church, Pray Bench II, Modular Back, Rustic, 1880s
Located in Antwerp, BE
High back wooden wabi-wabi church, pray bench, modular back, Rustic, 1880's Rustic high back wooden church or pray bench from the 1880s. The backre...
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French Rustic Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Antique 1880 Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps Original Carpet Upholstery
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are  delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Chairs

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Oak

Traditional British Victorian Balloon Back Chair. Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
Typical English Balloon Back Chair used for the parlor, a lady's desk, or in the boudoire at a dressing table in mid-Victorian England. It has the r...
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Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Set of 8 Filo Chair by Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Located in Forest, BE
The "Filo" chair, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1987, is a single piece of curved ash plywood with a steel rod frame stiffened by tie rods, intended for community or workplace...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 1880s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Lovely Antique Ornately Hand Carved Lion's Hairy Paw Leg Club Library Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Pair of chairs mohagany and bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Execptional pair of chairs ,mohagany and bronze of rare quality,the bronzes are finely executed .The elegance and the charm of these chairs are crasy , problably executed by F.LINKE ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Chairs

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Bronze

Antique Henry II Carved Walnut Leather Nailhead Accent Chair w Heraldic Crest
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Henry II style dining side chair, circa 1880s. Made from walnut with an embossed leather back featuring a heraldic winged griffon / lion crest. The lower back of the chair sh...
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Renaissance Antique 1880s Chairs

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Leather, Walnut

Six Victorian 1880 Walnut Shepherds Crook Dining Chairs with Claw & Ball Feet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely suite of six original Victoria Walnut framed cabriolet legged dining chairs with Claw & Ball feet and Shepherds crook curved arms Please note...
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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for the Century Guild. An Important Art Nouveau Chair
Located in London, GB
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942), a highly important oak chair, with an Art Nouveau floral back. Mackmurdo's influence in Europe is recognized as having produced the earliest examples of Art Nouveau, particularly in the styling of a chair-back designed in 1882 and the title page for Wren's City Churches a year later. The present chair was designed for the head of Rainhill hospital St Helen's south Lancashire/Merseyside (now demolished), an institute for the mentally ill, as part of an interior scheme for his study. It was almost certainly designed and made only for this interior, unlike the earlier chair which was designed in 1882 and made and sold until 1888. It was originally thought this interior was designed by the Liverpool architect Edmund Rathbone whose brother, Harold Rathbone, founded the Della Robbia Pottery factory in 1894. A picture is shown in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, p. 199, illus. 516, from the Bedford Lemere archive at the National Monuments Record, apparently credited as 'Rainhill, Edmund Rathbone'. But Edmund Rathbone was actually the Century Guild...
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English Art Nouveau Antique 1880s Chairs

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Oak

Pair Victorian Parlour Chairs Antique Balloon Back 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of Victorian arm chairs with distinctive balloon backs Circa 1880 on this classic pair of Victorian saloon chairs Would be a his and...
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Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Wood

Rare circa 1880 Burmese Solid Hardwood Hand Carved Floral Chair High Back Ornate
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this absolutely stunning solid Rosewood hand carved high back low seat Burmese chair A truly stunning piece, this type of furniture is just about as ornate as ...
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Burmese Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Hardwood

Pair of Antique Original Paint French Country Chairs Inc Liberty's London Fabric
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare pair of Antique, original paint side chairs with period Victorian Liberty's London upholstery. This suite i...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Chairs

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Upholstery, Pine

Pair of 19th Century English Study Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These sculptural study chairs feature a minimalist oak frame with softly worn auburn leather, drop-in seats. Their refined and scholastic feel adds a touch...
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English Antique 1880s Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Pair of Biedermeier Salon Chairs
Located in New York, NY
These graceful chairs were hand-made of golden nordic birch. In need of new fabric, this pair has otherwise aged beautifully. Over a hundred years old, these chairs will last a hundr...
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Swedish Biedermeier Antique 1880s Chairs

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Birch

Bruce Talbert, for Gillows Set of 6 English Aesthetic Movement Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert. Made by Gillows of Lancaster and London. A good quality set of six oak dining chairs with an upper and lower row of turnings and carved details above. As you can see...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Oak

Bruce Talbert, Attributed. A pair of back throne style Aesthetic Movement chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of tall back throne style Aesthetic Movement chairs with fine carved decoration throughout. The seats are drop in and the backs have an unusual design where they are held firm...
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British Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Chairs

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Walnut

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