Alpine *escabelle* chair; restored in two places
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Alpine *escabelle* chair; restored in two places—at the front and back of the seat. It can be sat on, but is primarily decorative
Swiss Antique 19th Century Chairs
Wood
Alpine *escabelle* chair; restored in two places
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Alpine *escabelle* chair; restored in two places—at the front and back of the seat. It can be sat on, but is primarily decorative
Wood
Swiss Alpine Folk Art Painted Pine Escabelle Chair, 1837
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss Alpine escabelle chair made of pine and dated 1837. The chair features a shaped backrest with hand-painted decorative motifs and inscriptions, characteristic of Alpine folk art...
Pine
Swiss Alpine Folk Art Carved and Pierced Wooden Escabelle Chair 1820c
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss Alpine escabelle chair dating from circa 1820. Made of wood, the chair features a finely pierced and carved backrest with geometric and heart-shaped openwork decoration. The construction and decorative carving are characteristic of traditional Swiss Alpine furniture...
Wood
$18,000 / item
Selection for VB
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Selection for VB
Wood
$1,294
Swiss alpine escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss “Escabelle” alpine chair dating from the 1860s. Crafted in solid wood with a beautifully rustic character and traditional mountain craftsmanship. This iconic Swiss alpine piece...
Wood
Set of six chairs Biedermeier, circa 1820, Cherrywood
Located in Münster, DE
Set of six chairs, Biedermeier, Germany, Rhineland circa 1820, solid cherrywood, newly upholstered and reupholstered, curved backrest, hand-polished with shellac Dimensions: ...
Nutwood
$3,955Sale Price / set|20% Off
19th Century Italian Charles X Inlaid Walnut Set of Six Antique Elegant Chairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We are pleased to present a splendid set of six antique Italian chairs from the Charles X period, dating back to the first half of the 19th century. These chairs feature a solid waln...
Walnut
Pair English Chippendale Mahogany Side Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of English Chippendale Mahogany side chairs, circa 1890. Outstanding pair of marvelous carved mahogany side chairs in Classic Chippendale style. They are crafted after one of t...
Mahogany
Antique Italian Wrought Iron & Brass Savonarola Curule Chair Folding Stool
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Savonarola Curule Chair. Features a wrought iron X folding frame with twisted accents, brass cup feet and cannonball finials. Originally fit with ...
Iron
$1,356Sale Price / set|20% Off
French ballroom chairs with original blue paint, 19th century
Located in Houston, TX
These French ballroom chairs, dating to the mid 19th century, exemplify the grace and craftsmanship of the Second Empire period. These would make fabulous accent chairs!! Retaining t...
Silk, Wood, Paint
19th Century Unusual Antique Folk Art Chair with Storage from Northern Sweden
Located in Kramfors, SE
19th century unusual chair in folk art from northern Sweden. This is antique chair is made by hand in solid pine around 1850. Unique model with a curved back and storage underneath t...
Pine
Set of Six Italian Carved Walnut Chairs 19th Century Velvet to Replace
Located in Milano, MI
Six Italian Carved Walnut Chairs from the late 1800s with seat to be renewed in green velvet. The six chairs are in good joinery condition, the walnut frame is solid and you can use...
Velvet, Walnut
George J. Hunzinger American Aesthetic Movement Side Chair, Circa 1880–1895
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
George J. Hunzinger American Aesthetic Movement Side Chair, Circa 1880–1895 Dimensions: 33" H × 16" W × 18" D Seat Height: 16" This rare and sculpturally articulated American side ...
Walnut, Leather
1981 'Ulisse' Red Enameled Folding Cane Chair by Ivan Loss for Sandrigarden
By Ivan Loss
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ulisse is a 1981 Italian Post-Modern folding chair designed by Ivan Loss for Sandrigarden Vicenza. Red enameled metal tubing forms a functional walking cane with a curved hook ha...
Metal, Enamel
Victorian Walnut & Needlepoint Nursing Chair, United Kingdom, Mid-19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
High Victorian walnut framed nursing / occasional chair with original needlepoint tapestry and decorative gimp cord - exceptional bench made hand carved quality frame with warm aged patina - featuring tapestry upholstery with flowers and tobacco leaves - finished with the original brass casters with ceramic wheels - polished finish to the frame - United Kingdom - mid 19th century. Excellent / near mint antique condition - minor loss to the seat tapestry...
Tapestry, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Chair in transition Rococo / Gustavian Hälsingland
Located in Boden, SE
A fantastic mid 19th Century very genuine & rustic Rococo / Gustavian Chair from Hälsingland ,Northern Sweden. The chair is provincial and transition between Rococo & Gustavian. Th...
Pine
$1,511Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Spinning Chair, English, Carved, Work Stool, Seat, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique spinning chair. An English, carved mahogany work stool, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Fascinating work chair ...
Wood
Rare Set of 14 French 19th-Century Louis XIV Style Chairs
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional set of fourteen French 19th-century Louis XIV style dining chairs, distinguished by their characteristic “os de mouton”cabriole legs and richly sculpted walnut frames. Th...
Wood, Velvet, Walnut
Pair of Antique Swiss Black Forest Chairs w. Matching Tilt-Top Table, Late 1800s
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning hand carved Black Forest hall set with marquetry inlay. These very well crafted pieces of Black Forest furniture are an incredible sight to see. The workmanship and the lar...
Wood
Antique Renaissance Carved Lion Heads Curule Savonarola Style Chairs - a Pair
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a wonderful pair of antique Renaissance Curule or Savonarola Style Chairs with carved loins heads beneath carved scrolls on the arm posts and a carved crest between the posts...
Wood
$1,412 / item
Swiss alp escabelle B 79
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B 79
Wood
Set of 4 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 4 antique regency quality mahogany dining chairs having a quality carved mahogany top rail, carved mahogany splat to the centre with a figured mahogany panel, newly reupholste...
Other
A pair of 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Empire chairs with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A pair of 19th Century Swedish Folk art chairs from Skellefteå, Northern Sweden. Scraped by hand to its beautiful original color. They could be used as side chairs in different par...
Pine
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Belter Victorian Rosewood & Burl Boudoir Chair C1860
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Belter Victorian Rosewood & Burl Boudoir Chair C1860 Measures - 33 5/8" x 17 5/8" x 20 1/2" This boudoir chair is attributed to the style of...
Rosewood
$720Sale Price|44% Off
Swiss Alp , folk art , Escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle dated 1812.
Wood
Antique Walnut Gothic Renaissance Revival Carved Highback Throne Hall Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Gothic / Renaissance Revival highback throne chair. Made of walnut featuring carved and reticulated accents with fleur-de-lis crest, burl walnut panels, incised circular bos...
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Chair. Vienna, c. 1825
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This fine Biedermeier side chair was made in Vienna circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier pieces are distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design, exc...
Upholstery, Walnut
$1,118
Swiss alp escabelle B13
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B13
Wood
$1,141
Swiss alp escabelle B 41
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B 41
Wood
$1,118
Swiss alp escabelle B 62
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B 62
Wood
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Pair 19th C French Louis V Style Bergere Lounge Chairs with Hand Carved Frames
Located in New York, NY
Voguish pair of French Beregeres, having hand carved wood frames, and upholstered seats and backs. The chairs are structurally sound and sturdy, the upholstery is as is, and will nee...
Upholstery, 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.
Oak
Florentine Savonarola Chair, all hand Carved Walnut Restored and Wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important Original Florentine Renaissance Savonarola chair in carved walnut polished to wax. Armrests ending with two finely hand-carved heads of lion: type of finish produced to in...
Walnut
$1,560Sale Price / set|20% Off
1860S French Fireside Chair and Matching Footstool
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A pretty Napoleon III fireside slipper chair, with deep-buttoned back rest, luxurious yellow velvet upholstery and a plush sprung seat. Dating f...
Wood, Velvet
Antique American Wrought Iron Shoe Shine Chair
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous American Victorian painted yellow wrought iron wire Grand shoe shining stand by Royal Products Chicago. Born in the late 19th century, the tall shoeshine chair...
Wrought Iron
Swedish Stump Chair 1850's
Located in Farsta, SE
Heavily patinated Swedish Stump Chair, made in ca 1850's. That has withstand the test of time. It’s repaired with iron studs and plates. Height: 69,5 cm Seat Height: 48 cm Width: 41...
Pine
$1,153
Swiss alp escabelle B2
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B2
Wood
$2,400 / set
A Pair of Regency Mahogany Cane Chairs, c.1810
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of regency mahogany low-back cane bottom chairs, circa 1810. 18 ½ inches wide by 22 inches deep by 30 ¼ inches tall; seat height 17 inches
Mahogany
$784Sale Price|43% Off
Swiss Alp, folk art , Escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp, folk art , escabelle.
Wood
$760Sale Price|52% Off
Swiss alp escabelle B 48
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp escabelle B 48
Wood
$6,000 / set
19th Century Swedish Empire Klismos Chairs
Located in Allerum, SE
Pair of 19th century Swedish mahogany Empire klismos chairs. Sweden ca 1820.
Mahogany
$1,690Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Elbow Chair, English, Beech, Smoker's Bow, Captain Seat, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair. An English, beech and fruitwood smoker's bow or captain's chair, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Excellent country house appeal wi...
Beech
Bentwood Chair By Harnisch & Co. Wiena 1880
By Thonet
Located in Čelinac, BA
Harnisch & Co. Benrwood Chair Wiena 1880
Bentwood
French Empire Period Set of Four Provincial Walnut Chairs, 1st quarter 19th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each chair having a shaped and open splat backrest and a drop in rush seat, two of the rush seats older than the others, the round seats are raised on flared square tapering legs
Rush, Walnut
Pair of Period Gustavian Chairs in Original Paint, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming pair of Swedish Gustavian side chairs from the late 18th century, each scraped back to reveal traces of their original soft grayish-white paint, now beautifully timeworn a...
Pine
Arne Hovmand Olsen Black Leather Teak Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Arne Hovmand-Olsen dining chair, teak, black leather, Denmark, 1960s
Leather, Teak
Pair of Gothic Revival Inlaid & Fine Cut Velvet Side Chairs, English, c. 1870
By Bruce James Talbert, Charles Bevan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A richly detailed pair of English Gothic Revival walnut side chairs, dating to around 1870, distinguished by their intricately carved tracery backs, architectural arcade motifs, and ...
Upholstery, Ebony, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Children's Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French Louis XVI style giltwood children's chair. Antique French Louis XVI style gilt wood and cane children's chair or child's chair from the 19th century. This French ...
Giltwood
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...
Wicker
Pair of 19th Century French Régence Style Children's Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Régence style Children's chairs. Stunning pair of 19th century French Régence style children's chairs or child's chairs. These antique French Regence sty...
Tapestry, Wood
American Ladder Back Chair, c.1800
Located in Savannah, GA
An American three slat ladder back chair with cane seat, circa 1800. 18 ¾ inches wide by 14 ¾ inches deep by 38 ¼ inches tall; seat height 15 ¼ inches
Cane, Wood
$5,120Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 4 Antique French Louis XV Style Giltwood & Aubusson Tapestry Fauteuil Arm
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Set of 4 Antique French Louis XV Style Giltwood & Aubusson Tapestry Fauteuil Arm Chairs.
Giltwood
$2,361Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Drawing Room Armchair, English, Elbow Chair, Chippendale Revival, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing room armchair. An English, mahogany elbow chair in Chippendale revival taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Endearing Chippendale revi...
Wood
Six New England Hitchcock Chairs Rosewood Painted & Stenciled Flowering Plants
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Six New England Hitchcock-Type Stenciled and Caned Fancy Side Chairs Circa 1840 This complete set of six New England side chairs, almost certainly made in Connecticut, belong...
Wood
19th Set of Four Spanish Carved Chairs with Leather Seat and Back
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 4 Spanish chairs with leather sling seatsand backs on oak and sycamore frames with hand carved decoration. These chairs are true to the Spani...
Leather, Oak
$1,160Sale Price / set|20% Off
Antique Pair of French Louis XVI Style Walnut Fauteuil Armchairs, 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of French Louis XVI style fauteuil armchairs offer caved walnut frame with foliate crest surmounting medallion...
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Chair, Cherry, Germany (Bavaria) 1800-1810
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier Chair South Germany Cherry early 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 97 x 49 x 50 cm Seat height: 49 cm Description: Beautifully shaped chair, made of solid cherry in ...
Cherry
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair. Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style walnut Savroarola chair, side chair, armchair or throne chair. This beautifully carved Gothic style chair...
Walnut, Suede
$720Sale Price|44% Off
Swiss Alp, folk art , Escabelle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle.
Wood
$5,520Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XIII Style Throne Armchairs
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French 19th century Revival Louis XIII style throne armchairs with hand carved figures on the raised arm rests and top of the chair backs...
Velvet, Oak
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