19th Century Chairs

Period Early 19th Century Russian Giltwood and Painted Armchair or Bergere. In style of Rossi. Incredible proportion and size. Good size for modern sitting...

For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 6 Traditional Queen Anne Splat Back...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare and collectable William Morris Rush seat Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum The History This chair was named after a country chair found in Sussex, which inspired the design with the turned frame and rush seat. Similar types of chairs, with imitation bamboo frames and rush seats, were fashionable between 1790 and 1820. Ownership & Use William Morris and his wife, Jane, used Sussex chairs in their first home, Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, from 1860 and subsequently in their London house, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Morris's great friend, the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) had Sussex armchairs in his studio, as did the sculptor, Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934). Robert Edis recommended this chair as 'excellent, comfortable and artistic' in his influential book, 'Decoration and Furnishing of Town Houses in 1881'. Examples from the Sussex range were supplied for students' rooms at Newnham College...

Set of four mahogany Queen Anne style chairs with a pleasant warm color and patina, typical vase shaped center splat, upholstered slip seats fo...

Set of 12 mahogany "Queen Anne " style Danish dining chairs.

Near pair of 19th century French rattan armchairs in good condition.

Liberty & Co attributed made by William Birch. An English Arts & Crafts shaped ladder back armchair with ball finials to the back and to the front of the arms with turned supports ...

Beautiful pair of 19th century French armchairs.

Nice twisted arms on those chairs, so different, very comfortable as well.

I actually don't want to sell this piece before I know what it is.

This is a custom-made, English walnut Queen Anne style dining chair with an upholstered slip seat, scalloped apron and carved, cabriole legs. Small in stature, but great in comfort f...

A pair of Queen Anne style dining side chairs by high-quality furniture maker Hickory Chair. Mahogany with solid carved back rest, a rose red color velvet fabric upholstered seat, ro...