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Period: Early 20th Century
Marcel Kammerer Settee Bench Seat, Thonet Austria, Turquoise Green Leather, 1910
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic settee designed by Marcel Kammerer and manufactured by Thonet, Austria, circa 1910.
It is made of dark or almost black stained beech wood in mahogany tone and French pol...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Bentwood, Beech
Brighton Pavilion Style Rattan Dining Armchairs
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired pair of English Brighton Pavilion-style rattan dining armchairs was made in the English Brighton Pavilion style...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Large Group of Cafe Chairs from Old Time Saratoga NY Adelphi Hotel
Located in New York, NY
46 ice cream style cafe chairs, originally from the landmark Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga NY. Hand-wrought iron frame with upholstered pad seat, seats show some wear, normal and consist...
Category
American Romantic Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Wooden Replicas of the Stone Throne from the Minoan Palace at Knossos
Located in New York, NY
An extremely rare pair of hand-crafted wooden replicas
of the famous stone throne from the Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete.
The original artifact dates...
Category
Other Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
ANTIQUE nice ROYCROFT Morris Chair, Stickley era - W8079 SALE SALE
By Roycroft
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an Antique Roycroft Morris Chair in very good condition. The spring seat has been recovered with fine quality green hand-spun green leath...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cotton, Oak
Antique Art Nouveau Armchair in Solid Oak and Floral Upholstery, Belgium ca 1900
Located in Aartselaar, BE
This elegant armchair, crafted around 1900–1910, is a true masterpiece of early 20th-century craftsmanship, blending the clean geometry of the Arts and Crafts movement with the organ...
Category
Belgian Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood, Oak, Fabric
Antique Japanese Meiji Pearl Shell Inlaid Carved Hongmu Dragon Chair
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning authentic antique Meiji Era (1867-1912) Japanese pearl and shell inlaid profusely hand carved hardwood chair with beautifully aged patina, warm rich coloring, dark grain d...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
A Pair of Solid Oak Arts & Crafts Armchairs
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A pair of early 20th century Arts & Crafts Armchairs. Solid oak with a green fabric re-upholstery.
Dimensions: H 78cm W 63cm D 52cm Seat H 35cm W 52cm D 48cm
Category
English Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Savonarola Folding Chair circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Renaissance style walnut Savonarola folding chair from circa 1900 with lion paw feet. This Italian Renaissance style Savonarola chair, dating back to circa 1900, is a sple...
Category
Italian Renaissance Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set 6 Vintage Industrial Original Singer Sewing Spring Back Factory Chairs Stool
By Singer
Located in Sale, GB
- A magnificent set of six iconic and rare Singer sewing spring back factory chairs, English circa 1920.
- Cast iron construction, sprung backrests, height adjustable chunky seats, a...
Category
British Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Iron
Anglo-Indian Mughal Mother of Pearl Inlaid Side Chair with Ram's Head
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Anglo-Indian Mughal Mother of Pearl Inlaid Side Chair with Ram's Head.
very collectable and rare to find we also have the armchairs ava...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone, Shell
Green Leather Louis XV Armchair, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Louis XV style cabriolet armchair, in white lacquered wood standing on four cabriole legs ending by scrolls with carved sculpted leaves and flowers. Arm supports slightly behind th...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
Restored Art Deco Chair, by Thonet, Beech, Revived Polish, Czech, 1920s
By Thonet
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant Art Deco chair comes from Czechoslovakia from the first half of the 20th century. It is made of solid beech wood and is marked Thonet.
The chair has undergone careful r...
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Beech, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Children's Horn Chair Upholstered in Leather
Located in Houston, TX
Antique children's Horn chair upholstered in leather.
Great children's chair or child's horn chair with beautifully distressed leather upholstery and brass nail head trim. This unusual antique horn chair...
Category
American Native American Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Horn
An English Cockfighting, Reading or Desk Chair.. Green Leather
Located in Buffalo, NY
An English Cockfighting, Reading or Desk Chair.. Green Leather,,
Category
English Georgian Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Brass
20th Century English Carved Oak Elizabethan Style Armchair
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a carved solid oak armchair in the Elizabethan atyle. The chair was made in England, circa 1900. All of the carving is hand done and of superior quality and depth. The chair ...
Category
English Elizabethan Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
1934 SS Normandie Art Deco Silk Velvet & Mahogany ArmChairs, Pierre Patout
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair Of Art Deco Silk Velvet Upholstered Mahogany 'S.S. Normandie' Dining Armchairs, Pierre Patout (French 1879-1965), Circa 1934. This Pair of Art Deco Mahogany Arm chairs upholster...
Category
French Art Deco Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Original of Time Otto Wagner Armchair 1901 Jugendstil, Secession Style, 1901
Located in Vienna, AT
As pioneer and master of the Modern, Otto Wagner seized the then rather new technique of bending Wood for his furniture designs.
The design of this armchair dated back in 1901. This ...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Fully renovated chair THONET Mundus, Czechoslovakia, 1920´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This THONET wooden chair was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1920´s. It´s made of beechwood. It´s marked by Thonet under the seat. In excellent condition, fully renovated.
...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood, Beech
Savonarola Chair, Year 1900
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Savonarola chair, Made in Italy, Year 1900.
The frame is made of solid wood. The seat and back are ORIGINAL leather, attached with large upholstery nails. There is fringed trimmings...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Italian Renaissance Figural Bird & Lion Carved Walnut Throne Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Figural Bird & Lion Carved Walnut Throne Arm Chair. Item features a high back, solid carved walnut frame with bird crest, pierce carved acanthus leaves th...
Category
Unknown Renaissance Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Walnut
ANTIQUE Signed " LIFETIME " Morris Chair - Stickley Era - W5786
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a very interesting model Morris Chair made by "Lifetime." Made in the Stickley Era (early 1900s), the chair is in excellent condition with the original finish. Sturdy and Str...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cotton, Oak
Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte Armchair Restored Re-Upholstered Leather
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Era Art Nouveau, early 20th century museal modernist Wiener Werkstätte armchair restored re-upholstered leather by Josef Hoffmann.
Solid walnut wood structure with original patina, with cast bronze...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Set of Primitive Brutalist Chairs in Solid Wood, T chairs, Olavi Hänninen
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
This striking set of early 20th-century Brutalist chairs is attributed to Finnish designer Olavi Hanninen, known for his raw, sculptural approach to furniture. Crafted from solid har...
Category
Finnish Brutalist Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Elm
Early French Louis XVI Style Child’s Chairs in Chartreuse Damask, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
A holiday treat! This is a pair of early French Louis XVI style children’s chairs in vintage chartreuse damask. The gray frame is cerused and in very good condition. One seat shows n...
Category
French Louis XVI Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Damask, Wood
1900s Marcel Kammerer Chair No.6517 for Thonet, Austria
Located in Praha, CZ
- newly upholstered in Backhausen fabric
- carefully refurbished and finished with ebony shellac
- Height of seat 47 cm.
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Thonet Model No. 511 Bentwood Armchair, Vienna Secession, circa 1904
Located in Austin, TX
An iconic armchair of the Vienna Secession movement, the Thonet model no. 511 bent beechwood armchair, featuring stunning lines and beautiful proportions. A design tour de force, it ...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Cane, Beech, Bentwood
Antique English Arts & Crafts Stick Back Windsor Chair Heals of London
By Ambrose Heal
Located in London, GB
Antique English Arts & Crafts Stick Back Windsor Chair,
Heals Of London
Oak construction
circa 1900
Very good condition commensurate of age.
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
Early Mid-Century Francis Jourdain Armchair
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Early and important midcentury Francis Jourdain armchair. This particular model is also in the MET collection. This chair has been left in original condition. At the buyers request I...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Pair of Antique Caned British Colonial Planters Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing pair of early 20th century British Colonial plantation chairs handcrafted in indigenous mahogany with elegant form featuri...
Category
Caribbean British Colonial Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Hand Carved Rustic Stump Chair in Birch, Swedish Modern, Wabi Sabi, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
An adorable stump chair made from a solid birch root with a lovely leather cushion. Hand carved by an unknown Swedish cabinetmaker in the early 1900s. A beautiful wabi sabi piece for...
Category
Swedish Brutalist Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood, Birch
Antique Hand Carved Tiger Oak Gothic Revival Desk or Hall Chair w. Leather Seat
Located in Lisse, NL
Great design and finely hand carved Gothic desk chair from the Arts and Crafts Era.
This practical size chair from late 19th or early 20th centur...
Category
European Gothic Revival Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Brass
Unusual Antique Art Nouveau Quality Mahogany Inlaid Child’s Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique Art Nouveau quality mahogany inlaid child’s chair having a superb quality mahogany shaped back with a pretty inlaid top rail, fantastic quality carved centre splat, s...
Category
European Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Piano or Desk Chair
Located in Peekskill, NY
This swivel chair is a bit ornate but still has a nice light feel to it. It wood finish is original with a dark reddish color and a slight aged patina. Strangely enough I've walked b...
Category
American Victorian Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Old Hickory Barrel Back Chairs -Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Old Hickory signed Old Hickory Furniture Company ,Martinsville,Indiana this pair of barrel back chairs are in pristine condition.The hand woven cane seating and back side have...
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Hickory
Scottish 1900s Orkney Island Canopy Chair with Hooded Handwoven Straw Back
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Scottish Orkney Island canopy chair from the early 20th century with handwoven straw hooded back, rush seat, open arms, tapering legs and side stretche...
Category
Scottish Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood, Rush
Tall Ming Style Chairs with Black Paint, a Pair
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful and tall Ming style chairs with a yoke back. The chairs are painted black and very dramatic in scale and appearance. They are vintage but give a nod to the traditional an...
Category
Chinese Chinese Chippendale Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Gurage Peoples Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking and rare early 20th century Ethiopian Gurage Peoples chair with a modernist spirit, carved of a single piece of wood with a curved back and a r...
Category
Ethiopian Tribal Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique French Cane Walnut Dining Chairs, Set of 6
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Set of 6 Antique Early 1900's French Provincial Cane Walnut Dinin...
Category
French Provincial Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
William Birch for Liberty & Co. A pair of Arts & Crafts rush seat oak chairs
Located in London, GB
William Birch. Liberty and Co retailer. A classic pair of Arts and Crafts rush seat oak chairs with a wide curved headrest and attractive wild grain. Ring turned legs with ring turne...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Rush
Neoclassical Antique French-Style Gilded Chair
Located in Rümmingen, BW
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This antique chair features a gilded wooden frame with a spindle backr...
Category
French Neoclassical Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Armchairs Chairs Marcel Kammerer, Thonet, Turquoise Green Leather, 1910
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of fantastic bentwood armchairs designed by Marcel Kammerer and manufactured by Thonet, Austria, circa 1910.
They are made of dark or almost black stained beech wood in mahog...
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Bentwood, Beech
Superb Antique Morris Chair by Sikes Chair Co.
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a SUPERB nice MASSIVE Morris Chair made by The Sikes Chair Company from Buffalo New York. The artist also had a location in PHILLY PA Pennsylvania...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cotton, Oak
Antique Set of 12 Swedish Gustavian Gray Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Round Top, TX
This wonderful set of twelve dining chairs exudes a graceful country charm. While likely from a Swedish farm house, these speak to a more upscale home with a touch of elegance due to...
Category
Swedish Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Art Deco Chair with Upholstered Seat, Europe First half of the 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
Characterised by bold shapes, rich materials, and luxurious aesthetics, Art Deco transformed the way we perceive interior spaces. The era praised the fusion of form and function, an ...
Category
European Art Deco Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Adrondach Children's Ranch House or Beach Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These very cool Children's beach or ranch house chairs are so amazing and coated in nautical boat varnish for protection.They are very strong and durable.Sold as a pair.
Category
American Adirondack Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Hickory
Set of Four French Louis XVI Style Painted Chairs, Lyre Model, C.1900
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of four French Louis XVI style painted lyre back chairs on four tapered legs. C. 1900.
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set 8 Sheraton Dining Chairs Mahogany Revival
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 8 (6 + 2) mahogany sheraton revival dining chairs
These elegant dining chairs stand upon elegant tapered legs with spade feet
The seats are of a stuff over form
We have variou...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Original and Documented Jugendstil Adolf Loos Chair, 20th Century, 1907
Located in Vienna, AT
Chair from the antechamber of the Rudolf Kraus apartment, brother of Karl Kraus, the famous wordsmith. This Apartment in Vienna 1, Nibelungengasse 13, was presented by Adolf Loos on ...
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Beech
Rare Walnut Copper and Parchment Side Chair by Carlo Bugatti.
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare carved walnut side chair by Carlo Bugatti upholstered with parchment and inlaid with pewter details and mounted with hammered copper decoration. Beauty & Mischief: The Design Al...
Category
Italian Aesthetic Movement Antique Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Laurens Groen Art Deco Side Chair in Birch and Beige Corduroy Velvet 1920s
By Laurens Groen, H.H. de Klerk & Zonen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Laurens Groen for H.H. de Klerk & Zoonen, chair, birch, corduroy velvet, The Netherlands, 1924
This chair by Dutch designer Laurens Groen has a striking, well-documented provenance....
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Biedermeier Carver Chairs Early 1900 Swedish Antique Marquetry Inlays Art Deco A
Located in Lewes, England
Swedish Art Deco/ late Biedermeier Empire pair of carver chairs in highly quilted golden birch veneers finished in the Classic darker honey color French polish finish with very unusu...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Birch
René Herbst Pair of 'Sandows' Dining Chairs in Steel and Cord
By René Herbst
Located in Waalwijk, NL
René Herbst, pair of 'Sandows' chairs, model '101', chrome-plated steel, elastic rope, France, design 1928, produced 1970s.
The 'Sandows' chair epitomizes the industrial advancement...
Category
French Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
M H Baillie Scott attri An Arts & Crafts Oak Chair With Stylised Floral Cut-Outs
Located in London, GB
M H Baillie Scott attri, An Arts & Crafts Oak Chair With Stylised Floral Cut-Outs to the back and Pierced Tulips to the aprons below the front and the sides of the seat.
A very progr...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
Batlló Chair by Spanish Modernist Antoni Gaudí
Located in Toronto, CA
Originally designed by Spanish Modernist Architect Antoni Gaudí in 1907, to be placed in the dining room of Casa Batlló, the Batlló Chair was one of the first signs of ergonomic furn...
Category
Spanish Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood, Oak
Original Otto Prutscher&Kohn Jacob/Josef Jugendstil Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Originally made by Thonet with the Nr: 567 - for the Café Heinrichshof - oposite the Vienna States Opera House, destroid 1945. Published first in 1908 in a "Sesselalbum" by Thonet (J...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Japanese Antique Primitive Chair 1860s-1920s / Side Chair Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old primitive style chair made in Japan.
Originally used as a threshing mortar, it is a very rare piece that has been improved and made into a chair.
The millstone itself ...
Category
Japanese Primitive Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Cirencester, GB
Circa 1900 this pair of antique armchairs have been painted over the gilt. This paint has then been rubbed back revealing the gilt in places.
The seats and the more recent upholste...
Category
French Louis XVI Early 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Beech
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