Arts and Crafts Chairs
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Color: Brown
Shapland & Petter, Set of Six Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs with Shaped Backs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. A set of six Arts and Crafts oak dining chairs with subtle shaped back slats and incised details to the square t...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Shapland & Petter, Four Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs with Floral Details
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter.
A set of four Arts & Crafts dining chairs with stylised floral carved head rail and back splats, the front legs with gentle 'in and out' curving to all four fac...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
21st Century Hybrid No 1 Armchair with Hand-Carved Antlers and Brown Leather
Located in New York, NY
Hybrid collection was inspired by the mythologies of parahumans. This anthro chair unions with its owner, merging into one. It is entirely handmade, a special leather with rare patterns has been selected and a textured paint...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Beech
Brilliant Design Dutch Arts & Crafts Oak Desk Chair w. Original Upholstery 1910s
Located in Lisse, NL
Great design, wonderfully executed and truly comfortable desk chair from circa 1910.
This striking but relatively small size Arts & Crafts desk chair is ideal for ladies or for not ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
George Walton. A Rare Arts & Crafts Philippines Cane Chair with Serpentine Back
Located in London, GB
George Walton. A Rare Arts & Crafts walnut high back 'Philippines begere chair'.
The serpentine shaped high back is not just very comfortably but very elegant and refined.
In the P...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Antique Wooden Armchair Ca.1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
French antique wooden armchair made around 1900.
Has a cane seat and nice sculpture in the backrest.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
N-Gene Armchair with Black and Beige Checker Fabric and Black Leather
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engin, in the 1970s. The N-Gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholstere...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Six Hand Made Arts & Crafts Dinning Chairs by Studio Artist David Smith USA
By David Smith & Co.
Located in Bellport, NY
There are two arm chairs and 4 side chairs all in immaculate condition, constructed by hand of (Java Hardwoods) by studio Craft artist David Smith.
David known for his impeccable hand crafted American Country Furniture...
Category
Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Beice Armchair Mint Green
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
European Wood and Vienna Straw Swivel Chair in Thonet Style, 1900s
By Thonet
Located in MIlano, IT
European wood and Vienna straw swivel chair in Thonet style, 1900s
Thonet style swivel chair, adjustable in height. Black painted wooden structure chair with armrests and round seat...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Rare & Sturdy Vintage Pair of Handcrafted Oak Arts & Crafts Stools w Curved Seat
Located in Lisse, NL
Great style and wonderful condition pair of semi-antique solid oak stools.
Finding this rare pair of vintage stools was a treat and to have found them in this amazing condition made...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood, Oak
N-Gene Armchair with Green Checker Fabric and Purple Leather
Located in New York, NY
The N-gene armchair is a reinterpretation of an armchair designed by Merve’s uncle, interior designer, Engin, in the 1970s. The N-Gene is re-envisioned with caning, and is upholstere...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of French Bentwood Thonet Style Armchairs
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of French Thonet style bentwood armchairs made of beechwood with turned legs and spindle back. Original red vinyl seat and armrests with nailhead trim.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Beice Armchair Pastel Blue
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Shapland & Petter, A Pair Of English Arts & Crafts Ash & Rush Seat Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. Stamped with their design numbers under the seats.
An unusual pair of English Arts & Crafts Ash side chairs with heart-shaped op...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
Contemporary Black Sculpture Chair MATRIX by Studio 1+11, Germany
By Wim Yanov
Located in Berlin, DE
The Object Chair Matrix is wood hand made chair in geometrical form, with black metal details.
It is a form of an experience the comer makes indivi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Iris Chair with Leather, Velvet, Faux fur and Brass Finished Legs
Located in New York, NY
In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. Inspired by this rainbow, it is a combination of layers and intentions. This minimal and ele...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Iron
Contemporary Dandy Chair with Leather, Striped Upholstery, Oak and Brass
Located in New York, NY
Thanks to its curved structure and smooth leather upholstery, Dandy offers a comfortable, relaxing environment to its users. Combination of contrasting colors, playful striped fabric and natural materials makes Dandy suitable for different spaces. The special leather takes the body shapes...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Shapland & Petter, Baillie Scott Style of, Arts & Crafts Oak Rush Seated Chair
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. A good Arts and Crafts oak rush seated chair in the style of M H Baillie Scott with a lower heart cut-out to the back rest. A wide apron below the seat with subt...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
Set of 4 Arts & Crafts Patinated Walnut Dining Chairs w. Inlaid Stylized Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Top quality Arts and Crafts workmanship chairs, in near-mint condition.
If you are looking for the best condition and materials antiques only then this set of four dining chairs cou...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Wood, Velvet, Oak, Upholstery
Contemporary Iris Chair with Brass Finished Legs
Located in New York, NY
In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. Inspired by this rainbow, it is a combination of layers and intentions. This minimal and ele...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Iron
Aesthetic Movement Walnut Lyre Back Bedroom or Side Chair with Button Seat
Located in London, GB
An aesthetic movement walnut lyre back bedroom chair in wonderful original condition retaining it's original button seat.
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Beice Armchair Pastel Yellow
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Beice Armchair Pastel Pink
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
English Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chair with Stylised Floral Cut-Outs to the Arms
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter attributed.
An English Arts & Crafts oak dining chair with stylized floral cut-outs to the arms which follow through to the lower stretcher giving it more streng...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
E Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau Six Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Edward Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau. A set of six oak Arts & Crafts style dining chairs with chamfered details to the backs and carved Acorns to the legs with leather dro...
Category
1950s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Shapland & Petter Attr, a Set of Four Simple Arts & Crafts Rush Seated Chairs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter attributed. A set of four simple Arts and crafts rush seated chairs in good original condition with the essence o...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
Jas Shoolbred Attributed a Set of Four Arts & Crafts Oak & Leather Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred attributed.
A good quality set of four Arts & Crafts oak dining chairs with tramline details throughout, totally restored and professionally upholstered in a quality l...
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Beechwood Uni Armchair with Heart Shaped Back and Mohair Upholstery
Located in New York, NY
Dedicated to all the broken hearts, Uni represents both separation and unification of souls. Contrasting of forest green and cream reflect the differences between any two living thin...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Beice Armchair Neon Yellow
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Jas Shoolbred. Arts & Crafts Mahogany Rosewood Chair With stylised Floral Inlay
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts Mahogany and Rosewood nursing chair made by Jas Shoolbred with stylised floral inlaid details to the back and head rest. Original label to the underneath.
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Lars Israel Wahlman Designed High Back Oak Swedish Arts & Crafts Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Lars Israel Wahlman was one of Sweden’s premier architects and designers of the early 20th century - a time known for the Swedish Arts & Crafts per...
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Beice Armchair Lilac
Located in New York, NY
Beice armchair is designed to mimic the feeling of sitting on a cotton candy cloud. The combination of its color, arc shaped back rest, round edges and ...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
English Upholstered Two Seat Wood Bobbin Stick and Ball Armchair or Bench
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fantastic antique stick and ball armchair or bench. This beautiful chair features a turned wooden back, arms and legs. The high back and Arts & Crafts or Victorian style frame will be gorgeous in any antique lover’s home.
The seat back features turned wooden spindles which match the spindles on the sides.
The upholstered bench is removable and currently upholstered in a plaid fabric with matching piping. Additionally, a long lumbar pillow...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Four Chairs Thonet, circa 1920
By Thonet
Located in Praha, CZ
Solid and compact, perfectly clean. Newly upholstered in the recent past.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
English Arts and Crafts Oak Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good English Arts and Crafts period armchair, the shaped crest over slatted back, the arms similarly slatted, standing on square legs on original brass and ceramic castors, the uphol...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Six Very Rare 1930s Burr Oak Restored Robert Mouseman Thompson Dining Chairs 6
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare set of six burr oak 1930s Robert Mouseman Thompson dining chairs in fully restored condition
These chairs have been fully restored, all the original woven seats had dried and perished over the last 90-100 years of use, there weren’t safe to use, as such I have had all the woven leather replaced on every chair, it took 3-4 hides of thick veg tan plain leather which was hand dyed back to the original chestnut brown colour, I have a complete suite of pictures of the entire process. The frames have been glued and clamped where required, treated for insects as a matter of process not need, then deep cleaned waxed and polished
The timber on these chairs is a bit of a lottery jackpot, they have the original scalloped backs which is basically the honeycombed look and feel, but these panels are all burr oak. To put this in context a small milking stool by Mouseman may sell for £200-£300 in normal oak, in burr oak it sells for £1600-£2000. The timber is super rare, highly collectable and the finest of all the Mouseman...
Category
1930s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Shapland & Petter Substantial Arts & Crafts Oak Armchair with Floral Decoration
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter.
A substantial and solid Arts and Crafts oak armchair with stylised floral cut-outs to the top extended uprights. Pro...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Peteca Contemporary Chair
Located in Floresta, MG
The history of peteca (shuttlecock) is genuinely Brazilian. Name given to both sport and artifact, peteca has indigenous origin, a creation of the natives that inhabited the territor...
Category
2010s Brazilian Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Steel
Wylie & Lochhead, M H Baillie Scott, an Arts & Crafts Glasgow School Oak Settle
Located in London, GB
Wylie and Lochhead maker, after a design by M H Baillie Scott.
A good Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak wing back settle, with stylized floral carved...
Category
1890s Scottish Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Handsome Cerused Oak French Armchair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderfully crafted French armchair in cerused oak having Classic geometric lines and an unexpected beautiful strip of caning on the back, with newly upholstered brown velvet seat wi...
Category
1940s French Vintage Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Norman & Stacey attributed. An Arts and Crafts high with shaped back oak chair
By Norman and Stacey
Located in London, GB
Norman and Stacy attributed Arts & Crafts oak chair with a serpentine-shaped backrest making it very comfortable indeed, the seat with shaped supports below and unusual stylized stre...
Category
1890s British Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Elegant Arts & Crafts 1900 Armchair or Chair Mid-20th Century Design Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Arts & Crafts in the style of Thonet
Elegant and original 1900 armchair by English or Osterreich designer
Original good condition
Many sculptural wood waves effects
Measu...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Heals Limed Oak Tilden Dining Table with Eight matching Chairs & matching Mirror
By Heal's
Located in London, GB
Heals. An Arts and Crafts limed oak dining set consisting of a Tilden dining table, six dining chairs and two armchairs (making eight in total) and a rare matching mirror.
Dining ta...
Category
1930s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Contemporary American White Oak Dandy Chair with Beige Suede Leather and Copper
Located in New York, NY
Thanks to its curved structure and smooth suede leather upholstery, Dandy offers a comfortable, relaxing environment to its users. Combination of light colors and natural materials makes Dandy suitable for different spaces. The special suede leather takes the body shapes...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Arts & Crafts Side or Bedroom Chair with Stylized Tulip Cut-Outs to the Back
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts rush seated side or bedroom chair probably made by Wylie and Lochhead with stylized tulip cut-outs to the back retaining it's original rush seat in great condition.
Category
20th Century British Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Arts & Crafts Side Chair with Ebony and Pewter Inlays, Probably Waring & Gillow.
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts rush seated side chair with stylised floral ebony and Pewter inlays, and further herringbone inlays probably made by Waring and Gillow, with a professionally re up...
Category
20th Century British Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Pewter
Shapland & Petter An Arts & Crafts Inlaid Oak Side Chair with a Pierced Heart
By John Ednie
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. An Arts and Crafts oak side chair with a pierced heart and chequered string inlays.
New professionally laid cane seat.
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Six Arts & Crafts Chairs with Stylized Floral Inlays Using Pewter Ebony
Located in London, GB
A rare set of six Arts and Crafts chairs attributed to Liberty and Co with stylized floral inlays using Pewter Ebony and fruit woods.
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Pewter
Stunning Edwardian Bow Back Walnut Chair Arts & Crafts Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England walnut frame bow back armchair with mother of pearl inlay in the arts of crafts style
A good looking and decora...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
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
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak
Fine Pair of American Hand Decorated "Grape & Vine" Arts & Crafts Chairs
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an important thirty year old New England collection of hand decorated pyrographic Arts & Crafts chairs
This is a beautiful pair of 19th century chairs hand decorated in a lov...
Category
1890s American Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood, Pine
1920s Pair of Modernist Ladder Back Chairs Attributed to Josef Urban
By Josef Urban
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An unusual and highly architectural pair of hall chairs showing both Arts & Crafts and Secessionist influences. These expressive ladder back chairs are crafted of oak and are in exce...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
E W Godwin attributed. An Anglo-Japanese Walnut Side Chair.
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), an Anglo-Japanese walnut side chair, circa 1875, probably by William Watt. With a lattice back, a later overstuffed gi...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Walnut
George Walton Attributed, Pair of Arts & Crafts Chairs with Bold Chequer Inlays
Located in London, GB
George Walton attributed, a pair of Arts and Crafts Glasgow style oak chairs with bold ebony and boxwood chequer inlays, rush seat and head rest with turned legs and H-shape floor st...
Category
1890s English Antique Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Rush, Boxwood, Ebony, Oak
Pair of Arts & Crafts Armchairs by Shapland & Petter
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super pair of Arts & Crafts oak open armchairs by Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple and dating to circa 1910. With three roundels to the toprail and tulip shaped splats beneath, they...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Arts and Crafts Children's or Miniature Chair Attributed to Jac van den Bosch
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique tiger oak chair from the Dutch Arts & Crafts era.
Arts & Crafts children's chairs are a rare find and to have found an original Dutch one in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Oak, Upholstery
Ebonized Arts & Crafts Style Dining Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Set of six vintage mahogany dining chairs including two armchairs and four side chairs. Newly re-upholstered in handsome black and white...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Linen, Mahogany
Arts And Crafts chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Arts and Crafts chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, oak and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Arts and Crafts chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Merve Kahraman, Shapland & Petter, Animate Objects, and Liberty & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $185 and tops out at $54,000 while the average work can sell for $2,440.
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