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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Pair George III Polychrome Decorated Open Armchairs C1785 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of George III polychrome decorated open armchairs, attributed to Gillows, Circa 1785 in date. Each is superbly decorated with hand painted garlands, ribbon tied foliate trails, patera, bellflower pendants and demi-lune fan medallion. The chairs have shield shaped back with vertical medallion splats raised on square tapering front legs and splayed rear legs. They are beautifully upholstered in a cream floral patterned and buttoned fabric. Footnotes: A virtually identical mahogany open armchair, albeit one with carved rather than polychrome detailing to its frames, is illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Vol. I, 2008, Woodbridge, pl. 124, p. 165. A closely comparable design appears alongside, with the description: 'The five-splat chair...
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George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Children Chair with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Rococo children chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden A very charming and genuine Rococo Chair. Great for children aged 6-12 years. Scraped by hand to its originalpaint. Good antique condition with minor historic knocks, marks, scratchers, wear, imperfections as is to be expected with functional antique furniture. A rare find that would look amazing in the right location. It is upholstered in old antique linen fabric...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Pine

Louis XV period Canapé à Oreilles Serpentine Shaped Sofa, Settee Upholstered
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
A Louis XV period Canapé à Oreilles serpentine-shaped sofa. Featuring carved detailing, decorated with floral motifs and acanthus, with original Verd...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Walnut

Italian Carved 18th Century Tall Back Caned Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful antique very early caned tall backed Italian chair. Bought in the South of France. Caning has a small hole on the back but in great s...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Cane, Walnut

18th C Swedish Painted Settee with Green Gingham Upholstery
Located in Buchanan, NY
An outstanding 18th century Swedish sofa in green gingham upholstery with double piping. The painted frame features a serpentine back with carved floral motifs, gently flared arm res...
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Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Pair of 18th Century Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A pair of provincial barrel back chairs in a decorative carved design with stylish kick-out legs. Repainted in soft grey with newly upholstered linen.
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Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

18th Century Primitive French Oak Long Bench
Located in Hudson, NY
Fantastic french oak bench. Primitive and yet elegant in its simplicity and vernacular design. These benches had many uses, this one coming in at over one hundred inches in length mu...
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French Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Oak

18th Century Ladder-Back Armchair, circa 1760
Located in Richmond, London
A very elegant mid-18th century George III Chippendale-period armchair, or desk chair of wide proportions and a lovely mellow colour and patina; newly recovered in olive-green Zoffan...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

FINE ANTIQUE GEORGIAN CIRCA 1780 GiLTWOOD CHESTERFIELD WINDOW SETTEE SALON SOFA
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale very rare, highly collectable Georgian circa 1780 Salon settee or window seat with the original gold giltwoo...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Upholstery, Giltwood

18th Century Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century primitive Lincolnshire comb back armchair. Constructed primarily from ash with a pierced Gothic splat and thick elm seat. The chair shows traces of its original green pa...
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English Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Ash, Elm

18th century Rare Swedish Rococo Period Long Stool 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
An exquisite, rare 18th century period Rococo sofa bench/stool with hand-carved and richly decorated in scrolling carvings to three sides, Scraped to original cream white finish and ...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Linen, Wood, Paint

Antike Schaufelstühle  Biedermeier um 1820  Wallnussholz  4 Stück
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Original Biedermeier shovel chairs ✓ Impressive veneer picture ✓ Timeless and beautiful Dimensions: W: 48cm H: 90cm D: 44cm Seat height: 47cm Article: Antique chairs shovel chai...
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German Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Nutwood, Walnut

Bleached Fruitwood Louis XV Armchair Upholstered In Silk
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV armchair in bleached fruitwood. Beautifully carved with a good patina, newly upholstered in a stone coloured textured silk.
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Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Brass

Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Bench in Walnut and Straw Seat
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This exquisite Italian antique bench, crafted in the late 18th century during the Louis XVI era, embodies the elegance and simplicity characteristic of this historical period. Its de...
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Walnut, Straw

English or Scottish Hepplewhite mahogany shield back side chair, c. 1780
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Single Hepplewhite mahogany shield back side chair with over rail upholstered seat on molded square tapered front legs and raked rear legs. The pierced rails of the shield back are d...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Upholstery, Mahogany, Satinwood

Baroque Red Damask Portuguese Chair, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A tall and imponent Baroque Períod chair with legs connected to each other by H-shaped crossbars, curved and counter-curved legs where the counter-curved lines are visible, with a mo...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Damask, Upholstery, Wood

Louis XVI Style Oval Armchair, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A oval armchair with ribbed legs, elliptical seat and backrest, recurve armrests, seat and backrest in woven natural straw in excellent condition. Marks of use on the arms. Intact n...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Straw, Wood, Walnut

18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Walnut Wood Duchesse Brisée Armchair
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Walnut Wood Duchesse Brisée Armchair This particular armchair, called Duchesse Brisée, was crafted in Piemonte during the Neoclassical period, arou...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Set of Four Portuguese Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, 18th Century
Located in Astoria, NY
Set of Four Portuguese Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, 18th century, each with pierced backsplat, red silk brocade covered seat, and four legs terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Dime...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Silk, Mahogany

18th Century Leather Covered Sofa
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
An 18th Century mahogany sofa covered in leather. The lovely shape incorporates rolled arms, an undulating arched back, three cabriole legs across the front and three outswept legs a...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Leather, Mahogany

Antique pinewood church pew with storage compartments from the 18th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This antique ecclesiastical item from the 18th century, with its beautiful appearance and storage compartments, is not only a real eye-catcher but also practically useful. Due to its...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Pine

Antique large 16th-century Spanish joint stool/side table with turned legs
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This wonderful antique Spanish joint stool from the late 16th century is not only a true eye-catcher but also multifunctional. It features beautifully turned legs and a stunning pati...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

A petite Portugese carved walnut foot stool in the Rococo taste. Late 18th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The stool is distinguished by a shaped apron, cabriole legs with floral-carved knees ending in scrolled feet, and the dramatic leopard print upholstery. Perfect for resting your fe...
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Portuguese Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

18th Century French Hand Carved Wooden Cane Dining Chair Louis XVI Period
Located in Sofia, BG
18th Century French hand carved and painted in white wooden dining chair Louis XVI period with cane back. It still wearing its original upholstery in red velvet. Very good condition ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Cane

Pair of Louis XVI Stools, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of square stools with elegant tapered and fluted legs, accented by protruding corners and a delicate ribbon decoration on the apron. The seats are upholstered in green velvet, a...
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European Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Velvet, Softwood

Pair of 18th Century Swedish Baroque Bobbin Frame Stools
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Late 18th Century, period pair of Swedish Baroque stools. Repainted in soft blue paint and newly upholstered in linen. Circa 1780.
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Jacobean Oak Joint Stool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular original seat over a conforming frieze with chip carved detail, raised on turned legs joined by a box stretcher.
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English Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Exceptional 18th Century Spanish two seater Bench
Located in ECHT, NL
This rustic handmade Spanish Two Seater bench, crafted from solid chestnut wood, dates back to the 18th century. Showcasing the charm of traditional Spanish craftsmanship, it feature...
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Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood, Chestnut

Louis XVI Armchair, Germany, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant armchair from the Louis XVI period, featuring finely fluted legs and gently rising upholstered armrests. The rectangular backrest is richly adorned with a carved laurel wreat...
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German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Antique Vale of York hoop Back Windsor Chair
Located in Batley, GB
A Vale of York Windsor chair in Ash and Elm. A thick slab seat with chamfered front edge and single piece arm bow with cleft arm support. Raised on turned legs and stretchers. Englan...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Ash, Elm

Swedish folk small black fireplace stool 18th century Folk Art Peasant unique
Located in Forest, BE
Unique Swedish small black stool made of massive pine and birch circa the mid 1700. Lots of history, patina and traces of time. Very good condition. ...
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Swedish Brutalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Pine, Birch

END OF THE 18th CENTURY EIGHT DIRECTORY LACQUERED CHAIRS
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid eight chairs in lean tempera lacquered wood, decorated with refined shades of sage green on an ice background. The decorations, characterized by vegetal and geometric motifs...
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Italian Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Velvet, Wood, Paint

17th Century French Ratchet Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare and remarkable example of 17th-century French Baroque design, this ratchet chair is both sculptural and functional. Crafted from rich walnut, its turned legs and stretchers sh...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Iron

18th Century Louis XVI Period French Fauteuils, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 18th Century Louis XVI Period French fauteuils or arm chairs, each with solid carved walnut frame and wool petit point upholstery. Fine carved foliate details with fin...
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Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wool, Upholstery, Walnut

18th Century Georgian Armchair circa 1790s
Located in Richmond, London
A very elegant late 18th century Adam period armchair or desk chair of very generous proportions, newly recovered in splendid Italian archival silk and linen damask, exquisitely fini...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery

18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofa
Located in Edenbridge, GB
A period 18th Century Swedish Rococo sofa with stylish carving and swept arms and back. Original paint with a wonderful worn patina. With its original seating sprung and in good ...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Rare Brazilian 18th Century Dona Maria I Caned Settee
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This rare Dona Maria I Brazilian settee is an exquisite example of 18th to early 19th-century Portuguese colonial furniture, reflecting the refined aesthetic and craftsmanship of Bra...
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Brazilian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Cane, Wood

Bergère Louis XV
Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR
Bergère en bois de noyer époque Louis XV, structure ondulée sculptée, dossier, pieds et accoudoirs à double courbure, assise et dos rembourrés. Origine Italie - Gênes XVIIIe siècle
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood, Nutwood

Lombardy Baroque Sofa Mid-18th Century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Baroque earwig sofa, walnut. Back with carved cimasa in rocaille taste, curly arms, fascia with leaf carvings, wavy legs and curly feet. Upholstered seat, sides, and back. Lombardy, ...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Nutwood

Louis XV 18th C. French Provincial Elm and Oak Lift Top Hall Bench
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV 18th C. French Provincial Elm and Oak Lift Top Hall Bench, Having Roll Arm Sides, Lift Top Seat, Interior Reveals Storage, Panel Front and Sides, Shaped Front Apron, Resting...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Elm, Oak

Stately antique 18th-century English wooden spindle chair with wonderful details
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This beautiful antique English chair from the 18th century exudes calm, luxury, and grandeur. It features a timeless design with lovely details and a spindled backrest. Due to its co...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Antique 18th-century English chair with a spindled backrest and wonderful patina
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This elegant antique English chair exudes a timeless calm and serenity, easily fitting into nearly any interior. It features a spindled backrest and a clean, almost naïve design typi...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Antique 18th-century English oak armchair with armrests and an ornament
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This fantastic antique English side chair, dating from the late 18th century, boasts a beautiful, timeless, and almost naïve design. In our opinion, it should be included in any inte...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Pair Of Antique Hepplewhite Side Chairs, English, Fruitwood, Hall Seat, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique Hepplewhite taste side chairs. An English, fruitwood decorative hall seats, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1790. Superb country house appeal with the...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Textile, Fruitwood

Spanish 18th Century Arte Populaire Bench
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome 18th century Arte Populaire Bench from the Catalan region of Spain. Beautifully constructed from 2 solid boards of thick pine cut from the same trunk. Wonderful craft...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Pine

Pair 17th Century Louis XIII Period Dining Room Side Hallway Chairs Hand Carved
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 17th Century Louis XIII Period Dining Room Side Hallway Chairs Hand Carved. Three pairs available or a set of six chairs of the 17th century French carved walnut armchair Louis ...
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French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Metal

17th Vintage Carved Wooden Stool with Original Uncovered Seat
Located in Marbella, ES
Charming stool with a carved solid wood frame, featuring turned legs and decorative crossbars that add character and stability. The seat is made of natural fabric, with an interwoven...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Antique English 18th Century Georgian Chippendale Paneled Oak Settle Bench 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique 18th Century English Georgian Chippendale oak paneled back settle bench, circa 1780. A very handsome settle in fine antique condition; the tall back with five fie...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Early C.18th Mahogany Side/Dining Chair (George I Georgian Queen Anne)
Located in Leeds, GB
A first quarter c.18th, mahogany framed side or dining chair, from somewhere between the Queen Anne, George I to early George the 2nd period. Featuring a solid vasiform back splat, o...
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English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Mahogany

PAINTED SMALL BENCH WITH COAT OF ARMS SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful bench of medium-small size, made of fir wood and painted in lean tempera with pastel shades, predominantly yellow and brown. At the center of the backrest, elegantly carved...
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Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fir, Paint

18th Century Verdure Tapestry Armchair
Located in London, GB
A charming 18th Century carved walnut armchair with bobbin turned supports and raised back. Featuring a closed-nailed needlework upholstery depicting a stork on a verdure background.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

Pair of 18th century Baroque high chairs
Located in Torino, IT
Pair of walnut high chairs. Two 18th-century baroque-style high chairs. Walnut wood frame and straw seat. Cushions lined with green cotton fabric. The two chairs are in excellent...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Straw, Wood

18th Century French Painted Settee
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century French Painted Settee with Original Tapestry Upholstery with Animal Themes. This fine settee has a blue and cream paint scheme and the original tapestry upholstery. ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Tapestry

18th Century Swedish Empire Sofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century Swedish painted pine sofa. This sofa has been dry scraped and paint back to its original oatmeal colour with a decorative frieze. With mythical beasts flanked by fo...
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Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Pine

Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA. Good Period Pair Circa 1700’s Portuguese Colonial carved palisander wood side chairs. Portuguese furnishings of the 18th century are bold, quirky, intensive and unlike those of any other country. They have their own national flavor. The pieces often boast elaborately turned legs and energetic carving, pierced decorations and unpredictable combinations of the other styles. in 18th century colonial Latin America by way of Portugal, the influence of which lasted from the 1690’s through to the development of neoclassicism in the 1780s. Elements of the chairs’ design can be found in the work of Thomas Chippendale, as published in the three editions of his Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director from 1754. Portugal and England shared a significant bond during the eighteenth century, brought about by Portugal’s decision in 1703 to fight along side the British in the War of Spanish Succession and its bitter relations with the other leading European nations. A vogue for furniture in the English style thus developed, seeded by the many pieces brought back to Portugal in 1693 by the widowed Catherine of Braganza...
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Portuguese Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

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Wood

Beautiful, original 16th-century English oak joint stool with a stunning patina
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This original and very beautiful English joint stool/stool from the 16th century is a true feast for the eyes. Made of oak, it has developed a stunning patina due to its considerable...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Pair of Roccoco swedish chairs with lion paws feet & balustrade shaped backrest
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking pair of Swedish baroque chairs, circa 1800, embodies the elegance and grandeur of 18th-century design. With their bold lion’s paw feet and finely sculpted baluster back...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

An Early Eighteenth Century Irish Walnut Wingback Armchair
Located in London, GB
With a tall upright posture, and modestly scaled ‘wings’, on carved cabriole shell legs on trifid foot. With untouched walnut surface quality, ready for further upholstery.
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

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