18th Century and Earlier Seating

Period: 18th Century and Earlier

Pair of English Regency Era Painted Mahogany Hall Chairs

Located in Mt Kisco, NY

A pair of late 18th century mahogany hall chairs with shield form backs centered by oval reserves painted with an heraldic devices. Bow front seats are raised on tapered and reeded l...

Category

English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of English Regency Era Painted Mahogany Hall Chairs

Italian Gilt Carved Wood Floral Window Bench. Circa 1780

Located in Charleston, SC

Italian gilt carved wood window bench with scrolled floral medallion arms, carved floral skirt , and terminating on scrolled fluted legs. Bench has b...

Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Gold Leaf

Italian Gilt Carved Wood Floral Window Bench. Circa 1780

Generous Georgian Armchair

By John Linnell

Located in Greenwich, CT

Very fine and overscale George III armchair in the manner of John Linnell, having shaped back with paterae and ribbon carved crest, over a removable upholstered panel, the frame with...

Category

European Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Damask, Beech

Generous Georgian Armchair

English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Acanthus Ottoman, Circa 1780

Located in Charleston, SC

English Chippendale mahogany ottoman with carved acanthus and shell motif, upholstered seat, and terminating on carved scrolled foliage feet. Ottoman is covered in white muslin. Lat...

Category

British Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Acanthus Ottoman, Circa 1780

Rare Solid Walnut Chest with Riser

Located in Cesena, FC

Rare solid walnut chest with riser Rare chest with riser. The ashlars and lozenges are carved in solid walnut panels. Sixteenth-century line of th...

Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

Rare Solid Walnut Chest with Riser

Baroque Walnut Armchair

Located in Greenwich, CT

Good early 18th Century Franco-Flemish walnut armchair with arched upholstered back over shaped arms and upholstered seat over"horsebone" (os de mouton) shaped legs joined by similar...

Category

French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Other

Baroque Walnut Armchair

Set of 6 Michael Taylor Portuguese Rococo Giltwood Upholstered Dining Chairs

By Michael Taylor

Located in Queens, NY

Set of 6 Portuguese Rococo Style (20th Century) black painted and gold decorated dining / side chairs featuring a shaped frame with splat openwork carved back and a padded seat uphol...

Category

Portuguese Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood, Wood, Upholstery

Set of 6 Michael Taylor Portuguese Rococo Giltwood Upholstered Dining Chairs

Swiss alp escabelle IHL B11

Located in grand Lancy, CH

Swiss alp escabelle IHL B11

Category

Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Swiss alp escabelle IHL B11

18th century Swedish pair of Gustavian side chairs with carved flowers

Located in London, GB

A nice pair of Swedish painted Gustavian late c18th side chairs. This desirable model have rounded backs with carved flower detail at the top and rosette corner decoration beneath t...

Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

18th century Swedish pair of Gustavian side chairs with carved flowers

18th century Pair of Louis XVI Armchairs

Located in Leimen, DE

Discover a stunning pair Louis XVI armchairs, France 1780, featuring elegant oval-shaped backs. These exquisite armchairs showcase the timeless beauty of Louis XVI design, complement...

Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

18th century Pair of Louis XVI Armchairs

Four armchairs "Louis XV"

Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR

Set of four Louis XV "Cabriolet Armchairs" in molded walnut and carved with flowers, arched legs and upholstered with fabrics in good condition. 18th century

Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Four armchairs "Louis XV"

18th c. English Desk Chair

Located in Greenwich, CT

An 18th century armchair with upholstered seat, back and arms and carved hand supports on straight front legs and outswept back legs joined by stretcher on three sides and ending in brass castors. Upholstered in attractive blue and white Lewis and Wood fabric...

Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

18th c. English Desk Chair

18th Century English Folk Art Chair

Located in Greenwich, CT

Most unusual English oak armchair with profuse carving to rails, crest and arms and possessing great color and patination. Custom crewelwork cushion over later plank seat, carved to ...

Category

English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

18th Century English Folk Art Chair

Circa 1770 George III Fauteuil or Open Arm Chair

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Circa 1770 George III London made fauteuil or open arm chair in the French taste. An extraordinarily fine period example of carved mahogany retaining much of its original black paint...

Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Circa 1770 George III Fauteuil or Open Arm Chair

Antique George II Ribbon Back Irish Ladder Back Walnut Dining Side Chairs - Pair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Antique George II Ribbon Back Irish Ladder Back Walnut Dining Side Chairs - a Pair. Item features hand carved and beveled edge rungs, shell carved knees, shapely cabriole legs, trifi...

Category

Unknown George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Antique George II Ribbon Back Irish Ladder Back Walnut Dining Side Chairs - Pair

18th Century Armchair with High Backrest in Carved Wood and Cordoba Leather

Located in Sofia, BG

Armchair with high backrest in molded and carved wood, curved roll-up legs, seat and armrest support upholstered in beige linen and backrest in authentic Cordoba leather...

Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

18th Century Armchair with High Backrest in Carved Wood and Cordoba Leather

Set of Four Painted and Parcel Gilt Portuguese Armchairs

Located in Woodbury, CT

This unique and rare set of four Portuguese painted arm chairs in original finish with parcel gilt accents features two subtly different coats of arms. While all four chairs display ...

Category

Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Paint

Set of Four Painted and Parcel Gilt Portuguese Armchairs

Rare Pair of George II Period Mahogany Saddle Stools with Red Leather Seats

Located in London, GB

An Unusual George II Period Pair of Saddle-Shaped Stools The George II period tear-drop shaped stools made from mahogany, the red leather upholstered seats supported on three turned...

Category

English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Rare Pair of George II Period Mahogany Saddle Stools with Red Leather Seats

Fine Set of Six Italian, 18th Century Painted and Parcel-Gilt Chairs

Located in Rome, IT

A fine set of six Italian, 18th century green-painted and parcel-gilt chairs.

Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Fine Set of Six Italian, 18th Century Painted and Parcel-Gilt Chairs

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of period Louis XVI whitewashed "medaillon" armchairs. Restored and reupholstered in dark grey linen.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Pair of Georgian Chippendale mahogany side chairs

By Thomas Chippendale

Located in Castle Douglas, GB

A pair of George II side chairs, each with plain overstuffed and upholstered backs and seats, the light graceful mahogany cabriole legs w...

Category

English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Georgian Chippendale mahogany side chairs

Spanish Renaissance Walnut and Red Velvet Armchair

Located in Queens, NY

Spanish Renaissance (17th Century) walnut armchair with filigree front stretcher, scroll finial on back, and red velvet seat and back.

Category

Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Spanish Renaissance Walnut and Red Velvet Armchair

Antique Louis XVI Style Armchair Signed Made In Italy

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Dimensions: Height: 37 1/4in Width: 24 1/4in Depth: 26in Seat Height: 18 1/4in This beautiful antique Italian 18th C. or early 19th C. Louis XVI style carved walnut armchair...

Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Antique Louis XVI Style Armchair Signed Made In Italy

Midcentury Italian Armchairs, 1965

Located in Praha, CZ

- Made in Italy - Made of wood, fabric - Re-upholstered - Very good, original condition.

Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Midcentury Italian Armchairs, 1965

Pair of Louis XIV Carved and Gilded Chairs

Located in New Orleans, LA

Beautifully carved and gilded armchairs.

Category

French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Pair of Louis XIV Carved and Gilded Chairs

Very Unusual Archaic Georgian Wainscot Armchair

Located in Greenwich, CT

Most unusual English or Welsh Georgian wainscot armchair following the 16th and 17th century tradition of paneled backs and sides, but with early Reg...

Category

Welsh Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Very Unusual Archaic Georgian Wainscot Armchair

18th century British mahogany armchair

Located in Richmond, VA

Comfortable and sharp looking 18th century British mahogany armchair with slip seat.

Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

18th century British mahogany armchair

Pair of Classic Turned Wood Louis XIII Style Side Chairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of Classic turned wood Louis XIII style side chairs. Size: 20 inch seat height. Completely restored and reupholstered.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Classic Turned Wood Louis XIII Style Side Chairs

Lovely 17th Century Spanish Walnut and Leather Armchair

Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB

A lovely late 17th century Spanish walnut and leather armchair, retaining its original leather seat and back, held by worn gilt brass studs. The back of the chair has two finely carved scroll acanthus finials above two broad arms, which are supported by carved balusters that run through into square front legs, these are joined by a high and heavily carved stretcher with two shaped stretchers joining the front and back legs at either side. Great patina to the wood and leather. In very good condition. The dimensions are: Height: 114cm (44.9in) Width: 64.5cm (25.4in) Depth: 53.5cm (21.1in) In good antique condition throughout with some signs of age. The original leather to the seat and back remain in good, clean condition. The antique carved walnut armchair...

Category

Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Lovely 17th Century Spanish Walnut and Leather Armchair

living room set with 1 armchair and 3 carved and gilded chairs, Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Antique living room set composed of 1 armchair and 3 chairs, richly carved and gilded, Louis XVI, from an important hall of a noble house in northern Italy. It has white fabric to be...

Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

living room set with 1 armchair and 3 carved and gilded chairs, Italy

Fully Restored George III Style Hand Carved Bench Stool with Lion Hairy Paw Feet

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this fully restored absolutely sublime George III style vintage hand carved mahogany bench stool A very well presented hand carved stool, each leg starts at the top with a lions main then flows downwards with elegant cabriolet legs and finishes with Lions hairy paw feet The timber has all been stripped back, stained and French polished, its in perfect order This piece is designed as a large dressing table...

Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Fully Restored George III Style Hand Carved Bench Stool with Lion Hairy Paw Feet

Jacobean Welsh Oak Great Chair c. 1620

Located in Heathfield, GB

An early and extremely rare original oak Great chair (Wales c. 1620) made for the child of a very wealthy household. In the early 17th century, Great chairs were used by the master ...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Jacobean Welsh Oak Great Chair c. 1620

Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Black Painted & Gilt Upholstered Dining Side Chairs

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of Italian Neo-Classic (18th Century) black painted side chairs with curved backs ahaving rectangular tops carved with two-wreathed swags, with upholstered back and seat in blac...

Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Black Painted & Gilt Upholstered Dining Side Chairs

Set of Four Period English Hepplewhite Chairs

Located in Wilson, NC

This set of four English Hepplewhite chairs has reeded cross supports and stiles. Each chair has a stylized acanthus leaf at the top of the c...

Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wool, Mahogany

Set of Four Period English Hepplewhite Chairs

18th Century Italian Walnut Desk and Three Chairs

Located in Hixson, TN

A marvelous 18th century Italian writing table with the three chairs from Florence, Italy. This desk is an example of country Italian furniture. Simple but elegant. Strong but utilit...

Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

18th Century Italian Walnut Desk and Three Chairs

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of period Louis XVI whitewashed "medaillon" armchairs. Restored and reupholstered in dark grey linen.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Victorian Carved Bird's Eye Maple Armchair with Taupe Floral Damask Upholstery

Located in Queens, NY

French Victorian (19th Century) maple armchair with a high shaped narrow back, having scroll-form arms, upholstered in a Dedar silk taupe floral damask, standing on turned front legs...

Category

French Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric

Victorian Carved Bird's Eye Maple Armchair with Taupe Floral Damask Upholstery

Pair of George I 18th Century Carved Mahogany Chairs, Circa 1720

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

A superb pair of early 18th-century carved George I mahogany chairs, circa 1720. Each chair is of rich colour, patination and carved throughout. The shaped crest rails have two...

Category

English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of George I 18th Century Carved Mahogany Chairs, Circa 1720

Pair of Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A pair of Italian neoclassical period painted and parcel-gilt armchairs from the late 18th century, with padded backs, out-curved arms, gilt medallions, fluted tapering legs and upho...

Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Pair of Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs

Long 18th Century Swedish Rococo Bench

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

18th Century Swedish Rococo period long stool or bench. With hand carved shell decoration typical of the period. Decorated to front and sides and upholstered with neutral linen. In t...

Category

Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Pine

Long 18th Century Swedish Rococo Bench

Pair of Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Stools

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

A pair of exceptional large early 19th century Swedish period Gustavian stools. With fine hand carved detail and lions paw feet. In original paint and seats recovered in antique line...

Category

Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Pine

Pair of Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Stools

Armchair Swedish Baroque Oak Sweden

Located in New York, NY

Armchair Swedish Baroque oak, Sweden. A single armchair made in Sweden during the early part of the Baroque period. Frame made of oak with an upholstered b...

Category

Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Armchair Swedish Baroque Oak Sweden

Pair of Classic Turned Wood Louis XIII Style Side Chairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of Classic turned wood Louis XIII style side chairs. Size: 20 inch seat height. Completely restored and reupholstered.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery

Pair of Classic Turned Wood Louis XIII Style Side Chairs

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of period Louis XVI whitewashed "medaillon" armchairs. Restored and reupholstered in dark grey linen.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery

Pair of 18th Century Period Louis XVI Whitewashed "Medaillon" Armchairs

Pair of Seventeenth Century Italian Chairs

Located in London, GB

A sumptuous pair of seventeenth century Italian walnut chairs, the backs surmounted by carved and gilt finials with red velvet seats and backs, wit...

Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Velvet

Pair of Seventeenth Century Italian Chairs

Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs, Baltic, End of 18th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Set of three neoclassical dining chairs made of mahogany with brass decoration and diamond shaped backrest. The chairs stand on square legs with H-shaped bracing. The seats are uphol...

Category

Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Brass

Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs, Baltic, End of 18th Century

Armchair. Walnut wood, leather, 18th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

Armchair. Walnut wood, leather, 18th century. High backed upholstered armchair (like the seat, both with studs), with carved wooden arms forming waves, which also has curved legs wi...

Category

European Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Other

Armchair. Walnut wood, leather, 18th century.

PORTUGUESE D. JOSÉ HIGH-BACKED ARMCHAIR 18th Century

By Europa

Located in Madrid, ES

D. JOSÉ HIGH-BACKED ARMCHAIR 18th Century Portuguese in sucupira wood with carvings, backrest and seat in embossed leather. Period defects It was never restored. Dim.: 139 x 55 x 50 cm

Category

Portuguese Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

PORTUGUESE D. JOSÉ HIGH-BACKED ARMCHAIR 18th Century

Pair of Period Consular Chairs

Located in New Orleans, LA

Beautifully carved and painted 18th century consulate chairs.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Pair of Period Consular Chairs

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...

Category

European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Silk, Mahogany

Set of Four Portuguese Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, 18th Century

Medieval walnut sculptural arm chair with floral carvings, 17th century

Located in Zevenaar, NL

This unique late medieval chair dates from the Romanesque period and was made in England. The chair is made of walnut wood, in which beautiful floral patterns are carved. It looks l...

Category

British Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

Medieval walnut sculptural arm chair with floral carvings, 17th century

Small Baroque Footstool, 18th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Small footstool with a carved wooden frame and rococo feet and tendril decoration. The stool is in an unrestored condition.

Category

European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Small Baroque Footstool, 18th Century

Antique 18th Century American New England Fan Back Maple Windsor Arm Chair 1780

Located in Portland, OR

A good antique 18th century American fan/comb back New England maple Windsor armchair, Massachussetts, circa 1780. A very handsome late 1700s maple windsor armchair from the Federal ...

Category

American Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Maple

Antique 18th Century American New England Fan Back Maple Windsor Arm Chair 1780

Fine Late 17th/ Early 18th C. Carved Walnut Bench W/ Christie's Provenance

Located in Bridgeport, CT

An extraordinary early Antique Bench with exquisite form and deft carving. Ex Christies, London, 1998, with label. From an estate in Buckinghamshir...

Category

English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Fine Late 17th/ Early 18th C. Carved Walnut Bench W/ Christie's Provenance

Set of Three Lounge Chairs by Nicos Zographos

By Nicos Zographos

Located in Sagaponack, NY

Three model 28 lounge chairs having rich black leather seats with deep button tufting and welt cord detailing on stainless steel frames.

Category

American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Stainless Steel

Set of Three Lounge Chairs by Nicos Zographos

pair of Roman 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood armchairs

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A handsome and most decorative pair of Roman 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood armchairs. This wonderful pair of chairs is raised by four Giltwood toupie shaped feet with a foli...

Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood

pair of Roman 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood armchairs

French Dressing Stool

Located in Westwood, NJ

French Louis XVI walnut dressing stool in the Jacob manner, with molded and sides and fluted legs, with a round cushion seat and curved backrest.

Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

French Dressing Stool

Set of Four North Italian Neoclassic Cream Painted and Parcel Gilt Armchairs

Located in Sheffield, MA

A Set of Four North Italian Neoclassic Cream Painted & Parcel Gilt Armchairs Late 18th Century Upholstered in cream leather Height 39 in. Width 24 in. Depth 19 in. Provenanc...

Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Set of Four North Italian Neoclassic Cream Painted and Parcel Gilt Armchairs

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