19th Century Seating

Antique Henry II style dining side chair, circa 1880s. Made from walnut with an embossed leather back featuring a heraldic winged griffon / lion crest. The lower back of the chair sh...

Offered here this very charming antique French elmwood hall bench, dating from the early 19th century. For those who appreciate a warm and inviting interior, a bench is always a be...

A very beautiful South German Biedermeier Sofa in fine walnut with shaped, fan-carved crest rail above scrolled armrests terminating in out-scrolled feet, Germany, circa 1830. Note: ...

Set of 12 Antique 19th Century French Carved Walnut Dining Chairs with Cane Backs and Cane Seats.

Antique Austrian Early Biedermeier pair of walnut side chairs. Round shape conclave back. Upholstered in French linen.

As a LAPADA dealer and furniture maker, I always have a large stock of Chesterfield sofas and chairs ranging from early 19thC through to ...

A smart and extremely well made early antique Victorian leather armchair. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1840-1850 period. It is of very fine quality, it is extr...

Pair of Austrian Biedermeier walnut veneer side chairs with half round and double scroll design back (Circa 1830)

An English Georgian period plum wood child's rocking chair from the early 19th century, with rush seat, ladder back and turned base. Born in the very early y...

Introducing our stunning classic Bernhardt "NYC" Bench. The Bernhardt Furniture company has been creating acclaimed and exceptionally well crafted for more than 130 years. Because of their commitment to such high quality standards as well as to the concept that furniture should be luxurious, comfortable and extraordinary, Bernhardt pieces are highly sought after. Our Bernhardt "NYC" Bench combines the original grey thick tufted soft wool cushion on original solid wood pedestal base, reimagined with chrome legs. These customized Bernhardt benches...

An unusual circa 1830 Austrian Biedermeier fauteuil de bureau or Schreibtischstuhl (desk chair) of large scale and bergère à oreilles (wingback) for...

A French Louis XVI style painted wood daybed from the 19th century with foliage carved decor and custom upholstery. This 19th-century French Louis XVI style painted wood daybed embod...

This is an antique X-frame chair. A Middle Eastern, ebonised mahogany seat with elaborate bone inlay, dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850. Extr...

An English oak bench from the 19th century, with spool turned legs, leather upholstery, nailhead trim and brass feet. Created in England during the 1...

A fine pair of late 19th century French Louis XVI gilt carved armchairs

Magnificent 19th century French armchair.

A good quality 19th century bedroom or nursing chair attributed to Gillows c1860. Raised on turned front legs and splayed rear legs. The legs painted in white which is possibly the original finish as the timber beneath appears unfinished. All 4 legs retaining the original Copes casters...

Beautiful pair of Transition style armchairs "à la Reine" and "à châssis", in carved and gilded wood and decorated with a flowery lampas by the Maison Tassin...

This Desk Chair is made of mahogany, French Louis-Philippe Period.

18th century pair of beechwood Fauteuils or armchairs with Provenance. There are a total of four of these finely carved and upholstered fauteuils or arm chairs available. This listin...

Sweeping Anglo-Indian carved frame sofa in grand dimension. Finely crafted with carved details overall. The serpentine crest rail with scrolls and ce...

Gorgeous 19th century French Antique throne chair / armchair in the Renaissance revival period with hunt / black forest scene. Fully hand carved from European oak with marvellous pat...

French sofa and two armchairs from the 19th century, Napoleon III period. The whole set has been restored and the upholstery replaced with a beautiful Italian Brocade...

A 19th Century Baroque armchair with original leather clothing from Sweden in dark wood.  

Victorian Period heavy zinc coated cast iron garden bench made in Brooklyn, NY and patent 1895 by Peter Timmes Son. There are examples of this bench i...

Pair of Swiss Alps Escabelle.

This pair of mid-nineteenth century French Regency style beechwood armchairs features hand carved details of symmetrical shells, acanthus leaves and flowers at the top of the seat ba...

Pretty Aesthetic Movement mahogany, upholstered small scale upholstered bench with low galleried back and finely ring turned legs circa 1880. It has been newly re-upholstered.

A fine English bamboo table or stool from the Aesthetic Movement period of the late 19th century, featuring a handsome patinated finish and square seat of bamboo with inset blue and white ceramic tile...

Red Lacquered Opium Bed or Wedding Bed The Opium bed is a secluded place to meditate, they were very popular in the 19th century particularly in opium dens ...

This elegant Georgian style trio is English made, done in a rich mahogany with beautiful curves in the design of the arms and back. The settee is covered in what appears to be the or...

A pair of 19th century French ebonized side chairs upholstered in eye catching monochromatic linen with amazing engraving details. Perfect for occasional use. These chairs have love...

This is an antique smoker's bow. An English, ash and elm elbow or captain's chair, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900. Delightful country hou...

Bruce Talbert for Gillows and Co. An Aesthetic Movement scissor style side chair with ebonized dot details and chip carved details to the fra...

circa 1860 English 19thC Cromwellian Carved Oak Barley Twist Armchair sku 1965 W59 x D52 x H91 cm Seat height 48 cm Weight 11 kg

Notable Cuban Empire Mahogany caned sofa, circa 1820, featuring Flame Mahogany veneers and opposing Eagle carvings. The center crest of this Caribbean Settee has a Pineapple motif flanked by Regal Bird Heads clasping drapery from their beaks rest on a Mahogany Cresting Wave framing a hand-cane back. This West Indies settee...

Pair of Italian 19th century Baroque carved arm throne chairs. The pair with figural carvings and putti sleeping on beds of leafs, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732). The ornately carved thrones, each flanked with figures of standing males supporting a branch-carved armrests with vines. Raised on cabriolet scrolled legs. Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662–25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in his native Belluno, in the Venetian terraferma, and in the studio of the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi, who was carrying out commissions at Padua and at Venice (1677). He spent the years 1678-1680 at Rome, where the High Baroque sculpture of Bernini and his contemporaries polished his style. Apart from that, the first phase of Brustolon's working career was spent in Venice, 1680–1685. Brustolon is documented at several Venetian churches where he executed decorative carving in such profusion that he must have quickly assembled a large studio of assistants. As with his contemporary in London, Grinling Gibbons almost all the high quality robust Baroque carving in Venice has been attributed to Brustolon at one time or another. In the Venetian Ghetto, at the Scola Levantina, Brustolon provided the woodwork for the synagogue on the piano nobile, where the carved, canopied bimah is supported on Solomonic columns, which Brustolon had seen in Bernini's baldacchino in the Basilica of St Peter's. His furniture included armchairs with figural sculptures that take the place of front legs and armrest supports, inspired by his experience of Bernini's Cathedra Petri. The gueridon, a tall Stand for a candelabrum, offered Brustolon unhampered possibilities for variations of the idea of a caryatid or atlas: the familiar Baroque painted and ebonized figural gueridons, endlessly reproduced since the 18th century, found their models in Brustolon's work. His secular commissions from Pietro Venier, of the Venier di San Vio family (a suite of forty sculptural pieces that can be seen in the Sala di Brustolon of the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice), from the Pisani of Strà, and from the Correr di San Simeone families encourage the attribution to him of some extravagantly rich undocumented moveable furniture. Andrea Brustolon's elaborate carved furniture aspired towards the condition of sculpture, such as the Dutch bases for console tables which look like enlargements of the work of the two Van Vianens, Paulus and Adam, perhaps the greatest Dutch silversmiths of the period. These carved pieces display the Baroque tendency to develop a form three-dimensionally in space. Brustolon's walnut, boxwood and ebony pieces transcend ordinary functional limitations of furniture; they are constructed of elaborately carved figures. The framework of Brustolon's chairs, side tables and gueridons were carved as gnarled tree branches, with further supports of putti and male figures carved in ebony. Backrests of the chairs, which were never touched in the rigidly upright posture that contemporary etiquette demanded, were carved with allegories of vanity, fire and music, etc. The most extravagant piece delivered for Pietro Venier was a large side table and vase-stand of box and ebony, designed as a single ensemble to display rare imported Japanese porcelain vases. The eclectic allegories include Hercules with the Hydra and Cerberus, males and reclining river-gods (see ref.). For the Correr, less extrovert chairs bear female nudes extended along the armrests. For the Pisani, he carved a suite of twelve chairs (now at the Palazzo Quirinale) with flowers, fruit, leaves and branches to symbolize the twelve months of the year. Work by Brustolon is at the Villa Pisani at Stra. In 1685 Brustolon returned to the house where he was born at Belluno, and from that time devoted himself mainly to tabernacles and devotional sculptures in walnut, boxwood or ivory. His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood sculptures, The Sacrifice of Abraham and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...

This restoration single bergere is made of solid mahogany and is sturdy. The chair has a squared off back with detailed arms ending in gilt swans. This interesting antique chair has...

Walter Cave, made by R Nash. A rare Arts and Crafts exhibition style oak settee or settle with Voysey style uprights to the front with carved flower head...

For sale is a good quality continental carved walnut armchair, remaining in very good condition. Width: 73cm Depth: 102cm Height: 100cm.

Exceptional Chippendale settee, loveseat, sofa, in leather upholstery with decorative nailhead stud trim, and gutsy ball and claw feet. This extra...

This set of 4 Biedermeier chairs dates back to around 1820 and comes from southern Germany. The chairs feature a pretty cherry veneer. The back shows a very unusual interlacing eboni...

Antique Fir Chair Dimension: H.86 cm - W. 42 cm (seat height: 44 cm) Era: circa 1850 Provenience: Alps Essence: Fir Description This antique Alpine chair, made of fir wood, embodie...

Pair of Swedish 1810s-1830s corner chair scraped down to the original black paint. Seat are loose and be easily re-upholstered.

Liberty & Co. attributed. A good quality Arts & Crafts oak chaise lounge or day bed professionally upholstered with a Morris and Co Golden Lily fabric with a fixed long and rounded h...

Early Modernism. Created out of Strap Iron and Leather, in complete original condition. Beautiful sculpted hand forged iron which completely breaks dow...

Antique Woven Back British Colonial Plantation Tea Chair This late 19th Century antique British Colonial plantation tea chair is a great lounge ch...

An Anglo-Indian rosewood side chair. Excellent colour, form and scale. Bombay, mid 19th century.

Round stool, having a tufted crown seat upholstered in twill fabric with nailheads, on a painted base, its apron carved with ribbon gadrooning, rosette-blocks over four round, taperi...

Discover a beautifully crafted pair of Brazilian armchairs from the 1960s, epitomizing the sophistication and natural warmth that defines Brazilian mid-century design. These chairs c...

19th C. Hand Forged Metal & Carved Wood Antique Park Garden Bench Seat Furniture , Carved redwood Slats Garden bench. This rustic beauty is a rare piece indeed A beautiful garden ben...

Antique set of six French dining chairs made in the style of Louis XIII style, sourced from Provence, France. Beautifully hand-crafted from solid oak wood featuring an elegant chapea...

Pair of antique Italian Neoclassical lyre back side chairs with carved rosette design at center of curved top back rails. Circa 1800. Look at all pictures and read condition report ...

English Regency-style (19th Century) mahogany armchair with scroll arms resting on four turned legs. Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

19th century oak joint bench from England. The top is made from a single board, which has a beveled edge and pegged construction. The top follows down to a simple yet elegant apron...

A whimsical carved walnut daybed from the estate of Merv Griffin, of entwined serpents supporting an upholstered bench. Small scale is ideal child size daybed.

Direct from England, a gorgeous 19th century carved oak corner chair. Thick, hand carved foliate back rail, with turned and carved lyre shaped supports, ending in dimensional mask handholds. Fully carved straight legs to the sides, with a wide carved apron having carved foliate and lion masks. Front carved cabriole leg with large ball and claw foot. Removable slip seat cushion features a crest flanked by rampant lions on a floral background. Skillfully hand carved design, with a rich, dark patina, this 19th century English oak corner chair...

Possibly by Jansen , Paris. With Lyre back and brass bird head terminals. Loose cushion seat and curule form legs with brass paw feet.