19th Century Seating

Jamaican Cuban mahogany sofa with flanking scrolled arms, reeded skirt, centered rosette, and terminating on acanthus carved lions paw feet. Sofa has be...

Antique JH Belter Victorian Rocco Carved Rosewood Slipper Chair c1870. 36 1/4" x 18" x 25". An exquisite example of Victorian Rococo design, thi...

Outstanding quality pair of antique Regency carved mahogany hall chairs having outstanding quality carved mahogany shield shaped backs, shaped figured mahogany seats standing on ele...

A gorgeous pair of Eastlake Victorian period carved walnut with cane seat chairs. Recently refinished and recaned. Will sparkle any room in your home. Use them as additional chairs i...

Perfectly patinated set of Louis XV style dining chairs. 6 seat cushions also included. Cushions show wear, staining, etc.

A very impressive good quality pair of French Louis XVI style carved giltwood salon armchairs. Each with scrolling foliate decoration to the show wood, beautiful Aubusson tapestry co...

Good example of a primitive Windsor chair. All original with ash and elm wood. Not 100 % sturdy but verry usable. Beautiful patina and proportions.

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An Unusual 19th Century English Gothic Revival Oak Hall Seat or Small Bench. This unusual bench is clearly related to the ecclesiastical furniture desig...

Good 19th century Gainsborough armchair in mahogany with new crimson linnen upholstery. This type of chair was named after the famous painter Tho...

Pair primitive American antique 19th-century spindle or rod back wood chairs. Handmade with original surface that was painted in brown and peach and shows lot...

Extraordinary light and strong, probably out of rosewood. Early version in untouched condition. Missing their rush seating-one chair retains remnants of early (if not original) rushing. These chairs were originally designed in 1807! in answer to a Challenge to design a 'modern' chair. These chairs were very popular amongst the nobility in the 19th century, and were the model for Gio Ponti's update Classic Super Leggera Chair.

A Pair of English Regency mahogany frame dining chairs, early 19th century. Features exquisite carved back-splats in conjunction with further foliate carvings to the top crest, strip...

A superb set of six antique Victorian oak masonic dining chairs. They were made in England, and date from around the 1880-1900 period. They are of superb quality and have an extreme...

Pair of Swedish Gustavian (18/19th Century) bergere armchairs with beige painted and carved frames in Neo-classic square form upholstered in beige fabric accented by a double-piped b...

A pair of early 19th Century Swedish Lindome chairs. With decorative carved detailing. Original paint and re-upholstered in linen.

19th century Italian hand carved walnut Savonarola chair, circa 1880. Having wonderfully carved frame with scrolling arms, aged black leather seat and back, accented with brass roset...

Pair of 19th century Italian Louis XV-XVI Style Painted Marquise. Marquises are oversized bergeres, chairs or loveseats/ This stunning pair of ...

Charles Bevan under licence to Marsh Jones & Cribb. A pair of Gothic Revival side chairs, with pegged oak frame and scissor style legs on the original decorative brass and ceramic ca...

19Thc Original green painted foot stool with hand woven hemp seat. The seat is amazing and in very sturdy condition.

A pair of late 19th century walnut Klismos chairs with turned front legs splayed back legs and curved backrests. Made in England in the 1880s.

Fantastic quality antique 19th Century Victorian carved walnut 3 piece suite having a fantastic quality carved solid walnut chaise longue with the original pair of carved walnut ladi...

This pair of antique Syrian chairs, handcrafted in Damascus during the late 19th century, is a stunning example of traditional craftsmanship. The...

Quality antique Victorian walnut armchair having a quality solid walnut shaped back and raised on solid elegant walnut turned reeded legs to the front ...

This is a superb pair of antique 19th Century Swiss carved walnut and marquetry inlaid hall chairs. They have striking inlaid Alpine hunting scenes to the backs, the figures in Bava...

A stunning green velvet tufted chauffeuse chair, a true statement piece that effortlessly blends elegance and history. This exquisite chair feature...

This is a set of 4 antique ladder back chairs. An Irish, mahogany dining seat, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Wonderful frames...

4th quarter 19th century Thonet type bentwood high chair. Beech wood of warm honey tones. Restored cane seat, back & old refinishing. Provenance: a...

This is a pair of 19th century French carved oak side chairs. They have a vintage leopard upholstery that does not have any tears. The backs have a carved floral medallion. The ladde...

A very good quality late 19th Century Japanese carved wood arm chair with a pair of wonderful mythical dragons to the back rest and arms. Having a serpentine shaped seat and raised o...

American Victorian rosewood triple filigree and upholstered back settee with stripe upholstery (att: JOHN HENRY BELTER)

This is an antique double spoon back settee. An English, rosewood three seater ornate sofa, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840. Striking ...

Hello, This fine walnut Viennese Biedermeier chairs were made circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design and excel...

A striking pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood armchairs à Chassis. Each upholstered armchair, à Chassis, which signifies that the upholstery is easily removed and cha...

Indulge in the lavish charm Venetian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of lacquered Rococo-style armchairs. Likely used as fireside seats, this charming seating set showcases th...

A fine Empire armchair with four elegant saber legs, upholstered in vertical cream and crimson stripes, and featuring ornately carved dolphins' heads at the base of each shaped arm r...

English Regency set of eight king wood dining room chairs with scrolled bulbous crest rails, scrolled arms, brass foliage inlays, removabl...

We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. Iconic ...

A fine pair of hall chairs of the Regency period, attributed to Thomas Banting and William France. England, circa 1820. Why we like them These fine hall chairs have a particularly elegant and sophisticated scrolled cartouche design of the backs, with the finest carving and figuring of the timber. Also of great colour and natural patination, these chairs are highly decorative and rare. Attribution The design of these chairs is identical to a set of hall chairs...

Spanish Colonial style armchair, having leather seat and backs brass nailheads and a beautiful patina throughout, 19th century or earlier. Measures: Height to the arm: 25.59 in.

Set of five American turned wood rush chairs. Set of two arm and three side chairs in blonde wood and varied painted finish with carved bamboo like elements and turned and splayed le...

Pair of mahogany Carver Armchairs, The shaped backrest. To the upholstered seats, flanked by down-swept scrolling arms. All raised up on reeded taperi...

Antique French armchairs, intricately hand-carved in the late 1800's, in as found condition. The pair of French antique armchairs, sti...

This early-19th century rustic Fruitwood Spanish large settle bench was handcrafted on Spain's southeastern coast. Handmade of solid fruitwood, having four sculptural posts that rise...

A pair of mid nineteenth century French bergères, with carved and painted frames and out swept arms, the rounded backs decorated with a spray of flowers and scrolls, with carved flor...

Fab pair of large 19th century cherrywood benches French circa 1860’s , nice wide seat These have been through our workshops and been cleaned and waxed Height polished Height 2...

We are delighted to offer this stunning exceptionally rare and restored Howard & Son's circa 1880 Chaise Lounge with hand carved walnut frame This is the first chaise in this mod...

Antique late Victorian pressback rocking chair. A beautiful design featuring a serpentine crest rail with a laurel wreath wrapped cameo at the...

An antique early Victorian footstool with finely detailed hand-carved claw and ball feet made of walnut wood, upholstered with a rich ornated Aubusson tapestry with an heraldic lion ...

A pair of Biedermeier period Austrian chairs from the 19th century with horseshoe style backs, ebonized banding, four tapering legs and new custom upholstery. This elegant pair of Bi...

Fantastic example of early American design and craftsmanship. This spindle back chair has great proportions and is topped off with a wire support...

A French Louis XV style sofa from the mid-19th century. This antique settee from France upholstered features a gently arched top rail at back, carved acanthus leaves decorated the sk...

Gorgeous pair of Victorian arm chairs with distinctive balloon backs Circa 1880 on this classic pair of Victorian saloon chairs Would be a his and...

Presenting a fabulous 19C set of 6 Irish Chippendale style ribbon back dining chairs. Irish made circa 1840-60. We know that these are Irish due to the signature ‘hairy paw’ feet which is synonymous with Irish Georgian furniture that were made in the Chippendale Style. These are hand crafted chairs, made of mahogany, and have fabulously detailed ‘Ribbon’ backs splats with tassel, acanthus floral and bow details. All 6 have been re-upholstered by us in a gorgeous tan/light gold silk damask fabric which is beautifully sympathetic to the style and period. We are confident that these are Early to Mid 19th Century chairs for a number of reasons: (1) The are hand crafted, (2) the color/patina is what you would expect with natural aging, (3) they have evidence of historic repairs, wear and tear consistent with age, (4) when we removed the old upholstery fabric, which looked like it was done in the 1980’s, we discovered the original ‘horse hair’ cushion filling … this practice stopped in the early 20th Century. The seat webbing was also much older and needed replacing. Fabulous acanthus carving on the knees of the front legs, with curved legs leading down to the fabulously carved hairy paws. Nice indented decoration on the front of the seat. The rear legs are undecorated and curve outwards for additional support and stability. Unsigned and unmarked but undoubtedly made by a top Irish furniture maker. probably in Dublin. Condition: Each chair has been newly re-upholstered and seat webbing replaced. The original horse hair cushion filling was cleaned and incorporated into the new cushion with modern foam to create a more comfortable and uniform seat cushion, but still retaining originality. Each chair has signs of historic repairs to the ribbon back splats over the generations. This is not unusual due to the somewhat delicate nature of these types of back splats. Also, it is an indicator of true age. The chair to the back left in the main photos has had the most repairs and much more recently performed (by us) as the back splaty was broken in 2 places (but we had the original pieces) and the chair needed the insertion of metal pins to secure the repaired sections. We have provided a couple of photos of this back splat which you can see evidence of the repairs. The repairs are very professionally done and the chair is now fully functionable and usable and the repairs are not very noticeable. These repairs are reflected in the pricing, as, if these chairs were ‘mint’ they would be very valuable and expensive ! Irish furniture can be recognised by certain features, which differentiate it from its European counterparts. The Irish style of furniture is said to have been lagging behind in fashion compared to English equivalent by a number of years, in both its design and manner by which the furniture was manufactured. A defining feature of the mid-eighteenth-century furniture is the carving on different parts of the furniture such as the aprons, blanket chests, bottle-stands and such objects. The carvings included foliated details, baskets of flowers and scallop shells, which are some of the most prominent carvings that are represented on Irish furniture at this time. A few of the Irish makers of these objects were James Hicks, Arthur Jones, William Moore, Mack & Gibton and Robert Strahan. All though individuals would have been the most prominent at the time of the 18th century and early 19th century but there are any other cabinet makers as well. Not all Irish furniture was detailed with such wonderful carvings and some might have been seen to be rather plain. One of the most identifiable items that are described as plain is the Irish Hunt Table, its simple elegance comprising of with straight plain legs. It was most commonly used in the dining room of a rural house such as a agents house or large house of a land holder. Another very popular and simply designed piece was the Irish Silver table, its design is very elegant and yet individual partially owing to the shell motive. Other examples of such Irish tables are side tables which have a distinctive double scrolled leg. Usually legs are carved with acanthus and have paw feet which are quite popular in Ireland but more rare in England. Other features are the inside leg which is carved with elongated C-scroll. The triple scroll on the leg was common place. Some cabinet makers and creativity was really captured with their side tables in how the carving was done. This carving may include Jupiters eagle or Lion mask and flanked Swags of flowers. In other furniture such as chairs, the H-shaped serpentine stretcher was popular in the 18th century in Ireland and when English chairs had moved forward in their design the Irish makers were still using the H-shaped serpentine. There was certainly an overlap between Irish and English furniture, one can see that Irish cabinet makers used English pattern books but used Irish features such as the carvings as the shell, baskets of flowers and foliated details. Another unique feature in Irish cabinet making was Killarney ware...

A 19th century wooden footstool from England with great patina and finial feet. Upholstered in vintage Clearance House linen and cotton tiger print fabric with antique nail heads.

A pair of French Louis XIII style os de mouton carved walnut armchairs from the 19th century with large scrolling arms. Behold the timeless elegance of this pair of French Louis XIII...

A beautiful antique chair with a solid oak handcarved frame and needlepoint upholstery. The oak frame has the classical accanthus leaf motifs ...

Venice Mid 19th Century Armchairs, Renaissance style,Testolini Frères. Stately armchairs made of solid oak, of High quality carved, wax polished TESTOLINI BROTHERS-TESTOLINI FRERES ...