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Period: Late 18th Century
18th Century Swedish Rococo Armchair
Located in Huntington, NY
A fine Swedish Rococo armchair with carved backrest and turned arm rests. Wide seat atop cabriolet legs with turned H-cross construction. Tastefully repainted in pale blue and origin...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of French Louis XVI Period Fauteuils or Armchairs
Located in Pembroke, MA
A stunning pair of French Louis XVI style painted armchairs or fauteuils with "caps de gendarmes" detailing, tapered fluted legs, and having lovely French black and white re-editione...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Fruitwood, Upholstery
American XVIII Windsor Continuous Armchair with Vase and Ring-Turned Supports
Located in Santa Monica, CA
American 18th century windsor continuous armchair. Vase and ring-turned supports on shaped saddle seat with tail piece splayed vase and turned legs. Signed by J Caldwell.
Category
American Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
$998 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair Of Directoire Armchairs In White Lacquered Wood
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful pair of Directore armchairs in lacquered wood bench, trapezoidal backrest and jacob style legs, Seats covered with a beautiful bottle gr...
Category
French Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Lacquer
Suite of Six French Louis XVI Fauteuils with a Painted Finish, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A set of six period French Louis XVI armchairs with a painted finish.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Giltwood Settees
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Impressive, Large Scale Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Giltwood Settees.
These settees are lovely examples of neoclassical Italian design. The head rail is serpentine in shape...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Giltwood
An Exceptional Pair of Early George III Mahogany Gainsborough Chairs
By (circle of) Thomas Gainsborough
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Pair of Early George III Mahogany Gainsborough Chairs
Of robustly drawn form; the frames displaying beautifully executed blind fretwork, with fretted spandrels on ori...
Category
English Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Swedish Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
George III Mahogany Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Nice old patina with serpentine crestrail and pierced vasiform splat , drop in seat. Raised on square legs with H form stretcher.
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$1,400 / item
Pair of Swedish Gustavian 18th Century White and Green Armchairs, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Swedish Gustavian 18th century white and green armchairs. Pair of beautiful armchairs made in Sweden during the transition of 18th and 19th century. White painted with green ...
Category
Swedish Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Dining Room Set of Eight Italian Chairs and a Pair of Armchairs, 1790
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of Nord-Italian walnut chairs (8) and a pair of armchairs,
Covered in ivory color silk in perfect condition.
Lombardy Nord Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Italian Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
$17,253 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century Brutalist Wooden Chair Carved with Fabulous Creature
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
18th century Brutalist wooden chair carved with fabulous creature
totally 5 available see other announces.
Category
German Brutalist Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Georgian Corner Chairs on Casters
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Georgian corner chairs on casters. Hand-carved from mahogany and joined circa 1775-1795 in England. Tapered square legs. Newly-covered in white ticking. Sold together and pri...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Brass
$7,800 / set
A Late 18th Century Mahogany Camel Back Sofa, of Smaller Proportions
Located in London, GB
Of perfectly proportioned form, compact and well drawn, with grounded posture and tall scrolling arms, and gentle camel back.
Provenance: Aldby Park, North Yorkshire
Category
English Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Brass
18th Century Catalan Settle Bench
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century primitive Catalan settle bench with warm tones and fabulous patina.
Made from large planks of solid fruitwood with elegant shaped ends.
A versatile and comfortable be...
Category
Spanish Folk Art Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Bench
Located in Huntington, NY
A rare and exceptional low Swedish Gustavian bench featuring leaf cut design on all four sides. Sits atop square, tapered and fluted legs. Meticulously scraped to its original grey p...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Single Chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of 18th century Hepplewhite period camelback side chairs, having honeysuckle & husk carved backs with shaped splats above serpentine shaped s...
Category
English Hepplewhite Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Baroque Captain's Arm Chair, Hand-Carved with Gold Trim c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand-carved Swedish Baroque Captain's chair in black with gold trim and Swedish flag. Arms are covered in distressed leather with nail head trim. The chair is covered in gold design with motifs including leaves and shells. Exact provenance and meaning of symbols and letters is unknown. It is believed that this chair was created for the captain of a ship, making it a unique conversation piece for your space. Could be recovered or reupholstered with new leather or left distressed to highlight the age, patina, and history of the chair. This captain's chair would work well as an accent chair, side chair, or a statement dining room head chair...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Spanish Colonial Late 18th Century Baroque Settee Bench
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Presenting an exquisite Spanish Colonial late 18th-century Baroque bench, a masterful embodiment of craftsmanship and historical charm. This piece is a remarkable example of the intr...
Category
Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Dining Room Set of Eight Italian Chairs and a Pair of Armchairs, 1790
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of Nord-Italian walnut chairs (8) and a pair of armchairs,
Covered in ivory color silk in perfect condition.
Lombardy Nord Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Italian Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
$17,253 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Late 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Mahogany and Upholstered Armchair Desk Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
Late 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Mahogany and Upholstered Armchair Desk Chair
Measures 25.5" in width, 23" in depth and 44.5" in height. Seat height is 20" and arm height is 27.5". ...
Category
American Federal Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight Louis XVI Side Chairs
Located in Pembroke, MA
A lovely set of French grey-painted Louis XVI side chairs, with nicely-carved rope detailing, cabriolet back and cable-fluted legs. Chairs have retained their vintage patterned wool...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$7,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century French Reclining Wing Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century highly unusual French Louis XVI painted reclining wing chair. The very high back with a carved and shaped top. The shallow wings on a channelled frame, the whole back re...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Pair of English sofa
Located in grand Lancy, CH
pair of English benches from the beginning of the 19th century, carved legs, the fabric is entirely to be covered
Category
English Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$6,320 / set
Set of Four George III Style Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Regilded in burnished gold leaf. Each with oval backs with a carved beaded frame, carved arms with scroll hand hold, leaf carved seat rail with paterae, raised on circular tapered fl...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$19,500 / set
Pair of green color Louis XV painted armchairs
Located in grand Lancy, CH
pair of Louis XV armchairs in green painted wood with a beautiful patina there are two small missing parts on the velvet see the photos and one of the two has been reinforced underne...
Category
European Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$4,480 / set
Swedish Rococo White Painted Bench Settee, circa 1760-1780
Located in Round Top, TX
The gentle curves seen throughout this settee bench are reflective of Sweden's love of Rococo styling.
Curved backs, cabriolet legs, wavy stretcher and carved details all combine fo...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of Italian Piedmontese Rounded Back Carved and Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Piedmontese (c.1785) open arm chairs with a rounded back having a carved floral crest, the frame carved with wheat, and the legs having a twisted fluting with light g...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Unique and Characterful Set of 6 Original Antique Dutch Leather Dining Chairs
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This set of 6 fantastic antique Dutch dining chairs boasts a striking character and is truly a statement piece. Dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, these chairs retain t...
Category
Classical Roman Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Primitive Swedish Pine Log Chair from Dalarna
Located in Houston, TX
Primitive Swedish pine log chair from Dalarna dated 1760. Steamed bentwood banding. Fine, dry pale patina.
Note: Original/early finish on antique and vintage metal will include some...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Pine
Pair of 18th and 19th C Italian Curved Walnut Velvet Benches
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of curved walnut benches was made in Italy. One is the original dating back to the end of the 18th century. The other is a exact copy that was made in Italy in the mid-19th...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
Primitive Swedish Pine Log Chair or Kubbestol
Located in Houston, TX
Primitive Swedish pine log chair, or kubbestol, from Dalarna circa 1770-1789. Flip-seat for storage inside chair. Steamed bentwood banding. Fine, dry pale patina. The flip-seat has b...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Brass
A Pair of Late 18th Century Faux Bamboo Armchairs, with Caned Drop in Seats
By John Linnell
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Linnell, c. 1770.
A remarkably similar set was made for Shardeloes, by Linnell, in 1767 which furthers this visual attirbution; invoiced as ten ‘neat bamboo chairs with...
Category
English Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Cane
Pair of 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Armchairs by Erik Öhrmark
By Erik Öhrmark
Located in Huntington, NY
A stunning pair of Swedish Gustavian armchairs made in Stockholm and signed (OEM) by Erik Öhrmark (1747-1813). In 1777 Öhrmark was granted the right, as a master chair maker, to prod...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
German Neoclassical Creme Painted And Giltwood Bench From Schloss Seelowitz
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular upholstered seat . The frame with fan carved spandrel borders. Raised on circular tapered fluted legs. Estate of Martin Trust. Boston Ma. Schloss Seelowitz...
Category
German Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Footstools
Located in Huntington, NY
A rare pair of Gustavian footstools with Stockholm chairmaker’s seal on both. Frames are decorated with upright leaf cut. The corners meet in decorative medallions. The legs are fini...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Set of Four Swedish Gustavian Period Dining Chairs
Located in Southampton, NY
Set of four late Gustavian dining chairs in intricately carved decoration depicting leaves and grape vine. Fan shaped center is surrounded by intricate carving on sides. These chairs...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
George III Mahogany Armchair In The Manner Of John Cobb
Located in Essex, MA
Bergere form in the French taste with arched carved back and seat with loose cushion. Raised on cabriole legs ending on scrolled feet. In the manner of John Cobb. Pale green velvet u...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
French Antique Walnut Louis XV Armchair, c. 1770
Located in Weehawken, NJ
French Antique Walnut Louis XV Walnut Armchair featuring deep hand carved elegant flower and foliage designs. Made in France circa mid-1700’s. The upholstery is a lovely tapestry of ...
Category
Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Gustavian 18th Century Swedish Painted and Gilded Side Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of nice old side chairs are of the period called Gustavian. This correlates to that time in Sweden between 1772 and 1809. These chairs were made circa 1790 and are typical ...
Category
Finnish Gustavian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Pine
Set of Four Directoire Mahogany Armchairs by Jacob Freres
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each upholstered backrest with backscrolled top rail above an upholstered seat flanked by arm rests, raised on ring-turned legs; each stamped JACOB FRERES / RUE MESLEE on back rail, three with old inked inscription M Julien...
Category
French Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
British Country Armchair in Ash
Located in Houston, TX
British country armchair in ash. This Georgian period chair's design is unusual and is attributed to an anonymous craftsman operating in the Lancashire parish of Wigan during the late 18th century. This chair features turned uprights, with domed and nipple finials, connected by wavy line slats and boldly turned stretchers and legs. The patina of its dark honey-brown color finish is excellent. Chair's low seat is ideal for fireside seating...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Rush, Ash
Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Klismos Style Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Late 18th Century Italian neoclassical Klismos Style side chairs
Exceptional pair of dark red varnished side chairs: the wide curving bac...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Fauteuils
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of hand-carved walnut armchairs, recently refinished and recently upholstered with vintage 1920's Fortuny fabric. Chairs are sturdy and sound with a nice generous size seat, a...
Category
Italian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
$8,900 / set
French Design, Louis XVI, Small Chairs, Ivory Painted Wood, Fabric, France 1740s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of 18th century French Musician's chairs, Diminutive chair or stools each in a Swedish paint decorated original finish with new upholstery.
Prov...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Directoire Mahogany Bergère Attributed to Georges Jacob
Located in Kittery Point, ME
A Directoire Mahogany Bergère Attributed to Georges Jacob, its curved back and padded armrests with finely carved baluster-shaped supports raised on turned front legs and sabre back legs.
With a spurious Jacob stamp to back rail.
The term "Directoire" refers to a historical period following the French Revolution (1789) and preceding the First Empire when Napoleon reigned, but also to a style of furniture and decoration covering a longer period from 1789 to 1804. It is characterized by the production of furniture with simplified forms and ornaments, inspired by antique decorations.
The profound social and political upheavals that marked this period had a direct impact on the production of Directoire furniture. The stripping down of furniture pieces, which had begun in the 1780s under the influence of Greek art, was accentuated during this period. The abolition of guilds by the revolutionaries also forced manufacturers in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine to simplify shapes and materials.
Elegant and graceful, the furniture is generally small-scale. They retain the Louis XVI structure. The Directoire style adopts clean shapes, straight lines, simple curves, flat surfaces and right angles. Lines accentuate geometric shapes inspired by Antiquity. A typical trait is the pronounced rolled-over back, similar to a scroll illustrated in our bergere, evocative of the klismos chair. Only the more luxurious pieces of furniture use mahogany, an exotic and expensive wood.
Despite his humble origins, Georges Jacob rose to become one of the most renowned menuisiers of his day. Unlike many artisans who joined their fathers or brothers in the middle-class family trade of furniture making, Jacob was from a peasant family and moved to Paris at sixteen to begin his career. He apprenticed in a joinery workshop and eventually became a master in 1765. He developed a reputation for producing inventive designs for chairs, beds, and screens carved with such motifs as twisted ribbons, guilloches, beading, and fluting.
Jacob's reputation grew quickly, eventually spreading outside France; the future King George IV of England, Gustavus III of Sweden, and several German princes...
Category
French Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Childs High Chair
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine crest rail over a pierced splat, drop in seat, square legs and stretcher and foot rest. Raised on a base with square section legs.
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century and Later French Louis XIV Dressing Stool
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
A charming 18th-century and later French Louis XIV dressing stool. Raised on four carved legs, united by a central-shaped stretcher. Displaying a whitewashed based, 18th century and ...
Category
French Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Beech
Antique Exceptionally Rare 1686 Dated Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, 1686 dated, Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair.
A highly decorative and original piece the b...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of Louis XV Child-Size Fauteuils
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of Louis XV child-size giltwood fauteuils with cabriole legs and floral carved crest rails.
Category
Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
$4,500 / set
18th Century, Pair of Louis XVI French Lacquered Wood Corbeille Canapes
Located in IT
18th Century, Pair of Louis XVI French Lacquered Wood Corbeille Canapes
The refined pair of corbeille sofas, made in France in the second half of the eighteenth century, Louis XVI P...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
18th Century 5 Chairs 1 Armchair Handcarved Gilded Wood White Paint Linen Cover
Located in Epfach, DE
4 chairs, one of which has been replaced, and 1 armchair, around 1790, Vienna, (or maybe German?), from a noble family, original white with carved edges set in gold
Branding on the ...
Category
Austrian Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century French Wing Bergere
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A handsome and well-proportioned 18th Century French wing Bergere.
With a carved walnut frame covered in tapestry.
Circa 1790.
Category
French Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Bench Swedish 18th Rustic Century Original Paint, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Bench Sweden 18th rustic century original paint, Sweden. A bench made during the 18th century in Sweden. Original dark red paint.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
English Chippendale Mahogany Velvet Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
English Chippendale style (18/19th Cent) mahogany double chair back loveseat with splat design and velvet seat.
Category
British Chippendale Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Austrian Children's Chair in Polychrome Wood, circa 1800
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely Austrian child's chair decorated with flowers and birds from the end of the 18th century beginning of the 19th century circa 1800.
Very beautiful original polychromy.
The ...
Category
Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Set 6 Dutch Marquetry Walnut High Back Dining Chairs Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and rare antique set of six high backed Dutch walnut and floral marquetry dining chairs, Circa 1780 in date.
The set comprises six side chairs that have been ski...
Category
Dutch Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Louis XVI Day Bed or 'Lit De Repos' in the Manner of Georges Jacob, 1739-1814
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 18th century Louis XVI daybed or 'lit de repos', in the manner of Georges Jacob (1739-1814). Constructed in walnut with the swept ends of scrolled form, carved with flower hea...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
Neoclassical Period Pair of Ashwood Armchairs with Carved Lyre Splat, circa 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian neoclassical pair of ashwood armchairs with carved lyre splat, circa 1790.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Ash
Fine Italian Dining Room Set of Eight Chairs and a Pair of Armchairs, 1790
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant set of Nord-Italian walnut chairs (8) and a pair of armchairs,
Covered in ivory color silk in perfect condition.
Lombardy Nord Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.
Category
Italian Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Seating
Materials
Walnut
$17,253 Sale Price
20% Off
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