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Settees For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Swedish Painted Gustavian Sofa / Daybed
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1800
Swedish painted Gustavian sofa / daybed
Arcaded top over slatted & reeded frame with x shaped supports and tapered legs, sprung with hessian type upholstery.
An excepti...
Category
19th Century Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Reed
$8,281 Sale Price
60% Off
Victorian Settee Couch Walnut Antique, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Impressive Victorian walnut settee.
Standing upon ring turned and carved legs with original brass and porcelain castors.
The uprights being of a carved form.
circa 1860
The sette...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Walnut
Twenties Small Leather Settee
Located in Petworth, GB
A beautiful small cottage settee. Oak serpentine front apron and bun feet with original leather cushion in Liberty London Faria Flowers velvet fabric.
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Settees
Materials
Leather, Velvet
Sheraton Style Mahogany 3 Seat Carved And Upholstered Settee
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sheraton style mahogany three seat carved and upholstered settee. The settee with a shield form back, leaf carvings, fleur di lis carving and trailing bell flowers. The seat upholste...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Sheraton Settees
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century Empire Walnut Upholstered Settee
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely tailored walnut Empire settee. The top rail is flanked by two graceful sloping arms, joining two brass classical female heads crowing two front straight tapering le...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Settees
Materials
Brass
19th c. Swedish Gustavian Sofa or Settee with Lion Heads in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A beautiful 19th century Swedish barrel back sofa settee in the Gustavian style, newly upholstered in linen, circa 1890. Hand scraped to reveal the original paint. The frame features...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Settees
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A decorative and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood settee. This beautiful settee is raised on four straight tapered and fluted legs with finely carved rosette t...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Settees
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
Victorian Oak Hall Bench Carved Settle
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Finely carved oak hall bench or settle circa 1890
The bench opens to form a generous storage space.
Various design including lions heads and dolphin
These are also called a settle so...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Oak
Small Settee in the Neoclassical Taste
Located in New York, NY
Small Settee in the neoclassical taste
Boston, Massachusetts (active 1804–17), about 1810
Mahogany (secondary woods: ash)
Measures: 35 1/8 in. high, 59 3/4 in. long, 19 1/8 in. deep
Although the diminutive scale of this settee places it in a unique category, the piece itself partakes of a vocabulary that is common in Boston furniture of the Late Federal period. Its sabre legs, for example, as seen straight on from the left and right ends, are closely related to the legs, as seen from the front, on a group of chairs of undisputed Boston origin, including a spectacular armchair with scrolled arms (see Stuart P. Feld, Boston in the Age of Neo-Classicism, 1810–1840, exhib. cat. [New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1999], p. 37 no. 6 illus. in color), as well as a number of side chairs, including a set made for Nathan Appleton (see Page Talbott, “Boston Empire Furniture, Part I,” The Magazine Antiques, CVII [May 1975], p. 887 fig. 12). In all, the legs are ornamented with two bold, somewhat flattened reeds set between corner beads, a pattern which is repeated here on the front and end seat rails as well. The superb quality of the piece is further demonstrated in the finely drawn profile of the arms, as well as the delicately bulbous surface of the fronts of the arms and legs. As in the best of the related chairs, the sabre legs end in delicately carved paw feet. The added refinement of the beautifully carved rosettes at both the fronts and backs of the arms suggests that the piece may have been designed to be used in the round.
Stylistically harmonious with these pieces is also a group of larger sofas with frontally set sabre legs and scrolled arms (see Page Talbott, “Seating Furniture in Boston, 1810–1835,” The Magazine Antiques, CXXXIX [May 1991], p. 963 pl. 11) that represent an indigenously Boston form. Although none of the furniture in this group has been effectively attributed, they can certainly be related to various Boston card tables...
Category
Early 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Settees
Materials
Wood
Important Antique Victorian Howard & Son's Chesterfield Sofa Inc Ticking Fabric
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale very rare, original Victorian circa 1860 Howard & Son’s Chesterfield sofa with the original ticking fabric and long, ...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Walnut
Regency Scroll End Settee/Sofa
Located in Folkestone, GB
A grand Regency scroll-end settee constructed in rosewood with panels of intricately cut ivory. Adorned with acanthus leaf carving to the back and scroll...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Settees
Materials
Rosewood
$10,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Asian Burmese Rosewood Settee
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Burmese style (19th Cent) carved filigree rosewood open X design settee with green seat.
Category
19th Century Burmese Anglo Raj Antique Settees
Materials
Fabric, Rosewood
French Louis XV Transition Provençal Settee
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XV transition provençal settee, patinated wood frame, recent pale yellow down upholstery in pale yellow stripes and greenery.
Though th...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Early 20th C. French Louis XV Style Walnut and Cane Settee with Parcel Gilt
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant and finely detailed, this French Louis XV style settee was crafted circa 1920 from richly patinated walnut with subtle parcel gilt accents. The shaped frame features a carved...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Settees
Materials
Cane, Walnut
A Red Painted Chinoiserie Settee
Located in New York, NY
This enchanting early 20th-century red-painted chinoiserie settee showcases exceptional craftsmanship and artistic detailing. Hand-painted scenic panels depict idyllic landscapes, pa...
Category
1920s Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Settees
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Period George II / III Walnut Upholstered Settee
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A diminutive Period Georgian Settee with sinuous Carved and incised Walnut frame and having six supporting cabriole legs and a gracefully curved back frame. Condition: Some separati...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Settees
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Settee
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Settee.
France, Circa 1890.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Settees
Materials
Ormolu
Regency Serpentine Hand Dyed Restored Whisky Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored Regency circa 1810-1820 hand dyed cigar brown leather serpentine fronted Chesterfield club sofa
This sofa is as rar...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Settees
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$11,633 Sale Price
30% Off
Carved mahogany framed settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Two seater mahogany settee, having three-part splat back to the upholstered seat enclosed by scrolling arms raised up on cabriole front legs.
Dimensions
Height 36.5 Inches height to ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Settees
Materials
Upholstery
$1,988 Sale Price
20% Off
19th c. Swedish Rococo Settee or Sofa Bench in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A richly carved, 19th century Swedish sofa bench in the Rococo style. A rare piece found in northern Sweden. This beautiful settee has been hand-scra...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Settees
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Painted and parcel gilt caned canape settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 19th century painted and parcel gilt caned canape settee, the double caned back of twin arched form comprised of ribbon, floral and foliate wrapped reeded frame surmounted by fl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Settees
Materials
Giltwood
Salon Set Comprising One Sofa and 4 Armchairs Giltwood Louis XVI Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the very high end for quality for salon set comprising a sofa and 4 armchairs in the style of louis XVI ,This salon set was upholstery in exactlty in the same maner what they...
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Settees
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Giltwood
Rattan Settee with Schumacher Fabric Cushions, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
1920s Adirondack stylish rattan loveseat. Cushions fabricated in a Schumacher fabric.
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage Settees
Materials
Rattan
Antique French Louis Philippe Upholstered Walnut Sofa
Located in Sheridan, CO
French Louis Philippe period walnut sofa, mid to late 19th c. The sofa features a curved crest, open scrolled armrests, rising on volute supports.
This sofa was upholstered later. U...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Settees
Materials
Textile, Walnut
Small Restored Chesterfield Victorian Whisky Brown Leather Sofa
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored Victorian circa 1880 hand dyed Chesterfield two-seat sofa with fully but...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Painted Settee in Silk Plaid
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century Swedish painted settee in silk plaid.
Lovely design.
Structurally sound, silk plaid ripped on along upper back. Age to finish consistent with...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Settees
Materials
Silk, Wood
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Black Forest Walnut Bear Settee
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest style (20th Cent) carved walnut settee with bear sides suppports and center hat tree
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Settees
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th Century Neoclassical Style Polychrome Painted Settee, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Neoclassical Style19th Century Italian polychrome painted settee with sphinx carving on back-splat, cane seat with a custom cushion.
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Paint
Biedermeier Settle Sofa Quilted Golden Birch Swedish, 19th Century Couch Settle
Located in Lewes, England
Beautiful and very unusual 19th century Swedish antique Biedermeier settle sofa in top grade quilted golden birch in a deep French polish finish with lovely carved detail.
It has de...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Settees
Materials
Mahogany
$4,376 Sale Price
36% Off
Restored Victorian 1890 Cornelius V. Smith Stamp Chesterfield Leather Sofa Brown
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare original fully restored Victorian 1890 Cornelius V Smith Stamped aged whiskey brown leather Chest...
Category
1890s English High Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$9,694 Sale Price
30% Off
Sublime Fully Restored Regency 1810 Sofa Brown Leather Carved Herms Statue Frame
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this very rare fully restored Regency circa 1810 brown leather sofa with hand carved mahogany herms statues
A one of kind piece, thi...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Settees
Materials
Leather
$16,965 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Early 20th Century Moorish Settee with Decorative Inlay
Located in Westfield, MA
This stunning early 20th-century Moorish settee is a remarkable example of intricate craftsmanship and exotic design. Constructed from rich hardwood, the frame features a dazzling ar...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Settees
Materials
Bone, Abalone, Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Filigree Carved Back Settee
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th century) gilt and filigree carved back settee with Aubusson cushion.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Plumet et Selmersheim Art Nouveau Seating Suite
By Tony Selmersheim, Charles Plumet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Nouveau seating suite by Plumet et Selmersheim, circa 1900, in solid sculpted rosewood. Set consists of settee, pair of armchairs, pair of sid...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Settees
Materials
Rosewood
French Directoire Settee with Painted Garlands, Upholstery and Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Directoire settee from the 19th century with soft creamish yellow painted finish, green accents, painted garlands and linen upholster...
Category
19th Century French Directoire Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Georgian Style Mahogany and Fabric Sofa
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An antique mid-18th century style mahogany settee with later fabric coverings. The serpentine apron is carved with scallop and acanthus decoration, the supporting cabriole legs termi...
Category
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Settees
Materials
Mahogany
German Biedermeier Satinwood Settee W/ Gilt Foliage Wreaths & Silk Seat, C. 1815
By Biedermeier
Located in Charleston, SC
German Biedermeier satinwood settee with a gilt carved shaped back, flanking scrolled arms, central gilt carved foliage wreaths, reticulated carved gilt X panels, gilt corner circula...
Category
1810s German Biedermeier Antique Settees
Materials
Silk, Satinwood, Giltwood
Fine Antique Victorian Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa Oak Lions Hairy Paw Feet
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this circa 1860-1880 fully restored original Swedish aged brown leather Chesterfield fully sprung sofa with hand carved ...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Leather
$10,386 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Bamboo Eastlake Style Settee
Located in Pasadena, TX
Antique Bamboo Eastlake Style settee
Bamboo and hardwood construction with accents in brass. Hand painted seat and back in floral motifs.
53? Wid...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Eastlake Antique Settees
Materials
Bamboo
Antique L. & J.G. Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Open Arm Settee or Loveseat
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Mission or Arts & Crafts loveseat, settee, or sofa
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with upholstered seat cushion.
Measures: 65"W x 25"D x 36"H. Seat height...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Louis XV Style French Caned Settees
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite pair of 19th century French settees captures the spirit of the Louis XV style. The versatile chairs are exquisitely crafted with gracefully curved, double caned seat b...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Settees
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Beautiful 19th Century Giltwood Suite
Located in Dublin, IE
A beautiful 19th century giltwood suite of neat proportions and fabulous quality, comprising of a two seater sofa and two matching armchairs, upholstered in silk with delicate traili...
Category
19th Century French Antique Settees
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
$4,743 / set
Antique Tripple Rush Seat Solid Linen Upholstery Cushion Bench Sattee Sofa Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very decorative antique tripple rush seat solid linen upholstery cushion bench sattee sofa mint!
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Settees
Materials
Rush, Chestnut
Antique L&JG Stickley Settee - W7252 WE RUNNING A SPECIAL SALE.
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an antique L&JG Stickley Settee from the early 1900s with spindle back. The settee has the original leather seats, original tacks, and original finish. All spindles are stra...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Settees
Materials
Leather, Oak
$2,750 Sale Price
50% Off
Japanese Meiji Carved Teak Dragon Carved Bench Settee
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Stunning Japanese Meiji Carved Teak Dragon Carved Bench Settee
Dimensions : 52" Wide X 40" Tall X 24" Deep
This bench was made in Japan and is ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Settees
Materials
Teak
Two Seat Settee
Located in London, England
French empire style two seat canapé in original paint finish reupholstered in linen.
H 93cm x W 143cm x D 63cm x SH 39cm
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Settees
Materials
Linen
$3,715
Josef Maria Olbrich Music Room Settee Cabinet Darmstadt Germany made c.1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Gorgeous Art Nouveau music room settee with cabinet of finest manufacturing quality.
Designer:
Attributed to circle of Josef Maria Olbrich (186...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Settees
Materials
Other
English Victorian Black Lacquered Floral Settee
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mâché black lacquered and gold decorated floral painted settee with cane seat and 3 back panels.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Cane, Lacquer
French Louis XVI Painted Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI carved and painted settee. Circa 1870. This is a timeless classic. 50w x 25d x 39h
Category
19th Century Antique Settees
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century English Inlaid Mahogany Settee
Located in London, GB
This very attractive and delicate late 19th century inlaid mahogany salon sofa is
raised on cabriole legs with pad feet and united by stretchers on all sides. The seat has been rece...
Category
1870s British Antique Settees
Materials
Bone, Upholstery, Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Cane Back Settee
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Large French Louis XV style cane back settee, also called canapé or sofa.
Sofa in a very good state, no damage to the cane, rare find. Double-caned s...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Settees
Materials
Velvet, Cane, Wood
French Carved Walnut Sofa with Floral Upholstery, circa 1880
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exceptional French antique sofa is a striking example of 19th century craftsmanship, featuring a beautifully sculpted walnut frame and an ele...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Settees
Materials
Walnut
Italian Mid-19th Century Giltwood And Mahogany Settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very unique and decorative Italian mid 19th century Settee. This stunning settee is raised on a mahogany base. The generous upholstered seating area is accented on each side by elegant patinated black richly carved swans on giltwood supports. The wide back cushions are flanked by patinated black reeded columns topped by a carved giltwood feather...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Settees
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
19th Century Gustavian Sofa Bench
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Gustavian sofa bench with original paint. Exquisite carving on the front and side panels and along the perimeter of the upholstered a...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Settees
Materials
Wood
Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Green Settee
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier walnut veneered settee with open double scroll design arms resting on a fluted ¬Ω round shaped base with upholstered seat & sleigh back (Circa 1825)
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Grey Painted Swedish Settee with Shell and Foliate Carving
Located in Essex, MA
Grey painted Swedish settee with shell and foliate carving with turned stretcher bottom and gently curved legs. Off-white muslin seat cover. Measures: 44" H x 50.5" W x 21" D.
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Gustavian Antique Settees
Materials
Wood
19th c. Caned and Painted Bench
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carved and Painted Country Bench
Category
19th Century French Antique Settees
Materials
Wood
Luxury Victorian Hand Dyed Aged Brown Leather Two Seat Sofa Hand Carved Floral
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning fully restored hand dyed aged brown leather two-seat sofa
This sofa is just about as fine as you find anywhere, it has ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Leather
$9,694 Sale Price
30% Off
French Victorian Gold Tufted Settee
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian faux-bamboo design ebonized and gilt-trimmed settee with tufted gold upholstery and fringe (matching stools: 052463)
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Faux Bamboo
Fully Restored Whisky Brown Leather Lutyen's Viceroy Sofa, circa 1900
By Thomas Chippendale, Lutyen’s Viceroy
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare fully restored Whisky brown leather Lutyen’s Viceroy style two seat brown leather sofa with Thom...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Settees
Materials
Leather
$9,209 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage, New and Antique Settees
Vintage, new and antique settees are a smart and stylish choice for adding more seating to a room.
Settees first appeared in 17th-century Europe. A very famous settee, known as the Knole settee, was actually used by a monarch in South East England to receive visitors. This seating furniture was often part of a set that included matching chairs. While settees were popular in parlors, you could also find similar seating, such as daybeds and chaises longues (both of which derive from the settee, as does the chesterfield), where you might relax with guests in your home.
Today, a settee is still furniture that invites socializing. They’re common in living rooms and other shared areas because they allow you to cozy up to someone and have a conversation with them.
Settees are typically small seats that can fit two or more people, but they aren’t as wide as couches or sofas. A settee is more intimate and offers more sitting room than an armchair. Settees often have a backrest for optimal support and are frequently upholstered.
Are you looking to add more seating to an entertainment room but working with limited space? We promise that your vintage settee will look great next to your coffee table in your main seating area. You can also add a settee to your mudroom so that guests have a comfortable spot to sit down and take off their shoes. If you have a small space in your home that you’re still figuring out how to use, add a settee to turn it into a comfortable reading nook. They work in bedrooms too; a tufted settee designed by Danish modernist Finn Juhl makes perfect sense at the foot of your bed.
Most settees come with an upholstered seat, but you can find variations that aren’t upholstered. There are antique wood settees and benches that will look right at home in a rustic decor.
The backrest is an important consideration when choosing a settee. You can find pieces with low seat backs that look discreet and don’t provide a lot of support. If you want more support, we recommend choosing a settee with a high back.
A settee with a high back can become a statement piece, especially if you choose an item with a unique upholstery print or decorative frame.<a href=https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/settees/style/victorian/ target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Victorian settees are ideal for introducing an air of sophistication to your living room. These pieces often feature frames of walnut or mahogany, a seat upholstered in chintz fabric (Victorians appreciated that the glazed finish made it easy to wipe clean) and sculptural hand-carved cabriole legs.
If you want something that feels more contemporary or will work better with your mid-century modern side tables and lounge chair, consider Space Age settees or mid-century modern versions. In your main seating area, tie the elements together with a large rug. (Find more tips on how to arrange furniture here.)
On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage, new and antique settees from different eras to match any furniture style.
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