French Petite Restauration Upholstered Settee

This elegant and comfortable settee was crafted in 19th century France and features beautiful cut velvet upholstery in a gorgeous botanical print an...

A French Directorie period petite settee is in wonderful antique condition. Hand carved and built in the early 1800’s, this settee is sturdy and is sure to bring a lot of character t...

This incredibly comfortable settee loveseat is from England, circa 1930s, and is freshly upholstered in RM CoCo floral fabric, pattern 2156CB, color...

This eye-catching 18th century Swedish painted settee is a jewel of a find. The hand carved details throughout are beautifully accentuated by the original pale gray painted finish. A...

This Dutch Rococo style three-seat-back settee is a wonderful addition to any interior. Crafted during the 19th century with high quality, ornate marquetry work. The top of each seat...

A vibrant upholstered Louis XVI style settee from Sweden, circa 1840. The green-ish blue paint is original to the frame, worn in few spots adding to the overall antique charm. The high back and shaped sides are covered with yellow and white striped vintage fabric with a border of yellow, secured to the frame and perimetered by carved beads. The scrolling arms feature carved rosettes at the top and at the conjunction with the turned, fluted legs. Two decorative cylindrical pillows...

19th century restauration mahogany settee, upholstered back with show-wood, scrolled arms and loose cushion seat.

French Louis XV style (19th century) white painted and gold decorated settee with carved trim and back crest.

French Louis XV style settee / salon sofa, 20th c., having carved rocaille crest, in a floral upholstery, with foliate handholds, above shell motif apron, rising on cabriole legs, en...

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...

Incorporating 'Stones of Bath' into this settee is inspired the pipers use of one of the five designs commissioned for their centenary, ‘The Glyders’, as loose covers for the chairs at their home Fawley bottom which John Betjeman called ‘Fawley Bum’. 'Stones of Bath' is one of five John Piper (1903-1992) designs commissioned by Arthur Sanderson & Sons in 1959 for their 1960 centenary celebrations. In 1962 Sanderson's screen printed ‘Stones of Bath’ on their Sanderlin fabric, a satinised linen which gave the design a shimmering, restless texture. This was ideally suited to the play of light depicted on the stone in the architectural repeat of buildings in the city of Bath. A piece of this fabric which is in the collection of the V&A was exhibited at the John Piper retrospective held at the Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Reference: 'Artists’ Textiles in Britain 1945-1970', Cat. No. 74. From the late 1950s-early 1960s there was interest in painterly textiles that demonstrated the unique potential of screen printing, with its ability to capture the quality of brush-stroked color. 'The monumental grandeur of many artists' textiles in the early 1960s was necessary if they were to work in the large scale architectural interiors of the era which witnessed a rapid growth in new public buildings, all which required furnishing with suitably prestigious fabrics'. Artists' Textiles in Britain 1945-1970 by Geoffrey Rayner, Richard Chamberlain...

A vintage George II style settee upholstered in green and apricot ikat chevron motif with cabriole mahogany legs.