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Side Chairs For Sale
Period: Mid-19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
American Empire Boston Mahogany Grandview Chairs, C 1860s Set of 3
Located in Germantown, MD
Exceptional set of 3 American empire Boston girandole chairs. This very rare chairs in today's market was handcrafted out of top grain flame mahogany in mid 1800s. These grandiose ch...
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Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Traditional Victorian Balloon Back Side Chair, English, Circa 1850
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality traditional form solid mahogany Victorian balloon back chair with "slip in" seat, upholstered in gold silk damask. Nicely carved do...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Damask, Mahogany

Pair of Puginesque Hall Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Puginesque hall chairs in two-tone polished and ebonized oak featuring pediment tops echoing inlaid chevron backs with boxwood disk inlay highlights and carved quatrefoil d...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Side Chairs

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Oak

Collectible Design "Silent Servant" by Markus Friedrich Staab 2022
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
1940's work stool contemporized, additionel sculptural leg, hand grip, painted and multi lacquered. Through my work I transform each chair into a unique and individual object. Chair...
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Early 1900s German Bohemian Antique Side Chairs

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Oak, Lacquer, Paint

Antique Pair of Gothic Pitch Pine Throne Side Hall Bedroom Chairs
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality pair of Gothic pitch pine throne, side, hall, or bedroom chairs C1900. Solid and heavy, with no loose joints and no woodworm. Overall maximum dimensions: 59c...
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Early 1900s Gothic Antique Side Chairs

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Pine

Pair of Antique English "Prince of Wales" Carved Hall Chairs, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of antique English "Prince of Wales" carved hall chairs, circa 1840.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Side Chairs

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Wood

Mid 19th Century Maple Spindle Back Caned Seat Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
Civil War Era solid maple caned seat chair. Caning in good condition.. Vintage Solid Wood, Cane Seat Dining Side Accent Chair. truly antique furniture ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Side Chairs

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Cane, Maple

Primitive 19th Century Elm & Rush Chair
Located in London, GB
A large, characterful 19th century vernacular chair, primitively constructed from heavily patinated elm with original woven rush seat. Irish, c. 1850.
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Mid-19th Century Irish Primitive Antique Side Chairs

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Rush, Elm

Empire Style Armchair, 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Empire style armchair made around 1850 in black wood and green-yellow velvet. Has some nice sculptural details carved in the wood. Is easy to mo...
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1850s French Empire Antique Side Chairs

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Velvet, Wood

Original and Documented Jugendstil Adolf Loos Chair, 20th Century, 1907
Located in Vienna, AT
Chair from the antechamber of the Rudolf Kraus apartment, brother of Karl Kraus, the famous wordsmith. This Apartment in Vienna 1, Nibelungengasse 13, was presented by Adolf Loos on walking tours, when he has shown his works to the public. Loos has ordered furniture at cabinet makers as Josef Veillich or Friedrich Otto Schmidt, often following inspiring examples from the 18th century. The old...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Beech

English Carved Walnut Side Chair
Located in Wilson, NC
This chair is carved on all sides with intricate interlaced grapevines with grape clusters on a stipled background.
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1850s English Antique Side Chairs

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Walnut

1860s French Fine Hand-Carved Walnut and Cane Side Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
An amazing 1860s French carved walnut and cane side chair with exquisite carvings on back. Measures 18" in width, 18" in depth and stands 37.5" tall with a seat height of 17.5".
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Cane, Walnut

Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Elm Side / Dining Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Elm Side / Dining Chair This beautiful red elm side chair from the Shanxi Province of China can be used as a statement...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Side Chairs

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Wood, Elm, Lacquer

19th Century Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Pair Armchair
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century French Empire style handcrafted gilt bronze mahogany framed upholstered pair of armchair. Each armchairs is set on four straight mahogany legs, the front two of which ar...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Side Chairs

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Bronze

Small Antique Victorian Nursing Chair circa 1860 Carved Hardwood Frame
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice Victorian circa 1860 mahogany framed nursing chair with velour upholstery. A nicely made genui...
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Side Chairs

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Hardwood

Catalan, Colonial Spanish Carved Armchair with Leather, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Renaissance style armchair from the Catalan region of Spain. Constructed from richly stained oak and leather, accented with wonderful nailheads.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Side Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Josef Hoffmann Attr. Pair of Extraordinary Chairs 1905-10 Jugendstil Art Nouveau
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of extraordinary chairs in the style of the early Josef Hoffmann furniture. The significant skids were used by Hoffmann in the earl...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Antique Pair Sheraton Revival Side Chairs Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb and striking pair of Sheraton Revival mahogany and satinwood banded chairs, Circa 1900 in date. The high back chairs feature satinwood banding with boxwood and ebonised line inlay and wonderful foliate carved decoration. The square tops are supported by a pair of ionic columns which frame rails above criss-cross splats. The overstuffed golden upholstered seats are above satinwood banded seat rails and the chairs are raised on reeded taping legs that terminate in decoratively carved spade feet. It is rare to find such a perfectly sculpted pair of chairs. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THESE CHAIRS ARE MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been cleaned, polished, and waxed in our workshops. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 96 x Width 47 x Depth 49 - Chairs Dimensions in inches: Height 3 foot, 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 6 inches x Depth 1 foot, 7 inches - Chairs Thomas Sheraton (1751 - 1806) was an English cabinetmaker and one of the leading exponents of Neoclassicism. Sheraton gave his name to a style of furniture characterised by a feminine refinement of late Georgian styles and became the most powerful source of inspiration behind the furniture of the late 18th century. His four-part Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers’ Drawing Book greatly influenced English and American design. Sheraton was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker, but he became better known as an inventor, artist, mystic, and religious controversialist. Initially he wrote on theological subjects, describing himself as a “mechanic, one who never had the advantage of collegiate or academical education.” He settled in London c. 1790, and his trade card gave his address as Wardour Street, Soho. Supporting himself mainly as an author, Sheraton wrote Drawing Book (1791), the first part of which is devoted to somewhat naive, verbose dissertations on perspective, architecture, and geometry and the second part, on which his reputation is certainly based, is filled with plates that are admirable in draftsmanship, form, and proportion. In 1803 Sheraton, who had been ordained a Baptist minister in 1800, published his Cabinet Dictionary (with plates), containing An Explanation of All Terms Used in the Cabinet, Chair and Upholstery Branches with Dictionary for Varnishing, Polishing and Gilding. Some of the designs in this work, venturing well into the Regency style, are markedly unconventional. That he was a fashionable cabinetmaker is remarkable, for he was poor, his home of necessity half shop. It cannot be presumed that he was the maker of those examples even closely resembling his plates. Although Sheraton undoubtedly borrowed from other cabinetmakers, most of the plates in his early publications are supposedly his own designs. The term Sheraton has been recklessly bestowed upon vast quantities of late 18th-century painted and inlaid satinwood furniture...
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Early 1900s Sheraton Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Antique English Mahogany Lyre Back Side Chair circa Mid-1800's Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique English mahogany lyre back chair drew its design element from the Greek Classical period. The lyre back chairs began appearing over 300-yeards ago and are still used to this day. This would make for an ideal desk chair. **Fabric has a small cigarette...
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1850s English Sheraton Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Pair of Louis XVI Style Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
The fine pair of Louis XVI side chairs with an intricately carved frame surrounding an upholstered back and seat with fluted legs, the whole having original paint in a lovely faded p...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Carved Walnut Folding Scissors Savonarola Bench/Settee
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut folding scissors Savonarola bench/settee Typical of the Italian Renaissance with carved Florentine backs. This pair cre...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of Four Large Slender Bentwood Dining Set by Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four large slender bentwood dining set by Thonet. Early 20th century European production. Seat fabric can be changed with C. O. M. (one yard...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Bentwood

Antique Pair of Victorian Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Pair of Victorian walnut side chairs having a lovely shaped walnut back and shaped splats to the centre, newly reupholstered in qu...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Antique Spindleback Rush Chairs, English, Hall, Lancashire, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique spindleback rush country chairs. An English, oak hall or dining seat in the Lancashire taste, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Delightfu...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Side Chairs

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Oak

Quality Antique Victorian Walnut Carved Side Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut carved chair having a beautifully carved shaped back with a carved pierced border. Newly re-upholstered back and s...
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Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Danish Biedermeier Grass Green Upholstered Side Chairs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of Two Danish Biedermeier side chairs with beautiful carved wood design. This pair of chairs has been newly reupholstered with grass green Knoll fabric. The chairs are as comfo...
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1830s Danish Biedermeier Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Birch

Set of Four Large Slender Bentwood Dining Set by Thonet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four large slender bentwood dining set by Thonet, early 20th century European production. Seat fabric can be changed with C. O. M. (one yard...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Bentwood

Six Swedish Gustavian Style 1850s Painted Wood Side Chairs with Carved Rosettes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of six Swedish Gustavian style painted wood stick back side chairs from the mid 19th century, with tapered legs, carved rosettes and used...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Side Chairs

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Upholstery, Wood

Outstanding Quality Antique Carved Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique carved mahogany library chair having a fantastic upholstered tapestry back and seat, outstanding quality carved mahogany shaped open arms and standing on ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Pair 19th Century Chinese Elm Wood Horseshoe Chairs Qing Dynasty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair 19th century Chinese Elm wood horseshoe style chairs from the Qing Dynasty era. Horseshoe back and into arms, carved design on the center of their ba...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Elm

Mid 18th Century English George III Side Chair
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A George III side chair of good, sturdy size. English, c.1760, mahogany. The wavy ladder back with Gothick open cut-work typical of Chippendale design. Stretchered, square molded legs with shaped decorative seat...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Hall/Side Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian carved mahogany hall chair having a beautifully carved shaped top and sides, attractive solid mahogany barley twist supports standing on shaped carved cabriole legs...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of 1850s French Empire Wood Side Chairs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1850s French Empire side chairs. Hand carved.
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1850s Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair Victorian Hall Chairs, Antique 1840 Carved Seats
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Gorgeous pair of Victorian hall chairs - Hand carved and in mahogany, circa 1840 - Great collectors pair - Offered in great shape, ready fo...
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1840s Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Original Antique Cafe Chair by J&J Kohn Ltd
Located in Tarleton, GB
Antique Cafe Chair  A stunning design classic by J & J Kohn Ltd dated circa early 1900's.  Jacob & Josef Kohn, also known as J. & J. ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Beech, Elm

Traditional Victorian Balloon Back Side Chair, English, Circa 1850
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality traditional form solid mahogany Victorian balloon back chair with "slip in" seat, upholstered in black and maroon pin-striped fabri...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Thonet Sider Chairs Attributed to Marcel Kammerer
Located in Vienna, AT
Katalog No, A 335 beech bentwood with plywood seat and backrest attributed to Marcel Kammerer. Professionaly restored. Signed Thonet on the frame.
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Side Chairs

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Beech, Bentwood, Plywood

Set of Four 19th Century French Renaissance Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of Four 19th Century French Renaissance chairs are ideal for the wine room, game room, or as occasional seating throughout the home! The u...
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality carved walnut side chairs having a quality shaped walnut back with a pretty pierced carved splat to the cent...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of Antique Side Chairs, French, Painted, Hall, Occasional Seat, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique side chairs. A superb quality French, painted solid walnut hall or occasional seat, dating to the mid Victorian p...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Side Chairs

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Walnut

Art Nouveau Thonet Chairs and Bench by Otto Wagner, Austria 1900’s, Set of 3
Located in Budapest, HU
This exceptional Vienna Secession, Art-Nouveau longe cafe set was designed by Otto Wagner, manufactured by the prestigious Thonet factory circa the 1900’s. The beech bentwood set...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Copper

Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality walnut side chairs having a quality carved scroll shaped back, newly reupholstered serpentine shaped seats in a quality fabric and standing on shape...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs

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Walnut

Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Side Chair, circa 1850-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale side chair, circa 1850-1870. This chair is of superb quality, and matches EAC401, which is an armchair.
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Side Chairs

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Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Wood Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of decorative 19th Century Napoleon III Louis XVI Style gilt wood side chairs An arched padded back with carved flower decoration and a br...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Side Chairs

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Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood

Liberty Style, Arts & Crafts Oak Bedroom Chair with Pewter & Ebony Floral Inlays
Located in London, GB
Liberty style. A fine Arts and Crafts oak bedroom chair with floral Pewter and Ebony inlays and further string inlays throughout. Professionally re-upholstered in a quality hide.
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Side Chairs

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Pewter

Ladder Back Victorian Reupholstered Mahogany Side Chair, Circa 1860s
Located in Germantown, MD
Stunning Victorian mahogany side chair. Professionally Re-Upholstered with a very fine fabric of gold and turquoise colors on raised seats. Very comfortable. Very good condition. M...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Renaissance Double Side Seat, France, circa 1860
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance seat for 2 persons, double side Made in France in circa 1860s Very good condition. New Italian leather upholstery Wood: oak Measures:...
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1860s French Renaissance Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Solid Sculptural Organic Teak Stool Madura Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This stool from the early 20th century features a beautiful wood texture and age related patina. Carved from a soild block of teak wood the stool is incredibly solid and robust. A wo...
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Early 1900s Indonesian Organic Modern Antique Side Chairs

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Wood, Teak

Philadelphia Chippendale Style Chair with Carved Ribbon-Back, circa 1840
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful Rococo-Revival, Chippendale style chair in mahogany with ribbon-back carving. Exquisitely carved and articulated ribbon back framed by acanthus carved foliates. Chai...
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1830s American Chippendale Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Pair, Antique Carved Elmwood Arm Chairs from China
Located in Round Top, TX
This attractive pair of arm chairs were crafted in the early to mid 1800's in China. The majority of the original darker finish has been worn away through generations of use, leaving...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Side Chairs

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Wood, Elm

Stunning Show Framed Early Victorian Chesterfield Brown Leather Library Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare fully restored circa 1840 show framed Chesterfield tufted hand dyed brown leather library reading chair...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Pair of Early 20th Century English Egyptian Revival Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredibly rare pair of early 20th century English Egyptian Revival slipper chairs inspired by an Egyptian 18th Dynasty chair discovered in 1905. The frames are carved of walnut and feature legs carved to imitate the fore and hind legs of lions, with caned seats, and new down filled silk velvet tiger cushions.
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Early 1900s English Egyptian Revival Antique Side Chairs

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Silk, Cane, Walnut

Shapland & Petter, Baillie Scott Style of, Arts & Crafts Oak Rush Seated Chair
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. A good Arts and Crafts oak rush seated chair in the style of M H Baillie Scott with a lower heart cut-out to the back rest. A wide apron below the seat with subt...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Side Chairs

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Rush, Oak

Antique Chippendale Chair with Rush Seat
Located in East Hampton, NY
Elegant antique Chippendale side chair with a rush seat.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Rush

Antique Italian Cowhide Accent Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian cowhide accent chair.
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Early 1900s Italian Primitive Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Cowhide, Bentwood

Shapland & Petter, A Pair Of English Arts & Crafts Ash & Rush Seat Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
Shapland and Petter. Stamped with their design numbers under the seats. An unusual pair of English Arts & Crafts Ash side chairs with heart-shaped op...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Side Chairs

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Rush, Oak

Pair Fine Quality French Gilt Salon Chairs circa 1880
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A pair fine quality French gilt salon chairs circa 1880 Old world faded elegance a pair of French salon chairs in the Louis XVI style, the chairs are in...
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Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

Rustic Green Swedish Baroque Style Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rustic Baroque style chair from northern Sweden. The chair is a country furniture from the first half of the 19th century. The model itself is from...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Pine

Vintage, New and Antique Side Chairs

Antique and vintage side chairs are space savers by design and wonderfully versatile pieces of seating for your dining room or wherever guests may gather.

Chairs have been indispensable pieces of furniture for a long time. We sit, therefore we deserve good seating. In Ancient Egypt, chairs were utilized in homes regardless of class, and most furniture was made of wood. Comfortable folding chairs, for example, were found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Chairs evolved to be more commonplace in the 1830s, and by the Industrial Revolution, they could be found in most homes. The traditional wooden side chair might feature an upholstered back and seat and was typically used for gathering around a big dining room table. Because the side chair does not feature armrests, it could easily be tucked under the table when not in use or delicately placed in a corner for decorative purposes. Today, the side chair’s slim silhouette and armless design still offer the same level of versatility as it did in its early days. It’s supportive of a large gathering for a meal in the dining room or kitchen and serves as an accent piece (or extra seating) resting against the wall in a living room or inviting foyer.

When shopping for side chairs, think about the colors and furniture style you’ve already introduced to your living room or dining room. Keep the height of your sofa in mind, for example. If you intend to pair your sofa with your side chair when it’s not perched near the dining table, it wouldn’t hurt if the height of your side chair matches the height of your sofa. Even if your side chair will largely be used in the kitchen or dining room, it will likely be used in the living room or home entertainment area as well. When you’re thinking about the seating where meals are served in your home, benches, stools and armchairs make suitable alternatives too. And if you’re feeling adventurous, combining a variety of dining room seating options can be both aesthetically pleasing and downright practical.

Side chairs are available in a number of styles today, and this convenient seating is one of the types of chairs you should know when furnishing your new home. Explore antique and vintage side chairs on 1stDibs. Find Art Deco side chairs and mid-century modern side chairs, or search by creator to find side chairs crafted by legendary designers like Charles and Ray Eames and others.

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