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Side Chairs For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Empire
Pair of circa 1840 Hand Carved Prie Dieu High Back Prayer Chairs Original Bases
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of early 19th century Prie Dieu chairs made with solid walnut frames and the original thatched sears
A great pair of occasion...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Antique Shield Back Chairs, Scottish, Oak Hall Seat Victorian circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique shield back chairs. A Scottish, oak hall seat of superb quality, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Mag...
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
French Victorian Bamboo Armchair
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian oak faux bamboo Campaign design folding armchairhaving modern painted seat and back panels with animals and leather arm straps.
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Bamboo
French Empire Solid Mahogany Regency Side Chairs Figural Bronze Ormolu, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire solid mahogany Regency side chairs with figural bronze ormolu - a pair. Item features finely cast ornate bronze ormolu, slightly curved backrest, solid wood fra...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Early Victorian Mahogany Chair with Tufted Leather Upholstery, England
Located in Miami, FL
An early Victorian side chair in mahogany with curved top rail, and raised on turned front legs and saber back legs. Seat is upholstered in a tufted, beige/camel-colored leather with...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of Early Victorian Mahogany Hall Chairs in the Manner of Richard Bridgens
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of early Victorian mahogany hall chairs in the manner of Richard Bridgens. Each with a turned top rail above a pierced quatrefoil and scrolling f...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Old Spanish Throne Occasional High Back Chair Period Distressed Paint & Leather
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very old and original Spanish high back carved occasional chair
An ornately carved and decorated ori...
Category
19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Quality Pair of Antique Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality pair of antique mahogany Victorian side chairs having very attractive expertly carved shaped tops with beautiful quality carved pieced splats to the centre. They stand on ele...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Other
Antique French Victorian Carved Rosewood Small Petite Accent Side Chairs, Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Victorian carved rosewood small petite accent side chairs - a pair. Item features a small petite size, beautiful dark rosewood frames, upholstered seats, nicely carved...
Category
20th Century French Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Quality Antique Victorian Carved Rosewood Side Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality Victorian carved rosewood side chair with a rosewood framed back and a beautifully carved top rail with reeded turned supports. It has a very attractive expertly carved front...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Other
American Victorian Rosewood Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Victorian rosewood side chairs with carved filigree and scroll design back and shell crest. (Attributed to John Henry Belt...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Vintage English Oak Occasional Chape Hall Chairs Lovely Primate Patian
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning pair of antique English oak hand carved hall prayer chairs
These are a very early Victorian pair, quite a primate by de...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Floral Scrollwork Carved Mahogany Parlor Accent Slipper Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Floral Scrollwork carved mahogany parlor accent slipper chair. Item features floral scrollwork carved frame, brass rolling casters, very nice antique item. Frame lo...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Quality Pair of Antique Mahogany Carved Side / Desk Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality pair of antique mahogany carved side/desk chairs with an elegant tall back with a carved shaped top, an attractive carved open splat to the centre, newly recovered drop in se...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Other
Pair of Early Chiavari Chairs by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Sharon, CT
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.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of American Victorian Red Damask Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Victorian rosewood and filigree carved back side chairs with red damask upholstery. (att: Meeks)
Category
19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Jacob French 18th Century Mahogany and Green Silk Upholster High Back Armchairs
Located in Firenze, IT
This magnificent pair of French late 18th Century- early 19th Century armchairs could be attributable to Jacob-Desmalter, an outstanding chairmaker and cabinetmaker who worked in the Louis XVI style and Directoire styles of the earlier phase of Neoclassicism.
These sturdy armchairs are made of solid mahogany and green silk upholster, they feature an extremely comfortable high and slightly arched back and quite large and extremely firm seats. The hand-made carvings and inlays are masterfully executed. The over graceful scrolled arms and the top rail sculpted in shallow relief with acanthus leaves, lotus leaves and rosette, all typical neoclassical patterns beloved during the Directory- Restauration and Empire period and always very chic.
The bowed seat and its apron are raised by carved console legs in front and saber legs back.
These armchairs with their beautiful curvy shape are very stylish, comfortable and sturdy.
The back is covered with silk also behind that's make them a perfect free standing piece of furniture or a centre seating...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Silk, Wood, Mahogany
Pair of Antique American Carved Walnut Parlor Chairs with Erotic Female Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique chairs is unsigned but believed to have been made in the United States in circa 1880 in the Victorian style. The chairs have hand carved wooden frames and featur...
Category
Late 19th Century American High Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Black Forest Carve Oak Bobbin Hall Chair Depicting Two Friends Hugging Scrooge
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very rare circa 1870 Black Forest carved oak hall chair with Bobbin turned legs and backrest depicting men hugging possibly Ebenezer Scrooge
An att...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
Outdoor American Victorian Iron Swivel Chair
Located in New York, NY
Outdoor American Victorian painted iron 4 legged swivel base arm chair with filigree back.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Iron
Victorian Show Frame Lion Carved Walnut Salon Armchair Embroidered Upholstery
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare Victorian hand carved show framed Salon armchair with Lion detailing and stamped castors
A good find, its rare to come across sho...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of Four Swedish Empire Side Chairs by F. Pettersson, Mid 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of four Swedish Empire side chairs from the mid-19th century by furniture maker F. Pettersson. These antique chairs from Sweden have an elegantly curved backs, with straight wo...
Category
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Upholstery
French Empire Green Damask Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 French Empire style (19th century) mahogany side chairs with bronze trim and green damask upholstery.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Damask, Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Oak Hall Chairs
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is an unusual pair of Victorian oak hall chairs. Each with domed arch open backs with castellated top rails and with Doulton inset pottery tiles below depicting scenes from ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
French Empire Mahogany Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (19th Cent) mahogany sleigh back side chair with bronze griffin legs and trim and red seat
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Pair of Petite Carved Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of petite 19th century French beautifully carved walnut side chairs in Victorian style.
Very stable and comfortable with new white upholstery,
circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Rare 19th Century French Embroidered Armchair Ornately Carved Frame High Back
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for this stunning hand made in France Embroidered carver armchair with carved frame
An extremely decorative and well made armchair, the carving is exquis...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Ebonized Reading Chair on Castors, Late 19th Century
Located in Uppsala, SE
Diminutive antique reading chair with ebonized legs on castors, late 19th century. Either you sit on it like a normal chair our you can turn arou...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century carved mahogany side chairs in the Chippendale style
Located in Martlesham, GB
A pair of 19th century carved mahogany side chairs in the Chippendale style, superb quality and lovely dense timber, the carved and shaped back of unique design, the seat having been...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Outdoor American Victorian Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of four outdoor American Victorian painted iron side chairs with oval scroll and filigree back and round seat.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chiavari Chairs
Located in New York, NY
The delicate, lightweight chiavari chair was first made in the Italian town of Chiavari in the early years of the 19th century. Their elegance and grace would come to charm Mid-Century Modernists, and inspire Gio Ponti to create his Superleggera chair. Unlike most midcentury chiavari chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Gold
Antique Pair of French Empire Neoclassical Louis XVI Harp Lyre Back Side Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of antique harp back side chairs with brass or bronze mounts in the French Empire / Louis XVI taste. Item features solid wood construction, harp back...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Empire Tub Armchair
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique Empire tub armchair, circa 1820, mahogany with finely carved details. Newly upholstered with beautiful crème colored fabric.
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Regency Style Period Parcel Gilt Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Regency style armchair featuring a Fruitwood frame with hand-carved matte ebonized plume body details and traditional 22-karat gilded parcel gilt detail on stylized heron heads at arm fronts and legs. Mint restored with new Moss Green mohair upholstery. Available at 200 Lexington...
Category
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Black Forest Faux Bois Carved Mahogany Twig Branch Side Vanity Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful antique black forest carved mahogany, faux bois, small side chair or vanity chair. Item features an intricately carved faux bois design complete with realistic leaves, as w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of English Victorian Lacquered Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Victorian papier-mache and pearl inlaid black lacquer side chairs with spindle design back and stretcher
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Set of 4 American Victorian Oak Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 American Victorian stripped oak side chairs with spindle and pressed design back with black leather seat.
Category
19th Century North American Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of 4 Outdoor French Victorian Brass Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Outdoor French Victorian brass open back side chairs with stretcher and upholstered seat.
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Russian Empire Side Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Russian Empire Side Chairs - Original untouched finish newly reupholstered seat in Jim Thompson fabric.
Category
19th Century Russian Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Italian Hall Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality carved walnut Italian hall chairs having quality carved solid walnut shaped backs with scrolls, leaves and a shield, unusual attractive shaped seats...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Walnut Salon Chairs
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality pair of Victorian walnut inlaid salon chairs, each having sevres style plaques, both chairs remain in very good condition showing minor signs of wear comme...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Six 19th Century Birdseye Maple Caned Side Chairs in the Empire Taste
Located in Milford, NH
A fine set of six birdseye maple side chairs with caned seats in the Empire taste, with nicely shaped crests and splats dating to the 19th century. Very good overall condition, two c...
Category
19th Century English Empire Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Birdseye Maple
Mid-19th Century Victorian Period Oak Side Chair
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century Victorian Period oak side chair, the generously carved cartouche back set upon an upholstered seat and raised upon faceted turned legs.
Upholstered with Brunsch...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
19th Century Papier Mâché Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Papier mâché chair
Creator signature on back.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Side Chairs
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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