Renaissance Side Chairs

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

Find a collection of antique Renaissance case pieces, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Style: Renaissance

4 Antique Henry II Style Carved Dining Side Chairs Tooled Leather Upholstery

Located in Dayton, OH

Lot of four Henry II style dining chairs. Features a hardwood construction with carved and molded spindle backs. The chairs are supported by fluted legs with H stretchers and bun fee...

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Early 20th Century Renaissance Side Chairs

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Leather, Hardwood

4 Antique Henry II Style Carved Dining Side Chairs Tooled Leather Upholstery

Renaissance Side Chair, Italy 17th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Side chair made of solid walnut with carved pinnacles and volute-decorated intermediate struts on the backrest and front legs. Beautiful authentic patina.

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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Renaissance Side Chair, Italy 17th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Side Chair made of solid walnut with carved pinnacles in the shape of small busts and volute-decorated intermediate struts on the backrest and front legs. A carved coat of arms carto...

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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Renaissance Side Chair, Italy 17th Century

Antique Vanleigh Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Dining Side Chair

By Vanleigh Furniture

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Antique Vanleigh Furniture New York Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Dining Side Chair. Item features the original label, solid oak wood construction, beautiful wood grain...

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Early 1900s Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Oak

Antique Vanleigh Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Dining Side Chair

Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Side Chairs 19th Century

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING EARLIER ELEMENTS In solid walnut with straight seats, gilt acanthus leaf finials, carved front st...

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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Side Chairs 19th Century

Bleached Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair from Italy, Circa 1870

Located in Dallas, TX

A sgabello is an Italian chair that originated in the Renaissance. Originally designed to be displayed in a hallway (like a French side chair), sgabello were typically highly carved with some sort of familial crest or coat of arms incorporated into the décor. They were purely decorative, as the backrests were elaborately carved with protuberances and bulging motifs; comfort was not a primary concern. Hand-carved from walnut in Italy, circa 1870, our Renaissance style sgabello has recently been bleached, allowing the carvings to gain further prominence. The shaped seat has quarter round molding adorned with a series of niches that have been filled with trefoil leaves. Additional foliage has been shallowly incised to the top of the seat, with sprawling rinceaux surrounding a potted plant. The uniquely shaped seatback has several canted edges, topped with various Renaissance motifs. A pair of fragmented...

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1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Bleached Renaissance Style Walnut Sgabello Chair from Italy, Circa 1870

Italian Savonarola Chair in Amazingly Carved Walnut

Located in Carimate, Como

Beautiful Savonarola chair in amazingly carved walnut. The backrail, the armrests start and ending, the front and back feet, the central crossing are all decorated with incredibly hand-carved figures, mainly faces and heads with as well other parts decorated with detailed carvings. Savonarola chair is a type of folding chair with an X frame when viewed from the front or back and the title Savonarola comes from the name of Italian Renaissance Dominican friar...

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20th Century Italian Renaissance Side Chairs

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Wood

Italian Savonarola Chair in Amazingly Carved Walnut

Italian 18th Century Renaissance Savonarola Chair in Amazingly Carved Walnut

Located in Carimate, Como

Impressive and fully original Renaissance Savonarola chair in amazingly carved walnut, it looks simply stunning. The backrail, the armrests star...

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Wood

Italian 18th Century Renaissance Savonarola Chair in Amazingly Carved Walnut

Pair of Italian Arm Chairs, circa 1800

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Tooled leather paneled backs with scroll finals, having straight arm supports above a leather and brass trim seat raised on square legs joined a g...

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Leather, Walnut

Pair of Italian Arm Chairs, circa 1800

19th Century Set of Six French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Velvet Seat

Located in Miami, FL

19th century carved walnut armchair. Perfect to place in your room or in your kitchen The frames with carved structure. The legs are finished in a higly carved. ball feet. It has a r...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Velvet, Walnut

19th Century Set of Six French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Velvet Seat

Located in Miami, FL

19th century carved walnut armchair. Perfect to place in your room or in your kitchen The frames with carved structure. The legs are finished in a higly carved. ball feet. It has ...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Velvet, Walnut

19th Century Set of Six French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Velvet Seat

Set of 6 English Renaissance Ornately-Carved Hall Chairs, Turn of 19th & 20th C

Located in Atlanta, GA

An English set of six Renaissance style elaborately carved hall chairs from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. This set of antique board chairs from England each have been ornately hand-carved in a series of grotesque figures, embellished with swags, volutes, leaves. An arched crest further adorns the toprail. Center backs show a shied entwined with helmet and arrows. The seats, with their decoratively trim carved edges, are raised by a pair of shapely legs consisting of two carved boards, with front leg board continuing the mythological them of the back. These turn of the century chairs...

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Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Wood

Set of 6 English Renaissance Ornately-Carved Hall Chairs, Turn of 19th & 20th C

19th Century Set of Four French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Claw Feet

Located in Miami, FL

19th century carved walnut armchair. Perfect to place in your room or in your kitchen The frames with carved structure. The legs are finished in a higly carved claw feet. It has a...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

19th Century Set of Four French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Claw Feet

19th Century French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Armchair with Claw Feet

Located in Miami, FL

19th century carved walnut turned wood armchair. Perfect to place in your room or in your office with the table desk together. The frames with c...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Oak

19th Century French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Armchair with Claw Feet

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 Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Renaissance Double Side Seat, France, circa 1860

Antique Italian Renaissance Lion Dragon Winged Griffin Barley Twist Side Chair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Antique Italian Renaissance lion dragon winged griffin carved barley twist side chair. Item features winged dragon griffin carved backrest, ba...

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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Fabric, Oak

Antique Italian Renaissance Lion Dragon Winged Griffin Barley Twist Side Chair

Antique Renaissance Revival Lion Northwind Carved Walnut Figural Side Chair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Antique Renaissance revival lion northwind carved walnut figural side chair. Listing includes a pierce carved scrollwork back, lion/northwind carved f...

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Early 20th Century European Renaissance Side Chairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Antique Renaissance Revival Lion Northwind Carved Walnut Figural Side Chair

Fine Quality Pair of Florentine Walnut and Bone Inlaid Savonarola X-Form Chairs

Located in San Francisco, CA

A fine quality pair of Florentine walnut and bone inlaid Savonarola x-form chairs with Medici crest; each stunning chair with shaped back crest rail with inlaid royal heraldry center...

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Fine Quality Pair of Florentine Walnut and Bone Inlaid Savonarola X-Form Chairs

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

17th century Italian Renaissance-style walnut straight 4-legged Sgabelli with V cut on back (one with incised cross).

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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli Side Chairs

Pair of Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut High Back Side Chairs

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Pair of antique 19th century Italian Renaissance carved walnut high back side chairs. Listing includes a stretcher base, solid wood frame, nicely carved details, very nice antique it...

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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Naugahyde, Walnut

Pair of Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut High Back Side Chairs

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 Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Catalan, Colonial Spanish Carved Armchair with Leather, 19th Century

3 English Renaissance Walnut Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

3 English Renaissance style (17th Cent) walnut 3 tier spindle back side chairs with upholstered seat. (priced each).

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17th Century Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

3 English Renaissance Walnut Side Chairs

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli

Located in New York, NY

Set of 4 Italian Renaissance style (19th century) walnut sgabelli side chairs with 4 turned legs and double-eagle backs.

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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli

Pair of Italian Renaissance Sgabelli Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Pair of Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) walnut Sgabelli with 4 turned legs and stretcher.

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19th Century Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of Italian Renaissance Sgabelli Side Chairs

Italian Renaissance Carved Wooden Turn-Legged Side Chair

Located in New York, NY

Italian Renaissance-style carved wooden chair with spiral turned front legs and stretcher, rear saber legs, and a back featuring a painted white crest with a central black lion.

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20th Century Renaissance Side Chairs

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Wood

Italian Renaissance Carved Wooden Turn-Legged Side Chair

19th Century French Carved Oak Turned Wood Armchair

Located in Miami, FL

19th Century carved oak turned wood armchair. Perfect to place in your room or in your office with the table desk together. The frames with barl...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Oak

19th Century French Carved Oak Turned Wood Armchair

Antique Henry II Walnut Rush Seat Small Childrens Child Side Chairs, a Pair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Antique Henry II style walnut rush seat small childrens child side chairs - a pair. Item features small child's size chairs, turn carved legs, pegged construction, woven rush seats, solid wood construction, distressed finish, nicely carved details, very nice antique chairs...

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19th Century English Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Rope, Walnut

Antique Henry II Walnut Rush Seat Small Childrens Child Side Chairs, a Pair

English Renaissance Red Velvet Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Set of 4 English Renaissance (17th-18th century) walnut joint leg side chairs with double front spool stretcher and red velvet upholstered seat and back.

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18th Century English Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut, Upholstery

English Renaissance Red Velvet Chairs

English Renaissance Walnut Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

English Renaissance style (17th century) walnut 3 tier spindle back side chairs with upholstered seat. (3-Priced each).

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17th Century English Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

English Renaissance Walnut Side Chairs

Pair of Italian Renaissance Pine Sgabello Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Pair of Italian Renaissance style Venetian (20th Cent) pine carnival viewing sgabello style side chairs with a Pair carved heads on back.

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20th Century Italian Renaissance Side Chairs

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Pine

Pair of Italian Renaissance Pine Sgabello Side Chairs

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli Stool

Located in New York, NY

Italian Renaissance style (17th century) walnut 4 legged sgabelli stools with stretchers and "V" cutout in back.

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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli Stool

Pair of Early 18th Century Renaissance Style Sgabello Hall Chairs

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A remarkable pair of oak and walnut hall chairs after the Italian Renaissance designs which were adapted by the English in the early 18th century. This form of decorative stool was s...

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1720s English Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Oak, Walnut

Pair of Early 18th Century Renaissance Style Sgabello Hall Chairs

Pair of Antique Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Lion Head Side Chairs

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Pair of antique Renaissance revival carved walnut figural lion head side chairs. Listing includes finely carved lion head finials, stretcher base, solid wood frame, beautiful wood gr...

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Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Pair of Antique Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Lion Head Side Chairs

3 Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) green and gold painted & carved ladder b

Located in New York, NY

3 Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) green and gold painted & carved ladder back high back side chairs with rush seat. (PRICED EACH)

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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Rush, Wood

3 Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) green and gold painted & carved ladder b

19th Century Hand Wrought Iron Renaissance Savonarola Carpet Sling Side Chair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

19th century hand wrought iron Renaissance Savonarola carpet sling side chair. Item features hand wrought iron folding frame, desirable weathered fini...

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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Hand Wrought Iron Renaissance Savonarola Carpet Sling Side Chair

19th Century Spanish Armchair

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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Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

19th Century Spanish Armchair

Pair of Northern Italian Renaissance Griffin Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Pair of Northern Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut carved griffin shaped low side chairs with oval faux snake-skin seat

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19th Century Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Pair of Northern Italian Renaissance Griffin Side Chairs

Pair of 18th Century Italian Renaissance Lion Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Pair of 18th century Italian Renaissance "King and Queen" lion carved walnut Sgabello hall chairs. Item features solid wood construction, finely ca...

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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Walnut

Pair of 18th Century Italian Renaissance Lion Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs

Set of 4 Italian Renaissance Black Leather Side Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Set of 4 Italian Renaissance style oak high backed side chairs with black tufted leather backs & seats on porcelain casters (casters sgnd: R.Comb/Goodyear/1851)

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19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

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Oak, Leather

Set of 4 Italian Renaissance Black Leather Side Chairs

18th Century Pair of Turned Chairs Renaissance Florentine in Walnut Wax Polished

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Very precious and hard to find pair of turned chairs Renaissance Florentine of the 18th century in dark walnut. Wax polished Measures cm: D...

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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Pair of Turned Chairs Renaissance Florentine in Walnut Wax Polished

Vintage French Renaissance Style Walnut Baroque Figural Tapestry Side Chair

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Vintage French Renaissance Style Walnut Baroque Figural Tapestry Side Chair. Item features a solid wood frame, distressed finish, unique tapestry upholstery, nicely carved details. C...

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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Side Chairs

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Tapestry, Walnut

Vintage French Renaissance Style Walnut Baroque Figural Tapestry Side Chair

Renaissance side chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Renaissance side chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage side chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance side chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side chairs, popular names associated with this style include and Vanleigh Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for side chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $18,000 while the average work can sell for $2,800.