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Sofas For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Bench Swedish Red Wood, 19th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Bench Swedish red wood, 19th century, Sweden. A bench made during the early 19th century in Sweden. Original paint in a dark red shade.
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Restored Victorian Hand Dyed Brown Leather Sofa Claw & Ball Feet Feather Cushion
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning fully restored late Victorian club sofa with Thomas Chippendale style claw & ball feet
A truly remarkable find, I have only ever seen one or two ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
19th Century Italian Louis XV Style Giltwood Loveseat
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian Louis XV style giltwood loveseat.
Lovely 19th century Italian Louis XV style giltwood loveseat, sofa, canapé or settee. This antique sofa would work well in an ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Sofas
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Sofa
Located in Paris, FR
Austrian Biedermeier-period sofa crafted of mahogany veneer, upholstered in beige fabric with geometric motifs. This refined piece of furniture has rolled armrests decorated with twisted patterns and medallions, and large backrest highlighted with scrolls and palmette. The sofa rests on four square fluted legs.
The Biedermeier period began in the states of the German Confederation and in the Austrian Empire in 1815 (Congress of Vienna) and ended in 1848 (March Revolution). The Biedermeier style referred mainly to the decorative arts, but also included sculpture and painting. In contrast to the opulence and heroism of Napoleon's Empire, the Biedermeier style promoted calm and simplicity. From 1830 onwards, it embodied a new, comfortable, bourgeois way of life.
In furnishing, the emphasis was placed on the structure of the furniture that had robust and geometrical forms, softened by curves. The simplicity of the materials, mainly light woods, was compensated by the variety and exuberance of the forms the backrests of the seats were carved in fan shape, the armrests of the sofas rolled...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Giltwood Settee
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous and suburb quality mid-19th century French settee features the original gilding on the wood and nicely detailed carving thru out. The settee is supported on cabriole le...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Antique Empire Custom Painted Sofa
Located in New York, NY
Custom painted Empire sofa. Sofa has a down filled seat cushion. Legs and frame has carvings.
Category
19th Century American Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
George IV Carved Mahogany Sofa in the Grecian Manner with Taupe Upholstery
Located in London, GB
A superb George IV period sofa
In the Grecian Manner
Carved from richly colored rosewood, the rectilinear sofa designed in the Grecian manner, supported on four reeded and taperi...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
Antique French Chesterfield Sofa in Indigo Ikat Print Linen
Located in South Salem, NY
One-of-a-kind Chesterfield sofa made in France, updated in blue ikat pattern linen fabric by Andrew Martin. Deep, high-back seat and traditional sc...
Category
19th Century French Chesterfield Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery
Elegant Swedish Empire Bench Birch with Inlays
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Swedish Empire bench in birch with inlays, Sweden, circa 1810.
The backs with inlays in the form of Greek female figures.
Beautifully executed. The set is reupholstered in ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
Original Empire Set of a Sofa 2 Armchairs and 1 Table Mahogany with Bronze Figur
Located in Berlin, DE
Original Empire sofa circa 1860-1870 from an Empire room.
Massive mahogany cast with Empire caryadites bronze.
The armchairs are made of a different fabric than the sofa and should b...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Horse Hair Green Hand Dyed Leather Chesterfield Fully Button Base Sofa
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian horse hair filled hand dyed green leather Chesterfield fully buttoned sofa
A very goo...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
19th Century, French, Louis Philippe Daybed
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Louis Philippe style beautifully burled walnut daybed. Mid-19th century, France. Recently upholstered and re-conditioned.
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Walnut Chesterfield Sofa
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian walnut Chesterfield sofa, of typical form with rolled arms and two seat cushions, the turned front and back legs set on the original castors, reupholstered in deep-button...
Category
1870s English Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
Empire Revival Loveseat
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Empire Revival Loveseat in walnut, rootwood and ebonized wood with gilt bronze fittings. Navy upholstery with silver floral pattern.
Category
19th Century Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Late 19th Century Vintage French Napoleon III Settee Reupholstered White Linen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Period French Napoleon III sofa in ebonized wood, with decorative brass filet (strip) and turned and fluted front legs resting on brass rings,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Italian 19th Century Mahogany Swan Neck Sofa or Chais Longues, Tuscany, 1820
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Tuscany mahogany swan neck sofa
The front side of the curved arm ends on carved swan, The settee rests on four lion paw feet.
Upholstery in a ...
Category
19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Sofa, circa 1880
Located in Opole, PL
A sofa in the Louis Philippe style, circa 1880.
The frame of the sofa is made in walnut wood, with the strikingly profiled backrest in the shape of a heart.
The sofa has a spring s...
Category
1880s European Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Sublime Fully Restored Regency 1810 Sofa Brown Leather Carved Herms Statue Frame
Located in GB
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 Sofas
Materials
Leather
Philadelphia Neoclassical Empire Sofa, Attributable to Joseph Barry, circa 1830
By Joseph Barry
Located in Miami, FL
Anything but demure, this handsome and beautifully-crafted neoclassical sofa from Philadelphia is very likely the work of prominent cabinetmaker Joseph B. Barry (1757-1839). With wor...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Sofas
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
1 of 2 Restored Victorian Gentleman's Club Chesterfield Leather Sofas Kilim Seat
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale one of two fully restored hand dyed whisky brown leather Chesterfield sofas with kilim upholstered cushions
This auction is for one sofa, the ot...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Sublime French Empire Walnut Curvy Sofa with Gilded Swans and Velvet Upholstery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A super elegant romantic French Empire walnut sofa having sexy curves, ebonized base and details with two gilded swans handles on each end. The upholstery is a fabulous striped velvet in pistachio green and included two glamorous cylindrical pillows...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Italian 19th Century Mahogany Swan Neck Sofa or Chaise Longues Tuscany, 1820
Located in Rome, IT
A fine tuscany mahogany swan neck sofa
The front side of the curved arm ends on carved swan, The settee rests on four lion paw feet.
Upholstery in a...
Category
19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Art Nouveau Sofa and Armchairs Labelled Jakob & Joseph Kohn
Located in Beirut, LB
Set of Art Nouveau sofa and two armchair by Jakob e Joseph Kohn, Wien. Bentwood solid walnut with an original upholstery in hand painted silk with typical ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sofas
Materials
Bentwood
19th Century Gilded and Painted Grey Italian Sofa Pale Orange Velvet Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
Italian sofa probably Piedmontese painted with a light grey patina (original color) on a walnut frame.
Flowers and vegetal carvings all around the front part of the frame.
Entirely ...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Fruitwood, Walnut
American Victorian Rosewood Striped Settee
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian rosewood triple filigree and upholstered back settee with stripe upholstery (att: JOHN HENRY BELTER)
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood
1 of 2 Restored Victorian Club Chesterfield Hand Dyed Leather Sofas Kilim Seat
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale one of two fully restored hand dyed whisky brown leather Chesterfield sofas with kilim upholstered cushions
...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century French Chinoiserie Sofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A stylish mid-19th century French chinoiserie salon settee of shapely form, with good quality gilt decoration to the seat back and frieze, featuring figur...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Viennese Biedermeier Ebonized Settee
Located in New York, NY
The swooped upholstered back ending in a scroll and supported by a turned column legs with bronze mounts.
Category
19th Century Antique Sofas
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English High Back Antique Walnut Sofas in Linen
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English high back antique walnut sofas in linen-blend upholstery. The sofas have carved walnut bases. Sofas have down seats.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sofas
Materials
Linen, Down, Walnut
Biedermeier Sofa, Prob. Vienna, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Very beautiful Biedermeier sofa on carved feet in the shape of fluted scroll ornaments. The s-shaped armrests are decorated with beautiful stylized fern ornaments. The backrest is st...
Category
1830s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Sofa, Historismus, 1880s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of wood, fabric
- Original upholstery
- Wooden parts has some signs use
- Good, original condition.
Category
1880s Czech Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Restored Victorian Gentleman Club Chesterfield Leather Sofas Kilim Seats
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this pair of fully restored hand dyed whisky brown leather Chesterfield sofas with kilim upholstered cushion...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Rare 19th Century Hand Carved Hardwood Hawk Claw & Ball Feet Library Study Sofa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Georgian Irish style Victorian sofa with hand carved Hawk claw & Ball feet and Hawk head detailing
I’ve never seen ano...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Biedermeier Parlor Suite in Walnut with Sofa and Pair of Armchairs, circa 1830
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful South German Biedermeier suite in fine walnut consisting of a sofa and a pair of armchairs/ bergères, each with shaped, fan-carved c...
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Regency Overscale Country House Sofa
Located in London, GB
Of robust and masculine style, made up to impressive proportions. With original castors and untouched finish.
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
English Victorian Black Lacquered Floral Settee
Located in New York, 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 Sofas
Materials
Cane, Lacquer
Philip Webb for Morris & Co. Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Settee with Bobbins
Located in London, GB
Philip Webb for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The firm became Morris & Co in 1875.
A rare Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Settee.
Professionally re-upholstered in period-style fabric....
Category
1860s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sofas
Materials
Beech
Restored Victorian 1890 Cornelius V. Smith Stamp Chesterfield Leather Sofa Brown
Located in GB
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 Sofas
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Swedish Late Gustavian Sofa by Ephraim Stahl Stockholm circa 1800 Gilded
Located in Epfach, DE
Swedish late Gustavian sofa by Ephraim Stahl Stockholm circa 1800 gilded
Small sofa by Ephraim Stahl Stockholm circa 1800 late Gustavian
Original painting, with a lion in Bronze,...
Category
Early 19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Bronze
Brown Leather Curved Back Chesterfield Suite Sofa Armchairs Lion Hairy Paw Feet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare fully restored whisky brown leather Gentleman's club suite with hand-carved Lion hairy paw feet.
Where to begin! This su...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt Sofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An outstanding Regency sofa in neoclassical taste. The couch is supported by Curule form legs with gilt edges. The arms of the piece exhibit eagle armrests and lion masks. The headra...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Mid 19th Century Antique Swedish Gustavian Gilt Carving Sprung Sofa Loveseat
Located in LONDON, GB
Very beautiful Swedish Antique Gustavian two- three-seat sofa loveseat intricately decorated with carved canework, acanthus leaf motifs and shell carvings.
One of the best examples ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Birch
Italian Settee Sofa with Gilt Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian settee, circa 1810. Cabriole legs and back detailed with hand carved acanthus leaves. Original paint and gilt finish. Newly upholstered.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Sofa from Germany
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The sofa dates from the Biedermeier period at the beginning of the 19th century. The body of the sofa is made of spruce wood and was covered with a very beautiful walnut veneer, whic...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Fabric, Upholstery, Spruce
Upholstered Charles X Mahogany Sofa on Casters, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Upholstered Charles X mahogany sofa on casters, 19th century. Beautiful mahogany scrolls on each arm.
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Luxury Victorian Hand Dyed Aged Brown Leather Two Seat Sofa Hand Carved Floral
Located in GB
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 Sofas
Materials
Leather
South German Biedermeier Sofa in Walnut with Fan-Carved Crest, circa 1830
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful South German Biedermeier Sofa in fine walnut with shaped, fan-carved crest rail above scrolled armrests terminating in out-scrolled feet, Germany, circa 1830.
Note: ...
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Very Rare Victorian Howard & Sons Fully Restored Brown Leather Sofa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare original early Victorian Howard & Son’s Berners street tobacco brown leather fully restored sofa
I have a Howar...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
Knole Settee, 19 Century, English Baroque, Upholstered, White, Linen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The straight, padded back re-upholstered in a modern linen to give a contemporary aesthetic.
Originally with red velvet and embellished with 18th century, braid, fringe and tasse...
Category
Late 19th Century English Baroque Antique Sofas
Materials
Linen
Howard & Son's Restored Brown Leather Chesterfield Chesterbed Walnut Framed
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare totally original Victorian Howard & Son’s Chesterfield Chesterbed chaise lounge
An amazing find, the chaise has been fully restor...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Early 19th Century Russian Biedermeier Sofa in Birchwood, New Upholstery
Located in Brussels, BE
Early 19th century Russian Biedermeier sofa in birchwood.
Category
1820s Russian Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Birch
Swedish Karl Johan Style Bench w/ Fabulous Pyramidal Back Pediment, Early 1800s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Karl Johan style bench from the early 1800s. This 19th century Swedish painted wood sofa bench features a pyramidal back pediment with a five-pointed star at the top center...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Sofas
Materials
Linen, Wood
Dutch Marquetry Empire Settee, circa 1825
Located in Miami, FL
Offers mahogany frame with inlays in satinwood of flowers and foliage along back crest, "S" scroll arms and slipper feet. Features upholstered seat, back and inside and outside arms....
Category
19th Century Dutch Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany, Kingwood, Satinwood, Upholstery, Twill, Cotton
French Bronze Mounted Mahogany Directoire Style Meridienne
Located in Dallas, TX
A very graceful French meridienne in the directoire style.
Category
Late 19th Century French Directoire Antique Sofas
Early 19th Century Regency Sofa after George Hepplewhite
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency sofa in the manner of George Hepplewhite, the serpentine back raised over outscrolling arms above serpentine seat supported on cabriole leg terminating on ...
Category
1810s Irish Regency Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Sofa
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency mahogany sofa, boldly carved with roundels, the curved cresting centered on a scrolling motif and supported on lyre fronted legs w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Settee or Sofa
Located in Milford, NH
A 19th century Biedermeier birch settee or sofa, ebonized detail, freshly appointed in Belgian linen, raised on four sea serpent or dolphin foliate carved feet.
Category
19th Century Antique Sofas
Late Victorian Two-Seat Chesterfield Sofa 'to Be Colored on Request', circa 1890
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian two-seat mahogany Chesterfield sofa, of typical form with rolled arms and two-seat cushions, on the original castors, reupholstered in natural leather (to be colored...
Category
1890s English Chesterfield Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Shop Unique Sofas on 1stDibs
Black leather, silk velvet cushions, breathable bouclé fabric — when shopping for antique, new or vintage sofas, today’s couch connoisseurs have much to choose from in terms of style and shape. But it wasn’t always thus.
The sofa is typically defined as a long upholstered seat that features a back and arms and is intended for two or more people. While the term “couch” comes from the Old French couche, meaning to lie down, and sofa has Eastern origins, both are forms of divan, a Turkish word that means an elongated cushioned seat. No matter how you spell it, sofa just means comfort, at least it does today.
In the early days of sofa design, upholstery consisted of horsehair or dried moss. Sofas that originated in countries such as France during the 17th century were more integral to decor than they were to comfort. Like most Baroque furnishings from the region, they frequently comprised heavy, gilded mahogany frames and were upholstered in floral Beauvais tapestry. Today, options abound when it comes to style and material, with authentic leather offerings and classy steel settees. Plush, velvet chesterfields represent the platonic ideal of coziness.
Vladimir Kagan’s iconic sofa designs, such as the Crescent and the Serpentine — which, like the sectional sofas of the 1960s created by furniture makers such as Harvey Probber, are quite popular among mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts — showcase the spectrum of style available to modern consumers. Those looking to make a statement can turn to Studio 65’s lip-shaped Bocca sofa, which was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí. Elsewhere, the furniture of the 1970s evokes an era when experimentation ruled, or at least provided a reason to break the rules. Just about every area of society felt a sudden urge to be wayward, to push boundaries — and buttons. Vintage leather sofas of that decade are characterized by a rare blending of the showy and organic.
With so many options, it’s important to explore and find the perfect furniture for your space. Paying attention to the lines of the cushions as well as the flow from the backrest into the arms is crucial to identifying a cohesive new piece for your home or office.
Fortunately, with styles from every era — and even round sofas — there’s a luxurious piece for every space. Deck out your living room with an Art Deco lounge or go retro with a nostalgic '80s design. No matter your sitting vision, the right piece is waiting for you in the expansive collection of unique sofas on 1stDibs.
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