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Sofas For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
19th Century Spanish Silk Sofa
Located in Faversham, GB
A commanding and elegant early 19th century Spanish salon sofa.
Carved in birch and giltwood, the generously padded back is crested with striking volutes, leafage and a central clam shell.
Each end of the scrolling arms is decorated with a gilded double volute form.
The sofa is completed in silk and decorative trim.
Spanish, circa 1820.
The piece is from a large private collection, with the silk and gilt restored by its owner in the mid-1990s.
This is the only example we have seen reach the open market and Pointers Antiques...
Category
1820s Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Sofas
Materials
Silk, Birch, Oak, Giltwood
19th Century Howard & Sons Grantley Sofa c1880
Located in Batley, GB
A superb 19th century Howard & Sons Grantley sofa. Raised on Howards uniquely hand turned walnut legs all capped with stamped H&S gilt brass cup casters. Retaining its original siege...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Vintage White Faux Fur Sofa with Black Wooden Frame, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Art Deco style, 1940s.
It features an ebonized beech frame.
It is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it's been recently reupholstered and padd...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique Sofa, Northern Europe, Around 1880, After Restoration
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sofa from the late 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. The sofa has been covered with a new fabric.
Dimensions: height 113 cm...
Category
1880s Swedish Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut
LARGE VICTORIAN ENGLISH CHESTERFIELD SOFA c1890
Located in London, GB
This is a superb quality large Victorian chesterfield sofa dating from around 1890.
The sofa is in need of reupholstery as the fabric is discoloured and worn. The front legs are int...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Hemp
Danish 1940s Curved Banana Shape Loveseat in White Wool with Channel in Backrest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Viggo Boesen style banana shaped or curved Loveseat made in Denmark, circa 1940. This small sofa will make a strong statement in any room. Beautiful round voluptuous lines and with l...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Beech, Wool
A 19thc Victorian Camel Back Sofa
Located in Pewsey, GB
A 19th Century Camel Backed Sofa that has been professionally recovered in an Ian Mankin 'Panama Stripe' sea green/sage colourway with Arm Height 63 cm and Seat height 46 cm
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage White Faux Fur Sofa with Black Wooden Frame, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Art Deco style, 1940s.
It features an ebonized beech frame.
It is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it's been recently reupholstered and padd...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Antique Victorian Sofa & Armchair Suite Chinoiserie Upholstery Claw & Ball Feet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Victorian hand made in England, Walnut framed with Chinoiserie upholstery three piece suite.
...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Two-Seater Sofa by a Danish Cabinetmaker, Denmark 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This beautiful Danish two-seater sofa recalls the peak of Danish Mid-Century Modern design. Thanks to its curved shape, this three-seater is exceptionally cosy and elegant. Curved so...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
19th Century Walnut Framed Victorian Sofa, circa 1890
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful late 19th century walnut framed sofa, with claw and ball feet over a humpback frame. Generously proportioned and immaculately presented in Toile de Jouy fabric, displayin...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Organic Material
Curved Banana Sofa in Two-Tone Fabric, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Örebro, SE
Cool banana shaped soffa, in Two-Tone Fabric, Denmark, 1940s.
Condition: Wear consistent with age and use. The original fabric shows wear, this one is a great candidate for reuphols...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Wool, Beech
French Empire Mahogany Settee, Early 19th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Early 19th Century French Empire Mahogany Settee
An Empire finely carved dark figured mahogany three seat settee, the back is surmounted by facing scrolls with strigilated flutes be...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Sofa Model "Värend" Carl Malmsten, 1942
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This Rare model” Värend” sofa was designed by Carl Malmsten in the 1940s. The sofa has been reupholstered. Stained elm, back with ribs, loose back cushions and upholstered seat, cove...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Elm
19th Century Gustavian Sofa
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Gustavian sofa in the Manor House style.
With carved decoration on the arms, legs and apron.
This sofa has a detachable back so could also be used as a daybed.
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Danish 1940s Curved Sofa or Loveseat in Red Mohair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful and very elegant 1940s curved sofa/loveseat in red mohair wool fabric. The sofa has springs in the seat and the backrest and the cushions a...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Mohair, Beech
Wooden Swedish Sofa Designed by Carl Westman
By Carl Westman
Located in Madrid, ES
Stained wood sofa designed in 1899 by Carl Westman. Model "Arbetarmöbeln", which means "Workers' furniture". Striped fabric upholstery and pillows with age-related wear and minor sta...
Category
1890s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Restored Antique Lion Hand Carved Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa Armchair Suite
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, exceptionally rare, fully restored, Victorian circa 1880 Jacobean Revival, Chesterfield tufted, Whisky brown leather suite with hand carved Lion detailing
This suite has been on a journey, it was purchased from an antiques dealer in Belgium...
Category
1880s Belgian High Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Sculptural Bertil Söderberg Sofa, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1940s
Located in The Hague, NL
This sculptural sofa was designed by Bertil Söderberg and produced by Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden in the 1940s. The rare design is marked by the curv...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Beech
Biedermeier Sofa with carved Swan Décor, veneered in Walnut, Germany, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier sofa with straight frame and rounded backrest. The couch is veneered in walnut and decorated with carved swans on the high armrests. The sofa has been expertly restored and hand polished as well as reupholstered. The high-quality upholstery fabric is patterned with black diamonds on a white background on the seat and backrest and has a mottled black and white design on the armrests. The cushions are designed to match and give the light sofa...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut, Fabric
18th-19th Century White Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Daybed, Antique Sofa Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian daybed made of hand crafted painted Pinewood with two round pillows, in good condition. The sides of t...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Cotton, Pine, Linen, Damask
19th Century Stockholm Sofa
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century Stockholm sofa.
With carved wood and plaster decoration, rosettes acanthus leaves and a sphinx.
circa 1800, Repainted and newly upholster...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Pair of Club Chairs with Patina Leather Art Deco Vintage 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pair of beautiful club chairs in patinated leather from the art deco period 1940. Known to be large and very comfortable, these are iconic chairs. Slight differences in leather are v...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Sofas
Materials
Leather
Fine Antique English Style Sofa
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A camel back long sofa, with serpentine seat rail raised on dark stained four cabriole front legs and four curved swept back legs. Tub form sides with sloping wood arms. Upholstered ...
Category
19th Century Queen Anne Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Napoleon III French Settee
Located in Houston, TX
Napoleon III French settee upholstered in off-white ticking and burlap. Ready to be re-covered in your own fabric. Constructed circa 1870-1889 with wood and iron frame, turned and eb...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Sofas
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
EARLY ERNEST RACE DA Sofa, 1949, Classic British Design
By Ernest Race
Located in Somerton, GB
A Classic piece of British design, this early DA sofa designed by Ernest Race has a welded steel frame with coil sprung seats and beech legs. Recently r...
Category
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Steel
Danish 1940s Large Banana Form Curved Sofa in Floral Fabric
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful and very elegant 1940s large Size curved three-seat sofa with channeled backrest. The sofa has springs in the seat and the backrest and the beechwood frame is solid and stu...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Wool, Beech
Fine Victorian Howard & Son's Claw & Ball Feet Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine, fully restored Howard & Son’s Berners Street London, large Baring sofa upholstered with new Fully Anilin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
1940s 2-Seater Sofa in Sheepskin Fabric, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- newly upholstered
- quality imitation of sheepskin fabric made of synthetic fiber
- wooden parts have been refurbished
- heigh of seat 38 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Large Louis XVI Sofa / Daybed in Rechampi and Gilded Lacquered Wood
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Louis XVI sofa in the style of the ottomans in gray lacquered wood and green, blue and gold rechampi with rich carved decoration of scrolls, wrapped foliage, resting on f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Len Niggleman Longoe Chair by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Philippe Starck, chair made of leather lounge. Designed in the 1986, deep lounge chair, front features aluminium feet, embossed "Starck", black leather cov...
Category
Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
1950s, Danish Vintage 2 Seater Sofa, Original Very Good Condition
Located in Tarm, 82
1950s, Danish design, 2 seater lounge sofa in dark red-cherry velour with fringes. Teak wood. Original very good condition. No smells, no stains. Legs of...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Vintage Louis XVI Style Sofa in Black Lacquer
Located in North York, ON
Vintage Louis XVI Sofa in Black Lacquer. Featuring a beautiful, curved frame with carved details from head to toe in a rich black lacquered fini...
Category
1940s American Louis XVI Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Huge Restored Antique Victorian Howard & Son's Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine, fully restored Howard & Son’s Berners Street London, large Baring sofa upholstered with vintage brown le...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather
Anglo Indian Rosewood And Caned Settee
Located in Essex, MA
In the Regency taste with serpentine arched caned back and scrolled out arms. carved seat rail with round discs over lion form legs and paw feet.
Category
1840s Indian Regency Antique Sofas
Materials
Cane, Rosewood
Antique Victorian 1860 Show Frame Carved Walnut Chesterfield Brown Leather Sofa
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored Victorian hand dyed cigar brown leather Chesterfield tufted club sofa with hand carved walnut Show Frame
This sofa...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Dutch 19th Century Small Biedermeier Sofa, circa 1860
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch 19th century small Biedermeier Sofa, circa 1860
A Dutch 19th Century, circa 1860 very nice elegant little mahogany sofa with scroll arms, raised on four paw feet. The front ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Louis XV Style Sofa in Silk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A late 19th Century French sofa in Louis XV Style, beech moulded frame carved with foliate detailing and curved back, standing on 5 elega...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sofas
Materials
Silk, Beech
Grecian Mahogany Scroll Arm Sofa with Brass Trim Newly Upholstered in Velvet
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Grecian Mahogany Scroll Arm Sofa with Brass Mounted Decorative Trim and Paw-Foot Guards Newly Upholstered in Plush Black Italian Velvet
Classic carved mahogany Grecian sofa...
Category
1880s Greek Classical Greek Antique Sofas
Materials
Brass
Two-Seater Sofa by Otto Schulz 'Attr.' for Boet, Sweden, 1940s
By Otto Schulz
Located in Utrecht, NL
This spectacular two-seater sofa by Swedish designer, Otto Schulz, is a beautiful example of the furniture designer’s repertoire of cleverly constructed pieces. With a creative and m...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Italian Charles X Inlaid Walnut Antique Large Settee
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Antique settee 1825s of the period Charles X. The settee is made of solid walnut with rafined inlay decorations. Particular shape called a boat. The settee is upholstered in elegant ...
Category
1820s Italian Charles X Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut
H. Pander & Zonen Sofa, circa 1890, The Netherlands
Located in Delft, NL
H. Pander & Zonen Sofa, circa 1890, The Netherlands
This sofa is made and signed by H. Pander & Zonen, "Hollandia". The sofa has been completely renovated and upholstered. A beaut...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Large Biedermeier Sofa in Green with brass details, circa 1860
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this massive sofa, typical for the Biedermeier style, with a softly upholstered seat and backrest. This article of furniture has characteri...
Category
19th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Italian Venetian Leather Upholstered & Carved Wood Settee Sofa, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Venetian leather upholstered sofa from the 19th century. This antique settee from Italy features a elegantly dramatic arched top rail at ba...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Sofas
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique 19th Century Upholstered Sofa King Louis Philippe, Northern Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Very finely crafted antique boat-shaped sofa in solid walnut and walnut ornaments, with cornucopia legs and curved frame. Seat and backrest upholstered.
Mid-19th century, Northern...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Antique Biedermeier Carved Flanking Gold Gilded Goose Scrolled Arm Parlor Sofa
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Biedermeier Carved Flanking Gold Gilded Goose Scrolled Arm Parlor Sofa
An exquisite 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier carved figural flanking scrolled sofa. Gold gilded hand carved goose...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Sofas
Materials
Silk, Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Sofa with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian sofa from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Scraped by hand to its original color. The sofa has some retouches.
The kitchen sofa...
Category
1820s Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Pine
Stylish Three Seat Sofa by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
A stylish Italian sofa by Paolo Buffa. In walnut and blondwood and newly upholstered in dusty pink boucle. En suite with a matching pair of armchairs.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Upholstered Danish Cabinetmaker Banana Sofa, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Danish modern style – it is uncomplicated, sophisticated, playful, and timeless. Form follows function, and high-quality, natural materials bring lightness and warmth. These are the basic principles of the era’s furniture design, and therefore of this three-seater sofa as well.
This Danish banana sofa wraps...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Beige Sofa, Scandinavia, circa 1890s, Restored
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sofa from around 1890.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. The sofa has been covered with a new fabric.
Dimensions: Height 103 cm / seat he...
Category
1890s Scandinavian Louis XVI Antique Sofas
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Early 19th Century Italian Mahogany Sofa
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant director's sofa in solid mahogany with four saber legs and curved armrests with feral feet and finials in carved and pure gold gilded wood in the shape of an eagle's head.
T...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Large French Neo-Baroque Style Sofa
Located in Buchanan, NY
An impressive French 19th century Neo-Baroque style sofa measuring 98" in length. The sofa is upholstered in a striking coral colored damask featuri...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric
Original Antique French Empire Sofa Mahogany Veneer with Columns
Located in Berlin, DE
Original French Empire sofa, circa 1800.
Mahogany,
right and left, each with columns and fire-gilt bronze fittings.
Some bronze are missing.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Carved Velvet Upholstered Sofa for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elaborately and powerfully carved dark mahogany sofa with curved arms and heavy cabriole legs. The leafy carved arms end in rosettes, the serpentine seat rail with scrolling acant...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Bellanger French Empire Mahogany Pink and Red Stripe Upholstered Settee
By Bellanger
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style mahogany settee with a carved frame and striped blush pink and red upholstered seat, arms and back. (BELLANGER).
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Mahogany, Wood
Pair of 19th Century, Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Sofa Benches
Located in Wichita, KS
An almost identical pair of 19th century Swedish sofa benches in the Gustavian style, newly upholstered in linen. See full dimensions below. These sofas came from a farmhouse in Svä...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Swedish Late Gustavian Period Carved-Wood Sofa Bench, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish late Gustavian Period carved and painted wood sofa bench from the early 19th century. This antique sofa bench from Sweden features a high ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sofas
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Style Gitwood & Ebonized Walnut Desk, Modern
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Neoclassical Style gitwood & ebonized walnut desk, modern.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sofas
Materials
Giltwood
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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