Baroque Seating

19th century Italian hand carved walnut Savonarola chair, circa 1880. Having wonderfully carved frame with scrolling arms, aged black leather seat and back, accented with brass roset...

Sofa bench Swedish Baroque Period 1650-1750 brown black, Sweden. A sofa bench made during the Baroque Period 1650-1750 in Sweden / Northern Europe. The seat has been reupholstered in...

The tapering back and rectangular seat re-upholstered in a Missoni fabric. Characteristic boldly turned legs and blocks, the back legs straight. Good colour and patina. Back hei...

A fanciful Venetian Baroque style pine polychromed high back bench; with high cartouche-shaped back centering an over-scaled coral painted shell motif;...

A set of four Venetian chairs 18th century red lacquered painted partially giltwood, Italy A set of four very charming and rare chairs from...

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...

From the Susanne Hollis collection, a Baroque “Style” splat back armchair in an ebonized finish. Side chair also available.

Pair of 18th century style Italian walnut armchairs. Good carved details with pegged joinery. Hand caned seats with older custom fit cotton wea...

Pair of baroque chairs with carved backs with pinnacles, balustraded columns and shell decoration and H-shaped bracing between the curved legs.   

French Baroque style hand carved fruit wood armchair with typical neoclassical rock and plant decorations, gold leaf gilded and painted over in additi...

This elegant armchair exudes classic gravitas, with scroll arms, fall turnings and triple toe feet The tapestry back depicting Flora underneath a bower is a distinctive feature. It...

This is a very beautiful pair of elegant dining chairs hand carved in solid oak. Their shapes are gorgeous and the proportions makes them an important presence in a dining room. Dee...

A pair of tastefully carved Flemish side chairs in ebonized walnut, dating to the second quarter of the 19th century. Due to their handmade nature, there are very slight differenc...

Good early 18th Century Franco-Flemish walnut armchair with arched upholstered back over shaped arms and upholstered seat over"horsebone" (os de mouton) shaped legs joined by similar...

Rare pair of elegant long and narrow upholstered benches, early 18th century of French origin, each having six turned legs joined by conformin...

Rare low 17th century leather upholstered oak child's chair with brass studwork on turned legs joined by stretcher base, excellent color.

A fine pair of 19th century Portuguese mahogany hand carved benches. Elaborately carved and detailed with pawed feet

Pair of baroque chairs made of solid oak with openwork backrests with an upholstered centre bar and carved vegetable décor with shell ornament on the curved frame. The chairs are covered with blue velvet. Shown in: Eller, Möbel des Klassizismus, Louis XVI and Empire, Munich 2002, p 204:301; and W. Schwarze, Antike deutsche Möbel...

A pair of French 19th-20th century Baroque style carved walnut and needlepoint upholstered hall throne armchairs with raised carved armrests and fluted conjoint legs. The tapestries ...

A very fine pair of palatial Venetian walnut carved mid-19th century Baroque figural throne armchairs, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732). The ornately carved thrones, each flanked with figures of standing males supporting a branch-carved armrests with vines. Raised on cabriolet scrolled legs. Provenance: The Castello di Giove in Umbria, Italy, circa 1870-1880. Height: 54 1/4 inches (137.8 cm.) Width: 37 1/4 inches (94.6 cm.) Depth: 32 inches (81.3 cm.) Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662 – 25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in his native Belluno, in the Venetian terraferma, and in the studio of the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi, who was carrying out commissions at Padua and at Venice (1677). He spent the years 1678-80 at Rome, where the High Baroque sculpture of Bernini and his contemporaries polished his style. Apart from that, the first phase of Brustolon's working career was spent in Venice, 1680–1685. Brustolon is documented at several Venetian churches where he executed decorative carving in such profusion that he must have quickly assembled a large studio of assistants. As with his contemporary in London, Grinling Gibbons almost all the high quality robust Baroque carving in Venice has been attributed to Brustolon at one time or another. In the Venetian Ghetto, at the Scola Levantina, Brustolon provided the woodwork for the synagogue on the piano nobile, where the carved, canopied bimah is supported on Solomonic columns, which Brustolon had seen in Bernini's baldacchino in the Basilica of St Peter's. His furniture included armchairs with figural sculptures that take the place of front legs and armrest supports, inspired by his experience of Bernini's Cathedra Petri. The gueridon, a tall stand for a candelabrum, offered Brustolon unhampered possibilities for variations of the idea of a caryatid or atlas: the familiar Baroque painted and ebonized figural gueridons, endlessly reproduced since the eighteenth century, found their models in Brustolon's work. His secular commissions from Pietro Venier, of the Venier di San Vio family (a suite of forty sculptural pieces that can be seen in the Sala di Brustolon of the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice), from the Pisani of Strà, and from the Correr di San Simeone families encourage the attribution to him of some extravagantly rich undocumented moveable furniture. Andrea Brustolon's elaborate carved furniture aspired towards the condition of sculpture, such as the Dutch bases for console tables which look like enlargements of the work of the two Van Vianens, Paulus and Adam, perhaps the greatest Dutch silversmiths of the period. These carved pieces display the baroque tendency to develop a form three-dimensionally in space. Brustolon's walnut, boxwood and ebony pieces transcend ordinary functional limitations of furniture; they are constructed of elaborately carved figures. The framework of Brustolon's chairs, side tables and gueridons were carved as gnarled tree branches, with further supports of putti and male figures carved in ebony. Backrests of the chairs, which were never touched in the rigidly upright posture that contemporary etiquette demanded, were carved with allegories of vanity, fire and music, etc. The most extravagant piece delivered for Pietro Venier was a large side table and vase-stand of box and ebony, designed as a single ensemble to display rare imported Japanese porcelain vases. The eclectic allegories include Hercules with the Hydra and Cerberus, males and reclining river-gods (see ref.). For the Correr, less extrovert chairs bear female nudes extended along the armrests. For the Pisani, he carved a suite of twelve chairs (now at the Palazzo Quirinale) with flowers, fruit, leaves and branches to symbolize the twelve months of the year. Work by Brustolon is at the Villa Pisani at Stra. In 1685 Brustolon returned to the house where he was born at Belluno, and from that time devoted himself mainly to tabernacles and devotional sculptures in walnut, boxwood or ivory. His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood sculptures, The Sacrifice of Abraham and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...

Re-edition of an 18th century Venetian armchair, hand-carved with beautifully crafted detailing. Hand finished in a gesso white patina...

Rectangular with a Flemish tapestry fragment seat, carved frame with initials inscription, cabriole legs, shaped stretchers and ball and claw feet.

Chairs pair of Swedish Baroque brown black Sweden. A pair of side chairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. A dark brown frame with discrete carvings. Seat upholstered in soft...

Hand-carved walnut Louis XVIII style armchair with curved wood and tapered legs and brass nailhead trim. Seat depth - 20". Arm height - 28".

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Italian giltwood Baroque style bench stool with newly upholstered heritage oxblood leather top This stool is sublime… T...

French baroque style hand carved fruitwood armchair with typical neoclassical rock and plant decorations, gold leaf gilded and painted over in additio...

Ornately carved after designs by Daniel Marot.

Of comfortable size, the four beautifully turned legs joined by conforming stretchers, scrolling, carved arms. Clean up and polish included. The chair needs to be re-upholstered and...

Bold 18th century Portuguese period side chair with scroll and stylized lion tail carving, the upholstered balloon seat over scrolled and outward rolled apron, standing on boldly car...

This elegant set of chairs relate to a set of twelve chairs and a settee from the collection of D. Joa~o V, King of Portugal. The parcel gilding gives...

From the Veneto Region, very unusual and rare swivel chair with an open barrel back with three pierced splats, shaped seat above a swivel mechanism, on three exaggerated cabriole leg...

Rare, unusual and decorative bench, decorated with numerous carved human and lion heads and lion finials. The bulbous turned legs and backrest connected by...

Solid wood with various inlays. Beautifully turned. This type of furniture was very popular in Europe in the 19th century.

Rare and very special Spanish armchair, the back featuring a prominent coat of arms carved and with painted accents, conforming front stretcher. O...

Oversized, stately armchair of comfortable proportions, leather covering with beautiful patina and accentuated with brass studs, turned legs and stretchers.

Very elegant set of two Baroque Chiavari nickel-plated chairs made in Italy in the 1950. Measure: 33" H back, 18" H seat.

A set of six Portuguese dining chairs, comprised of five side chairs and one armchair. Mid-18th century. Also known as Jacaranda ch...

Very Comfortable and Rare Armchair of Generous Proportions and stately appearance, exuberantly carved Beech Wood frame, with scrolling floral motives, wavy open arms, cabriole legs j...

Chair Swedish Baroque oak gilt leather Sweden. An exquisite side chair made during the Baroque period in Sweden 1650-1750. Frame made from dark oak. Uph...

Pair of Baroque walnut chairs with carved oak-leaf décor, standing on curved legs with scrolled feet. Seat and backrest are reupholstered with a ...

Exceptional Swedish Baroque 18th century armchair, circa 1740, origin: Sweden, with beautifully carved details such as shells, scrolls on...

This early Baroque chair is made from rich Italian walnut. The broad antique frame was carved by the Italian sculptor and wood carver Andrea Fantoni, see accompanying photo. The arms...

Rather theatrical and glamorous daybed with a sweeping S-shaped top, raised on large turned baluster legs. The structure is painted in an elegant light green, and has been newly upholstered in vintage chintz.

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 17th century attributed to Andrea Brustolon hand carved Italian walnut armchair with Cherubs...

Very special set of 6 Italian Baroque or Swedish Rococo style dining side chairs featuring tall shapely backs, stretcher base, Queen Anne style legs, solid wood construction. Hand pa...

Venetian daybed of hand-carved wood with silver gilt accents on a Venetian grey blue ground. Ornate Rococo carving, highlighted by silver gilding and l...

Beautifully and comfortably proportioned William & Mary wingback chair with an exiting shape. Our pieces are left in lived-in condition, pending our custom conservation and poli...

Chairs Swedish Baroque oak brown gilt leather light blue Sweden. Pair of side chairs Baroque Sweden. A pair of side chairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Frame in stained ...

18th century Italian giltwood armchairs.

A fine Italian, 18th century parcel-gilt and turquoise painted caned canapé with a shaped back decorated with shell-carved crest, scrolling armrests on a serpentine seat on cabriole ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare finely carved Venetian Baroque style figural walnut throne settee or bench, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon...

Italian Baroque style three-piece upholstery and giltwood seating suite Italian, 20th century Measures: Settee: Height 164cm, width 261cm, depth 84cm Armchairs: Height 151cm, widt...

Attractive 19th century Italian Baroque style carved walnut armchair with beautifully scrolled arms and legs. Upholstered with white and gold fabric. Measures: Arm height is 28 i...

Pair of early 19th century walnut armchairs with giltwood finials. The armchairs are upholstered in an embossed gold metallic glazed charcoal colored ...

Armchair Swedish Baroque oak, Sweden. A single armchair made in Sweden during the early part of the Baroque period. Frame made of oak with an upholstered b...

Set of six antique Italian baroque carved walnut dining chairs. Set features solid carved walnut frames, finely carved top rail and lower rail, unique wooden rear backrest, shapely u...

Charming pair of small stools, bobbin turned legs, joined by box stretchers, octagonal tops, beautiful worn and dried out look.

The multifunctional bench can be used open or closed for seating or as a low table. Of bold stature with strong beautifully shaped lyre-legs joined by wrought iron stretchers and a l...