Gothic Revival Seating
Gothic Revival Style
The Gothic Revival movement (also called Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) emerged in Britain in the 1740s, and reached its height in the late-19th century. Gothic Revival furniture's characteristics include such decorative flourishes as pointed arches, floral details, finials, heraldic motifs and linenfold carving.
The movement was rooted in religious and social conservatism. Gothic Revival's proponents, who included Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, the architects of London’s Houses of Parliament (designed in 1840), believed that the art and architecture of the Middle Ages were authentically spiritual and inherently moral.
In the United States, the Gothic Revival movement shaped both public buildings and private houses. Numerous American schools were built in the early-19th century in a style now called Collegiate Gothic. Many builders and craftsmen were inspired by Andrew Jackson Downing’s widely read 1850 book Architecture for Country Houses, which posited that a family’s home should exemplify their values — and that the Gothic Revival style was particularly well-suited to scholars and clergymen. Furniture with detailing that mirrored that of Gothic Revival buildings appeared in the same period. Such pieces typically feature dark, intricately carved wood, and upholstery in velvet or leather.
Much like the castles or cathedrals that inspired them, Gothic Revival chairs, bookcases and beds make a bold design statement. And while you probably don’t have to cross a moat or raise a portcullis to get through your front door, a Gothic Revival piece will declare that your home is indeed your castle.
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Style: Gothic Revival
Antique 18th Century English Paneled Oak Pub Bench Settle Pew Gothic Revival
Located in Dayton, OH
Extraordinary 18th century English oak pub bench or sofa. A rectangular form with high back and red velvet upholstery. Features Gothic revival panels and F...
Category
18th Century Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Bruce Talbert, Gillows, Two Rare Gothic Revival Oak Armchair in Blue Upholstery.
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert. Gillows of Lancaster.
Two rare Gothic Revival armchairs.
*The two with dark and light blue upholstery shown here are available, the one with brown upholstery is now s...
Category
1860s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Signed Oscar Bach Large Ornate Lion Head with Scrolls Bronze & Upholstery Bench
Located in St. Louis, MO
Scarce bronze hall bench designed by famed designer Oscar Bruno Bach (1884-1957). Over 6' bench with lion head, hand wrought, hammered, twisted bronze and fret work on faux leopard p...
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1930s American Vintage Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Bronze
Eight Hand Carved Walnut Gothic Revival Dining Chairs circa 1840 Stunning Frames
Located in GB
We are delighted to this lovely suite of eight Gothic Revival hand carved walnut dining chairs
A very good looking and well made suite, made in circa 1840 but based on a much earl...
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1840s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Walnut
A W N Pugin, Stamped Gillows, a Set of Four Gothic Revival Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, made by Gillows of Lancaster. Stamped Gillows to the back legs.
A set of four Gothic Revival oak dining chairs.
Measures: Height 34 1/2 inches. x width 17 inches. x d...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
American Gothic Revival Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid-19th century american Gothic Revival mahogany (slipper) side chairs with spindle & spool design back and legs with finial on back t...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Gothic Revival Burgundy Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Gothic Revival style carved burgundy painted and gold trim small (throne) armchair with carved center medallion and finials on back.
Category
19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak, Upholstery
Walnut Armchair with Hand Carved Lion Head and Swan Sculptures as Armrests
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and highly decorative Gothic chair from the late 1800s.
If you are looking for unique and meaningful antiques to decorate your home then this sculptural and amazing workmanship chair could be perfect for you. All handcrafted in Europe in the late 1800s this striking chair is another perfect example of the highest level of workmanship that furniture makers and sculptors were combining in those days. This marvelous chair has everything that you want to see in antique and decorative art. The overall design is perfectly balanced and the frame of this chair is solely made out of a beautifully warm colored, solid walnut. Besides that this unique chair is as strong and stable as the day it was handcrafted and very comfortable to sit in. Both the beautiful walnut and the stunning antique fabric are in very good to excellent condition. However, what makes this antique chair a real masterpiece are the glorious animal carvings. Firstly, the good size lion head on the front rule comes with majestic manes and his eyes have a human-like quality to them. Secondly and most importantly are the amazing swan head and tail sculptures. Swan head sculptures in wood are extremely rare and to have found a chair with a pair of perfectly hand carved and mint condition swan heads (and necks) as armrests and with tails on either side of the backrest more than made our day. If you have a good eye for rare details then, we think, you will especially love the perfect nose holes, but also the hand carved wooden swan tail-ends. With swans symbolizing a number of great qualities and combined with the elements of water and air also being a symbol for eternal life and the circle of life, they embody a deeper meaning that makes this antique simply exquisite. Finally, the seat and back are upholstered with a finest quality and classical European antique fabric...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Brass
John Pollard Seddon Attri, Probably for C. Seddon A Gothic Revival Nursing Chair
Located in London, GB
John Pollard Seddon attributed, probably made by C. Seddon in collaboration with Kenton and Co.
A well designed architectural Gothic Revival oak upholstered nursing or low chair wit...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Victorian Hand Carved Oak Gothic Revival Side Throne Chair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Victorian hand carved oak Gothic revival side throne chair with woven cane wicker back and needle point seat,
circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Wood
Charles Bevan attr. A set of five Gothic Revival oak dining chairs & an armchair
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan for Marsh Jones and Cribb, attributed. A good quality set of six Gothic Revival oak dining chairs with geometric dot and line ebonized inlay and finely carved leaf and ...
Category
1870s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Gothic Revival Georgian Irish Chesterfield Leather Carver Armchair, circa 1800
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original steeple back circa 1800 Georgian Irish in the Gothic revival manor armchair
A very good looking collectable and decorati...
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Early 1800s Irish Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Leather
Charles Bevan Attributed, Gothic Revival Oak Desk or Side Chair
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan attributed, probably made by Marsh and Jones of Leeds.
A fine quality Gothic Revival oak desk or side chair with turned uprights below the backrest and carved wavy deta...
Category
1870s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Antique Early 1900s Gothic Revival Stool or Table with Hand Carved Elements
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique, practical and highly decorative seat / hall bench with quality carvings.
This beautifully carved and striking stool is surrounded by a number of very well designed and execu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Gothic Revival Period Walnut Settle or Hall Bench with Lift
Located in Birmingham, AL
18th century French Gothic Revival period chateau settle with double lift seat handcrafted of solid old growth French walnut by talented artisans in Lyon, circa 1760s. This intricate...
Category
1760s French Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Pair of Library Armchairs in the Gothic Manner
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century pair of oak library armchairs in the Gothic manner. The rectangular padded upholstered back with down swept padded open Gothic arched supports over stuffed seat raised o...
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Late 19th Century Irish Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Set of Six Gothic Revival Ornately Carved Walnut Gilt Metal Chairs after Pugin
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning set of six beautifully carved from solid Walnut with Gold Gilt metal fittings Gothic Revival chairs
A very good looking, comfortab...
Category
19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
John Pollard Seddon A pair of Gothic Revival oak dining chairs. 4 more available
Located in London, GB
John Pollard Seddon (1827-1906), a pair of Gothic Revival oak dining chairs.
This light leather upholstered pair of dining chairs were made en suite with the very rare and important...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Charles Bevan Marsh Jones & Cribb, Gothic Revival New Registered Reclining Chair
Located in London, GB
Charles Bevan under licence to Marsh Jones & Cribb. A 'New Registered Reclining Chair'.
A Gothic Revival reclining upholstered arm chair, with pegged oak frame and original casters.
The brass mechanism is in great shape still works effortlessly.
Measures: Height 40 inches, width 26 inches, depth fully retracted 30", fully extended depth is 45".
Marsh and Jones began making furniture around 1850, originally known as “Marsh and Jones: Medieval Cabinet Makers” of Leeds", becoming Marsh Jones and Cribb in 1867 and exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1878. They employed Charles Bevan who in 1865 gave them licence to manufacture his successful ‘New Registered Reclining Chair'. Bevan designed the furniture and interiors for the son of Sir Titus Salt an enormous commission for his marital home Saltaire.
Another leading architect and interior designer Bruce J Talbert...
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Early 1900s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
A W N Pugin, A Rare Oak Armchair Probably Designed for the Speaker's House
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin. An extremely rare oak armchair probably designed for the The Red Drawing Room in the Speaker's House in The Palace Of Westminster, the room is...
Category
1850s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Rare Antique Gothic Revival Oak Armchair Chair w Female Sculptures in Armrests
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and impressive, Gothic style chair from the late 1800s.
This rare and solid oak Gothic Revival church chair has a beautiful patination and it is as stabile as the day it was...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Gothic Revival Oak Armchair Designed by John Pollard Seddon For Seddon and Co.
Located in London, GB
A Gothic Revival oak armchair designed by John Pollard Seddon, made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co). Based in Bond Street, they supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon.
He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors.
Seddon's also worked with E.W. Godwin, was a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of Tall Gothic Revival Chairs
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Pair of neo-gothic chairs with high backs and gothic fretwork and carved details. Upholstered in embossed leather.
Category
20th Century French Gothic Revival Seating
John Pollard Seddon A Rare Gothic Oak Armchair with Carved Dog Heads to the Arms
Located in London, GB
John Pollard Seddon. A rare Gothic Revival armchair with carved dogs heads to the arms, and inlaid dot details. This was probably made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co), New Bond Street London. Founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon They supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace. J P Seddon exhibited a similar style armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in Jeremy Coopers Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 showing the original drawing and 227 (a variation of this chair) image attached.
There is another version illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last 2 images).
Interestingly at one point Seddon's partner was E. W. Godwin, a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites and some of his pupils were Ford Maddox...
Category
1860s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Gothic Revival Side Chairs
By Michelle Nussbaumer Studio
Located in Dallas, TX
Custom designed by Michelle Nussbaumer Studio.
Gothic Revival inspired with hand finished layered finish. Gold leaf applied over hand-painted and hand-carved frames.
Antique nail...
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2010s American Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Neo Renaissance/Neo Gothic Pray Chair Oak
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid oak. High-quality and richly carved chair from the Neo Renaissance period.
Historic upholstery in good condition.
(C-144)
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
John Pollard Seddon A pair of Gothic Revival oak dining chairs. 4 more available
Located in London, GB
John Pollard Seddon (1827-1906), a pair of Gothic Revival oak dining chairs.
This dark leather upholstered pair of dining chairs were made en suite with the very rare and important ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of Gothic Revival Armchairs
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Pair of gothic revival oak armchairs.
Upholstered in embossed leather.
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Bruce Talbert, a Gothic Revival Tall Back Oak Chair with the Original Upholstery
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert. Gillows. A rare and important Gothic Revival tall back oak chair with the original distressed leather seat and back rest.
The last image is published in Bruce Talbert...
Category
1870s English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Bruce Talbert attr, A Pair of Gothic Revival Walnut Hall Chairs
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert (attributed,) a pair of Gothic Revival walnut hall chairs.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Pair of Gothic Armchairs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of English armchairs in the gothic manner. They have wonderfully carved frames and are newly upholstered in linen with a double welt decoration. Seat measures 18.25...
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19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Linen, Oak
Large Pair of Gothic Style Armchairs, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Imposing pair of large neogothic hall chairs/armchairs, made of walnut, upholstered in petit-point tapestry.
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Pair of 19th Century English Victorian Gothic Revival Walnut Armchairs
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality pair of 19th century Victorian reformed Gothic walnut and leather upholstered armchairs. Both armchairs have ornately turned frames and stretchers, and hav...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Pair Venetian Gothic Chairs in Walnut with finely carved decoration
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century pair very elegant Venetian Gothic chairs in carved walnut, Very good conditions, restored and wax-polished.
Back and front decorated...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Walnut
Neo-Gothic Style Armchairs Set of Two, circa 1950
Located in Evergreen, CO
This pair of armchairs has mirrored top rails and seat rails. The fluted backrests adds a simple, stately look.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Carved and Upholstered Hall Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
19th century Gothic Renaissance style ebonized side chair with boldly carved paw feet, upholstered seat and back. Newly reupholstered with small animal print fabric.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Gothic Revival Armchair
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century Gothic Revival painted ivory white and gold armchair.
Category
19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique French Chair Gothic Revival Bishops Throne Altar Chair Cushion Oak 19thC
Located in Tyler, TX
OUTSTANDING Antique French Oak GOTHIC REVIVAL Bishops Throne Altar Chair with Reversible Liturgical Cushion~~HIGHLY CARVED ~~c.
1880s
Highly detailed Gothic accents~~the m...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
A Pair of Arts and Crafts Gothic Carved Oak Hall Chairs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Arts and Crafts Gothic Carved Oak Hall Chairs
This is a good quality and attractively carved pair of Chairs, the Chairs have heavily turned legs and the backs are carved i...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Gothic Revival Seating
Materials
Oak
Gothic Revival seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gothic Revival seating for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, more furniture and collectibles, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, oak and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gothic Revival seating made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original seating, popular names associated with this style include Gillows of Lancaster & London, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, John Pollard Seddon, and George Edmund Street. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $556 and tops out at $44,751 while the average work can sell for $3,184.
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