Renaissance Seating
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.
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Style: Renaissance
Regency Leather Arm Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Regency Brown Leather Arm Chair with full grain leather upholstery combines a super simple design with sweeping lines and finely executed details to help make t...
Category
2010s Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Italian Inlaid Folding Savonarola Chair
Located in North York, ON
Original folding chair with finely carved detailed patterns and mother of pearl inlay.
Price includes complimentary curb side delivery to the continental USA.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Seating
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hallway with this well carved pair of antique Sgabello chairs. Crafted of walnut in Italy circa 1860, each Renaissance chair stands on curv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th C. Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Throne Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th C. Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Throne Side Chair. Item features crewel work upholstery, figural carved back rest, solid wood frame, beautiful wood grain, f...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Spanish Baroque Hand Carved Chest Trunk
Located in Miami, FL
Nice 19th century chest in brown chestnut. Hand carved facade panel with heads decorations. Plinth with brace decorations, dovetail assembly with wrought iron wardware.
Add a real s...
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Iron
Regency Green Leather Arm Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Regency Green Leather Arm Chair with full grain leather upholstery combines a super simple design with sweeping lines and finely executed details to help make t...
Category
2010s Unknown Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Carved Walnut Bench Banquette "Escaño"
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning antique Spanish Renaissance walnut bench, called "escaño" in Spain, believed to date back to the early 20th century. The piece has a deep reliefs hand-carved back that featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Renaissance Style Savonarola Arm Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly noteworthy Savonarola chair with deft carving and vibrant and colorful custom seat and back fabric. Late 19th century/early 20th century Renaissance style Savonarola ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
8 Antique Old World French Country Carved Oak Leather Dining Chairs Renaissance
Located in Dayton, OH
8 Antique French Country Old World oak dining chairs. An exquisite and unique form with molded side panels featuring wheat carvings and acanthus blocked feet. Upholstered in a brown ...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of 10 Vintage Drexel Dining Chairs
Located in Annville, PA
A Set of 10 Vintage Drexel Dining Chairs consisting of 2 arm chairs and 8 side chairs. The arm chairs are large and feature a fully develop...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Seating
Materials
Mahogany
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: height 73 cm lenght 129 cm depth 70 cm.
Category
1860s French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian 19th Century Renaissance Style Dante Walnut Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th century Italian Dante armchair.
Beautiful walnut Savonarola armchair with ornately carved decoration throughout. This stately x-base legged chair has rich velvet upholstery, golden fringe and tasseled seats. It is as functional as it is comfortable. Making a fine statement in any area of your home, the walnut folding chair...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style 19th Century Walnut Tapestry Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut high back column sided throne chair with carved floral design and tapestry upholstery.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood
Armchair Throne Pair Italian Walnut Red Mohair Velvet Armorial Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare pair of late-Renaissance, Italian, upholstered, walnut, throne, open, armchairs or coppia di seggioloni, retaining their original armorials
These throne armchairs are characteristic of those found in Palazzo's in the Renaissance. They are elegant and substantial, injecting gravitas into the period or contemporary interior. It is exceptionally rare feature that they retain the original armorials with Ducal coronets which are beautifully worked in gold threadwork. One bears three fleurs-de-lys above three swords and the other a lion rampant. They are sturdy and usable and have a wonderful, lustrous, rich patina.
The rectangular backs and seats re-upholstered in a c.1920 mohair...
Category
Early 1600s Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Corner Arm Chair Renaissance Louis XIV style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak corner arm chair Renaissance Louis XIV style
~Direct from France~
~Beautiful carving throughout this versatile antique Fren...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
French Renaissance Revival Oak Carved Corner Armchair, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Renaissance Revival corner armchair.
Striking French design from the 1890s.
Solid oak frame with original hand-carved decorative elements.
Original hand-carved f...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Chair Stool Hall Sgabello Pair 16 Century Venetian Renaissance Carved Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The quality of these exhuberant backstools demonstrate why Italian Renaissance furniture was as highly prized as old-master paintings. Th...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Italian Carved and Hand-Painted Cassapanca Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
Add Italian visual drama into your home with this elegant antique colorful Cassapanca bench. Crafted in Italy, circa 1820 features a tall, commanding back and intricately carved apro...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Italian Renaissance Figural Carved Walnut Sgabello Hall Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Italian Renaissance figural carved walnut sgabello hall side chair. Item features finely carved details including north wind face, maiden ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Three Seat Federal Style Chair
Located in Annville, PA
This high quality, hand carved Three Seat Federal Style Chair from Niagara Furniture features some of the most detailed carving available anywhere on the market today. Beautifully fi...
Category
2010s Unknown Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Italian Renaissance Oak Foot Stool
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Renaissance style oak rectangular foot stools with cane seat (priced each) (20th Cent.).
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savonarola style walnut armchair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat. (19th century).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Italian Renaissance Walnut Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
19th century Italian Renaissance style walnut cardinal's throne chair with shell design canopy and column supports.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Renaissance Hand-Carved Throne, Walnut Armchair with Two Crowns
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique Renaissance carved throne with decorative wood panels in solid hand-carved walnut, as well as the two crowns panels. The Throne with the two crowns have been restored and pol...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
French Renaissance Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
This regal seat dates to the 16th century. The square seat and back contrasted by the blocked barley twist turnings that comprise the arms legs and stretcher. Well-carved recumbent l...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Antique French Henry II Style Walnut Dining Chairs W/ Sage Green Fabric-Set of 6
Located in Astoria, NY
A traditional set of six French dining chairs in the Henry II style, sourced directly from Provence, France. Beautifully hand-crafted from solid walnut, each chair features elaborate...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Leather Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Leather Fireside Chair is designed after an American original antique chair and ships out covered in full grained tufted genuine l...
Category
2010s Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Regal 19th century Venetian Rocking Chair in Walnut with Decorations and Putti - Very Rare
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
Regal 19th century Venetian Rocking Chair in Walnut with Decorations and Putti - Very Rare!
If you are a lover of antiques and want a unique piece for your home, this 19th-century V...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Nutwood
Pair of Wooden Chairs, Lombardy, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Pair of beautifully carved wooden chairs
Lombardy, first half of 17th century
H 86 x L 48 x P 43 cm
Pair of “da balia” (nanny) chairs. The backrest is decorated with winged myt...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood
Set of 10 Italian Walnut & Leather High Back Dining Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 10 Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) stained walnut high back side chairs with carved heads and dark red leather upholstered seat and back (PRICED AS Set)
Antique condition
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Renaissance Style Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian Renaissance style chair.
Well carved 19th century Italian Renaissance style carved walnut chair. This antique Italian Savonarola armchair or side chair is upholstered in neutral linen. This versatile Italian Gothic style chair...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Antique French Bench Stool Gothic Renaissance Carved Oak Trestle Fleur de lis
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Bench Stool Gothic Renaissance Carved Oak Trestle Fleur de lis.
Direct from France, a highly carved antique oak bench or stool. Superb hand carvings and craftsmanship...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
Cathedra or Throne Chair, Late 16th Century, French Second Renaissance, Walnut
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A moulded cornice sits above the high, panelled back with fluting and applied roundels. The later, metal pin on the left edge releases the central, moulded panel in the back which retains its original hinges. When the pin is removed the panel can be lowered, revealing a large area behind. The scroll arms are supported by tapering turnings which can be compared with mid-16th century benches of the nave such as those in the churches in Gerberoy and Coivrel which are in Oise, the Piccardie region of Frances.
The panelled, box seat has later 18th century hinges...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Walnut Bench
Located in High Point, NC
19th century carved walnut bench from France with a newly upholstered seat in linen and finished with welted decoration. The upholstered seat is scalloped and is enclosed in a molded...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Renaissance Style Italian Armchairs
Located in Madison, MS
This pair of Renaissance style Italian armchairs look to be fit for a king. The tall seat back has beautiful hand carved wood and aged dark painted finish. ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
Pair of 19th Century French Black and Gilt Wrought Iron Curule "Dagobert" Stools
Located in Dallas, TX
Place these elegant antique stools as extra seating in a den or game room! Crafted in France circa 1870 and made of solid iron, each chair stands on forged "Dagobert" (or Curule) leg...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century European Hand Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Sheffield, MA
19th C. paint decorated blanket box or coffer. The front panel has a later added decoupage which has since been partially lost. This antique trunk, with its rectangular-shaped body, ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Metal
Armchairs Pair of Spanish Renaissance Brown Leather Oak 17th Century, Spain
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs Italian Renaissance brown leather 18th century, Spain. A lovely pair of armchair made in Italy during the Renaissance era, 1600-1650. Up...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood
17th Century Italian Armchair with Plumage
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The straight uprights of the backrest are surmounted by gilded plumages. Gilded acanthus leaves in the form of consoles adorn the top of the two front legs, supporting the large flat...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
English Renaissance Red Velvet Side Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style oak carved side chair with a square back and stretcher with red velvet upholstered seat and back
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
2 Italian Renaissance Sgabelli Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
2 Similar Italian Renaissance style (17th Cent) walnut curved 3 legged sgabelli with carved back and seat (PRICED EACH)
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Jacobean Gold Upholstered Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Jacobean Gold Upholstered Arm Chair. Item features a pierce carved stretcher base, solid wood construction, u...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
19th C. Renaissance Wrought Iron Curule Savonarola Carpet Sling Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century Hand Wrought Iron Renaissance Savonarola Carpet Sling Curule Side Chair. Item features a hand wrought iron folding frame, desirable weathered finish, carpet "sling" seat...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wrought Iron
17th Century Renaissance Sgabello Walnut Chair
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful 17th century (1650-1680) Sgabello.
The countries where this could originate are located in and around the Alps. So Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany, and Northern Ita...
Category
17th Century Swiss Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful Set Of Eight Italian Walnut Dining Armchairs In Renaissance Style
By Angiolo Barbetti
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale those stunning set of eight italian walnut dining armchairs in the manner of Angiolio Barbetti (1805-1873) , in renaissance style .
Each chairs with a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
3 High-Backed Chairs, Cordoba Leather Trim with Native American Decor, Spain
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3 high-backed chairs, Cordoba leather trim with Native American decor and cupids framing a floral arrangement.
Ornamentation of copper cabochons on the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Brass
Friar armchair (frailero). Walnut wood, textile. Spain, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Friar armchair. Walnut wood, textile, metal. Spain, 16th century.
Has defects.
Armchair with arms and high back of the type known as “frailero”, which has a textile upholstery with...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Metal, Other
Italian Renaissance Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savonarola style walnut arm chair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat. (19th cent).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Gold
16th CENTURY GUARD'S STOOL
Located in Firenze, FI
Typical stool with backrest and curved legs in solid walnut wood with dark patina. This type of bench is used in guard posts, for this reason the seat is small and uncomfortable, to ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savanarola style walnut armchair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat, (19th century).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Renaissance Armchair, Italy, Second Half of the 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Renaissance armchair out of walnut, seat and backrest are covered with a brown leather and riveted. The chair stands on straight square legs that are connected on each side. The stra...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs chairs in oak wood from the end of the 19th century. These chairs rest on four fluted legs c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
Period 17th Century Walnut Spanish Large Armchair
Located in Hudson, NY
This Spanish walnut chair with a large wide seat was made circa 1680-1700. Made from well carved but simply done walnut the chair is centered on ...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Walnut
Armchair 'Type Called “Friar”' Wood, Textil, Spain, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This type of seat was very common in Spain despite its Italian origin. The typology was introduced in the 16th century, and remained as usual in Spanish furniture during the followin...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Seating
Materials
Metal
Antique Vanleigh Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Vanleigh Furniture New York Carved Oak Italian Renaissance Style Throne Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features the original label, solid oak wood construction, beautiful woodgrai...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Renaissance Seating
Materials
Oak
Renaissance seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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, tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance seating made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original seating, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Vanleigh Furniture, Coduri of Lyon, France, and Dante Savonarola . 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 $324 and tops out at $110,955 while the average work can sell for $3,250.
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