Rococo Seating
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Pair 18th Century Italian Rococo Sofas
Located in Houston, TX
A stately pair of 18th Century Rococo sofas newly upholstered in a Scalamandré low pile ecru velvet. These handsome hand carved walnut beauties also have original side secret compar...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
$28,000 / set
Victorian Armchair in Mahogany, Wheels & Colorful Fabric, England, Early 1900s
Located in Odense, DK
A charming late Victorian mahogany armchair featuring a high, button-tufted back and gracefully scrolled arms.
The fabric is in a tasteful yellow-and-red striped fabric, the chair is...
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Early 20th Century English Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century Rococo Style Wide Marquise Chair
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite antique chair is a French Louis XV style ‘Bergère Marquise’ in the Rococo tradition, dating from circa 1890-1900. The chair is meticulo...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Gold Leaf Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique gold leaf Venetian grotto style shell back armchair. Seat has been newly reupholstered in champagne color velvety fabric.
Arm height is 26.5"
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$2,950 / item
19th-C. Italian / Venetian Celadon Floral Painted Side Chairs In Blue Velvet- 2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of 19th century hand painted Venetian side chairs. The seats are in a blue velvet that is in very good condition. The frames are a celadon color with flowers and gilt ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Velvet, Poplar, Giltwood
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Eight Italian Rococo style Carved and Painted Dining Chairs, C. 1880.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Each side chair features a shaped backrest with an open figure-eight splat above an upholstered seat, set over a shell-carved apron and elegant cabriole legs. Retaining traces of the...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Late 19th Century Venetian Armchairs, Restyled with Dedar Milano Bouclé
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A refined pair of late 19th-century Venetian armchairs, finely hand-carved in solid walnut, fully restored and reinterpreted with a contemporary sensibility. The seats have been reup...
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1890s Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Metal
Antique Louis XV Rococo Style French Paint Decorated & Gilt Desk Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 36 1/4in W: 17 3/4in D: 16in SH: 20in
This antique Louis XV style desk chair is made of the highest quality and is perfect...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Swedish Rococo Period Settee or Sofa Bench in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A richly carved, 18th century Swedish sofa bench from the Rococo period, newly upholstered linen. This beautiful settee has been hand-scraped back to...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rococo Style Late 19th Century Chair
Located in Vienna, AT
Gilt and bronzed hardwood frame. Nyrokoko, the second half of the 19th century. Repairs, marks, loss of gilt. I offer also on request a professional complete restoration and new upho...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$1,289 Sale Price
32% Off
Pair of Danish Art Nouveau Easy Chairs in Floral Embroidered Velour, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
A pair of Danish lounge chairs from the 1920s, featuring a sculptural wood frame and generously upholstered in velour with a bold floral pattern. The upholstery combines beige and gr...
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Early 20th Century Danish Rococo Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Set of Danish Antique 18th century Lounge Chair, style of Louis XV
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
This hand-carved and decorated wooden rococo Lounge Chair from the mid-18th century embodies timeless French elegance. It has inspiration from a classic French armchair, though this ...
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19th Century Danish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Ancient Italian Pair of Armchairs in “Petit Point” Embroidery, Turin Circa 1750
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of carved walnut armchairs covered in “petit point” embroidery
Turin, circa 1750
They measure 33.8 in (86 cm) in height; 17.32 in (44 cm) in height to the seat; 25.98 in (66 cm...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wool, Walnut
Dutch 18th Century Marquetry Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Dutch Rococo style three-seat-back settee is a wonderful addition to any interior. Crafted during the 19th century with high quality, ornate marquetry work. The top of each seat...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Hardwood
18th Century French Sofa
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional 18th century French sofa exemplifies the artistry and elegance of the Rococo period. Its solid walnut frame is adorned with intricate hand-carved details along the ...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$3,950
Pair of Swedish Rococo Period 18th Century Side Chairs with Carved Splats
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Swedish Rococo period painted wood chairs from the 18th century, with carved splats, cabriole legs, H-Form cross stretchers, floral upholstery and distressed patina. Create...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Rococo Painted Swedish Armchair
Located in Houston, TX
Rococo painted Swedish armchair circa 1750-1779. Scraped back to early painted finish. Newly recovered original seat.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Fine Early Regence Walnut Fauteuil, Italy ca. 1730
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Regence Period walnut fauteuil with shaped back and scallop shell carving, scrolled arms, shaped apron with similar shell detail, all resting on cabriole feet. The fauteuil da...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Silk, Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of Rococo Fauteuils / Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, circa 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Rococo period fauteuils, with needle-point linen slip covers, serpentine back and scroll arms ending in cabriole legs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair Victorian Rococo Style Walnut and Needlepoint Upholstered Side Chairs
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair Victorian Rococo Style Walnut and Needlepoint Upholstered Side Chairs
.Measures 20.5" in width, 23" in depth and 36" in height. Seat height is 28".
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century Swedish TragSofa Gustavian Original Patina
Located in Houston, TX
Imbued with the elegance of 18th-century Swedish design, this tragsofa emanates a timeless allure. Crafted with masterful artistry, its exquisite form showcases a harmonious blend of...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Set of French Tapestry Gild Carved Gold Wood Arm Chairs Chairs & Sofa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing set of two chairs and a sofa original from the 19th Century. This sofa and chairs embodies the opulent Rococo style, known for its flowing curves, ornate carvings, and asymme...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Luxurious Antique Italian Lounge Chairs in Rococo / Baroque Style Brown Beige
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
A wonderful pair of luxurious antique Italian lounge chairs in Rococo / Baroque style. The chairs are recently re-upholstered and have a royal a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Venetian Rococo Armchairs Sofa set hand-carved walnut , leather upholstered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th Century Venetian Rococò armchairs and sofa by Atelier Cadorin Venice in hand-carved walnut and leather upholstered, wax polished
Al...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
1960s Carved And Painted Italian Bench / Ottoman In Striped Floral Chintz
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a sweet bench! It is an Italian piece with hand painted scrolling shells and vintage striped floral chintz cotton. It is in very good vintage con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Poplar, Paint
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Rocking Chair Hand Carved and Turned Walnut Wood Needlepoint Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
Rocking chair from the late 19th century, hand carved with turned wood details on 2 casters.
Sturdy and comfortable crafted frame with decorative rocking base.
Nail head trim adorn t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Metal
Armchair Rococo Swedish White Light Green, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Rococo Swedish white light green, Sweden. A single armchair with original paint made in Sweden during the Rococo period 1750-1775. A white washe...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
19th Century Swedish Chair in transition Rococo / Gustavian Hälsingland
Located in Boden, SE
A fantastic mid 19th Century very genuine & rustic Rococo / Gustavian Chair from Hälsingland ,Northern Sweden.
The chair is provincial and transition between Rococo & Gustavian.
Th...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
Napoleon III Style Carved Giltwood Rope-Twist Stool; Manner of A.M.E. Fournier
Located in San Francisco, CA
the circular tabouret with new decking above a rope-twist giltwood frame with cabriole supports with knotted feet all joined by an x-form stretcher centering a robust central knot; f...
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1950s French Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Armchair French Giltwood Rococo Style, France
Located in New York, NY
Armchair French giltwood Rococo style France. An armchair made during the 19th century in France. Frame of giltwood with beautiful carvings. Contempora...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Venetian Blue Leather and Wood Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century blue-gray painted Venetian side chairs with leather seats. Chairs have a heraldic style cross maker's mark engraved on backs of chairs. Features hand carved stretchers a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$1,750 / item
Exceptional Gilded Ornate Salon Armchair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large and impressive. An outstanding carved and gilt Italianate Baroque style armchair with carved shell crest, Griffin arm supports, carved Eagle knees ending in Lion’s Paw Foot. Custom upholstered in a tan dot on black fabric. Ornate wood carvings...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Roccoco swedish chairs with lion paws feet & balustrade shaped backrest
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking pair of Swedish baroque chairs, circa 1800, embodies the elegance and grandeur of 18th-century design. With their bold lion’s paw feet and finely sculpted baluster back...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$2,084 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Eight Swedish Rococo Style Dining Chairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine set of eight mid 20th century Swedish Rococo style dining chairs. Lovely chairs feature ornate carved details, shapely curved backs and cabriolet legs, with seats upholstered in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rococo Seating
Materials
Textile, Wood
$2,800 / set
19th Century Set of Ten Swedish Gustavian Dining Chairs
Located in Round Top, TX
There is an understated elegance to this set of ten antique Swedish pine dining chairs including eight side chairs and two arm chairs in the Rococo style.
Pierced splat backs, carved...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Linen, Pine, Paint
Swedish Rococo Walnut Armchair
Located in Houston, TX
Swedish rococo walnut armchair circa 1740-1769. Finely hand-carved in a nice, large scale. Excellent condition. Stable, sold and sturdy. Mortise and tenon joints. Exquisite carved de...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Textile, Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century, Italian Rococo Carved and Lacquered Wood Bench
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Rococo Carved and Lacquered Wood Bench
This bench was crafted during the Barocchetto period (Rococo) in the mid-18th century in Piedmont. Made of carved and la...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Italian, Firenze, Set of 8 Walnut & Upholstered Dining Chairs, 2nd half 18thc.
Located in Atlanta, GA
the chairs having Queen Anne stylized backsplats above flared seats with drop-in upholstered cushions, with straight slanted block back legs, the front legs of cabriole form with pad...
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1760s Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
18th Century, Pair of Italian Baroque Lacquered and Gilt Wood Benches
Located in IT
18th century, pair of Italian Baroque lacquered and gilt wood benches
This particular pair of baroque benches was made in Rome, Italy, in the second half of the 18th century.
Their wooden structure is entirely sculpted, lacquered and gilded in Mecca. It consists of a seat with a profile moved from which depart two armrests characterized by arched elements, moved and culminating in curls. The effect of great movement is enhanced by the decorations of rocaille taste with volutes and leaves that surround them creating dynamism.
The band under the seat, quadrangular and move, is decorated with rocaille elements and framed with reserve that creates curls in some points of connection. The six curved legs, characteristic of the Baroque era, are decorated with phytomorphic elements and end with a curly...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Set of 6 Venetian Dining Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six stunning Venetian dining chairs in purple mohair.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$5,800 / set
Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Rococo Style Gilt Pliants or Stools
Located in Troy, NY
Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Rococo Style Gilt Pliants or Stools. The folding benches with X-form carved and gilt wood bases, fabric tops and cushions.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Swedish Rococo Carved Armchairs with Original Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
This graceful pair of Swedish Rococo armchairs embodies the refined curves and expressive craftsmanship of 18th-century Scandinavian design. Elegantly carved from wood and retaining ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Pair of Vintage Armchairs
Located in North Charleston, SC
A pair of vintage armchairs in the style of Louis XV / Rococo. The chairs feature a carved wooden frame with cabriole legs and scrolling arms. Upholstered in striped cream and gold f...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$1,700 / set
18th century Venetian Rococo Armchair
Located in Troy, NY
18th Century Venetian Rococo Armchair. A delicate armchair of typical form, with beautiful lines and proportions and delicately carved details.
Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art.
For an ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Fauteuil or Armchair with Contemporary Upholstery, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair in carved walnut wood, gilded and in its color. 18th century, with current upholstery.
Armchair with light cabriolet legs secured with H-shaped chambras, curved arms decora...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Other
Brass and Red Velvet Chiavari Chair, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Chiavari chair is all made of brass with a red velvet on the seat. The quality of this chair is a very nice. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Brass
$1,042 Sale Price
20% Off
Ebonized and Gilded Portuguese Side Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Ebonized and gilded Portuguese side chair carved in the 1980s. Covered in green-dyed leather and decorated with nailhead trim.
Note: Original/early finish on antique and vintage met...
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1980s Portuguese Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Brass
Custom Royal French Style Oversized Throne Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very theatrical large throne chair in a custom treatment. With an intricately carved frame having stylized shells and scrolls with the foot a raised snail’s head...
Category
20th Century Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century.
Pair of high-backed armchairs with arms of the "queen's fateuil" type, with a carved wooden frame in its own color. It features curv...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Other
$3,848 / set
Antique Venetian Baroque Carved and Painted Bench
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With a tall scrolled back and scrolled lower frame. In the Classic Venetian sage green paint with white scrolls and a large polychrome painted crest on the back. The bench platform l...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Venetian Hand Painted & Caned Rococo Armchairs; a pair
Located in Malibu, CA
Venetian caned armchairs with fine painting from the 18th/ 19th century. This pair features a shapely wood back with decorative top rail featuring the original intricately painted fl...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Cane, Wood
$2,757 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Pair of Early 20th-century Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odds are good that you haven't seen many of these, with their scallop shell backs and seats, dolphin-head arms, and particularly such strange, roughened, coral-textured legs suggesti...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-18th Century Italian Pair of Armchairs with Leather Covers, Milan circa 1750
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of armchairs
Original impressed leather covers
Milan, circa 1750
They measure: 40.94" high [18.11" to the seat] x 21.65" in deep x 27.55".
104 cm high (46 to the seat) x 55 ...
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1750s Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Set of Four Italian Rococo Style Venetian Walnut Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome set of four Venetian armchairs or lounge chairs hand-crafted in Italy in the rococo taste. Also known as pretzel chairs because of the interlocking twisted back splat. The whimsical chairs...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Walnut
Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th Century Brown Frame Black Leather France
Located in New York, NY
Armchairs French Rococo Period 18th century brown frame black leather France. An assembled pair of armchairs made during the Rococo period in Fran...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of 6 Early 20th Century Italian Dining Chairs with Rococo Features
Located in London, Park Royal
A beautifully sculpted set of six early 20th-century Italian dining chairs, distinguished by their Rococo-inspired lines and elegant cabriole legs. The frames have a fluid, curved de...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Swedish Rococo Style 1890s Painted Wood Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Swedish Rococo style painted wood armchairs from the late 19th century, with carved splats, cabriole legs and upholstery. Created in Sweden during the last decade of the 19...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
French 19th Century Rococo Style Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
A Rococo style armchair from the 19th century, delicately carved with floral clasps to the crest and seat rails and to the tops of the cabriole l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Antique Gilded Italian Rococo Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Italian giltwood rococo style bench newly upholstered in a natural linen fabric. This stunning bench rests on six legs connected by an X stretcher. Intricate details and gild...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Italian, Piemonte, Louis XV Period Poltrone in Carved Walnut, mid 18th cen
Located in Atlanta, GA
having upholstered seats and backs with slightly recessed carved arms and carved cabriole legs
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Rococo seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo 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, building and garden elements, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo seating made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original seating, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Poltrona Frau, Renzo Frau, and Europa Antiques. 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 $396 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $4,700.
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