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
18th Century Couple of Italian Giltwood Armchairs
Located in IT
18th century couple of Italian giltwood armchairs
This refined and important pair of armchairs was made around the middle of the 18th cen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$34,205 Sale Price
20% Off
Rococo Style Carved Cherry Upholstered Child Size Chaise Lounge
Located in Germantown, MD
A Rococo style cherry upholstered child size chaise lounge with exquisite carvings and in excellent condition.
Measures 33" in width, 14" in depth a...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Cherry
18th Century Italian Walnut Sofa
Located in London, Park Royal
Beautiful 18th century Italian sofa in carved walnut. Has the detail of an impish sprite in the carving at the centre of the backrest which, ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18th Century Swedish Rococo Arm Chair with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Rococo arm chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful arm chair with nice proportions & curvy legs.
Scraped b...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
A Rare Solid Ebony Rococo Armchair, Colonial Portuguese
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare Solid Ebony
Rococo Armchair
Colonial Portuguese
19th Century
The shaped back with a carved central floral design on the crest and a lower leaf design, with two scrolling arm...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Seating
Beautiful French Canape 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful French Canape 18th Century
French from the 18th century,
in carved and gilded wood.
Upholstered seat, back and arms.
Dim.: 112 x 169 x 60 cm.
good condition
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Damask, Giltwood
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Chair with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Rococo chair from Stockholm,
Southern Sweden.
A fantastic chair with nice proportions & curvy legs
It comes from the upper class environment.
Scraped by ha...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
Round Ottoman Wood Structure Fabric or Leather Matching fringes
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Upholstered in high quality velvet in a delicate pastel colour, this pouf has a refined design. The central band, decorated with an intricate geometric pattern reminiscent of the Tri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wood
18th c., Italian Rococo-style Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved and gilded, Italian, open-arm, Rococo-style armchair with cabriole legs and elegant, serpentine arms. Top rail boasts a foliate relief carving.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Cotton, Walnut
Pair of Swedish 18th Century Rococo Armchairs
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A large and comfortable pair of white and green painted Rococo fauteuils (Fauteuil à la Reine), each with a cartouche-shaped back, the padded arms and ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$21,972 / set
Italian, Lombardia, Rococo Period Carved Walnut & Upholstered Bench, mid 18thc.
Located in Atlanta, GA
constructed of solid patinated walnut and having a serpentine shape upholstered seat atop carved front legs joined to the slightly flared rear legs by a shaped h-form stretcher
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Venezia Italy Early 18th Century Set 5 Rococo Carved Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exquisite gilded and carved set of five armchairs. The front and side parts are carved with scrolls that create a delicate carving effects. This set hails from Mid- 18th C...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood, Silk
Antique Italian Rococo Side Chairs, 18th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th century Italian walnut Rococo side chairs
Additional information:
Materials: walnut
Color: red
Period: 18th century
Styles: Italian, Rococo
Number of seats: 2
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18th Century Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
$2,065 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vintage Chair in the Style Second Rococo, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
This chair was made in Czechoslovakia, circa 1930. Chair was designed in the style second Rococo. Partially restored. Fabric of seat has been reupholster...
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1930s Czech Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, String, Oak
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA. Good Period Pair Circa 1700’s Portuguese Colonial carved palisander wood side chairs. Portuguese furnishings of the 18th century are bold, quirky, intensive and unlike those of any other country. They have their own national flavor. The pieces often boast elaborately turned legs and energetic carving, pierced decorations and unpredictable combinations of the other styles.
in 18th century colonial Latin America by way of Portugal, the influence of which lasted from the 1690’s through to the development of neoclassicism in the 1780s. Elements of the chairs’ design can be found in the work of Thomas Chippendale, as published in the three editions of his Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director from 1754.
Portugal and England shared a significant bond during the eighteenth century, brought about by Portugal’s decision in 1703 to fight along side the British in the War of Spanish Succession and its bitter relations with the other leading European nations. A vogue for furniture in the English style thus developed, seeded by the many pieces brought back to Portugal in 1693 by the widowed Catherine of Braganza...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$14,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Painted Green Venetian Chair Circa 1820
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and incredibly decorative Italian early 19th century Venetian hand painted polychrome chair, re-upholstered in a neutral cotton. The chair is raised upon elegant cabriole...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Cotton, Wood
18th Century Antique Swedish Rococo Side Chair Marked HGK Royal Provenance
Located in Boden, SE
Fine 18th Century Swedish Roccoco chair with marks of (The Swedish Royal Treasury) HGK
It comes from the upper class environment.
A fantastic chair wi...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
Pair of Quatrain for Dessin Fournir Venetian Shell Giltwood Arm Chairs
By Quatrain
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Quatrain for Dessin Fournir Venetian She’ll Giltwood Arm Chairs. Sold in pairs, 4 pair available.
Category
1990s American Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$4,462 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Swedish Rococo Carved Pine Trågsoffa
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Swedish “trågsoffa” is a traditional wooden sofa of the Rococo and Gustavian periods, usually made of fir, and decoratively carved.
This example is beautifully ornamented with s...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
18th Century French Rococo Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century French rococo armchair the darker aged patina. Hand carved open arm fauteil with hand woven fabric.
Please note that this armchair i...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Giltwood Chairs, Shabby Chic Swedish Antique Farmhouse Style, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a beautiful pair of antique Swedish giltwood chairs, circa 1920 in date.
The giltwood is beautiful in color, each chair features a shell carved crested toprail with acanthus...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
$682 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Swedish Rococo Style Desk Chair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Swedish Rococo style desk chair beautifully captures the charm and elegance of 18th-century Scandinavian design. Crafted with graceful lines, carved floral details, and a shapel...
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20th Century Swedish Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Queen's Armchair made of Carved Walnut Upholstered in Black Leather with Iron-Gi
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful and decorative Queen's armchair is made of carved walnut upholstered in black leather with iron-gilded border and decoration. This is a French work in Louis XV style. ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$3,325 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Gilt Wood Window Seat With Carved Floral Motifs & Damask Silk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique French Gilt Wood Bench Window Seat With Gilt Carved Floral Motifs, Befitted With Damask Floral Gold Upholstery, Finished With Brass Stud Detailing 1800's
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of 18th C Style Portuguese Dining Chair by Randy Esada Designs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of 18th C Style Portuguese Dining Chair by Randy Esada Designs. This listing is for two chairs but we actually have six chairs available. Sol in pairs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
$4,425 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Set Of Four Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Chairs Venice
Located in Hudson, NY
Set of four 18th century Italian painted & parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian. These beautiful chairs have carved wooden frames with sweet detailing. The surface is painted green with gold...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Gold
Italian Gilt X Frame Curule Stool Circa 1800
Located in Sherborne, GB
This is a stunning Italian gilt X frame curule stool circa 1800. It features deep bold crisply carved lions heads, paws, corners scrolls and side rails. The gilding is slightly worn but untouched, it retains its original silk seat cushion...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Beech, Giltwood
18th Century Venetian Rococo Polychrome and Gilded Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Fine 18th century Venetian Rococo polychrome and gilded antique chair
Gorgeous Venetian green and gilt carved wood side chair. This Rococo chai...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century Rocco Style Hand Carved Mahogany Stool
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Early 19th century Rocco style hand carved mahogany stool with re-upholstered top.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Luxe Pair of Asnaghi Giltwood & Silk Armchairs
By ASNAGHI
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Opulent pair of Asnaghi Fauteuil Baroque Rococo armchairs. These hand carved chairs are truly a work of art. Asnaghi Interiors has been handcrafted since 1916 in Italy. Every piece o...
Category
1990s Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
$15,500 / set
Italian Rococo Upholstered Armchairs, A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs. Each chair is carved and polychrome painted in soft greens, pinks, and blues, with delicate floral accents. The frames display the gr...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Textile, Wood
$5,200 / set
Pair of 20th Century Venetian Painted Open Armchairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 20th Century Venetian painted open armchairs.
A very well proportioned oversized comfortable seat with newly upholstered casamance linen with a gold and green spiralled trim...
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20th Century Austrian Rococo Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Pair Danish Rococo Armchairs of Walnut and Red Aniline Leather from ca. 1880
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Pair of Danish Rococo armchairs of walnut upholstered with reddish aniline leather with patina.
Handcrafted and carved by a danish master carpenter ca. 1880.
Upholstery of later da...
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Early 19th Century Scandinavian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of Antique Swedish Classic Rococo Chairs with Distressed Paint and Patina
Located in Kramfors, SE
Pair of classic rococo chairs from the late 1700s. This pair of antique Swedish chairs is from northern Sweden and are authentic country furniture. Made by hand in solid pine. The ch...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Rococo Children Chair with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish Rococo children chair from Sundsvall Medelpad, Northern Sweden
A very charming and genuine Rococo Chair.
Great for children aged 6-12 years.
Scraped by hand to its originalpaint.
Good antique condition with minor historic knocks, marks, scratchers, wear, imperfections as is to be expected with functional antique furniture.
A rare find that would look amazing in the right location.
It is upholstered in old antique linen fabric...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Pine
Set of Eight French Provincial Louis XIII Style Dining Chairs
Located in Middleburg, VA
Intricately turned legs and cross stretchers constructed of Walnut with a rich color and patination. Good proportions and very comfortable. Recently Reupholstered. Made in the Borde...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair Of Painted Italianate Finely Crafted Armchairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved in a burgundy and gilt finish with elaborate scrolled backs and lion mask crests. Gilt floral details, curved arms , and elaborate scroll decorated seat rails with crests. The...
Category
20th Century Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Export Corner Seat
Located in Long Island City, NY
This very beautiful chair was most likely produced in China for the English or Danish market, and exported via the East India Company. Unusual for work of this era, it still wears it...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Giltwood
Italian Carved Giltwood Bench W/ Embossed Leather
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. giltwood Italian Rococo style bench. The bench is beautifully hand carved with details of scrolled acanthus leaves and flowers throughout. The bench is newly upholstered in a...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Giltwood
$3,840 Sale Price
33% Off
1700s Norwegian Farmer Rococo Style Pine Chair
Located in Skien, NO
Primitive antique chair from ca. 1730-50s. Handcrafted from nature pine in Norway. Painted in black and rest of the gold decoration, beautiful patina. Perfect adding to farmhouse / c...
Category
Early 18th Century Norwegian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Textile, Pine
$960 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Rococo Revival Giltwood Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite French 19th century giltwood armchair. This one-of-a-kind piece has every curve of the carved wood frame complemented beautifully by the warm gilt finish and striking di...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Venetian Rococo Gesso and Silver Gilt Settee
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th century Venetian rococo painted settee with strap work lattice back in white gesso with original faded silver gilt detailing over green velvet upholstered seat and standing on c...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Italian Rococo Square Stools With Faux Sheepskin
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of mid-century modern Italian Rococo stools with faux sheepskin seats. Base is made of wood painted in a light blue with gold trim with gilt ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Seating
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood
Pair Of Italian Rococo Painted Side Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely painted with shaped crest rail and vasiform splat ,drop in bowed seat and cabriole legs.
Category
1760s Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
$1,850 / item
Antique Italian Venetian Green Floral Hand Painted Dining Side Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Venetian Green Floral Hand Painted Dining Side Chairs - Set of 4. Item features hand painted details, distress painted finish, nicely carved frames, very nice set of ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood, Paint
Dinning Room Chairs In Rococo Style Made In Light Mahogany & Fabric From 1920s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique dining room chairs in light mahogany with light fabric upholstery made in Rococo style from around the 1920s.
Measurements in cm: H:105.5...
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1920s Danish Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$522 Sale Price / set
41% Off
1930s, Danish armchair, leather, ash wood, furniture mesh, reupholstered.
Located in Tarm, 82
1930s, Danish armchair. Black furniture leather, ash wood, furniture mesh. Reupholstered by craftsman about 20 years ago. Good condition: no smells, no stains and stable construction...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Leather, Ash
18th century, Italian Pair of Rococo Lacquered and Gilt Wood Stools
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Pair of Rococo Lacquered and Gilt Wood Stools
This refined pair of stools was crafted in Turin during the Barocchetto period (Rococo), around the mid-18th cent...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair Louis XV White Painted Bergeres, circa 1755, stamped Jean-Baptiste Gourdin
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A pair of Louis XV white painted Bergeres en corbeille, circa 1755. Each with padded back and seat with channelled frame and foliate-carved rails and cresting, with padded arms, on c...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Carved French 19th Century Salon Chairs
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of carved 19th century French salon chairs with original paint and castors to the front feet.
We've had them upholstered in a light Mark Alexander...
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1870s French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
$5,007 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV Style Side Chairs in Paul Smith fabric
Located in Fredericksburg, TX
19th century French Louis XV side chairs with cabriole legs ending in small scroll feet, with a carved serpentine seat arpon. The open backs have an interlaced double-loop motif. Th...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair Italian, Genovese, Rococo Period Shaped Walnut Poltrone, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The open armchairs having slightly convex shaped ladder backs, with shaped armrests and arm supports, upholstered removable seats within frames, the cabriole legs joined by curved x-...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Walnut
Italian hall chair in carved wood and blue patina
Located in PARIS, FR
Three 19th-century Rococo-style armchairs captures the essence of elegance and comfort, featuring a soft blue patina that blends seamlessly into both classic and contemporary interio...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Giltwood Stool
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Large Early 19th Century Giltwood Stool. The stool is in very good original condition, ready for reupholstering. The top cover is fraying and will need replacing, if required for e...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Rococo chair, with original color
By Alexander Thunberg
Located in SE
Chair, rococo, made in Stockholm about 1765, attributed to Alexander Thunberg, not signed. He became member of Stockholms chair maker society 1757 and died 1797. The chair is in good...
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1760s Swedish Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Birch
Italian Rococo Gold Damask Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Italian Rococo high back gilt carved throne chairs with gold damask slip seat and back.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Gold
1750 Venezia Italy Set 4 Blue Lacquered Wooden Dining Armchairs with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent set of four Venetian armchairs lacquered in blue with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration. Engraved and lacquered walnut.
A delicate and refined drawin...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Silk, Wood, Lacquer
1750 Venezia Italy Set 3 Green Lacquered Wooden Engraved Chairs with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent set of three Venetian chairs lacquered in light green with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration.
A delicate and refined drawing of polychrome floral gar...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Seating
Materials
Silk, Lacquer
Rococo Tufted Bench with brass Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Rococo Style tufted Bench with Brass legs.
Perfect for end of bed .
Category
1960s American Vintage Rococo Seating
Materials
Brass
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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