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Style: High Victorian
Fantastic 19th Century Antique Carved Oak Dresser
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fantastic antique carved oak dresser. The top section having seven beautifully designed hand carved panels, one shelf supported by two elega...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Oak
Large Victorian Carved Gilt Wood Framed Mirror
Located in Altrincham, GB
Large Victorian Carved Gilt Wood Framed Mirror with Egg and Dart Surround and Acanthus Leaf Decoration to the Base c1870 - 46"w x 79"h
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ANTIQUE CIRCA 1860 CHiNESE ANCESTRAL PORTRAIT IN MUSEUM FRAME
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1860-1880 Chinese Ancestral Portrait in a lovely museum glass exhibition fra...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Paper
RARE 19th Century Embossed Brass Planter on Original Stand
Located in High Point, NC
RARE and FABULOUS 19th century embossed brass planter on its original stand. We have never had the pleasure of offering such a wonderful and original brass Victorian planter! The p...
Category
19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Victorian 1880 Solid Brass Bed Frame with Mother of Pearl Style Panel
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original circa 1880 Victorian Brass double bed frame with Mother of Pearl style inset panel
...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Late 19thC Brass Oil Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Brass Oil Table Lamp, the base adorned with three Roman soldiers on a mahogany base - converted to electric - 14" diam x 28"h - The lampshade(s) are newly handmade silks b...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
With Certificate Antique Shannon File Co Victorian Walnut Tambour Desk Must See
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very rare, original Antique Victorian Shannon File Co LTD, tambour fronted desk in Waln...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Carved Walnut Side Chair With Needle Point Upholstery
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine French Victorian hand carved walnut high back chair with lovely ecclesiastical detailing on barley twist legs and united by a classic turned H-stretcher.
Winged putto flankin...
Category
1870s French Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Stunning circa 1860 Gold Gilt Bronze French Mantle Clock Large Decorative Piece
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely handmade in France circa 1860 very decorative gold gilt bronze mantel (fireplace) clock
This is a very heavy beautifully cast mantel...
Category
1860s French Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique French 1880 Burr Walnut, Gilt Brass Green Marble Side End Tables
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of circa 1880 French Burr Walnut with ornate Gilt Brass detailing and Italian Green Marble topped, occasional ...
Category
1880s French Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Marble
German KPM Porcelain Plaque Mother and Child with Kittens
Located in Newark, England
Featuring a Playful Scene
From our Ceramics collection, we are pleased to offer this KPM Porcelain Plaque Mother and Child. The KPM plaque framed within the original gesso frame wi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th century Victorian Burled Walnut Étagère with Mirror
Located in Savannah, GA
Highly ornate Victorian burled walnut étagère/hall stand composed of three tiers of open shelves on either side of a tall mirror. The base features three more shelves over five drawe...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Marble
FULLY RESTORED WiNGBACK ARMCHAIR CHESTERFIELD FOOTSTOOL HAND DYED BROWN LEATHER
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, fully restored Antique Victorian circa 1880 custom made small footstool designed to bit betwe...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique English Terracotta Recumbent Pug Dog
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English terracotta recumbent pug dog, realistically modeled and subtly polychromed. Rare form.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Coalport Scenic Cabinet Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Coalport scenic cabinet vases, each one with a blue-gray background, finely gilt and painted with oval landscape vignettes,...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Rare Gillow Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare Gillow Library breakfront desk with brass gallery in Burr Amboyna timber, circa...
Category
1850s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Burl
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures
England, Circa 1880s
Both with impressed numbers #1242/ 20 and #1242/23 and painters marks
The charms...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, GB
View of Bayham Abbey with Writing Implements
From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this unusual and large-sized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope, in the manner ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Unusual Ornate Cast Iron Foot Scraper
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual ornate cast iron foot scraper having an ornate cast iron base with scraper to the centre.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu & Opaline Palais Royal Candelabra
By Palais Royal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-century French Ormolu and Opaline Palais Royal Candelabra, circa 1865
France, 19th century
A rare find, this matched pair of 19th-century French candelabra is a capti...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Silver Plated Pitcher on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent classical American fancy silver plated ice water pitcher and swing stand serving set. Circa 1860s
Exquisitely crafted in the mid-19th cent...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Pair of circa 1880 William Morris Carved Legged Wingback Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of original circa 1860-1880 English William Morris style wingback armchairs with grey linen summer cushions
A good looking and well-m...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Silver Plated and Enameled Bat Matchsafe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Silver plated and enameled bat matchsafe, realistically cast and chased, with enameled wings, unmaked.
Category
20th Century English High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Scottish Witches Mirror With Etched Thistles And Elm Wood Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare Scottish elm wood mirror, the beveled glass etched with thistles and roses, the center with seven mini convex circles amidst a starburst. The elm wood...
Category
19th Century Scottish Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Glass, Elm
English Carved Hunt Sofa
Located in Pueblo, CO
The most rare highly carved English Victorian Hunt Sofa, barley twist oak construction throughout with gargoyle arm ends, thick carved scrolled leaf and floral back topped with hunti...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Textile, Oak
CARVED CiRCA 1880 ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ENGLISH OAK REVOLVING BOOKCASE BOOK TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very well made, fully restored English oak circa 1880 revolving bookcase table with lovely carved panel...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Oak
Unrestored Antique Victorian Howard & Son's Chesterfield Sofa Inc Ticking Fabric
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer very rare, original Victorian circa 1860 Howard & Son’s Chesterfield sofa with the original ticking fabric
I actually have ...
Category
1860s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Victorian Sterling Silver Tableware Carneool Agate Flatware Serving Set Antique
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique sterling silver & Agate serving set.
Fabulous floral engravings on the fork and spoon.
Handles made of ribbed agate
Condition good.
Fully hallmarked.
Year letter 1899
Sil...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Huge Antique Sterling Silver Salver or Footed Tray with Ornate Floral Engraving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This enormous and very substantial antique salver or footed tray was made by Hunt, Roskell, Tate, Storr and Mortimer of England and dates to 1865 and done in the period Victorian sty...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Majolica Rams Head English Decorated Partners Desk Stand with Inkwells
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English majolica pottery partners desk stand with inkwells with ram heads by renowned maker William Brownfield and dating from around 1870. The rectangular shaped desk...
Category
19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Unique Antique Victorian 1860 Ships Refectory Dining Table Phosphor Bronze Feet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning and very rare original Ships Pitch Pine Refectory dining table with Phosphor Bronze feet and fittings
A truly sublime p...
Category
1860s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique English Parian King Charles Spaniels Group by Copeland
By Copeland
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Parian King Charles Spaniels Group, by Copeland , Two lounging pooches on a tasseled cushion. Rare model.
Category
1870s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th C. Dutch Octagonal Child's Plates - Set of 4 antique plates
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Wonderfully evocative children's plates with molded daisy decoration and dedications in old dutch: 'aan myne kleine vriendin": "to my little friend"; "aan mynen broeder": "to my brot...
Category
1870s Dutch Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FULLY ADJUSTABLE RESTORED ANTIQUE VICTORiAN BROWN LEATHER METAMORPHIC ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Circa 1860 English Mahogany and Brown Leather reclining Metamorphic daybed ...
Category
1860s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Leather
Victorian 19th century cast iron garden table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Victorian 19th century cast iron occasional table circa 1870.
Fine quality in original condition with original paint, which really echoes the victorian golden industrial era. Stunni...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large, Amazing, Converted Gas to Electric Brass Chandelier
By Adolphe-Louis-Victor Geoffroy
Located in Berkeley, CA
Just about the turn of the last century,, as electric lighting gained in popularity, makers of gas lighting devices added electric lines and sockets to their gas jets. When one didn't work, the other did. Gas up facing, electricity down facing.
This light is a grand example of those Victorian times. Although it has just been freshly converted to all electric, you can see the larger gas shades...
Category
1910s American Vintage High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Victorian Majolica Jardiniere Stand
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Majolica Jardiniere Stand and associated red basketware planter - 10" diam x 33"h
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Watchmaker's Cabinet, English, Tabletop Work Chest, Victorian, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique watchmaker's cabinet. An English, mahogany two drawer work chest, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860.
Appealingly or...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
The inkwell with a square base having four faceted faces leading up to a central boulle lidded square glass inkwell with brass collar. The Boulle work finished in typical fashion wit...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Victorian Handmade Floor Standing Revolving Bookcase with Chamfered Edge 1870's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Lovely Little 19th Century Antique Victorian Handmade Floor Standing Revolving Bookcase with Chamfered Edge
Handmade bookcase on swivel base, with segmented inner section to fit b...
Category
Early 20th Century British High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Howard & Sons Aesthetic Movement Sofa Claw & Ball Feet Chinoiserie Fabic
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare and original Howard & Son's circa 1880 two seat sofa with duvet feather padded arms and seat cushions, with Aesthetic movement ebonised frame and Claw & Ball feet in the original Chinese Chinoiserie upholstery.
I have a large collection of very fine restored and original unrestored Howard & Son's seating listed under my other items.
This is simply put the most comfortable sofa in the world, the arms back and base are all feather and fibre filled, you sink when seated in a similar manner to a very plump feather filled duvet.
The upholstery is super rare original Victorian, heavily distressed, its Chinese Chinoiserie and has wonderful colours. The frame is period Victorian, it is the only Aesthetic movement ebonised frame I have seen and one of very few Claw & Ball examples as well.
Howard & Sons are simply put are the finest sofa and armchair makers in history, the Queen even had a private collection.
This piece is totally original and unrestored, it will only every be original once, as such I have left it as it is for the new owner to decide what to do with it, I can help with full restoration should the new owner wish. To confirm though, as you can see the upholstery is very distressed, the frame is structurally solid and does not require any repairs
Dimensions
Height:- 74cm
Width:- 137cm
Depth:- 77cm
Seat height:- 44.5cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point.
A History of Howard and Sons
The name of Howard and Sons is probably one of the best known and highly sought-after names in Upholstered furniture. Over the next few paragraphs, I will do my best to give you a brief history of the company.
The company was started by John Howard in 1820 trading from 24 Leman St, London as a Cabinet Maker. Over the next 25 years they would make several changes of premises within the Whitechapel area. First to 27 Great Alie St (Now just Alie St) before moving a short distance to 34 Great Alie St.
In 1844 the company made its first venture into upholstered furniture by opening a showroom/workshop at 36 Red lion St. This was also to be a big move towards what would be their next and most famous location. In 1848 they moved to a new address much more accustomed with the name; Berners St. London as “Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Decorator” under the name John Howard and Sons.
The business seemed to boom at this location with workshops opening up at Tottenham St, Charlotte Mews and Fitzroy Sq and an expansion to a second Berners St building in 1853. In 1869 the company consolidated its many workshops into the one building on Cleveland St.
By 1872 the company was occupying 25, 26 and 27 Berners St. These adresses would remain unchanged until 1935. During this period they became a limited company in 1899 and won the first of their Royal warrants in 1901. In 1935 the the well-established decorators Lenygon and Morant...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
19th Century Victorian inlaid walnut card table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Decorative high victorian walnut card table circa 1870.
Shaped burr walnut top with inlaid patterns and cross banded decoration. Top swivels to reveal a storage well and opens to a...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th C Persian Style Gilt Enamel & Ruby Jeweled Vase, Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Persian style gilt enamel & ruby jeweled vase, signed
Extraordinary gilt enamel vase with eight thick ruby jewels, Signed with an unidentified ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Crystal
American 19th Century Carved and Gilded Full Length Mirror, circa 1890s
Located in San Francisco, CA
American 19th century carved and gilded full length mirror, circa 1890s
Fantastic full length rectangular mirror with a cornucopia of oak leaves and acorns at each corner.
The ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Huge Antique Hand-Crafted Blue Opalescent Swirled Floor Standing Trumpet Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This absolutely enormous antique blue opalescent swirled trumpet vase is unsigned but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. This handcrafted floor standing trumpet...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Victorian Black Cast Iron Jardinière/Planter
Located in Essex, MA
Victorian black cast iron round urn form jardinière/ planter. Pedestal base with leaf form decoration and flower petal decoration around the rim, a hol...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Leather Top Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Victorian leather top writing table / desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period.
It is very well made and is a lovely size. It sits ...
Category
1860s British Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Sterling Silver Snuffbox Birmingham 1848 by Rolason Bros
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little sterling silver snuffbox, fully hallmarked with gold plated interior.
Lovely chasing on lid and sides, classic high Victorian repousse w...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Meissen Model of a Slipper
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Meissen Model of a Slipper
Delve into the high Victorian era with this enchanting 19th century Meissen model of a slipper. Crafted by the illustrious Meissen Porcelain, this artifact embodies the elegance of its time with intricate designs and detailed hand painting. The porcelain slipper...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A super small Victorian mahogany three piece pedestal desk, with nine drawers, original condition with green leather top, curved edges with turned mahogany knobs, in excellent condit...
Category
19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Estate William Eaton English Sterling Silver Asparagus Tongs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Victorian Era, a English hand-made Sterling Silver Asparagus master serving tongs. London, circa 1838,
In The Fiddle Pattern, with beautifully ornate hand-pierced blades, o...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
ANTIQUE HAND CARVED ENGLISH 1880 VICTORiAN COCK FIGHTING METAMORPHIC ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, handmade made in England, circa 1860-1880 Victorian ornately hand carved English Oak Cockfig...
Category
1880s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Staffordshire Portrait Figure of Standing Franklin, Circa 1850
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Staffordshire portrait figure of standing Franklin, Circa 1850
Depicting Ben Franklin before a tree-stump, holding a tricorne hat against his left hip, a document in his right hand,...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Pottery
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE MUSEUM QUALITY CLAW & BALL LEATHER PAiNTED HALF MOOD SIDEBOARD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this extremely important, museum quality, hand painted leather clad trunk sideboard depicting rural scenes w...
Category
19th Century European Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut & Needlepoint Parlor Armchairs C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Pair Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut & Needlepoint Parlor Armchairs, Ladies & Gents, C1880.
Mea...
Category
19th Century Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Victorian circa 1860 Pine Housekeepers Cupboard Linen Original Paint
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning highly collectable original paint Victorian pine Housekeepers linen or pot cupboard
A very charming and highly collectable piece, ...
Category
1860s English Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Pine
High Victorian Wall Mirror in Carved Oak United Kingdom 1890s
Located in Meer, VAN
High Victorian Wall Mirror in Carved Oak, United Kingdom, 1890s.
This is a lovely small high victorian wall mirror in carved oak from the late 19th century. Made in the United Kingd...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Pink Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Ceramic Teacup and Saucer Set of 2
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of two Etruscan majolica teacups with matching saucers. Each piece is glazed in a beautiful pink, purple, green, brown and blue. The tea saucers (or b...
Category
20th Century American High Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
High Victorian furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique High Victorian furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used High Victorian furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Howard and Sons, Chesterfield, Staffordshire, and Howard & Sons Ltd. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $214,119 while the average work can sell for $2,486.
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