$6,048Sale Price|20% Off
16th Century Italian Rococo Chair in Walnut and Velvet, Fair Condition
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful and very rare Italian antique chair from the 1500s. In finely crafted walnut wood, red velvet and bangs, the antique chair is in its original condition, small restorations ...
Velvet, Walnut
Small Italian Chair with Marquetry Decor
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SMALL ITALIAN CHAIR WITH MARQUETRY DÉCOR ORIGIN : ITALY PERIOD : EARLY 16th CENTURY Height : 103 cm Width : 45 cm Depth : 38 cm This chair rests on a trapezoidal base.
Wood, Walnut
$116,317 / set
Set of Four Italian Walnut Savonarola Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of four Italian walnut Savonarola armchairs ORIGIN : FLORENCE, ITALY PERIOD : LATE 15TH CENTURY - EARLY 16TH CENTURY Measures: height : 102 cm 40.15 inches, height : 93 cm...
Walnut
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. They were associated with Venice and the design...
Walnut
Chair with foldings slats, called "Savonarole"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CHAIR WITH FOLDING SLATS, CALLED «SAVONAROLE» ORIGIN : FLORENCE, ITALY PERIOD : LATE 15th CENTURY – EARLY 16th CENTURY Height : 85 cm Width : 65 cm Depth : 55 cm Walnut Good s...
Wood, Walnut
Later 16th to Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Italian Renaissance walnut chairs. Pozzetto, Ref & quot;Volpi Collection- Art Treasures of the Davanzati & quot; These chairs are some of the earlier form of chairs and wer...
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Chair
Located in New York, NY
Over the course of five centuries of use, this Italian Renaissance walnut chair has acquired a rich patina.
Walnut
Italian Chair of the Renaissance Period
Located in Paris, FR
Origin: Italy, Tuscany Period: Late 16th century Measures: Height 122 cm Seat 49.5 x 36 cm Walnut wood Very good condition High-backed Italian chair with wood marquetry, ...
Walnut
Italian Chair of the Renaissance Period
Located in Paris, FR
Origin: Italy, Tuscany Period: End of 16th century Measures: Height 117 cm Seat: 51 x 37 cm Light walnut wood Very good condition High-backed Italian chair with light woo...
Walnut
Fine Italian Carved Walnut Sgabelli
Located in Paris, FR
Origin : Italy, Tuscany, Firenze Period : 16th century Measures: Height 96.5 cm Width 29 cm Depth 41 cm Walnut Good conservation.
Walnut
Rare Set of Three Renaissance Chairs, Florence circa 1580
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Rare set of three "chairs skirt has" high wooden backrest walnut. The armrests are based dishes on brackets extending baluster legs of rights ended at the front claw. The front stru...
Giltwood, Leather, Walnut
Two 16th century Italian chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Two 16th century Northern Italian three legged chairs
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H 30.5 in W 24 in D 24 in
Rare Pair Italian Walnut Late Renaissance "Scranni" Chairs , 16th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Italian Late Renaissance walnut chairs of hexagonal form with paneled exterior and carved armrests, the seats above platforms, formerly sold by French & Co., New York. Scran...
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H 30.91 in W 24.22 in D 21.46 in
Pair of 16th Century Style Italian Dantesca Carved Wood Chairs Dante Savonarola
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Victorian Dantesca Italian 16th century style chairs A wonderful and decorative pair in lovely vintage condition with origin...
Hardwood
Italian Renaissance Inlaid Side Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare 16th century Italian walnut side chair with intricate bone inlay.
Walnut
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H 82.68 in W 94.89 in D 24.81 in
Antique High Back Bench, Red Larch Wood, Hand Carved with Lozenges, 1500 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Refectory bench, very old, hand-built in the 16th century by an Italian artist, well preserved for the time, it was paved on the ground. Very sculpted it belonged to a bishop of nor...
Wood
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H 35.5 in W 27 in D 16.75 in
Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Cabinet Chair, 15th-16th Century, Davanzati Pa
Located in Providence, RI
This rare chair is illustrated in the 1901 edition of George Leland Hunter, Italian Furniture and Interiors, New York, 1917, pl. 90. It is described as a small 15th century chair, an...
Walnut
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Canopus Jar "Asmet", 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt
Located in Girona, Spain
Canopus Jar "Asmet", With certificate of authenticity. 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt. Good condition. Egyptian culture are "Canopus jars". These were vessels that the ancient Egyptians ...
Alabaster
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola chair. Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style walnut Savroarola chair, side chair, armchair or throne chair. This beauti...
Walnut, Suede
$7,250
H 16 in W 22 in
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Canvas, Oil
Late 17th Century Carved Walnut and Embossed Leather Armchair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary chair with superb color, large proportion. The wood has a very soft hand and great marking. With polychrome leather embossed back and seat. The frame mounted with ca...
Wood, Leather
Neo-Gothic Walnut Armchair, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Neo-Gothic walnut armchair, 19th century Large neo-Gothic walnut armchair, 19th century, cathedral seat. Contact us before ordering to confirm product availability. H: 126 cm, W: ...
Walnut
$6,513
H 22.05 in W 18.12 in D 2.76 in
18th Century Carved Wood Altar Model with Original Painting Crucifixion Germany
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare and finely executed altar model, South Germany, circa 1790, conceived as a miniature architectural study for a church high altar, complete with its original painted decoration...
Wood
20th Century English Carved Oak Elizabethan Style Armchair
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a carved solid oak armchair in the Elizabethan atyle. The chair was made in England, circa 1900. All of the carving is hand done and of superior quality and depth. The chair ...
Oak
$264,924
H 57 in W 30 in D 31.5 in
One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
*Winner of the 2022 Masterpiece Fair Furniture Highlight* The 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Bog Yew Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin Carved entirely from Irish bog yew wood, ...
Upholstery, Yew
$1,640 / set
H 33.5 in W 24 in D 21 in
Antique Renaissance Carved Lion Heads Curule Savonarola Style Chairs - a Pair
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a wonderful pair of antique Renaissance Curule or Savonarola Style Chairs with carved loins heads beneath carved scrolls on the arm posts and a carved crest between the posts...
Wood
Carpet, France, 1930, Sign, Isolo
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Carpet We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...
Wool
$9,895Sale Price / set|46% Off
H 68.75 in W 55.25 in D 26.5 in
Pair of Tall French 19th Century Gothic Revival Style Carved Oak Church Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of tall French 19th century Gothic Revival style carved oak and parcel-gilt Church pedestal stands. The slender body stands, each centred with a carved medallion, one wi...
Gold Leaf
$3,800
H 64.625 in W 29.75 in D 19.25 in
French Gothic Style Carved Oak Chayère Throne Chair, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… A French chayère throne chair, hand-carved in the late 1800s, using older Gothic-style panels. Multiple panels of Gothic tracery and linenfold were in...
Wood, Oak
$9,755
H 68.12 in W 59.45 in D 80.71 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Full Size Rosewood Carved Bed Frame Baroque
Located in Miami, FL
An Exquisite antique French Louis XVI full size bed. Made of Rosewood featuring foliate carved ribbon and crest with center cartouche, acorn form finials, fluted and turned columns, ...
Walnut
$4,863Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.75 in W 10 in
Circa 1500 Italian Renaissance Oil Painting on Copper St. Francis of Assisi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Francis of Assisi Italian School, circa 1500 oil paint on copper, unframed copper: 6.75 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, Loire Valley, France condition: for a work tha...
Copper
$1,462
H 37.8 in W 53.15 in D 0.28 in
Pretty vintage Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry medieval design “the view”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of "La Dame à la Licorne" titled “The view”– a beautiful late 20th-century tapestry echoing the 15th-century masterpiece at the Cluny Museum in Paris. Woven wi...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.