Antique Victorian Small Child's Maple Wood Platform Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Small Child's Maple Wood Platform Rocker Rocking Chair. Item features floral tapestry upholstery, platform spring rocker, unique small chair.
Tapestry, Maple
George II Style Mahogany Double Chair Settee
Located in New Orleans, LA
A magnificent mahogany double chair back settee crafted in the George II taste.
Tapestry, Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair Of Renaissance Revival Petit Point Arm Chairs
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of 19th century carved walnut Renaissance Revival petit-point tapestry upholstered carved arm chairs. Original petit point tapestry seat and back.
Tapestry, Upholstery, Walnut
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Louis XVI French Settee and Four Arm Chairs
Located in Augusta, GA
Louis XVI French settee and 4 arm chairs Made in the 1800s Made in France Beautiful carved giltwood detail Upholstered in Aubusson tapestry with each chair and settee depicting a dif...
Tapestry, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century French Régence Style Children's Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
These antique French Regence style children's chairs have a beautiful distressed painted finish and are upholstered in 19th century needlepoint tapestry with brass nail head detail.
Tapestry, Wood
$1,812Sale Price / set|44% Off
European Walnut Foyer Throne Chairs, a pair
Located in Malibu, CA
Beautiful hand carved European walnut throne chairs circa 1900. Solid and very sturdy. Re-upholstered at a later date with aniline dyed leather seats & fabric backs finished wit...
Walnut, Leather, Tapestry
Late 19th Century Parlor Chair With Needlework Upholstery
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A late 19th century Victorian parlor chair with scroll hands and cabriole legs with carved panels. With hand-done needlework upholstery to the seat, back, and elbow rests with the im...
Tapestry, Walnut
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Antique French Directoire Style Mahogany Dining Arm Desk Chair Needlepoint Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
An early 20th Century French Directoire style dining chair. Made from solid mahogany with a contoured crest rail over vase shaped splat. Features scrolled arms, a pink needlepoint ...
Tapestry, Mahogany
Four French Chairs, Period Louis XVI, Stamped J.B. Lelarge, Paris, circa 1775
Located in Doha, QA
Two chairs are upholstered with wonderful silk material and another two have been upholstered with a 19th century French Aubusson tapestry.
Tapestry, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
A Set Of Four 19th Century French Louis XV Fauteuils Open Armchairs
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
Price per chair - Four 19th-century French Louis XV style Fauteuils are graced with open armchairs, showcasing exquisite Aubusson Tapestry upholstery.
Tapestry, Walnut
$3,847 / set
Set of 2 Os de Mouton armchairs
Located in MILL, NL
Upholstery in the style of 17th/18th-century tapestries. The chairs are sturdy and solid. Overall in particularly good condition.
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Hand Carved Fauteuils Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Showcasing an elegant pair of painted French fauteuil armchairs in the grand Louis XVI style with classical frames upholstered in beautiful tapestry. The chairs date back to the 19th...
Fruitwood, Paint
Antique French Octagon Sofa Table Carved Oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance
Located in Shreveport, LA
This style table was originally used in late Victorian era French homes and castles with large tapestry or “throne” chairs. In today’s home this table would make a statement in any r...
Oak
$6,486 / set
Pair of Victorian Wing Back Armchairs
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Upholstered in a fine tapestry fabric, the chairs stand on carved Chippendale style legs united by stretchers.
Fabric
Antique French Octagon Sofa Table Carved Oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance
Located in Shreveport, LA
This style table was originally used in late Victorian era French homes and castles with large tapestry or “throne” chairs…thus the large scale and ornate Renaissance carvings!
Oak
Antique French Octagon Sofa Table Carved Oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance
Located in Shreveport, LA
This style table was originally used in late Victorian era French homes and castles with large tapestry or “throne” chairs…thus the large scale and ornate Renaissance carvings!
Oak
Amsterdam Orphan Girl in Traditional Costume – Print by N. van der Waay, 1923
Located in Langweer, NL
The interior, with its high wood paneling, tapestries, heavy chairs, candle chandelier, and Delft ceramics, evokes the grandeur of a Dutch Golden Age home.
Paper
Walnut Fauteuil Armchair, Italian, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large-scale carved walnut armchair with 19th century loomed tapestry upholstery. Chair is in very good condition, the upholstery is worn in areas, Italy, early to mid-18th century.
Upholstery, Walnut
$3,750Sale Price / set|48% Off
Set of 4 Louis XVI Period Fauteuils Stamped ”F. Lapierre a Lyon”
By F. Lapierrealyon
Located in Doylestown, PA
A set of 4 Louis XVI period fauteuils in original green painted finish, with 18th century needlepoint tapestry seats and backs, each chair signed by the maker on the seat stretcher “F.
Beech
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.
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