19th C. Wicker Tete-a-Tete Chair with Intricate Caned Backs in Natural Finish
By Wakefield Rattan Company
Located in Nashua, NH
A very rare wicker conversation chair also known as a Tete-a-Tete .This side by side chair is woven in a very gracious design in a natural finish with beautifully styled curly cue wi...
Wicker, Cane, Wood
French Victorian Bamboo Tete-a-Tete Seat, Upholstered, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bamboo 3 section conversation seat (tete a tete) with center post and upholstered seats and backs.
Bamboo, Upholstery
19th Century Italian Polychromed Wood Peacock Tete-a-Tete Antique
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (19th cent.) Grotto carved and polychromed double peacock design conversation seat (tete-a-tete)
Wood
Tibetan Carved Wood “Tête a Tête” Love Seat, Tibet 19th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
This so-called “tête a tête” bench from Tibet is a truly unique and historic piece. Furniture from Tibet generally brings to mind hand-painted wooden creations with religious and fol...
Wood
$1,160Sale Price / set|20% Off
Antique 2 Pc. Wire Tête-à-Tête Settee & Chair C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
The exquisite antique two-piece wire furniture set, dating to approximately 1920, comprises a distinctive tête-à-tête settee with an integrated central table and a coordinating singl...
Wire
Antique French Louis XVI Rosewood Tete A Tete Conversation Chair Bench Loveseat
Located in Dayton, OH
An Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Tete A Tete Conversation Chair / Courting Bench.
Velvet, Rosewood
Tete Tete Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
The pair of carved vintage tete a tete chairs are upholstered in a dark linen fabric with double welt.
Victorian Courting Chair Tete-a-Tete
Located in Fair Oaks, CA
Beautiful chair, late Victorian age. This has one repair to a part of the spools but not structural damage and you can't tell unless you look closely. Upholstery in great condition.
Tete-a-tete , double chair, Eastlake inspired
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Tete-a-tete , double chair, Eastlake inspired with turned legs and arms supporting an upholstered crest rail and seats.
Moroccan Tête-À-Tête, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An authentic and beautiful Moroccan Tête-À-Tête from the collection of iconic California designer Luciano Tempo.
Unavailable
H 43.5 in W 47 in D 20 in
Magnificent Carved Paduk Tête-à-Tête, Second Half of 19th Century, Japan
Located in Providence, RI
The tête-à-tête form appears in the latter part of the 19th century, a Victorian motif that here is expressed in the Japanese style, and of Japanese workmanship. This tête-à-tête is...
Mahogany
Pair of adjoining chairs
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Pair of carved wood and leather square shaped tete a tete chairs, can also form a settee. Brass feet have ball castors.
18th Century Italian Carved and Painted Grotto Confident Courting Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
The love seat is in very good condition with a rich patina. A vis-a-vis, or tete a tete chair is also called as "confident" in France.
Silver Leaf
American Antique Tete-A-Tete
Located in Bellport, NY
A Charming/Romantic American Tete-A-Tete.Six mahogany legs on brass casters,down filled spacious cushions on seats and back rests.Grapes and leaves in relief on Cowtan & Tout fabric.
Sold
H 36 in W 50 in D 33 in
Antique American Carved Mahogany Conversation Sofa Chair Loveseat Tête-à-Tête
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality late Victorian conversation chair/sofa or (Tête-à-Tête) Circa 1890. This finely carved and upholstered serpentine shaped chair/sofa for two people, allowing the sitter...
Upholstery, Mahogany
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H 35.04 in W 46.86 in D 46.86 in
STUNNING ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN 1880 CONVERSATION "TETE A TETE" SOFA BENCH CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale lovely Victorian circa 1860-1880, beautifully shaped “Tete a Tete” Conversation couch seat with an ornately...
Upholstery, Hardwood
French 19th Century Napoleon III Tête-à-Tête Armchair
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Unusual French armchair called a tête-à-tête in French, or conversation chair, 19th century Napoleon III period.
Velvet, Beech
Pair of French Louis XVI Painted Parcel Gilt Petite Antique Chairs
By Georges Jacob
Located in Forney, TX
Beautiful aged distressed chippy paint patina. circa 1900 *Please note, at the time of writing this, we have a similarly styled Louis XVI style painted wood caned bidet stool / side...
Upholstery, Cane, Wood, Giltwood
Victorian Conversation Seat Gossip Couch 1880 Sofa
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a Victorian-era conversation seat - also known as a "tête-à-tête" sofa or courting chair, a unique and romantic piece of 19th-century furniture Upholstered in William...
Wood
Antique Carved and Gilded Tête-à-Tête Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Empire style elaborately carved with foliate scrolled top rails and aprons, winged griffin supports at the backs, and putto masks on the crest rails. The triangular seats raised on f...
Moroccan Tete-a-Tete
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Moroccan tete-a-tete chair with inlaid and carved wood design and upholstered seats.
Wood
19th c. Natural Wicker and Marble Tete-A-Tete
Located in Queens, NY
Nineteenth century French wicker tete-a-tete or conversation seat featuring two chairs with woven heart-shaped back panels and cushioned seats flanking a white marble table top.
Marble
Italian Mohair Corner Chair from England, 19th Century, Reimagined
Located in Lomita, CA
Appraisers beleive this could have possibly been half of a two-piece tete-a-tete chair at some point. It measures 29 inches tall, 22 inches wide, and 22 inches deep.
Mohair, Walnut
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H 30 in W 30.5 in D 62 in
Antique Victorian Tufted Tete a Tete Parlor Conversation Bench Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
A magnificent Victorian era Tete-A-Tete. Upholstered in a heavy off white tufted fabric. The bench is supported by five turned walnut legs with casters.
Fabric, Walnut
French 19th Century Napoleon III Tête-à-Tête or Confident Sofa
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Unusual French armchair called tête-à-tête in French, or conversation chair, 19th century Napoleon III period.
Silk, Velvet, Beech
Tête-à-tête Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tête-à-tête or courting chair from the early 1900s - China.
Walnut
Anglo-Indian Tete a Tete a Tete Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Anglo-Indian "three-way" conversation chair. Each chair is tufted and upholstered with wooden legs and wooden center. The upholstery is new, but can be replaced!
Fabric, Rosewood
Anglo-Indian Ebony Tete-A-Tete Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Anglo-Indian solid ebony tete-a-tete style chair with cane seats. Spindle turned backs and center connecting arch.
Italian Carved Walnut Tête-à-Tête Chair, circa 1880
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A Venetian-style, Renaissance Revival conversation chair in carved walnut with silk upholstery.
Silk, Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Conversation Chair or Tete-a-tete
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful antique conversation chair with finely carved frame and wonderful giltwood finish.
Wood
Diminuitive Edwardian Tete-a-Tete, Collection of Albert Hadley
Located in Washington, DC
Diminuitive Edwardian tete-a-tete from the personal collection of famed American interior designer Albert Hadley. Made of elm wood with caned seats, it has an unusual paneled back, ...
Elm, Cane
French circa 1890 Tete-a-Tete Conversation Chair / Seat
Located in Mobile, AL
This whimsical 1890s Tete-a-tete features original pale green painted finish with gilt accents, with modern upholstery and trim.
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H 29 in W 29 in D 27 in
Pr Moroccan Arm, Corner Chairs/ Settee w/ Bone & Ivory Inlays, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Moroccan Arm Chairs with Bone & Ivory Inlays, maybe used as a tete-a-tete (where chairs are positioned where you face one another).
Ivory
Renaissance Revival Italian Tête-à-Tête Chair
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
This French conversation chair features high-relief carvings of renaissance motifs and masks in rich walnut.
Walnut, Velvet
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