Richly decorated 'Old Dutch' Oak Hand-Carved Knob Chair, Netherlands 1910-1940
Located in Den Haag, NL
The Knob Chair with a rush seat is an Dutch archetype.
Early 20th Century Dutch Side Chairs
Rush, Oak
Richly decorated 'Old Dutch' Oak Hand-Carved Knob Chair, Netherlands 1910-1940
Located in Den Haag, NL
The Knob Chair with a rush seat is an Dutch archetype.
Rush, Oak
ANTiQUE NORMAN VIKING OR SCANDINAVIAN OAK & AGED BROWN LEATHER TURNERS CHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Illuminations in the Eadwine Psalter (1150) show arm chairs with knob turnings, and other records show that they were well established in the medieval and Tudor periods.
Leather, Oak
$1,356Sale Price / set|20% Off
Postmodern Draped Parsons Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 4 Beautifully Dual Layered Draped Parsons Dining Chairs Very well-built and solid chairs. Featur...
Cotton
Antique American Wicker & Loom Vanity Desk With Matching Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
Details: • Antique American wicker & loom construction • Circa early 20th century (1910s–1930s) • Original single drawer with brass knob • Matching woven chair included • Factory pro...
Rattan, Wood
Dutch Mid-17th Century Oak Chair, Dated 1652
Located in Delft, NL
Ivo is a Frisian name of Germanic origin. The wood and the knobs of the chair is nicely worn over the centuries.
Oak
A Rare and Historically Interesting George IV Period Snuff Box Made from Oak
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
According to BIFMO, he ‘supplied paterae, knobs, chair rails, table feet and legs for furniture for use in the Royal Household’ in June of 1836.
Oak
KNOB CREEK Mahogany Chippendale Dining Side Chairs - Pair A
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of dining side chairs in the Chippendale style by Knob Creek. Mahogany with carved backrests, gold brocade fabric upholstered seat, stretcher base, and straight legs.
Fabric, Mahogany
KNOB CREEK Mahogany Chippendale Dining Side Chairs - Pair C
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of dining side chairs in the Chippendale style by Knob Creek. Mahogany with carved backrests, gold brocade fabric upholstered seat, stretcher base, and straight legs.
Fabric, Mahogany
KNOB CREEK Mahogany Chippendale Dining Side Chairs - Pair B
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of dining side chairs in the Chippendale style by Knob Creek. Mahogany with carved backrests, gold brocade fabric upholstered seat, stretcher base, and straight legs.
Fabric, Mahogany
KNOB CREEK Mahogany Chippendale Dining Armchairs - Pair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of dining armchairs in the Chippendale style by Knob Creek. Mahogany with carved backrests, curved arms, black & gold color fabric upholstered seat, stretcher base, and strai...
Fabric, Mahogany
Unavailable
H 43.31 in W 26.78 in D 33.47 in
Pair of Dutch Castle Lounge Chairs in Oak, with Sheep Skin
By Louis Van Teeffelen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare and very unusually shaped light oak lounge chairs - castle model chairs with the arm knobs and the high horn-shaped rods at the back.
Velvet, Oak
Zuiderzee Stoel
By Richard Hutten
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Originally commissioned by the Zuiderzee Museum Enkhuizen, Hutten designed the Zuiderzee chair. He took the typology of the most common traditional Dutch chair for many centuries, th...
Wood
Shagreen Game Table and Four Chairs Set
Located in Miami, FL
A gorgeous game table with shagreen top and wood legs. Includes 4 chairs. Knobs of the drawers are carved in bone.
Shagreen Stingray
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H 32 in W 26.25 in L 32 in
Charles Pollack for Knoll Orange Tweed Executive Chair w/ Height Tension Knob
By George Nelson, Knoll, Charles Pollock
Located in Chattanooga, TN
7 chairs available. Each sold separately Vintage 1979 executive chairs designed by Charles Pollock for Knoll. The chairs come in their burnt orange upholstery, a perfect mid-cent...
Stainless Steel
Sold
H 32 in W 26.25 in D 23.63 in
Charles Pollock for Knoll Red Tweed Executive Chairs w/ Height Tension Knob
By George Nelson, Knoll, Charles Pollock
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Sold as a pair The red tweed looks both original and in very good condition. Both chairs have been professionally steam-cleaned and the color is now bright and even. The chrome ed...
Stainless Steel
Pair of Midcentury Black Leather Folding Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful style that almost resembles a folding chair. Black leather in excellent condition. The wood stretchers have a bamboo motif and top and chair arms finished with brass knobs.
Brass
French Midcentury Set of 11 Ladderback Dining Chairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Tall and angular in profile, chair stiles are capped with knob-like finials above three rungs of splats and shaped toprail mirroring the curves of the lower splat.
Textile, Fruitwood
Sold
H 32.29 in W 24.02 in D 21.66 in
Antique English Turned Triangular Seated Beech Bobbin Turner Chair
Located in Casteren, NL
Illuminations in the Eadwine Psalter (1150) show arm chairs with knob turnings, and other records show that they were well established in the medieval and Tudor periods.
Beech
Pair of Italian 20th Century Dante Style Backless Savonarola Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
The cross-slat walnut wood design, often gives these chairs the nickname of "scissor chairs". The chairs are backless, have decorative knobs extending out from the front top sides, a...
Wood, Walnut
DUX Teak Lounge Chair/Recliner and Ottoman in Red Wool
By Dux of Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nice DUX lounge chair with multiple reclining Positions. Knob on side of chair lets you lock chair into many positions or chair can be left as a rocker when lever not engaged.
Upholstery, Teak
Sold
H 31.11 in W 15.36 in D 20.87 in
Friso Kramer Drafting Chairs Ahrend de Cirkel, the Netherlands, 1960
By Ahrend de Cirkel, Friso Kramer
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
They are marked underneath the seats and at the rotary knob. The drafting chairs are priced from 300 to 500 euro each, depending on condition, color and edition.
Metal
Sold
H 37.5 in W 32.5 in D 32.35 in
Mid-Century Modern Selig Imperial Swivel Pod Egg Chair Recliner and Ottoman
By Ib Kofod-Larsen, Selig, Overman
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Classic, timeless, sleek modern style that will look just as cool 40 years from now. The reclining chair tilts back and swivels. A knob under the chair controls the tension of the ...
Metal
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H 31.5 in W 19.69 in D 18.51 in
Silvio Coppola for Bernini Rare Set of Eight Chairs in Wood and Brown Leather
By Silvio Coppola, Bernini
Located in Milano, IT
Special feature of the chairs are its knobs above the wooden backrest. The chairs are ideal for large modern dining rooms.
Leather, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Eames Style Recliner Made in Canada
By Charles Eames
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Mid-Century Modern Eames style lounge chair and matching ottoman made in Canada. Gorgeous tufted black vinyl, bentwood walnut frame, aluminum five-star base and adjustable spring act...
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H 37 in W 26 in D 40 in
English Mahogany and Leather Reclining Metamorphic Campaign Chair, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The front legs have a brass-reinforced six-position notch system that allows the chair to be adjusted for the sitter. It is not difficult to disassemble the chair, first by uncli...
Brass
Four French 1950s Stitched Leather Patio Armchairs By Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four French 1950s stitched leather patio armchairs with brass knobs Chairs are sold separately and can be acquired as a set of 4 with 40% discount.
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 43.31 in W 16.15 in D 16.93 in
Unique Set of Four Industrial Flötotto Bar Stools, Germany, Midcentury
By Elmar Flötotto
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
The foot supports on the other hand are adjustable in hight (one chair has no knob but just a screw, see picture)
Metal
Knob Creek Floral Wingback Chairs, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Queen Anne style wingback chairs made by Knob Creek. Upholstered throughout in a floral satin fabric with a quilted motif, framed with outward rolled arms and a serpentine ...
Fabric, Wood
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H 32 in W 26.25 in D 23.63 in
Charles Pollock for Knoll Blue Velvet Executive Chairs w/ Height Tension Knob
By George Nelson, Charles Pollock, Knoll
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Sold as a pair I don't think there could be a cooler color / fabric combination Pollock chair in existence. The blue velour looks both original and in exceptional condition. The c...
Stainless Steel
Sold
H 32 in W 26.25 in D 23.63 in
Charles Pollock for Knoll Blue Tweed Executive Chairs W/ Height Tension Knob
By George Nelson, Charles Pollock, Knoll
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Sold as a pair The blue woven wool tweed looks both original and in excellent condition. Both chairs have been professionally steam-cleaned and the color is now bright and even. T...
Stainless Steel
Sold
H 32 in W 26.25 in D 23.63 in
Charles Pollock for Knoll Red Tweed Executive Chair with Height Tension Knob
By Knoll, Charles Pollock, George Nelson
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Original red tweed Charles Pollock for knoll executive chair. The original red fabric is in outstanding condition. Our restoration team has steam cleaned rendering the color is more ...
Stainless Steel
1960s Pair of Czech Industrial Swivelling Workshop Chairs
Located in Hook, Hampshire
We recently cleared a number of pieces from a workshop in central Czech and loved these simple workshop chairs with interesting bases. Both chairs swivel and are height adjustable, o...
Metal
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H 36 in W 32 in D 30 in
Ekornes Stressless Reclining Lounge Chair and Ottoman with Restored Leather
Located in Brooklyn, NY
All buttons intact. Chair has two knobs to lock in the desired position.
Metal
Pair of Early 20th Century Turned Dutch Bobbin Armchairs
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful pair of Dutch Bobbin chairs were made in the early 1900s. They originate in the southern part of the Netherlands and they are also known as 'Brabantse knopstoel' or k...
Beech
Pair of Vintage Swivel Chairs on Castors
Located in New London, CT
Newly reupholstered pair of generous desk chairs. Smooth pneumatic adjustments to raise and lower chair knob under chair adjust tilt.
Aluminum
Riva Chair & Ottoman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Curved stainless steel joints are hand crafted, while comfort is maximized through the ability to customize the chair, using stainless steel knobs that adjust lumbar and seat support.
Sold
H 31.89 in W 27.56 in D 24.8 in
Five Dining Chairs in Teak by Erik Buch for Odense Maskinsnedkeri, Model 49
By Odense Maskinsnedkeri, Erik Buch
Located in Kongens Lyngby, DK
Original upholstery with holes on two of the chairs. Need restoring. A knob at one of the chairs on the backrest bracket are missing.
Wool, Teak
Six Jules Leleu French Art Deco Dining Chairs
Located in Coral Gables, FL
the high back chairs were one of Leleu’s enduring and recognizable designs and incorporate several of his design motifs such as the indentation at the top front of the saber legs and...
Mahogany
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