Mid-19th Century Chairs

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Swiss “Escabelle” alpine chair dating from the 1860s. Crafted in solid wood with a beautifully rustic character and traditional mountain craftsmanship. This iconic Swiss alpine piece...

High Victorian walnut framed nursing / occasional chair with original needlepoint tapestry and decorative gimp cord - exceptional bench made hand carved quality frame with warm aged patina - featuring tapestry upholstery with flowers and tobacco leaves - finished with the original brass casters with ceramic wheels - polished finish to the frame - United Kingdom - mid 19th century. Excellent / near mint antique condition - minor loss to the seat tapestry...

Swiss alp escabelle B 79

An outstanding authentic 1830s-1850s English Jacobean barley-twist library / tub chair (William IV period). Solid walnut frame with barley twist supports, rolled crest top rail. Beau...

These French ballroom chairs, dating to the mid 19th century, exemplify the grace and craftsmanship of the Second Empire period. These would make fabulous accent chairs!! Retaining t...

Antique Belter Victorian Rosewood & Burl Boudoir Chair C1860 Measures - 33 5/8" x 17 5/8" x 20 1/2" This boudoir chair is attributed to the style of...

Swiss alp escabelle A 87

Swiss alp escabelle B 41

Swiss alp escabelle B 65

This set of chairs are lacquered creme color with a use of age. They are Louis XVI style, they are large, comfortable, ideal as side chairs in a room.

Swiss alp escabelle B 67

Mid-19th Century open armchair by Hindley & Son made in birch and upholstered in a vintage blue and white Kente Cloth from Ghana. Mid-19th Century. Fully restored and re-upholstered.

Pair of Swiss Alps Escabelle.

New England Hitchcock chairs, Set of Six, Most likely Connecticut, Circa 1840 The set of six side chairs have stenciled gilt decorations of flow...

Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle.

Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle.

An early Shaker 'Tilter' side chair, This is a tilter that has lost its tilters.

Elegant 19th century Scandinavian Art Nouveau armchair in solid stained oak upholstered in premium boucle fabric. Despite its age, this armchair is in remarkable condition, a testa...

Antique French Napoleon III tufted velvet and needlework chauffeuse chair owned by Ann and Gordon Getty. Part of their personal antiquity collection, purchased at Butterfield and But...

Swiss alp escabelle B2

This is a near pair of antique carved temple chairs. A Burmese, mahogany and woven leather low chair, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Utterly fascinating carved ...

Dimensions- H: 36 1/4in W: 17 3/4in D: 16in SH: 20in This antique Louis XV style desk chair is made of the highest quality and is perfect...

Anonymous Mid-19th century; Sweden Pine, linen. Approximate size: 35 (h) x 23 (w) x 18.5 (d) in. (seat height is 16.5 in.) This beautiful period chair showcases a lovely white wa...

Embellished with intricate carvings and gold pigments, these 19th-century Chinese armchairs display the playful opulence of Qing-dynasty furniture design. A variation on the southern...

A set of six side chairs in stained beech, each with a rectangular back composed of fine vertical spindles within a frame with bobbin-turned uprights and applied spherical ornaments,...

19th century French Louis XIV style walnut chair. This stunning antique French Louis XIV style armchair or side chair is both large and comfortable. We have newly upholstered this ch...

A set of eight side chairs in turned and stained beech, each with an upholstered back panel flanked by bobbin-turned uprights with ball finials, the upholstered seat raised on bobbin...

19th Century French hand carved dining chairs delicately hand painted in light grey with original cane seats and backs. The frame of the backs is in oval shape and all of them are in...

19th century original painted plank bottom chairs from Pennsylvania with birds, fruit and flowers circuit 1860. Strong and sturdy construction. Ask For Shipping Quote.

Swiss alp, folk art , escabelle.

Swiss alp escabelle A99

This fascinating rustic chair has a traditional tri-leg design with extensive hand-carved details, including scroll work along the seat and names that frame the back. Please examine the close up photos to appreciate the numerous carved aspects and unique hand-crafted workmanship of this truly one of a kind chair...

Antique Louis XV Style Leather Fauteuil Executive Desk Chair

A good pair of antique Regency carved mahogany hall chairs, in the Neo-Classical style, 1830's. The chairs having an architectural twin 'Swan's Neck' pediment to the top & flanking a...

19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Savonarola Chair. Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style walnut Savroarola chair, side chair, armchair or throne chair. This beautifully carved Gothic style chair...

In walnut, the chairs are delicately carved with interesting inlayed of animal figures. Sold as is to refinish.

Elegant and well-proportioned easy chair crafted in solid Cuban mahogany with finely carved details. The chair is a representative example of Danish Biedermeier furniture, also refer...

Pair of Giltwood Parlor Chairs, 19th century France. Pair of French chairs second half of the 19th century in the Louis XV style in gilt wood circa 1850-1870. The chair was reupholst...

This is an antique X-frame chair. A Middle Eastern, ebonised mahogany seat with elaborate bone inlay, dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850. Extr...

French Baroque style hand carved fruit wood armchair with typical neoclassical rock and plant decorations, gold leaf gilded and painted over in additi...

These early English Chippendale-style dining chairs were crafted in a rich mahogany wood that boasts an unmatched elegance. The openwork back showcases a hand-carved oak tree, leaves...

Childs High Chair Ash and Elm with original foot rest nice patination and colour. Circa 1860 Dimensions Height 93 cms seat 58 cms across arms 43cms

Swiss alp escabelle solid wood

19th century unusual chair in folk art from northern Sweden. This is antique chair is made by hand in solid pine around 1850. Unique model with a curved back and storage underneath t...

Armchair Swedish black neoclassical, 19th century, Sweden. An armchair made in Sweden during the 19th century in the neoclassical style. Black paint...

The Grandfather shell mark chair, shown here, is from Ceylon, circa 1820. Featuring an exquisite carved ebony frame—distinguished with a shell mark detail on the top rail—and hand-c...

Back decorated in various inlaid woods showing vines, flowers etc., The tops of the back chair rails are mounted with eagle heads, and are joined together with a turned gilded deco...

Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle.

Arne Hovmand-Olsen dining chair, teak, black leather, Denmark, 1960s

Large 19th century iron and brass Campaign chair, continental, circa 1850.

A fine set of eight fruitwood chairs, late 19th century, in the Louis XIV style. Lovely set with striking form and turnings Very unusual to have four armchairs in a set Also unu...

Fine quality traditional form solid mahogany Victorian balloon back chair with "slip in" seat, upholstered in gold silk damask. Nicely carved do...

19Thc New England ladder back arm chair with hand woven seat.This chair has most unusual cut outs and wonderful aged patina.

Biedermeier klismos chair in walnut from Austria, 1830s. Classic design. — Origin: Austria — Period: 1830s — Style: Biedermeier / Klismos — Material: Walnut — Type: Chair — Dimensio...

Circa 1840 English armorial hall chair. Mahogany. Raised on turned, tapered, vasi-form legs with ring turnings. Shaped back with fan crest, well molded, with central medallion with f...

Crafted in France circa 1870, this striking antique oak chair reflects the Gothic Revival style through its architectural silhouette and ecclesiastical purpose. The tall pierced back...

Swiss alp , folk art ,escabelle.

An elegant Hindley & Sons upholstered armchair with satinwood legs, newly covered using naturally dyed antique linen in bottle green. English, early nineteenth century.

Swiss alp Folk Art from Gstaad village.