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19th Century Empire Design Elbow Chair
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Early 19th century mahogany framed Empire design elbow chair.
The chair has square sabre legs
Category
Antique 1840s English Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French 1st Empire / Napoleonic Faux Bamboo Campaign Chairs
Located in Sydney, NSW
Antique pair of French Empire officers Campaign chairs in beechwood, faux bamboo, circa 1810
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Chairs
Materials
Brass
Unusual 19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual 19th century Italian Empire walnut armchair with elegant swan carvings (symbol of
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
19th Century Italian Set of 6 Empire Walnut Dining Chairs, 1890s
Located in Florence, IT
19th century Italian set of 6 Empire walnut dining chairs with original green velvet seat, 1890s.
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Empire Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century French Second Empire Side Chairs with Original Paintwork
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Empirical Evidence: Absolutely charming pair of French chairs in their original off-white and blue
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Set of Four Empire Revival Side Chairs
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Late 19th century set of four Empire Revival side chairs. The drawing room chairs have a curved top
Category
Antique 19th Century British Empire Revival Side Chairs
Materials
Damask, Mahogany
19th Century Empire Fauteuils
Located in Sydney, NSW
8,500.00.
A pair of fauteuils in the Egyptian taste. Mahogany, France, circa 1810.
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$6,675 / set
Pair of Early 19th Century French Empire Elbow Chairs
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A pair of 19th century French Empire mahogany and brass inlaid elbow chairs.
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Rosewood
French Empire Fringe Chair
Located in New York, NY
French Empire Fringe chair.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Pair of Painted Empire Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of finely carved and painted Empire seats, the flared, en gondole backs with a lozenge
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Chairs
Materials
Wood
$2,600 / set
19th Century First Empire Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in New York, NY
19th century first Empire mahogany desk chair with inlaid lemonwood, concave back, squared supports
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Pair of Swedish Empire Chairs
Located in Montecito, CA
winged sphinx in repose, upholstered in vintage French linen, first part of the 19th century. Heroic
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood, Lacquer, Paint
$26,000 / set
French Empire Mahogany Side Chair
Located in Midlothian, VA
French Empire Mahogany Carved and Ormolu Mounted Side Chair
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Materials
Brass
19th C. Set of Four Empire Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of four Empire side chairs each with bronze dore and gilt appliques, yellow floral upholstered
Category
Antique 19th Century Side Chairs
$2,500 / set
Pair of Painted and Gilt Empire Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Empire white painted and partial giltwood Fauteuils, with gilt decoration around the back
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
$12,500 / set
Rare Empire Desk Chair
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Empire desk or side chair, with original leather and carved,painted and gilded legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
$7,120
AN EMPIRE BERGERE. FRENCH, FIRST QUARTER 19th CENTURY
Located in New York, NY
A GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERE.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Bergere Chairs
Fine Set of 14 Empire Mahogany Dinning Chairs, 12 Side and Two Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine set of 14 Empire mahogany dining chairs, a pair of arms and 12 sides, upholster in a brown
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight American Empire Dining Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Set of eight American Empire mahogany slip seat dining chairs comprised of two-arm and six side
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$1,450 / set
Pair of 19th Century Walnut Shaped Chairs "Gondola"
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of 19th century walnut shaped chairs "Gondola",with black fabric upholstery.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Empire Side Chair Black
Gold Lyre/Swan Form Back
Located in New York, NY
Black and gold Empire side chair with lyre/swan form back
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Set of Four Italian Empire Walnut Sidechairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Hollywood, FL
The reeded back with rolled backs plat over animal legs with hoof feet, literature, Italian Empire
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair Empire Side Chairs (GMD#2730)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair 19th Century French Empire Carved, Painted & Giltwood Side Chairs. Upholstered in Stiped Silk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Paint, Fabric
$1,200 / set
Set of 4 Empire Mahogany Bronze Mounted Urn Back Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of four Empire mahogany bronze mounted urn back side chairs having upholstered seats.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Set of Four Italian Empire Painted Klismo Side Chairs, Italy, 1890
Located in Chicago, IL
Extraordinary and unique set of four Italian Empire "Klismo" chairs. The concaved horizontal
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Set of Two Antique Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Side Chairs, First Half of 19th Century
By Momiq Design
Located in Haarlem, Noord Holland
chairs are Italian parcel-gilt mahogany side chairs from the first half of the 19th century. The front of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Hungarian Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Empire Cherry Accent Chairs, circa 1810
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Empire cherry accent chairs, circa 1810. Pair of Swedish cherry accent chairs from Empire
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Cherry
$7,700 / set
Invalid
s Chair, 19th C. French
Located in Hudson, NY
19th C. French Invalid's chair, mahogany with brass fittings, covered in modern French ticking
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Empire Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vienna, c. 1810
This beautiful armchair of the Empire era is made of hand carved mahogany wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Bergere Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$8,000
French Empire Mahogany Desk Chair, circa 1840
Located in Salisbury, GB
A French Empire mahogany desk chair of horseshoe form. Standing on fluted legs and with green hide
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French Empire Chairs in Gondola Style, Walnut, 1840 ies
Located in Basel, BS
yourself in the opulent world of 19th-century furniture with our captivating pair of Empire chairs. Crafted
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Wool, Walnut
A Pair French Empire Period Bergeres
Located in Banbury, GB
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD BERGERE ARMCHAIRS IN FRUITWOOD,
WILL BE RE-UPHOLSTERED IN BLACK
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
$5,477 / set
Empire mahogany armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
With curved back below a scrolled top rail, the downswept arms carved terminals continuing to acanthus leaves decoration, the whole raised on front blocked supports and back saber su...
Category
Antique 19th Century Bergere Chairs
Swedish Chairs
Located in Corona del Mar, CA
A pair of Stunning Swedish Empire style chairs with intricately carved Griffins on the arms. Circa
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Chairs
Materials
Wood
$6,800 / set
Pair of American Empire sidechairs
By Philadelphia Museum
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of mahogany,Philadelphia region, empire
sidechairs with exceptional needlepoint seats
Category
Antique 19th Century American Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Side Chair First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
is an Italian parcel-gilt mahogany side chair from the first half of the 19th century. The front of
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Silk
Set of 2 and 6 French Empire Dining Chairs
Located in Port Chester, NY
A set of 8 French Empire period wooden chairs, 2 armchairs and 6 side chairs. Note the graceful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
$8,860 / set
Pair Of Empire Stained Fruitwood Bergere
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Neoclassic bergeres with swan carving
Category
Antique 19th Century Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
$15,000 / set
19th Century French Empire Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
19th C French Mahogany Empire Chair with carved woman's heads supporting the arms. Back is slightly
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE CHAISES. FRENCH, C.1810
Located in New York, NY
THE CREST AND FRONT SEAT RAILS DECORATED WITH CARVED FOLIATE MOTIFS, ON TAPERING LEGS.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Materials
Silk
$8,500 / set
"Salon de Musique" Chairs
Located in Lisieux, FR
Set of two chairs in golden wood.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Side Chairs
$830 / set
Pair of Italian Barrel Chairs
Located in Kirkland, WA
Pair of Italian Barrel Chairs
This is a pair of Italian Barrel or "Tub" chairs. They are very
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut, Wood
$2,950 / set
Mahogany 19th Century Empire Library Chair on Brass Casters
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century Empire mahogany chair on brass casters. Upholstered in dark red
leatherette and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Period, Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare French Empire period, mahogany fauteuil de bureau à assise tournante with a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
A Set of Eight Painted and Parcel Gilt Empire Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
The painted and parcel gilt upholstered back flanked by upholstered round arms ending in gilt florets. The bowed attached seat raised on white and parcel gilt legs ending in ball feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Pair of Early 19th Century French Empire Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Each chair has a rectangular padded back & seat with flowerhead and leaf carvings on the crestrail
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
$27,000 / set
Painted Empire Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century Regal Austrian covered in brown leather
Category
Antique 19th Century European Empire Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$2,450
Austrian Bergere Armchair Circa 1820 Painted with Classical Intaglios
Located in Antwerp, BE
An early 19th century Austrian bergere retaining the original paint. The painted cartouche with a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century Set of Four English Mahogany Chairs in the French Empire Style
Located in Suffolk, GB
An excellent quality late 19th century set of four highly decorative English mahogany chairs in the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Empire Living Room Sets
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Empire Chairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Pair of Painted and Parcel Gilt French Empire Chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
$5,500
Painted French Empire Arm Chair
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful 19th century cream and olive painted French empire fauteuil.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Green French Empire Fauteuil Chair
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Green velvet upholstery on mahogany wood with bronze embellishments.
22 x 22 x 33.5 in.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
Period Empire Chair
Located in Chamblee, GA
A wonderful Empire mahogany chair with gilded carved dolphins and acanthus leaf on arms. Claw
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Ormolu
$4,500
French Empire style arm chairs
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair of French arm chairs, empire style, carved and painted,
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Paint, Wood
$1,800 / set
Pair of Empire Mahogany Open Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Empire mahogany open arm chairs with red upholstery. Having reed form front arms with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$5,500 / set
Pair of Swedish Birch Empire Arm Chairs
Located in Bedford, NY
A PAIR OF SWEDISH BIRCH WOOD EMPIRE STYLE ARM CHAIRS FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. BLACK EYE
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Armchairs
$2,500 / set
Pair of Empire Mahogany Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Empire mahogany arm chairs having green leather, dolphin arms, and paw feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
$8,500 / set
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Find many varieties of an authentic 19th century empire chair available at 1stDibs. Each 19th century empire chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and fabric. Your living room may not be complete without a 19th century empire chair — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A 19th century empire chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Neoclassical and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made 19th century empire chair over the years, but those crafted by Jean Joseph Chapuis, Clarence House and Dedar are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a 19th Century Empire Chair?
Prices for a 19th century empire chair start at $350 and top out at $212,852 with the average selling for $4,634.
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