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2 Ercol Model 449 Bow Back Windsor Dining Chairs Mid Century 60s
By Lucian Ercolani, Ercol
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
A set of 2 vintage Ercol model 449 bow back dining chairs.
Original dark brown finish
Beautifully
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
East Anglian Bow Back Windsor Armchair
Located in London, GB
With elegant stylized wheatsheaf splat
ash and elm with original color and surface,
English, Suffolk, c.1820
35" high x 21.5" wide x 15.75" deep
Seat Height: 15.5" high
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Windsor Chairs
Smokers Bow Armchair
Located in Salisbury, GB
19th century smokers bow armchair,
circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Four Teak Tall Bow-Tie Ladder Back Dining Chairs Attributed to Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
This lovely set of tall back Danish modern teak ladder back chairs have really pretty detailing
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Set of Four Mid-19th Century Beech
Elm Smokers Bow Windsor or Captains Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A set of four mid-19th century beech and elm smokers bow Windsor or Captains chairs of good color
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
Very Good Black Painted English Bow-Back Windsor Armchair, circa 1820-1830
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The early 19th century stick back Windsor bow-back armchair, in oak and beech, having a nine-stick
Category
Antique 1820s English George IV Windsor Chairs
Materials
Beech, Oak
French Giltwood Side Chair
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great little giltwood side chair with carved bow at the top
Category
Early 20th Century French Chairs
Materials
Wood
Empire Period French Elbow Chair
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An Empire period mahogany French elbow chair with bow seat and very good quality timbers. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
George III Period Mahogany Corner Writing Chair
Located in Cambridge, GB
George III period mahogany corner writing-chair; the scrolled bow-back with pierced openwork splats
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chairs
Late 18th Century English Hoop Back Windsor Chair
Located in Dorchester, GB
A Late 18th century elm and ash bow-back Windsor chair.
Real individual character to this
Category
Antique 18th Century British Country Chairs
Materials
Oak
Antique Smokers Desk Chair Armchair Solid Oak, 19th Century, Victorian
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique 19th century Victorian solid oak smokers bow armchair or desk chair, arched back and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Four Inlaid 19th Century Qing Dynasty Dining Chairs
Located in Chamblee, GA
(resembling an actual porcelain stand). The bow shaped upper chair rail features a decorative bat carving and
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chairs
A Set of Six Dining Chairs in Black Lacquer by Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
A set of six dining chairs featuring stylised bow shaped back supports and tapering legs in black
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Sack Back Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
favorite chair was a bow-back or sack back Windsor arm chair. On his actual chair, he cut the legs shorter
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Windsor Chairs
Pair of Paulo Buffa Arm Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Paulo Buffa Arm Chairs. Bow Arm. Hand Blocked Linen Print. Restored
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Wingback Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Early 20th Century Giltwood Single Chairs
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A Pair of Gilt Wood Single Chairs with Bow front rails incorporating Victorian scrolls, turned and
Category
Early 20th Century English Side Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Yew Wood and Elm Windsor Chair
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
A high-back double bow elbow chair made from yew wood. The central splat has a fretted wheel design
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
Associated set of 11 painted Philadelphia Windsor chairs
Located in Mobile, AL
Associated set of 11 painted Philadelphia bow- backed Windsor chairs by John B. Ackley, a well
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Windsor Chairs
Set of 8 Dining Room Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
gives chairs a slight spring.Very interesting chairs. Labeled " Bow Wood" Villeneuve St Georges. Located
Category
Vintage 1930s French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Ten Antique Swedish Painted Chairs. 19th Century.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ten Antique Swedish Painted Chairs, with carved bow at top, in gray. Tapered, fluted legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Dining Room Chairs
Set of Six French Moderne Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of six French Moderne dining chairs. These stunning chairs have been upholstered in a supple
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Set Of Eight Regency Period Dining Chairs
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
chairs, the bow and shaped backs with well carved floral roundels
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Eight Regency Period Dining Chairs
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Set of Eight late Regency period mahogany framed Dining Chairs, the bow shaped shoulders over
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Paul McCobb Planner Group 8 Dining Chairs
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 Paul McCobb Planner Group bow back dining chairs, circa 1950s. Solid maple construction
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Linen, Maple
Paul McCobb Planner Group Six Dining Chairs
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Set of six Paul McCobb Planner Group bow back dining chairs, circa 1950s. Solid maple construction
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Linen, Maple
Paul McCobb Planner Group 6 Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 Paul McCobb Planner Group bow back dining chairs circa 1950's.Solid maple construction
Category
20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple, Linen
Paul McCobb Planner Group Six Dining Chairs
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Set of six Paul McCobb Planner Group bow back dining chairs circa 1950s. Solid maple construction
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple
Paul McCobb Planner Group Six Dining Chairs
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Set of six Paul McCobb Planner Group bow back dining chairs circa 1950s. Solid maple construction
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple, Linen
Set of 6 Art Deco Ebonized Dining Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant set of ebony stain art deco dining chairs with bow shape backs reupholstered in a dove gray
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Set of 8 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs
Located in San Mateo, CA
, these chairs are actually wider where the carved legs bow out. The side chairs are slightly smaller.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Queen Anne Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Burl, Upholstery
Set of 6 Paul McCobb for Planner Group Dining Chairs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These Paul McCobb for Planner Group "bow-tie" dining chairs are equally beautiful and comfortable
Category
Vintage 1950s Dining Room Chairs
Set of 6 Paul McCobb for Planner Group Dining Chairs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Group "bow-tie" dining chairs are not only incredibly gorgeous, but incredibly comfortable, as well. The
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Birch
Paul McCobb for Calvin Walnut Calvin Group Dining Chair (FOUR)
Located in Portland, OR
A beautiful set of bow tie-back dining chairs with wool patterned upholstery by Paul McCobb. Part
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Wool
A Set of Six Dining Chairs in Black Lacquer by Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
A set of six mid-century dining chairs each featuring frames in black lacquer with splayed tapering
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Midcentury Ercol Windsor Kitchen Chair
Model No. 4a or No. 100
, 50s
By Ercol
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
one of the first mass-produced chairs made by the company.
The chair features a bow seatback
Category
Mid-20th Century British Rustic Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
Early 20th Century English Fruitwood
Leather Desk Chair
Located in Wembley, GB
A fruitwood bow-back desk chair with cream leather upholstered seat. English, early 20C.
Patinated
Category
Early 20th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Antique Armchair, Victorian Broad Windsor Armchair, Scotland 1840, B2283
Located in Vancouver, BC
arm chair bow with swept front supports
The dished and saddled elm seat is raised on four turned legs
Category
Antique 1840s Scottish Victorian Chairs
Materials
Elm
Vintage Smokers Bow Elbow Chair
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A vintage smokers bow elbow chair with vertical open slender slatted back over a saddle shaped seat
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Set of Six Georgian Bow Backed Windsor Chairs
Located in London, GB
Of Classic bentwood and turned spindle form with saddled seats.
Nutty colored ash and elm.
English, Buckinghamshire, circa 1820.
Measures: 34.75” high x 17” wide x 14.5” deep.
Se...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Painted Furniture
Materials
Ash, Elm
Pair Hugues Steiner Bow Wood Lounge Chairs, France 1948
By Steiner, Hugues Steiner
Located in Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Nice Pair Bow Wood Lounge Chairs by Hugues Steiner, France, 1948. Ashwood, Fabric and Brass. Very
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
STICKLEY Cherry
Leather Bow Arm Reclining Morris Chair 91-406 - A
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc., William Morris (English)
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Arts & Crafts Mission style reclining armchair by Stickley Furniture, their Morris. Solid cherry wood, adjustable reclining slatted high back, bowed arms supported by elongated co...
Category
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Cherry
STICKLEY Cherry
Leather Bow Arm Reclining Morris Chair 91-406 - B
By L.
J.G. Stickley Inc., William Morris (English)
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Arts & Crafts Mission style reclining armchair by Stickley Furniture, their Morris. Solid cherry wood, adjustable reclining slatted high back, bowed arms supported by elongated co...
Category
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Cherry
A rare set of eleven Victorian Ash and Elm bow back elbow chairs.
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A rare set of eleven Victorian Ash and Elm bow back elbow chairs.
With carved baluster shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
FANTASTIC MAHOGANY ARM CHAIR
Located in Woodbury, CT
A MAHOGANY, SLIP SEAT, BOW BACK ARM CHAIR WITH TURNED LEGS FRONT AND SPLAYED LEGS REAR. THE
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
19th century painted Windsor chair
Located in Stamford, GB
An ash and elm bow back Windsor chair in old painted finish. England C.1840. Charming repairs to
Category
Antique 1840s Great Britain (UK) Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Paul McCobb Table and Six Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Table and six "bow tie" chairs
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Sets
Materials
Maple
Victorian Elm and Fruitwood Club Chair
Located in Manchester, GB
captains chairs to smokers bows and many more.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
Pair of 1950
s Iron "Ribbon" Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stylish pair of "bow-backed" iron patio chairs.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Armchairs
19th C French Bergere Chair With Painted Finish
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Nice looking well carved bergere chair with bow at the top and old painted finish.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Paul McCobb for Calvin Pair of Armchairs
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of walnut frame, upholstered slip seat, bow tie back arm chairs designed by Paul McCobb for
Category
Vintage 1950s American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Split Reed Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
covered in yellow and white striped outdoor fabric. Dimensions given below are for the bow-fronted chair
Category
Vintage 1920s American Armchairs
Pair of Black Bow Chairs by Allan Gould
By Allan Gould
Located in Dorchester, MA
Allan Gould created these eye-catching Bow Chairs by wrapping yacht cord around a black steel frame
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Large Set of Eight Mid-19th Century Smokers Bow Windsor Chairs or Office Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A large set of eight mid-19th century smokers bow Windsor chairs or office chairs.
This set of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech, Elm
English Late 19th Century Howard Style Club Chair
By Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Southampton, NY
Bow Shape With Out Swept Arms & Back. A Very Comfortable Well Made Chair. Could Be Paired With Item
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Club Chairs
English Victorian Smokers Bow Arm Chair
Located in Southampton, NY
English Victorian Smokers Bow Arm Chair With A Shaped Ash Circular Seat With Bobbin Turned
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs
Pair of Mid Century Steiner Chairs with Icelandic Sheepskin Upholstery
By Hugues Steiner
Located in Kent, GB
These remarkably contemporary looking bow wood chairs were in fact designed in the late 1940s by
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood
Antique English Marquetry Regency-Style Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
feature a tapered style and the back legs have a slight bow to them. The chair seat has recently been re
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
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Bow Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bow chair available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and elm, every bow chair was constructed with great care. There are 91 variations of the antique or vintage bow chair you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect bow chair — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each bow chair bearing Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Arts and Crafts hallmarks is very popular. A well-made bow chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Paul McCobb, Hugues Steiner and Allan Gould are consistently popular.
How Much is a Bow Chair?
A bow chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,000, while the lowest priced sells for $350 and the highest can go for as much as $24,529.
Finding the Right Seating for You
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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- What is a bow back chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A bow back chair refers to a silhouette of a chair with a curved back and is usually made with high-quality wood. Bow back chairs were popular during the colonial period and are representative of American-Amish heritage. Browse a range of vintage bow back chairs on 1stDibs.
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