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Mid-Century Broyhill Saga Walnut Paul McCobb Style Dining Chairs six
Located in Baltimore, MD
grains contrast the fabric nicely. Crafted of walnut with bow-tie accent on the chair backs the lines and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
A set of 6 Mid-Century Modern Ladder Back/ Cat Eye Dining Chairs
By Lane Furniture
Located in Charleston, SC
A fantastic newly refinished set of 6 mid-century Modern cat eye/ladder back / bow tie dining
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
Set of Steiner Sheepskin Bow Wood Chairs, 1948, France
By Hugues Steiner
Located in Echt, NL
Two beautiful Steiner bow wood chairs in very good condition.
The chairs are newly reupholstered
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood, Oak
Eight Antique Hitchcock Ebonized, Gilt
Stenciled Bow Back Dining Chairs 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Eight Antique Hitchcock Ebonized, Gilt & Stenciled Bow Back Dining Chairs With Rush Seat 19thC
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of McGuire Rattan Mint Bow Back Armchairs
By McGuire
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Pair of rattan armchairs made by McGuire featuring an upholstered rattan bow on each chair back in
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Rattan
19th Century English Mahogany Captain
s Pub Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
with a shaped saddle seat and a back splat featuring a spade design. Also known as bow back chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Mahogany and Leather Captains Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
and noticeable wear on creases. Also known as bow back Windsor chairs.
Category
20th Century English Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Unusual Pair of Art Deco German Armchairs/Club Chairs from 1920s, Bauhaus Style
By Bruno Paul
Located in Halle, DE
dramatically bow armrests these chairs are very comfortable.
The round geometric foot elements are associated
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Nutwood
Set of Four English Mahogany Leather Captain
s Pub Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
bow-back chairs, windsor chairs, or smokers chairs. The horseshoe shaped back has padded arms
Category
20th Century English Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Gustav L&JG Stickley Footstool 89-2591 2014 Arts
Crafts Mission Oak Craftsman
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Forest Grove, PA
Bow Arn Fixed Back Lounge Chair.
Category
2010s American Arts and Crafts Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Pair of Walnut Philadelphia Chippendale Chairs
Located in West Chester, PA
Wonderful pair of walnut Philadelphia Chippendale chairs. Cupid's bow crest with cabochon carving
Category
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pink Metallic Leather Bow Chair with Skirt
Located in New York, NY
Pink metallic leather bow chair with skirt.
Category
20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of "Smokers Bows" Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of very unusual and comfortable early 19th c. English "Smokers Bows" Chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Late 19th Century Smokers Bow Chair
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
Late 19th century smokers bow chair having turned gallery with outsplayed arms and a beech frame
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Original Allan Gould "Bow" Chair and Ottoman
By Allan Gould
Located in St. Louis, MO
Designer: Allan Gould
Manufacture: Unknown
Period/style: Mid-Century Modern
Country: USA
Date: 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Victorian Ash and Elm Smokers Bow Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4405 Victorian ash and elm smokers bow armchair with shaped top rail supported on turned uprights
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Club Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
Large Matched Set of Eight Mid-19th Century Smokers Bow Chairs or Office Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A wonderful large matched set of mid 19th century smokers bow Windsor chairs or office chairs of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech, Elm, Fruitwood
19th Century English Vernacular Childs Barbers Chair
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
chamfered supports, centred by a pierced reverse heart splat with composition akin to a 'smokers bow' chair
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Country Chairs
Materials
Beech, Pine
Bow
Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
Upholstered side chair has a charming bow-shaped back. The 'bow' is trimmed with gimp on reverse
Category
Vintage 1950s American Chairs
Materials
Wood, Paint, Upholstery
$2,400
Bow-Back Spindle Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bow-Back Spindle Chairs
Category
Antique 1840s American Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Neoclassical Bow Leg Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Neoclassical Bow Leg Chairs
Upholstered in Claremont Fabric:
Taffetas
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Chairs
Materials
Walnut
RARE Allan Gould "Bow" Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
One of the most elusive chair designs from Allan Gould, retaining the original leather sling
Category
20th Century American Chairs
Childs Bow back Windsor Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
A matched pair of child sized windsors with turned legs and arms, and a fan back. Classic design with charming proportions. Refinished in a dark lime milk paint.
Category
20th Century American Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of "Bow Wood" Chairs by Steiner, 1950s
By Hugues Steiner
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Elegant pair of "Bow-Wood" chairs by Steiner, 1950s.
Solid bent ashwood and gilded brass clamp
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Ash
Pair of Windsor Bow-Back Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of Windsor bow-back side chairs, having bamboo turnings, attractively shaped saddle seats, and
Category
Antique 19th Century American Windsor Chairs
Antique Beech
Elm Chair, Smokers Bow Office Chair, Scotland 1870, H1147
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Beech & Elm Chair, Victorian Smokers Bow Office Chair, Desk Chair, Antique Furniture
Category
Antique 1870s Scottish Victorian Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
18th Century Windsor Bow Back Chair
Located in London, GB
Cotton, The English Regional Chair, ACC, Woodbridge , 2000, Page 50 Fig. TV30, illustrates and described
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Windsor Chairs
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Bow Tie Lucite Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a pair of vintage Mid-Century lucite side chairs with professionally reupholstered bow tie
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Lucite, Upholstery
Set of Six Bow-Back Windsor Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A true matched set of six period Philadelphia bow-back Windsor chairs. The chairs have nine
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Windsor Chairs
Mid-19th Century English Elm and Fruitwood ‘Smokers Bow’ Elbow Chair
Located in London, west Sussex
This lovely and good quality mid-19th century English Smokers Bow elbow chair is made of elm and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chairs
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
Antique Elm Armchair, Victorian, Bow Back Windsor Chair, Scotland 1820, B2280
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique armchair, Victorian Elm chair, bow back Windsor armchair, Scotland, 1820
Scotland, 1820
Category
Antique 1820s Scottish Victorian Chairs
Materials
Elm
French Bow Arm Leather Club Chair, circa 1930s
Located in Portland, OR
Perfectly proportioned for a living room or salon, this well-worn club chair features a few of our
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Club Chairs
18th Century Cabriole Leg Windsor Bow Back Chair
Located in London, GB
With pierced "Gothic" lancet-arch and stylised heart splat.
Rich honey colored yew, elm and ash,
English, Thames Valley region, circa 1770.
Measure: 39" high x 26" wide x 22" deep.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Windsor Chairs
Beechwood Smokers Bow Armchair
Located in Salisbury, GB
A beechwood, elm and ash smokers bow armchair,
circa 1850.
Category
Antique 1850s Chairs
Large bow back English settle
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A Large English scumbled pine bow back settle.
Wonderful original as found condition, untouched
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
Materials
Pine
Set of Six Heywood Wakefield Bow Tie Chairs
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in New London, CT
chairs have been upholstered over original wood backs in a grey ultra suede.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple
Pair of Windsor Bow-Back Armchairs
Located in London, GB
delightful pair of George II period bow back windsor armchairs with generous bell shaped seats and crinoline
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chairs
Materials
Wood
Matching Set of Eight Smoker
s Bows
Located in Stamford, GB
A matching set of eight captain's chairs made in beech and elm, England, circa 1920s.
Category
Vintage 1920s English Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
English West-Country Black Painted Braced Bow-Back Windsor Chair, circa 1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The early 19th century Windsor bow-back armchair, in oak and beech, having a seven-stick comb hoop
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Windsor Chairs
Materials
Oak
Windsor Bow-Back Armchair
Located in Litchfield, CT
Probably Connecticut, ca. 1780-1790.
The chair has a bowed back terminating into shaped arms with a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Maple
Set of Six Mid-19th Century Nicely Figured Elm Smokers Bow Windsor Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A wonderful true set of six mid-19th century nicely figured elm Smokers bow Windsor chairs or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm
Set of Six Mid-Century Bow Tie Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Debrecen-Pallag, HU
Set of six Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs that have slatted bowtie design backs, solid wood bases
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Dining Room Chairs with Caned Seats, Victorian Windsor Bow Back Style, Set of 8
Located in Madison, WI
Dining room chairs, set of 8, with caned seats. Antique Windsor bow-back style in soft pine finish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Windsor Chairs
Materials
Pine
Two Georgian Double Bow Windsor Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Of classic restrained form with bentwood bows and shaped saddle seats. Ash, elm and walnut with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Windsor Chairs
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
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There is a range of bow chairs for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct bow chairs — often made from wood, hardwood and elm — can elevate any home. Find 91 antique and vintage bow chairs at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Bow chairs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Bow chairs bearing Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Paul McCobb, Hugues Steiner and Allan Gould each produced beautiful bow chairs that are worth considering.
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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.
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- What is a Windsor back chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A Windsor back chair is a solid wooden chair with an arched spindle back. Most designs have curved arms positioned on angled stands and carved legs connected by a cross stretcher. The chair gets its name from the English city of Windsor, where the chairs were first made in the 18th century. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Windsor back chairs.
- 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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