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American Bookends in the Form of a Chippendale Chair Back, Bradley
Hubbard
By Bradley
Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
Centennial and peaked in the 1920s. Homeowners sought to reconnect with "Early American" values, leading to a
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Metal
American Empire Revival and Arts
Crafts Triple Bookcase / Display Cabinet
By Berkey
Gay Furniture, R.J. Horner
Co., Tobey
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
An outstanding antique American Empire Revival and Arts & Crafts triple narrow bookcase cabinet
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Early and Rare Evert Sodergren Sculptured Chair, c. 1955
By Evert Sodergren
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 'Sculptured' chair was originally designed in 1953 by Pacific Northwest master craftsman and
Category
Vintage 1950s American American Craftsman Armchairs
Materials
Brass
20th Century American Ladder Back Armchair with Needlepoint Cushion
Located in Southampton, NY
ladder-back armchair is a quintessential example of early American craftsmanship. The chair features a
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Twig Adirondacks Chair
Located in New York, NY
Antique Twig Adirondacks Chair. Very well made example of a rustic Twig Adirondack style chair
Category
Early 20th Century North American Adirondack Armchairs
Materials
Twig
Chippendale Georgian Style Ball
Claw Carved Mahogany Blue Upholstery Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Chippendale Georgian style ball & claw carved mahogany blue upholstered arm chair. Item
Category
Early 20th Century North American Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Bernhardt Table with 8 chairs, two extension and table cover
Located in Birmingham, AL
top and eight chairs, With two leaves and cover, 80 years old according to the original owner, he
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Dining Room Sets
Materials
Hardwood
$3,900 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Gentleman Napping in a Chair (Possibly for Ichabod Crane or other Illustration)
By Everett Shinn
Located in Missouri, MO
Everett Shinn
"Gentleman Napping in a Chair" (Illustration)
Pen and Ink on Paper
Initialed "E.S
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Vintage Theodore Alexander Mahogany Leather Game Table with 2 Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Theodore Alexander Mahogany Leather Tiered Handkerchief Game Table with 2 Chairs
This set
Category
Early 20th Century American American Empire Game Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Mahogany
A Large Beautiful Intricately Woven Natural Wicker Bar Harbor Style Arm Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Nashua, NH
A large and beautiful antique Heywood Wakefield Bar Harbor style wicker arm chair recently acquired
Category
Early 20th Century American Other Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wicker, Reed, Wood
Maple Double Drop-leaf Table
Located in Pueblo, CO
often.
I have it displayed with MCM Early American Dent Bros chairs that compliment it well.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Empire Drop-leaf and Pembroke...
Materials
Maple
$800 Sale Price
27% Off
Mid-Century Willett Furniture Company Solid Cherry Spindle-Back Armchairs
By Willett Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
over time. Their form echoes early American "Gibson" chairs and even bears a stylistic resemblance to
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Cherry
$936 Sale Price / set
22% Off
American Yacht Captain
s swivel Chair
By Crocker Chair Company
Located in Summerland, CA
A finely-carved Yacht armchair in its original caning. The chair adjusts and swivels. Manufactured
Category
Early 20th Century American Swivel Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Cane
Early American Farm Chair
Located in Summerland, CA
Late 19th Century,early 20th Century
Original paint, cane seat with
barrel legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Side Chairs
Early American Windsor Style Armchair
Located in Canaan, CT
Fresh from an estate in the Berkshires. A great wooden chair with a wonderful aged patina. Looks
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Chairs
Early American Windsor Arm Chair Faux Bamboo
Located in South Coast, CA
Early Windsor hoop back chair, New England, all hand hewn with peg joints, steam moulded frame, the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Unknown Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
American Federal Painted Child
s Windsor Chair, Early 19th Century
Located in Hallowell, US
New England rod back Child's Windsor side chair, with original surface.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Chairs
Materials
Ash, Maple
Pair Early American Birdcage Windsor Chairs
Located in South Coast, CA
Pair of Birdcage Windsor side chairs dating to late1700's, early 1800's in my best estimation
Category
Antique 19th Century American Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
Stylish Pair of Early 20th Century American Library Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Stylish pair of early 20th century American library chairs.
Category
Early 20th Century American Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Early Modern American Lounge Chair with Ottoman
Located in New York, NY
Early 1950s American iron chair with ottoman. Wood armrest.
Iron frame has been refinished and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Lounge Chairs
Materials
Iron
$6,500 / set
High Style Antique Wicker Parlor Set
By American Chair Merikord
Located in Old Saybrook, CT
.
Table 32" tall and 28" diameter.
Taller chair 43" tall, 29" deep, 32" wide.
Shorter chair 38" tall
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Chairs
Materials
Metal
$3,950 / set
American Early 19th Century Pair of Fancy Sheraton Chairs Original Decoration
Located in Wells, ME
American pair of fancy Sheraton hand painted side chairs with balloon shaped rush seats. The
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Chairs
Materials
Rush, Wood, Paint
Maple Stained American Primitive Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
Remarkable c.1750 Maple stained American primitive chair.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chairs
American Colonial Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Woodstock, NY
Bow back American Windsor chair. Retaining an old painted surface with Camel coloration. Forcefully
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American American Classical Windsor Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique American Maple Windsor Chairs
Located in Livingston, NJ
Stunning tall-back American antique Windsor chairs. Made of American maple, these traditional
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Maple
$2,500 / set
American Bonded Leather And Brass Rocking Chair
Located in New York, NY
AMERICAN EBONIZED, BRASS AND UPHOLSTERED ROCKING CHAIRS,
BY LEE WOODARD & SONS, LATE 19TH/EARLY
Category
Early 20th Century American Rocking Chairs
Materials
Brass
American 18th c. Tall Chair
Located in Montecito, CA
Distinctive American side chair with sculptural lines and an unusual high back. The seat has been
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Side Chairs
Materials
Cherry
Early 20th Century Three-Legged Chair
Located in Arlington Heights, IL
in a designer velvet textile. Lovely as an accent chair or side chair filler for a room.
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Side Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Four American Craft Movement Chairs
Located in Woodstock, NY
A matched set of four oak side chairs, circa 1900, with gracefully curving lines, and inset foliate
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Side Chairs
$7,200 / set
Set of Five Original Early Thonet Windsor Captain
s Chairs with Labels
By Thonet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
seat, nicely turned legs, American label-Thonet New York fabricated in Sheboygan, Wi. Side chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Classical Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early Charles Eames Rocking Chair for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
Early Charles Eames rocking chair for Herman Miller.
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Iron
Early Queen Anne Walnut Corner Chair, Massachusetts, circa 1750
Located in Providence, RI
This corner chair has the expected solid splats, (no open-piercing as in later examples) and is
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century North American Queen Anne Corner Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
18th Century American Pine Ladder Back Chair with Original Woven Seat
Located in Carmel, CA
Pine ladder back chair with original woven seat. The slender, tall finials are a nice detail to a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century American American Colonial Side Chairs
Materials
Pine
Charles
Ray Eames Dining Chairs Set of 4, Early Edition in Zenith Eiffel Legs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Zürich, Zürich
. Early edition in Zenith with Eiffel Legs. All four chairs are in good condition, each one is signed with
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
1930s, American Oak Desk Chair
Located in Mississauga, ON
An oak swivel desk chair with a leather, brass nailed seat and brass castors.
Category
Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Set Five Original Early Thonet Windsor Captain
s Chairs with Labels-4 Side/1 Arm
By Thonet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
seat, nicely turned legs,
American label-Thonet New York fabricated in Sheboygan, Wi. Side chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
Constructivist Westport Adirondack Lounge Chair, Early Modernist ON SALE Deco
By Harry Bunnell
Located in Dallas, TX
Constructivist Westport Adirondack Lounge Chair, Early American Modernist Form PRICE REDUCED from
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Lounge Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Cast Iron and Upholstered Theater Chairs
Located in Toronto, ON
Upholstered flip down theater seats with cast iron sides. Upholstery is a dark blue with a blond wood curved back. Sides are cast with drapery and the title "Atlantic City Convention...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Chairs
Materials
Metal
$1,000 / set
Jules Bouy, Attributed, Rare and Unusual American Gilt and Painted Tole Armchair
By Jule Bouy
Located in New York, NY
Very rare and very comfortable, this sophisticated tole chair is seldom available by this American
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Chairs
Materials
Tôle
Set of 12 Chippendale Style Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set Of 12 Late 19th or Early 20th Century Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Chairs Consisting Of 11
Category
Early 20th Century North American Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
$7,800 / set
Vintage Slipper Chair in Vintage Floral
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A vintage floral slipcovered Edwardian slipper chair on turned legs with casters.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Slipper Chairs
A 1890s American Renaissance Revival Upholstered Bergere
Located in San Francisco, CA
With vibrant red velvet upholstery, the shaped top above a curved back terminating at a cushioned seat; and the arms and legs carved and lacquered red.
Category
Early 20th Century American Bergere Chairs
SIX Philadelphia Klismos Dining Chairs
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Woodbury, CT
early 19th century, when these chairs were made.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Padouk
$4,000 / set
Pair of Rare Windsor Jamaican Comb Back Mahogany Chairs, circa 1820s
By Francis Trumble
Located in London, GB
chairs is also of interest to American, Caribbean and British collectors and scholars. The Philadelphian
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Jamaican American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
American Early 19th Century Metamorphic Country Table Chair
Located in Wells, ME
American Colonial metamorphic table chair in pine. This 48 inch round table was a practical answer
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American American Colonial Farm Tables
Materials
Pine
Vintage Bentwood Child
s Rocker
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A very nice rocker in the style of Thonet in great condition.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Rocking Chairs
Early 1900s Koken Oak Barber Chair
By Koken Manufacturing Co.
Located in Orange, CA
reclines freely. If no one is sitting in chair then the seat reclines back up. Leather is in great
Category
Antique Early 1900s North American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
American Classical Carved and Gilt-Stenciled "Fancy" Chair, circa 1815-1820
Located in Houston, TX
Possibly by John Banks or Phyfe workshops, New York City, tablet crest, with spread eagle, splat with lion head and cornucopia, caned seat, saber legs ending in hairy paw feet.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century North American American Classical Armchairs
Early Thonet Classic Ladder Back Arm Chair with Label Thonet New York
By Thonet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
New York label under seat as shown. Fabricated in early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Armchairs
Materials
Wood
1930s American Art Deco Patio Chair for a Child
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish, chic and rare American Art Deco childs patio chair will make a wonderful addition to
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Steel
18th c. William
Mary Bannister Back Arm Chair, American
Located in Sheffield, MA
American Bannister Back Arm Chair in Period Black paint, with old red underneath.Original condition
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Armchairs
Plantation Chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Leather and teak plantation chair with scrolled arms, original braided stitched leather with nail
Category
Early 20th Century North American American Colonial Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
$1,600
Set of American Hand-Painted Caned Furniture, Bench and Six Chairs, circa 1815
Located in Alexandria, VA
chairs and four side chairs with cane seats and hand-painted crest rail, measuring 31 7/8" high x 17
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Benches
Steel Windsor Chair
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Providence, RI
Windsor chair in steel, circa 1930, manufactured by Simmons Furniture Company. Chair has been
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Armchairs
Materials
Steel
$1,400
Gustav Stickley "U" Back arm chair
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Syracuse, NY
Gustav Stickley "U" Back arm chair. This does have the appropriate natural rush seat that we had
Category
Early 20th Century American Armchairs
Gilbert Rohde Art Deco Heywood Wakefield Seating with Original Fabric, Reduced
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Dallas, TX
, transitional to Deco.
Unique and rare early American Modernist precursor.
The chair reclines in 3 seamless
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Maple
Wallace Nutting #393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Side Chairs - a Pair
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
# 393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Side Chairs - a Pair
Hardwood Construction, Rush Bottom ( Maple with
Category
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Side Chairs
Materials
Rush
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Find a variety of early American chairs available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and fabric, all early American chairs available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of early American chairs available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Early American chairs made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Neoclassical — are very popular at 1stDibs. Wharton Esherick, Charles Eames and Herman de Vries each produced beautiful early American chairs that are worth considering.
How Much are Early American Chairs?
Prices for early American chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, early American chairs begin at $225 and can go as high as $27,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,995.
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.
Questions About Early American Chairs
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024To identify early American furniture, you can evaluate your piece on your own or seek the opinion of a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. Although many pieces from the Colonial era are unmarked, double-checking your furniture for signatures, stamps and labels is still a good first step. Using trusted online resources, you can research any markings to determine if the maker was active in America during the 16th and early 17th centuries. When identifying unmarked furniture, it's generally necessary to consider the style and details of the piece. Due to its handcrafted origins, early American furniture tends to have visible tool marks and irregularities in its carvings. Early American furnishings tended to be simple in style but often had one or two refined details, such as cabriole legs. Looking at images of authentic early American furniture can be helpful when making an identification. On 1stDibs, find a collection of 18th-century American furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024The early American furniture style is often called the Colonial style. During the 17th century, American craftsmen drew inspiration from medieval and Renaissance furniture. By the 18th century, the William and Mary style that had emerged in England began to heavily influence the American Colonial style. Characteristics of Colonial-style furniture include turned legs, ornamental carvings and richly finished cherry, walnut and mahogany wood. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Colonial-style furniture.
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