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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
Mid 20th Century Cherry Empire Style Dining Armchair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A dining armchair in the Empire style, unbranded. Solid cherry with carved barback crest rail
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Cherry
17th Century Gilded Italian Chiavari Chairs
By Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Offered for your consideration are a pair of antique Italian 17th century gilded Empire Chiavari
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Empire Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,076 / item
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
Set of Three Fauteuils and Three Chairs à La Gondole
By Jacob Frères
Located in Vienna, AT
set consisting of three Fauteuils and three chairs – exquisitely executed in mahogany. The chairs and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$78,000 / 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
17th Century Italian Black Lacquered Herringbone Cane Seat Chiavari Chair
By Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi, Chiavari
Located in Stockholm, SE
century Empire style and painted in a black lacquer with a herringbone woven cane seat.
Chiavari chairs
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Empire Chairs
Materials
Cane, Hardwood
Pair of Carved French Empire Style Decorative Chairs of Ebonized and Giltwood
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of highly decorative French Empire style hall chairs, each having a partial gilt and pierced
Category
Late 20th Century European Regency Revival Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
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
Set of Two Antique Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Side Chairs, First Half of 19th Century
By Momiq Design
Located in Haarlem, Noord Holland
These chairs belong to a set of two identical chairs that originally were used in a castle. The
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Hungarian Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
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
"Salon de Musique" Chairs
Located in Lisieux, FR
Set of two chairs in golden wood.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Side Chairs
$837 / set
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
Deck Chair from Early 20th Century, Northern Germany
Located in Berlin, DE
hanseatic german deck-chair in excellent condition from the famous island sylt, were it was placed
Category
Early 20th Century German Empire Lounge Chairs
Showcase Bar Chippendale Empire Louis XIV Antique Baroque Cabinet
Located in Lage, DE
Condition: The showcase is in a good condition and has the charm of the "old days" with age-related signs of wear
Dimensions
Height x 96 cm length x 92 cm depth x 39 cm
High quali...
Category
1990s Club Chairs
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
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
Italian Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Side Chair First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Dragonfly belongs to a set of two identical chairs that originally was used in a castle. Dragonfly
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Silk
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
Set of 6 American Oak Dining Side Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
Set of 6 American oak lacquer and gilt dining chairs. Working recessed wheels inside front legs
Category
20th Century American Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak, Cotton, Linen
$4,800 / set
French Directoire Armchair
Located in Livingston, NJ
Stunning French Empire armchair. Designed in the style of Napoleon l, this chair is made of
Category
Vintage 1920s French Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Dining Chair with Decorative Ears of Wheat Hand Carved, Made in Italy
Located in Barlassina, IT
Oak wood chair, with decorative ears of wheat hand carved on backrest and counter back. This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak
Russian Armchairs, 1830
Located in Hovmantorp, SE
Russian armchairs in mahogany with a nicely curved back, carved acanthus decorations and with armrests ending in cornucopias.
Category
Antique 1820s Russian Empire Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$17,940 / set
Original Vintage Mid-century Arkana Black and Teak Safari Chair by Maurice Burke
By Arkana Furniture, Maurice Burke
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
the British Empire for Military Campaign Safari chairs, followed by the Scandinavian designs of the
Category
Vintage 1960s Scottish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of six 19th Century Napoleon III Walnut Gondola Chairs Restored
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Set of French gondola chairs empire, second half of 19th century. Walnut, restored.
Set of six
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 6 French Rosewood Antique Balloon-Back Side Chairs with Cabriole Legs
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
(1850-1880), during the Second Empire period. These chairs feature elegant balloon backs with intricate
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Rococo Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Rosewood
Austrian Bergere Armchair Circa 1820 Painted with Classical Intaglios
Located in Antwerp, BE
chain of pearls is especially elegant and detailed.
The chair has been reupholstered with Dutch cotton
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century French Bergere
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century French bergere. Wood frame is upholstered in handsome light brown leather.
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Empire armchair/ desk chair
Located in Cheltenham, GB
France, crafted in the elegant Empire style. This exquisite piece is adorned with Ormolu mounts featuring
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Revival Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
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
Empire Style Chair
Located in Kent, Ct
Wonderfully overscale chair.
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
$1,200
Pair of Empire Mahogany Consulate Chairs, France, 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
and Empire period was during the French Revolution. The French Empire style is considered an evolution
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
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 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
Empire style white painted chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Empire style white painted chairs, carved swans on side, barrel back, French, 20th
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
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
1st Empire Dolphin Tub Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Early 1800 's Parisian mahogany dolphin tub chair with parcel gilding to dolphin arms and ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French First Empire Armchairs
Materials
Gold Leaf, Bronze
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
Pair of Austrian Empire late 18th Century Painted Arm Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mythological Griffin
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Empire Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Important Set of 12 French Empire Mahogany Dining Chairs, Jacob Freres
By Jacob Freres (French)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Number of Pieces 8+
Description set consists of 2 armchairs and 10 side chairs each stamped jacob
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pr. of empire Italian leather bucket chairs.
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Pair of carved mahogany Empire bucket chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
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 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 French Empire mahogany elbow chairs.
By Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Empire mahogany elbow chairs with square backs and lion mask carved arms over sabre
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$45,000 / set
Danish Empire Elmwood Armchair
Located in Hudson, NY
An elegant and comfortable Danish late Empire elmwood resting chair, circa 1840.
Category
Antique 1840s Danish Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Mahogany Bergere
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine Empire carved mahogany bergere arm chair, with curved paneled back crest above a wood frame
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Empire Armchairs
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Pair of mahogany Empire armchairs
A pair of late 19th century Empire design mahogany armchairs
Category
Antique 1880s European Empire Revival Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$2,060 / set
Pair of French Empire Style Mahogany Library Chairs
Located in Detling, GB
French, circa 1850.
This stunning pair of chairs are in showroom condition.
Reeded along the top
Category
Antique 1850s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Set of Four English Mahogany Chairs in the French Empire Style
Located in Suffolk, GB
French Empire style with superb ormolu mounts by EH Kahn & Co, London.
This set of chairs consists of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Empire Living Room Sets
Materials
Ormolu
French empire, brass mounted reupholstered button back chairs (x6 available)
Located in Worthing, GB
Here we have a beautiful set of 6 French empire arm chairs. Priced individually. Quality
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Solid Rosewood and rich inlay, British Empire Arm Chair
Located in Toronto, ON
The chair was brought to England by a family that was from the British establishment in India. It
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Armchairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Boxwood, Rosewood
French Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
French 19th Century Empire Style Brass Decorated Mahogany Desk Chair c1860 25"w x 21"d x 38"h
Category
Antique 1860s French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XVI Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very elegant pair of hand-carved, Louis XVI chairs. Detailed wood frame with red upholstery.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
$5,800 / set
French Mahogany Gentleman
s Desk Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Directoire/Empire transition period mahogany gentleman's desk chair, circa 1790-1810
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
French Painted Arm Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Turn of the century French Empire style Painted Arm Chair
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$1,500
20th Century Napoleonic Swan Chair in the Empire Style Beechwood Poliment Gilded
Located in Berlin, DE
Very exact Fine-carved sculpture made of solid beech. Poliment gilded. Arranged frame on plastically carved legs ending in claws. Armrests volute-shaped bent in swan head. High-backe...
Category
20th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Beech
Pair of Empire Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Empire chairs with new upholstery. Upholstered in LEE Industries fabric.
Measures: Overall
Category
20th Century North American Bergere Chairs
Materials
Burl
$7,000
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Empire Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of empire chairs is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique empire chairs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and fabric. Find 596 antique and vintage empire chairs at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of empire chairs available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Empire chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Empire, Neoclassical and Art Nouveau styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Large empire chairs can prove too imposing for some spaces, so the smaller empire chairs available at 1stDibs — each spanning 1 inches in width — may make for a better choice. There have been many well-made empire chairs over the years, but those made by Jonathan Adler, Jacob and Josef Kohn and Karl Johan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Empire Chairs?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,933, while they’re typically $246 on the low end and $212,852 highest priced.
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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.
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.
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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 Empire Chairs
- What is an Empire chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021An Empire chair refers to a piece of seating furniture created in the Empire style. A phase of the neoclassical style, the Empire style gets its name from the rule of the Emperor Napoleon I. The furniture is colossal, weight-wise, and richly adorned with bronze and marble. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary Empire chairs from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
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