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Set of Six French Empire Style Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of Six White-Painted, carver wood Empire Style Dining Chairs
Heavy, Solid wood construction
Category
Antique 19th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Pair of Empire Curule Style Italian Hand-Carved Wood Ottomans/Stools
Located in Miami, FL
Side by side or on different room, those superb handcrafted quality pair of Italian Empire Curule
Category
20th Century Italian Empire Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ornate Upholstered French Empire Style Three-Piece Suite
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
height 58 cm 23 in
Drawing room suite
Period Late 20th century Empire style
Frame carved
Category
20th Century Living Room Sets
Set of Six Ebonized Empire Style Dining Chairs
Located in Birmingham, AL
Six Ebonized Dining Chairs. 2 Arm Chairs and 4 Side Chairs. Beautiful Tassle Woodwork. Upholstered in fine Brussels Velvet.
Category
Vintage 1950s Dining Room Chairs
A Set of Six Empire Style Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A Set of Six Empire Style Mahogany Dining Chairs, France c. 1920
Category
Early 20th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
SET OF SIX 1940
S EMPIRE STYLE CHERRY CHAIRS
Located in San Francisco, CA
SET OF SIX 1940'S EMPIRE STYLE CHERRY CHAIRS
34" H X 19" W X 19" D ( 19" SEAT)
Category
Vintage 1940s French Dining Room Chairs
Empire Style Mahogany and Leather Tub Shaped Desk Library Chair, circa 1920
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Mahogany tub shaped desk chair
This mahogany tub shaped desk chair was made circa 1920.
The horseshow shaped back with scroll carved supports.
We have upholstered this in fine han...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of mid 20th c. mahogany French Empire style "fauteuils en gondole"
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
Pair of mid XXth century French mahogany Empire style" fauteuils en gondole"
Category
French Side Chairs
Adams Style Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century, Adams style chairs with caned seats. Ebonized with gilt Grecian designs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Empire Chairs
Materials
Cane
$1,500
Set of Six Grey Painted X-Frame French Empire Style Dinin Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Set of Six Grey Painted X-Frame French Empire Style Chairs. The chairs upholstered in black leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Dining Room Chairs
19th Century, French, Napoleonic Campaign Style Folding Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This 19th century campaign style chair was purchased in France and is made of walnut. The woven
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Chairs
Regency Style Triple Back Settee, circa 1820
Located in Stamford, CT
Regency period turned mahogany triple back chair with inlaid panels of rosewood, satinwood, and brass anthemion, circa 1820. Woven cane seat in excellent condition with scrolled arms...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Empire Settees
Materials
Brass
Maison Jansen Style Curule Bench with Swan Heads
By Maison Jansen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Maison Jansen style bench is very much in the French Empire Revival look with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Revival Benches
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of French Style Armchairs
Located in Paradise Point, Queensland
Pair of French style Bergere chairs,
covered with quality fabric.
Our eclectic stock crosses
Category
1990s Turkish Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
EIGHT French Consulat Style Dining Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
and heavily ornamented First Empire taste. This set of two armchairs and six side chairs is
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Style Chaise Lounge
Located in Stamford, CT
Empire style chaise longue new upholstered in blue and white fabrics. Wonderful lion-feet and heads
Category
20th Century Empire Chaise Longues
Empire Style Upholstered Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
scroll arms are reupholstered with a green color velvet fabric and single piping details. The empire
Category
Vintage 1950s American American Empire Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Foam, Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Empire Style Upholstered Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary empire-style bench in great condition hand-crafted out of mahogany wood and
Category
Vintage 1970s French Empire Benches
Materials
Brass
Antique Empire Style Tapestry Footstool
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Antique Empire style tapestry footstool
Wood ottoman with turned wood legs, tak details all around
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Empire Footstools
Materials
Zebra Wood, Tapestry
Pair of Empire Style Elbow Chairs
By Thomas Hope
Located in Northwich, GB
A pair of Empire style ebonized cane seated elbow chairs with loose covers 20th century.
Empire
Category
20th Century French Empire Revival Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Empire-Style Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1900s antique French Empire-style bench features a frame made from mahogany wood in a
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Benches
Materials
Leather, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood
Empire Style Armchairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of fruitwood Empire style open armchairs, gracefully arced turned arms ending in ebonized
Category
1990s American Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Antique French Empire Style Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1850s antique French Empire-style daybed is made of mahogany wood that is stained in its
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Daybeds
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century Empire-Style Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1850s anique Empire-style daybed features a frame made from mahogany wood that has been
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Daybeds
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique French Empire Style Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1900's Empire Style French Bench is made out of Mahogany Wood and has been
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Benches
Materials
Brass
1950s Empire Style Mahogany Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a truly extraordinary Empire-style bench, circa the 1950s, expertly crafted out of
Category
Vintage 1960s French Empire Benches
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Chenille, Upholstery, Foam, Giltwood, Lacquer
19th Century French Empire-Style Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1840s French Empire-style daybed features a walnut wood frame with a black and walnut stained
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Daybeds
Materials
Brass
Vintage Empire Style Needlepoint Floral Tapestry Footstool
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Vintage Empire style needlepoint floral tapestry footstool.
Empire style footstool stamped October
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Empire Footstools
Materials
Tapestry, Birdseye Maple
French Empire Style Gilt Painted Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1900s Antique French Empire-style bench features a carved wood frame finished in a gray and
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Benches
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Foam, Polyester, Wood
c. 1920
s American Empire Style Sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Empire Style Sofa. The mahogany frame has been exquisitely ebonized. The upholstery is
Category
Early 20th Century American Empire Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style Benches
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of beautiful Empire style benches. Black lacquered with pinstriping, accents and decorational
Category
20th Century French Benches
Materials
Metal
Pair Mahogany Empire Style Open Arm Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
rectangular upholstered backs, upholstered seats. padded arms. scrolled arm ends, inward curving arm supports, mounted with gilt bronze female heads.
carved and molded legs.
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Empire-Style Painted Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1840s French Empire-style daybed has been completely restored and painted in a pale grey and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Daybeds
Materials
Linen, Foam, Wood
19th Century French Walnut Empire-style Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1830's French Empire-style daybed features a completely restored walnut wood frame stained a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Daybeds
Materials
Mohair, Velvet, Walnut
French Empire Style Mahogany Upholstered Settee Antique Sofa
Located in East Hampton, NY
This Empire mahogany settee is in the French empire style,
it is an upholstered settee, or an
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Settees
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
French 19th Century Empire Style Petite Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French 19th century Empire style stool is made out of maple wood covered with a beautiful
Category
Antique 1840s French Empire Benches
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Foot Stool with Brass Accents
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
French Empire, neoclassical style ottoman or X-shaped foot stool. It has a curvilinear X-frame form
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Footstools
Materials
Brass, Metal
1930s Antique Empire Style X-Pedestal Metal Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1930s antique Empire style bench features a metal frame with a curved wood seat with its
Category
Vintage 1930s European Empire Benches
Materials
Metal
Pair of Beautiful Empire Style Chairs with Great Detail
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Pair of beautiful Empire style chairs upholsted in silk fabric. Very detailed guild accents with
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Chairs
Materials
Silk, Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Style X Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1890's French Empire-style X-shaped bench features a mahogany frame stained in a rich mahogany
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Empire Benches
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Empire-Style Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant ebonized 1880s Empire style armchair. Solid wood, newly finished in a rich black color. Has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Empire Style Chaise Longue
Located in Maastricht, NL
A Swedish chaise longue in the Empire style, made of birch and upholstered with a newer striped
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Oak Empire Style Chair with Scrolled Armrests, Denmark, 19th Century
Located in Maastricht, NL
A 19th century oak Empire style armchair from Denmark. The chair has beautiful scrolled armrests
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Empire Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Empire Style Carved Giltwood X-Stool, Late 19th Century
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Late 19th century, with carved floral decoration and scroll armrests, seat with gold upholstery. Measures: 28" H x 34" W.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Benches
Materials
Wood
French Empire Style Chair in Mahogany with Omalu Mounts and Masks
By A. Dubois
Located in Northwich, GB
A French 19th century Empire style chair in mahogany with brass laurel wreaths, with brass
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century French Empire-Style Giltwood X-Benches
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of 1820's French Empire-style benches feature the original 24 karat giltwood x-shaped
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Benches
Materials
Mohair, Wood, Giltwood
French Empire Style Mahogany Curule Base Stool with Needlework Top
Located in Southampton, NY
French Empire style mahogany Curule base stool with needlework top. Depicting a medieval lady and a
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Stools
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Empire Klismos Style Armchair, Sweden, 19th Century
Located in Maastricht, NL
A Swedish Karl Johan (or Empire) style armchair from the 19th century. The chair is made of walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of French Empire Style Painted Armchairs
Located in Lake Success, NY
Pair of painted armchairs in the French Empire style. Faux leather upholstery is in good condition
Category
Vintage 1940s American Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Set of Six French Empire Style Dining Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Made of mahogany and in the gondola form popular in the Empire period of the early 19th century
Category
Mid-20th Century Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Style Chaise Lounge with Jacquard Upholstery
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Empire style carved and paint-decorated chaise longue, the reeded hardwood frame upholstered in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Chaise Longues
Materials
Jacquard, Hardwood
20th Century Empire Style Malachite and Bronze Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous 20th century Empire style chair features a frame made from malachite and bronze
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Set of Six Empire-Style Ebonized Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of six 1930s Empire-style dining chairs feature mahogany wood frames that have been
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
French 19th Century Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Empire Style "Thrones" or Chairs
Located in Redding, CA
Ok the deal here is, I can only leave these up for as long as my wife
Is off visiting her Mom, don't worry mom is fine it's a routine visit.
The pair are fantastic examples loaded...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
Set of Eight Empire-Style Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of eight Empire-style dining chairs feature frames made from mahogany wood that has been
Category
Vintage 1950s European Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Mahogany, Wood
French Walnut Empire Style Hand-Carved X Form Bench
Located in Nashville, TN
This hand-carved walnut French neoclassic or Empire style X-form bench features rolled arms and
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Benches
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Style Giltwood Chair, Early 20th Century, France
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
Giltwood accent, salon or boudoir chair designed in a French neoclassical, Louis XIV, Empire
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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Empire Style Seating For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the piece of empire style seating you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, fabric and mahogany, every item from our selection of empire style seating was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a choice in our collection of empire style seating, we have 477 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the object in our assortment of empire style seating you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An option in this array of empire style seating is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. A well-made piece of empire style seating has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles Hollis Jones, Maison Jansen and Baker Furniture Company are consistently popular.
How Much is a Empire Style Seating?
Prices for a piece of empire style seating start at $250 and top out at $90,000 with the average selling for $3,931.
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 Empire Style Seating
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between the Biedermeier and Empire styles lies largely in the characteristics most commonly associated with them. Although these two furniture styles both emerged around 1815 and persisted into the 1840s, pieces associated with them have differing features. Developed in France, the Empire style emphasized ornamentation and grandeur, with furniture makers often drawing inspiration from ancient Roman forms. Dark woods were the most commonly used materials of the style. In Germany and other parts of Central Europe, artisans working in the Biedermeier style favored simplicity. They also tended to source woods locally and chose light finishes for their pieces. Explore a selection of Biedermeier and Empire furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The Classical world is primarily what influenced French Empire furniture. Greek and Roman motifs appear on many pieces. In addition, the opulence of Egyptian furniture inspired furniture makers active during the period. On 1stDibs, shop a range of French Empire furniture.
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