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1930s Vintage Gustavian Style Swedish Empire Upholstered Armchairs, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
Fabulous vintage pair of Gustavian style Swedish Empire armChairs with true gustavian carvings
Category
Vintage 1930s Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
$1,496 Sale Price
57% Off
Empire Style Mahogany Library Tub Fauteuil de Bureau or Desk Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
Of generous proportions and presence . The front mounted with well cast bronze mounts (of some size and weight ). The top with French interpretations of the Greek Caryatids (very att...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century A Near Pair of Empire Style Fauteuils With Carved Arm Detail
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Handsome near pair of Empire style open-arm chairs with square backs and fluted, carved arm
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th C. Duncan Phyfe Regency Empire Style Hairy Paw Feet Brass Lyre Bench
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Late 20th C. Duncan Phyfe Regency Empire Style Hairy Paw Feet Brass Lyre Bench. Item features brass
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Other Benches
Materials
Brass
Pair of Empire Style Open Armchairs Blue Fabric, Chippy White and Gold, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous pair or crème or chippy white paint chairs in an Empire Style. These chairs have
Category
Vintage 1950s German Louis XVI Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood, Wood
$1,452 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Rare Pair Swedish Biedermeier Style Sofas Couch Empire 20th C 172cm 3-4 Seat A
Located in Lewes, England
Rare pair of Swedish Biedermeier Empire style sofas from latter part of 20th Century in top grade
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Sofas
Materials
Birch
$7,662 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Antique Empire Style Dining Chairs With Crest Fabric Applied
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
These are antique empire-style armchairs featuring elegant craftsmanship and classic design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Empire Style Armchairs Made for the Theatre, France circa 1930s-1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Whimsical pair of armchairs in the Empire style, that were made for the theatre in the 1930s
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
A Set of Four Mahogany And Gilt-Bronze Second Empire Style Salon Chairs in the M
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Set of Four Mahogany And Gilt-Bronze Second Empire Salon Chairs in the Manner of Jacob-Desmalter
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Side Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Elegant Empire Style Burl Wood Tub Chair by Wm. Switzser, Vancouver
By William Switzer
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Burl wood frame with high back in a closed arm tub shape in sections and sloping arms, the frame in colorful and swirling grain Burl. Raised on square tapering legs, splayed in bac...
Category
20th Century Canadian Neoclassical Lounge Chairs
Materials
Burl, Fabric
Antique Set of Six Bleached Mahogany French Empire Style Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in the Empire Style, known for its neoclassical lines, strong silhouettes, and regal
Category
Antique 19th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Pair of Empire Style Mahogany
Gilt-Bronze Bergères, Manner of Jacob-Desmalter
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
valued at 700,000 francs.
Jacob-Desmalter et Cie produced neoclassical Empire style furniture often
Category
Antique 19th Century French Bergere Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Set of 4 Empire Style Black Lacquer and Blue Silk Dining Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
SET of 4 Contemporary Empire-style black lacquer dining chairs with a sleigh design open back with
Category
20th Century Unknown Napoleon III Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Classic Antique Style Bench
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant Empire style bench in walnut. Canes seat and sides, generous size-44" wide. Practical and
Category
Vintage 1970s North American American Empire Benches
Materials
Walnut
Antique Duncan Phyfe Style Sofa
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Trenton, NJ
nfuse your home with timeless sophistication with this Antique Duncan Phyfe Style Sofa. Its
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$900 Sale Price
50% Off
French Empire Regency Style Cherry Wood Saber Leg Dining Side Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire Regency Style Cherry Wood Saber Leg Dining Side Chairs - Set of 4. Circa Late 20th
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cherry
Pair of Continental Rustic Style Wooden Armchairs with Carved Owl Head Armrests
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Continental Rustic style open armchairs having gold and brown upholstered seat and back
Category
20th Century Unknown Empire Armchairs
Materials
Gold
Duncan Phyfe Style Love Seat Settee with Scrolling Arms
Located in Van Nuys, CA
decor style.
Perfect for formal seating areas or as a statement piece in an eclectic setting, this sofa
Category
Vintage 1950s American Empire Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
$1,828 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-20th Century Regency Style Velvet Sofa
Located in Sheffield, MA
The mid-20th century sofa has wood cabriole legs with padded feet set within undulating front and side edges. The upholstered arms are fronted by inlaid curved wood panels. Seats fou...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Empire Sofas
Materials
Fabric
$2,500 Sale Price
21% Off
Pair of 20th Century French Armchairs Neo Gotic Style
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of polished wrought iron armchairs dating from the 70s. French work. Neo-Gothic style
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Pair of Late 19th Century Carved and Painted Wood Classical Style Open Armchairs
Located in Hudson, NY
-scale and finely carved they are in the Empire or Regency taste. Decorative elements include the saber
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Armchairs
Materials
Wood
French Regency Style Ebonized Chair W/ Gilt Neo-Classical Swans
Tiger Velvet
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a killer chair! It is a regency style ebonized arm chair with neo-classical giltwood swan
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Empire Bergere Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Fruitwood, Giltwood
Swedish Regency Style Period Parcel Gilt Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Regency style armchair featuring a Fruitwood frame with hand-carved matte ebonized plume
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Maison Jansen Style Rare French Midcentury Patio Swan Chairs Set of 6
By Maison Jansen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Proud to present a rare set of French patio chairs in the style of Maison Jansen. Not documented
Category
Vintage 1960s European Empire Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Metal
Modern Sabre Leg Chairs in Engl. Neoclassic style, after a Model by Thomas Hope
Located in San Francisco, CA
Empire".
The chairs offered, interpret the design by Thomas Hope in a very
stylish way.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Revival Side Chairs
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Classicism Seating Group Furniture in Empire Style
Located in Senden, NRW
Magnificent seating group from the period of classicism.
Here is a very beautiful three part
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Empire Style Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of Empire style armchairs with bronze details.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
$10,580 / set
Empire Style Mahogany Canape
Located in Lawrenceburg, TN
Empire style mahogany canapé with bronze mounts and on square tapered legs with bronze claw feet
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Canapes
Empire Style Day Bed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
beautiful day bed with brass detail and all bed fittings
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Daybeds
$7,950
Striped American Empire Style Sofa
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Red and cream striped upholstery is framed by carved scroll arms.
36" x 90" x 24"
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
Four Empire Style Wooden Chairs, Italian, 1830s
Located in Torino, Italy
Four Empire style wooden chairs with upholstered seat upholstered in fabric.
Italian production
Category
Antique 1830s Italian Empire Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$3,603 / set
French Empire Style Sofa Armchair Suite Leather
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning French Empire style three-piece suite.
Consists of one double sofa and two armchairs
Category
2010s Empire Armchairs
$3,445 / set
Empire Style Canape
Located in Chicago, IL
This Neoclassical piece has stylish bronze mounts featuring a goats leg rising to a winged Sphinx. The mounts accent the simple frame which sits nicely. We can recover the piec in ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Canapes
$12,500
Empire Style Chair
Located in Kent, Ct
Wonderfully overscale chair.
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
$1,200
Maison Jansen Style French Empire Bench
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
Empire Style Sofa Cabinet, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid , ES
Empire sofa cabinet
from the 19th-20th century
Empire style in mahogany wood, with bronze
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Sofas
Materials
Mahogany
French Empire Style Armchair
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style armchair in mahogany. Newly reupholstered in silk.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Set of Two Empire Style Mahogany
Musical" Armchairs
Located in Werkendam, NL
Set of two Empire style mahogany armchairs with a harp in the back.
The aforementioned shipping
Category
Vintage 1940s Dutch Empire Armchairs
Materials
Metal
American Empire Style Armchair in Mahogany, circa 1890
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Alhambra, CA
American Empire style armchair with tapered high back and ornate mahogany frame. This statement
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American American Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mohair, Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Style Double Ended Mahogany Sofa
Located in Toorak, VIC
19th Century French Empire Style Double Ended Mahogany Sofa
An exceptional French Empire Style
Category
Antique 1840s French Empire Sofas
Materials
Brass
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
Large French Mahogany Empire Style Armchair, c 1880
Located in Salisbury, GB
An unusual large French mahogany chair with carved griffen arm supports,
circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
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
French Empire Style Bench with Hand-Carved Swan Figureheads
Located in Middletown, MD
Freshly reupholstered late 19th century Empire style bench in a neutral cream-colored fabric
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Benches
Materials
Walnut
Small Chair with Curved Swan Necks, 20th Century Empire Style
By Momiq Design
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
20th century and Empire style. Chair lovebirds has been adjusted to Momiq design and has been
Category
20th Century Dutch Empire Chairs
Materials
Cotton
Highly Decorative Early 20th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative early 20th century French Empire style mahogany armchair with typical Egyptian
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Empire Style Dining Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of six early 19th century Empire style dining chairs with lyre back.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Empire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
$29,900 / set
Pair of Empire Style Mahogany and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tabourets
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Empire style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany tabourets or X-frame stools, with scrolled arms
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Benches
Materials
Ormolu
21st Century Empire-Style White Lacquered Chair by Modenese Gastone
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
All the preciousness of Italian craftsmanship is wrapped up in this empire-style chair from
Category
2010s Italian Empire Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Large armchair in the Neo-Empire Style
Located in Saint-Andre lez Lille, France
Large armchair in the Neo-Empire Style
Category
Vintage 1950s French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 20th Century Empire Style Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Mahogany Empire style armchairs, upholstered in Brittany glazed linen in lichen. Seat depth 62cm.
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Linen
$7,450 / set
Empire Style Wooden Bench, Gold Leaf Finishing, Handcarved and Made in Italy
By Marco Belloni
Located in Barlassina, IT
Empire style bench. It was designed and made for the first time in 1992 and showed at Salone del
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Benches
Materials
Wood
Pair Of French Empire Style Painted Stools
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of French Emprie style painted stools.
Category
20th Century French Stools
Materials
Upholstery
$2,800 / set
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
21st Century Empire-Style White Lacquered Chair by Modenese Gastone Interiors
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
All the exclusivity of Italian handcraftsmanship is wrapped up in this chair with armrests by the producer Modenese Gastone Interiors. The frame is in solid wood, while the seat, bac...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Chairs
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Antique Empire Style Gilded Scroll Arm Window Bench with Winged Eagle Supports
Located in London, GB
Antique Empire style gilded scroll arm window bench with beautifully carved winged eagle supports
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Benches
Materials
Leather, Linen, Upholstery, Natural Fiber, Giltwood
American Empire Style Rocking Chair in Oak, circa 1890
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Alhambra, CA
Beautifully refinished American Empire style rocking chair, reupholstered in a deep brown mohair
Category
Antique 1890s American American Empire Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mohair, Oak
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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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