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19th Century English William IV Walnut Library Chair with Cane
Located in Dallas, TX
English William IV carved walnut and cane library armchair with brass casters and a taupe leather
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
19th Century English William IV Hand Dyed Leather Gentlemans Library Chair
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
brass paw castors. The chair is in very good condition for its age.
Measures: Width: 62cm Depth
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Vintage Taylor King Beige Herringbone Rolled Arm Club Lounge Library Chair 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage club or lounge chair by Taylor King. Features flared rolled arms with turned legs and
Category
Late 20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
English George III Period Mahogany Library Tub Chair
Located in Lymington, GB
An English George III period mahogany library tub chair, circa 1790.
This elegant tub, library (or
Category
Antique 1790s English George II Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 1970
s Cy Mann Solid Chrome Lounge Chairs in French Blue
By Cy Mann
Located in Bainbridge, NY
style. Supreme Italian production quality. Great Living Room Chairs, Den Chairs, Study Chairs, Library
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Country English Mohair Wingback Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous pair of country English wing chairs or library chairs featuring a plush moss green mohair
Category
20th Century English Country Wingback Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Lacquer, Wood
Pair of English Mohair Chippendale Style Wingback Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous pair of English wing chairs or library chairs featuring a plush moss green mohair
Category
20th Century English Chippendale Wingback Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Lacquer, Wood
Pair of English Georgian Cigar Leather Porters Wingback Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare pair of handsome English porters wingback armchairs or library chairs made in the Georgian
Category
20th Century English Georgian Wingback Chairs
Materials
Brass
English Regency Caned Mahogany Armchair or Bergere, circa 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An elegant English Regency period, circa 1820, armchair, library chair, or bergere of solid
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Bergere Chairs
Materials
Brass
Mixed Pair of Antique Leather Arm Chairs
Located in Troy, MI
library chair, circa 1920s. Chair has tufted seat back, winged sides, rolled arms, brass nailheads and
Category
Early 20th Century English Wingback Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Caned Walnut Regency Bergeres Swoop Armchairs with Red Cushions
Located in Baltimore, MD
Pair of mid-20th century French Regency style swoop-arm spoon-back library chairs with caned backs
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Walnut
Pair of Irish Chippendale Mahogany Shepards Crook Library Armchairs, Circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Irish Chippendale mahogany library chairs with Shepard crook arms, striped silk upholstery
Category
Antique 1760s Irish Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Upholstery, Mahogany
Large English Regency Klismos Form Library Armchair, circa 1815
Located in Kinderhook, NY
English Regency period klismos-form armchair or library chair, circa 1815, of large scale having
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Antique English Empire Regency Mahogany Curved Caramel Leather Library Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Empire or Regency period mahogany library chair. Item features solid carved
Category
Antique Early 1800s European Empire Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George III Carved Mahogany Library Tub Chair
Located in Lymington, GB
A late 18th century carved mahogany library tub chair, with a moulded show-wood frame of good rich
Category
Antique 18th Century George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Period Mahogany and Caned Library Armchair, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Regency period mahogany and caned filled library chair with removable leather cushion seat. This is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
Federal Mahogany Lolling Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Classic Federal style Lolling chair or library chair constructed from Mahogany with a tapestry
Category
20th Century American Federal Armchairs
Late 19th Century Regency Style Metamorphic Armchair or Library Ladder
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a classical mahogany library chair that transforms into a very
sturdy ladder for those
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
19th Century Vintage French Bergère Mahogany Gentleman
s Library Armchair
By Bergere
Located in Basildon, London
A stunning bergère mahogany Gentleman’s library chair.
Featuring the original caning on the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Dakota Jackson Maple Wood "Library" Armchairs, Pair
By Dakota Jackson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of Dakota Jackson designed natural Cordovan maple "Library" Chairs. The Library Chair is the
Category
1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Maple
Antique 19th Century Georgian Regency Mahogany Armchair Library Desk Chair 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Georgian Regency desk library chair, circa 1820.
This very stylish chair is made
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Queen Anne Mahogany Gentlemans Club Library Arm Chair Orange Nailhead
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century Queen Anne style arm chair. Made from Mahogany a camelback, flared arms and nail
Category
Early 20th Century Queen Anne Club Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
English Leather Gainsborough Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
English Gainsborough chair or library chair made of mahogany with generous proportions. Arched
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Armchairs
Antique Tufted Leather Folding Campaign Library Recliner Chair, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
reclining library chair features a button-tufted black leather sling seat with matching black leather arms
Category
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Campaign Armchairs
Materials
Metal
2 Bank of England Style Office Chairs Attributed to Gunlocke
By Gunlocke
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of two vintage office chairs often referred to as bank of England or Yale Library chairs
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
2 Vintage Red French Provincial Walnut Club Arm Library Accent Chairs Louis XV
Located in Dayton, OH
French Provincial club chairs, circa 1960s. Made from walnut with a reeded frame featuring floral
Category
Vintage 1960s French Provincial Club Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
English Georgian Style Cognac Tufted Leather Wingback Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish leather library chair or wingback chair made in the English Georgian taste. Features a
Category
20th Century American Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Ralph Lauren Devonshire Cigar Leather Wingback Chair
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Traditional Georgian style leather wing chair by Ralph Lauren home Devonshire. Features a hardwood
Category
20th Century American Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Down, Hardwood
William IV Oak Open Armchair
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant, simply carved oak open-arm library chair with a generous seating depth. The front legs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Oak
English Tufted Leather Wingback Library Lounge Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
fireplace arm chair. This handsome Chesterfield lounge chair is upholstered in a quality medium tone brown
Category
20th Century English George III Wingback Chairs
Materials
Leather
19th Century Mahogany French Empire Library Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality mahogany French Empire library armchair having
swept arms with moulded decoration
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Regency Leather Armchair
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is this fine quality 19th century Regency leather library chair which has been upholstered
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Reclining Napoleon III Style Wingback Library Armchair in Burgundy Leather
By Bradington Young
Located in Los Angeles, CA
handsome reclining lounge chair is upholstered in a quality deep burgundy colored patent leather which has
Category
20th Century American Napoleon III Wingback Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vintage Fully Restored Cigar Brown Leather Chesterfield Club Library Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
library club armchair
A very good looking well made and comfortable vintage armchair. The chair is
Category
20th Century English Chesterfield Club Chairs
Materials
Leather
19th Century Ebonized Swedish Arts
Crafts Occasional Country Library Armchair
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
chair - especially when draped with a sheepskin hide, for a cosy Scandinavian hygge feel!
The period
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Arts and Crafts Side Chairs
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
Oak Bank of England Yale Library Jury Desk Office Chair Ca. 1930/1940
s
By B.L. Marble Furniture, Gunlocke
Located in New York, NY
Classic Bank of England, Yale library, Jury chair with sought after continuous arm, in oak. The
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Oak
Anglo Indian Style Library Cane Armchair
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anglo Indian style library armchairs with turned arms, and cane seat.
Elegant classic armchair
Category
Vintage 1940s English Anglo-Indian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of William IV Empire Design Library Armchairs Striped Cream Silk Upholstery
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Classic Pair Of William IV Empire Design Library Armchairs Striped Cream Upholstery - Late 20th
Category
Late 20th Century American William IV Bergere Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Polyester
English Regency Period Caned Mahogany Armchair or Bergere, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An elegant English Regency period, circa 1830, armchair, library chair, or bergere of solid
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
English Bergere Armchair of Caned Mahogany from the Regency Period
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome, comfortable English bergère armchair or library chair of caned mahogany from the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Wood, Cane
Regency Mahogany Bergere Armchair
Located in Cheshire, GB
Regency period, bergere armchair, library chair the solid mahogany frame, having shaped back and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Leather
English Bergere Armchair of Caned Mahogany from the Regency Period
Located in Austin, TX
A fine, comfortable English bergère armchair or library chair of caned mahogany from the Regency
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century Walnut Carved Leather Upholstery Armchair
Located in Benington, Herts
either a desk or library chair.
Dimensions
Seat height 17 1/2 inches - 44.5cm
Width: 27
Category
20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair Dessin Fournir Alexandria Walnut Regency Armchairs
By Dessin Fournir
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent pair of regency style armchairs or library chairs crafted from fine walnut by Dessin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Original Regency Chesterfield Mahogany Hand Carved Brown Leather Office Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
hand carved mahogany framed brown leather Chesterfield oversized office library armchair
This chair
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English 19th Century Regency Mahogany Library Steps Ladder Metamorphic Armchair
By Morgan
Sanders
Located in Firenze, IT
, library or parlour. Classic shaped, curved seat back, comfortable caned seat and wide arms, this chair can
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Metamorphic Shepherd
s Crook Reading Armchair to Library Steps Gillows Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
design for a ‘Library Chair’ published in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts in July 1811, which
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
English Regency Metamorphic Library Step Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and unique metamorphic library step chair featuring hand-carved dolphin arm supports in a
Category
20th Century Indian Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
2 Antique Victorian Pierced Carved Walnut Upholstered Library Parlor Club Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Two impressive Victorian era library, club or parlor arm chairs and ottomans. Made from mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Antique Baluch Rug Carpet Chair Library Armchair Victorian Bohemian Upholstered
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A sumptuous antique ‘Baluch’ carpet chair sat on front castors, covered in garnet coloured velvet
Category
Antique 1880s British Bohemian Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Eastlake Carved Walnut Gentlemans Library Parlor Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian parlor armchair. Made of walnut with carved Eastlake accents that features reticulated floral, turned and fluted accents.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Eastlake Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
2 Harden White Leather and Nailhead Trim Wingback Club Chairs Arm Library Modern
By Harden Furniture 1
Located in Dayton, OH
Two Harden Furniture wingback chairs. Made in McConnellsville NY in 2011. Upholstered in leather
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Mid Century Donghia Pink Silk Goose Down Filled Club Lounge Library Arm Chair
By Donghia
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Donghia Furniture armchair featuring serpentine form with rolled arms, tapered and flared legs, and pink silk floral motif with goose down.
Provenance : Jerome Schotte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Down
Pair of McGuire Rattan Black Leather Library Armchairs
By McGuire
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century organic modern pair of library armchairs or dining chairs made by McGuire. The chairs
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rattan
Harrods Oversized Oxblood Leather Wingback Library Lounge Armchair
Ottoman
By Harrods, Art Forma
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
oversized wingback library reading lounge chair with matching ottoman
I have another one of these
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Vintage Lee Industries Leather Flannel Club Library Lounge Fireside Armchair
By Lee Industries
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Lee Industries club / library / lounge / fireside arm chair featuring leather and a blue
Category
Late 20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Walnut
Alberto Rosselli Saporiti Italia Post Modern Confidential Club Lounge Chairs MCM
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Dayton, OH
Iconic pair of Fratelli Saporiti Italia Confidental lounge, library or club arm chairs by Alberto
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton
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Library Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of library chairs available for sale. Each of these unique library chairs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and animal skin. We have 897 antique and vintage library chairs in-stock, while there are 8 modern editions to choose from as well. Library chairs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of library chairs to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Georgian, Regency and Victorian library chairs are of considerable interest. If space is limited, there are small library chairs measuring 16 inches across. Library chairs have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Howard
Sons Ltd, Hickory Chair Furniture Company and Gillows of Lancaster
London are consistently popular.
How Much are Library Chairs?
Library chairs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,060, while the lowest priced sells for $375 and the highest can go for as much as $120,000.
Finding the Right Armchairs for You
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.
If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.
Questions About Library Chairs
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