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Superb Pair of Late 19th Century ‘His
Hers’ Mahogany Bergere Library Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A superb pair of late 19th century ‘His
Hers’ mahogany bergere library chairs in the Sheraton
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Sheraton Bergere Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Quality William IV Leather Barrel Back Library Chair
Located in Stutton, GB
Quality William IV leather barrel back library chair, having a fantastic quality chestnut color
Category
Antique 19th Century William IV Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Cherrywood Bamboo Motif Library Chair, France, Late 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
Cherrywood Bamboo Motif Library Chair with Padded Arms and Double Stretcher Base. Not Upholstered
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Cherry
19 Century English Chippendale Style Library Chair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Vancouver, BC
A fine large scale Chippendale style library chair from the mid to late 19thC; the front
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Armchairs
Outstanding Pair Of Edwardian Rosewood Inlaid Library Chairs
Located in Stutton, GB
Outstanding pair of Edwardian inlaid rosewood library chairs, with a lovely inlaid shaped top rail
Category
20th Century European Edwardian Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of William IV Oak Barrel Back Library Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of William IV Oak Barrel Back Library Chairs, England,
Mid 19th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Oak, Leather
Antique English Open Arm Library Chair, 1880s
Located in Ely, GB
A beautiful well proportioned and good quality, late Victorian open armchair / library chair, in
Category
Antique 1880s British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Oak
William IV Mahogany and Leather Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
A superb William IV mahogany and green leather library chair.
The chair consists of a deep
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair Mahogany
Green Leather Library Chairs, England, 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Pair of Gentleman's Mahogany Library Chairs in Green Leather Upholstery with Padded
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
A Near Pair of Late 19th Century Gainsborough Library Chairs
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A near pair of mahogany framed Gainsborough library chairs. Both on cabriole supports, with
Category
Antique 1890s Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Leather Library Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
AN EDWARDIAN TUFTED LEATHER LIBRARY ARM CHAIR, WITH BRASS CASTERS ON THE 2 FRONT LEGS, TUFTED
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Brass
$1,200
Upholstered library chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
We carry a selection of French and English library and reading chairs in remains of their original
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Superb Pair of Walnut and Leather Library Chairs
Located in Detling, GB
English, circa 1880.
This pair of lovely walnut library chairs are of superb quality, upholstered
Category
Antique 1880s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Library Chair Lounge Club Leather Oak Early Victorian, 1840
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A stunningly beautiful 19th century oak framed library chair, circa 1840, carved and moulded show
Category
Antique 19th Century Early Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather
English Library Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Deliciously comfortable upholstered in supple stamped leather
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
$6,500
Leather Library Chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Barley twisted mahogany frame with green leather upholstered seat and armrests and tufted back. Nailhead detail and casters.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
$2,600
Rare 18th Century Pair of Low Back Yew Wood
Library Chairs
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
A rare pair of low back yew wood 'library chairs' having elm seats standing on turned legs with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Armchairs
Pair of 20th C Mahogany and leather open arm library chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 20th Century Mahogany and leather open arm library chairs, shaped upholstered cresting
Category
Vintage 1940s English Armchairs
19thC English Assembled Pair of Regency Library Chairs, Possibly of the Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC English Assembled Pair of Regency Library Chairs, Possibly of the Period.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Gillows Mahogany Regency Period Library Chair
Located in Darwen, GB
A fine quality mahogany Regency period library chair by Gillows of Lancaster. The deep buttoned
Category
Antique 1820s Regency Armchairs
Wm IV Green Leather Gentleman
s Library Chair, England, c. 1840
Located in New York, NY
William IV Period Mahogany Gentleman's Library Chair in Dark Green Tufted Leather with Brass Nail
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Outstanding Quality Pair of Antique Leather Buttoned Back Library Chairs
Located in Stutton, GB
Outstanding quality pair of antique leather buttoned back library chairs, newly re-upholstered
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Set of 12 solid Walnut dining or library chairs
Located in Hollywood, CA
Set of 12 beautiful Walnut dining or library chairs. The solid Walnut chairs have been finished in
Category
Early 20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Quality William IV Carved Mahogany Leather Button Back Library Chair
Located in Stutton, GB
Quality William IV carved mahogany leather button back library chair having a quality carved
Category
20th Century European William IV Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany and Leather Upholstered
Horseshoe
Desk or Library Chair
Located in London, west Sussex
leather upholstered gentleman’s desk or library chair, having a ‘horseshoe’ shaped button upholstered back
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Georgian Style Carved Mahogany Library Chairs
Located in London, west Sussex
A superb quality pair of Georgian style carved mahogany library chairs with shaped and fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Library Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of large library or salon chairs, mahogany frame with exaggerated scrolled and carved arms in
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Armchairs
$8,900
Empire mahogany library chair.
Located in New York, NY
Fine Empire mahogany library tub chair, the broad top-rail with well-carved ram's head terminals on
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
English Regency Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional English Regency, Mahogany Library Armchair
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Edwardian Leather Library Chair
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
A leather upholstered library beechwood framed armchair in its original distressed but lived-in
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
French Leather Library Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
painted frame with leather upholstery
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
George III Pair of Mahogany and Leather Library Chairs
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A good George III pair of mahogany and leather library open armchairs in the Hepplewhite style; the
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Authentic pair of Gio Ponti High Back Library Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent pair of Gio Ponti High back arm chairs,beautifully upholstered in it's original apricot
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Wingback Chairs
Ambrose Heals, Heal
s
Son London, Oak Library Chair, 1920s
By Heal
s
Located in Warwickshire, GB
A solid oak library chair by Heal's
Son, sourced from a private residence in the Georgian
Category
Vintage 1920s Great Britain (UK) Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Oak
Antique English Low Open Armchair / Library Chair on Castors, 1890s
By Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Ely, GB
A Beautiful Well Proportioned and Good Quality, Late Victorian Open Armchair / Library Chair, in
Category
Antique 1890s British Country Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Georgian Mahogany Gainsborough Library Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome and elegant 18th century mahogany George III period library or Gainsborough chair. Great
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair Red Wingback Library Chairs
Located in Culver City, CA
pair of faux red leather wingback chairs with new alpaca cushions.
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Pair of Desk/Library Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
desk chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Armchairs
$4,400 / set
19th Century Leather Library Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
loose cushion. The chair is in remarkably good condition for its age and incredibly comfortable.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of Upholstered Library Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of scroll back armchairs with carved arm supports and legs. Can be sold individually.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
George III Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Darlington, GB
A superb George III Mahogany Armchair, with fine detail throughout, C.1760.
The carved and pierced armrests above an overstuffed serpentine shape seat, on blind fret carved forelegs...
Category
Antique 18th Century British George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Oak Pugin Library Chair
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good and useful oak library or desk chair in the style of AWN Pugin, reupholstered by us in a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Regency Period Mahogany Framed Library Chair
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A neat Regency Period Mahogany framed Library or Drawing room chair. Typical Regency design. The
Category
Antique 1810s British Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
George II Style Metamorphic Library Chairs
Located in Darlington, GB
transforming into library steps with shaped solid backs above hinged seats resting on cabriole legs, with inset
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European George II Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
$2,724 / set
French Empire Style Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
French Empire style mahogany library armchair with bronze mounts, nailhead trim, and upholstered
Category
Late 20th Century Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Goncalo Alves Library Chairs
Located in Avington, Hampshire
A fine pair of side chairs in goncalo alves (albuera wood) circa 1825. Later retailed by (and
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Pair of Victorian Mahogany LIbrary Chairs
Located in London, GB
Carved legs and arm supports, and upholstered in Moroccan leather.
In country house worn condition as pictured.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George I Style Mahogany Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
Original black leather upholstery with aged brass nailheads on mahogany cabriole legs with shepard crook arms.
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Chippendale Style Library Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mahogany frames fully upholstered backs and seats. Blind fretwork on legs and pierced stretcher.
Padded arms.
Category
Early 20th Century British Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$6,500 / set
A fine pair of French Empire Revival mahogany
ormolu library chairs.
Located in Darwen, GB
A fine pair of French Empire Revival mahogany & ormolu library chairs. Each constructed using the
Category
Antique 1880s Victorian Armchairs
English 19th Century Mahogany
Brass Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Mahogany Rail Back Gentleman's Library Arm Chair, with Brass Corner Accents, Raised on
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Brass
PAIR of Antique English Mahogany Library Chairs
Located in Port Chester, NY
A PAIR of smart,classic English antique library desk chairs, beautifully shaped. The mahogany has
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Pair of Italian Midcentury Lounge / Library Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian High back library-LoungeArmchairs.
Manner of marco zanuso
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Armchairs
#3858 Single
Arts and Crafts
Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
Sophisticated single arm chair in the "Arts and Crafts" style. Oak wood frame with medium/dark
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Armchairs
Materials
Oak, Upholstery
Pair of Mahogany Square Back Library Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of midcentury square back mahogany chairs adorned with gold metal rosettes and brass caster
Category
Vintage 1970s Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$2,850 / set
19th Century English Blue Velvet Upholstered Library Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
English upholstered library armchair with brass nailhead trim, circa 19th century. The chair also
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Victorian Mahogany Very Comfortable Library Chair c. 1820
Located in Heathfield, GB
A handsome and comfortable solid mahogany framed Regency library arm chair with original and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
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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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