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William IV library Chair by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Northwich, GB
A fine William IV mahogany library arm chair attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, recently
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British William IV Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Late 19th Century Mahogany Library Chairs
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Pair of late 19th century mahogany reading chairs
This pair of 19th century mahogany and leather
Category
Antique 1880s English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Irish George II Walnut Library Chair, circa 1750
Located in Dallington, East Sussex
A fine and rare mid-18th century walnut framed elbow chair of Irish origin and made in circa 1750
Category
Antique 1750s Irish George II Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
William IV Mahogany Bergere Armchair or Library Chair
Located in Sundridge, GB
This chair is a lovely shape and very comfortable. It has a re-pholstered high quality suede seat
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
A Pair Of George II Mahogany Library Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Each rectangular back with serpentine crest rail, issuing padded arm rests above molded downswept supports; raised on front foliate carved cabriole legs and splayed rear legs with la...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
French Barrel-Back Library Chair Upholstered in Leather
Located in Long Island City, NY
The barrel shaped back on a reeded and scrolled mahogany back support on a circular tufted seat supported by two leaf carved serpentine form front on casters and two straight rear le...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
A comfortable pair of 19th century English library chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very comfortable pair of 19th century English library armchairs in hand dyed leather and turned
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Pair of Early 19th C. English Leather Upholstered Library Chairs
Located in East Hampton, NY
A very special pair of 19th Century library barrel armchairs with elegant rolled arms on turned and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Antique Leather Armchairs Pair Library Chairs Victorian Mahogany Button Back
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A stunning pair of antique Victorian gentleman's leather button back armchairs, circa 1870 with lush green leather upholstery and brass stud work, raised on turned legs with casters,...
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Blue Leather Upholstered Cockfighter
s Chair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Blue Leather Upholstered Library Chair
Category
Early 20th Century Chairs
A Good George IV Pair of Walnut and Leather Library Chairs
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A good George IV pair of walnut and leather library arm chairs with parcel gilt decoration newly
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Armchairs
George IV Leather and Walnut Arm or Library Chair, circa 1830
Located in Sundridge, GB
A good and very comfortable leather arm chair. This chair is covered in fine old hide and was re
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Pair of mid 19th century mahogany bergeres or library chairs Circa 1860
Located in Sundridge, GB
These chairs have nicely curved backs and reeded frames. They have seat and cushions newly
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Cane
Victorian Wing back chair
Located in New Rochelle, NY
velvet material or reupholstered. Makes a nice library chair.
Category
Early 20th Century American Wingback Chairs
Materials
Wood
Exceptional William IV Bergère Chair in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4395, superb quality and very elegant William IV, bergère library chair, having curved top rail
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Bergere Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
Pair of English Wing Back Chairs, covered in Faux Lizard
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of large English Wing Back / Library chairs, covered in a chocolate/cocoa faux lizard
Category
English Club Chairs
Materials
Cherry
Gentleman
s Tufted Leather Arm Chair, England, c. 1875
Located in New York, NY
Gentleman's Tufted Leather Desk/Library Chair with Padded Arms Supported by Turned Spindles, Brass
Category
Antique 19th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
William IV Caned Bergere
Located in London, GB
Scroll arm library chair in faux rosewood painted onto beech wood. Supported by fluted front legs
Category
20th Century British George III Bergere Chairs
Materials
Beech, Cane
$2,663
19th Century English, Caned Library Armchair
Located in New York, NY
19th Century English Caned Library Chair
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
English William iv Mahogany Library Bergere Chair, circa 1820
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
.
Originally used as library chairs these have always been very popular in the home as reading chairs.
They
Category
Antique 1820s European William IV Bergere Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Library Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Regency Mahogany Open Library Chair on Casters with Scrolled Back and Winged Sides; The chair
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Upholstery
George III Mahogany Gainsborough Library Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
George III mahogany Gainsborough library chair upholstered in blue and cream striped close-nailed
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Early Victorian Library Reading Chair in Floral Chenille
Located in Tarleton, GB
Original Victorian Library Chair
Elegant antique chair with lovely proportions.
This is a
Category
Antique 1840s British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Ceramic, Chenille, Yew
Pair of 19th Century English Library Armchairs in Leather
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A smart pair of mid-19th century English library chairs in dark green buttoned leather with brass
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Leather Library Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
An outstanding 19th Century roll-back mahogany library chair upholstered in rich tobacco-colored
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Pair of Arm Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Regency Mahogany Library Chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$6,750
PAIR of English Low Chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair of unusual low slung English library chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Anglo Colonial Regency Period Ebony Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Fine Regency Anglo Indian Ebony Carved Library Chair, Mid19th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Ebony
English Barrel back chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
library chair
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Pair of Dark Chocolate Brown, Leather Napoleon III, French Library Armchairs
Located in Kent, GB
A pair of Napoleon III antique French library chairs, newly upholstered with sumptuous chocolate
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Art Deco Chair
Located in London, GB
Harry and Lou Epstein (1895-1970)
An Art Deco Office or Library Chair.
Beautiful Faceted walnut
Category
Mid-20th Century British Armchairs
$1,980
Large Georgian Revival Library Armchair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Antique library chair standing on tall ball and claw feet. This chair is a large size with good
Category
Early 20th Century British Armchairs
19th C Spoon Back Chair
Located in Hudson, NY
Ebonized and painted spoon back library chair, last quarter 19th century, with turned legs with
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Armchairs
$1,800
Antique English Leather library armchair
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Regency Mahogany English Library Chair. Reupholstered in luxurious chestnut brown leather, this chair
Category
Antique 1830s British Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Howard
Sons Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough Chair
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chair dating to circa 1890, the chair has
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
New England Federal Period Library Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
library chair may have been originally made for a lady; likely in Connecticut, but possibly elsewhere in
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Federal Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
William IV Adjustable Arm Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome reclining library chair with shaped back frame and scroll arm supports over turned and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Black Leather Library Wing Back Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Very elegant masculine beautifully aged...a familly heirloom...black leather wingback chair
Category
Vintage 1950s American Wingback Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Howard
Sons Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough Chair
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chairs dating to circa 1890, the chairs
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Howard
Sons Dining Chairs Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons set of six solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chairs dating to circa 1890
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
George III Period Mahogany Framed Bergère Chair Upholstered in Cowhide
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A good late George III period mahogany framed bergère/library chair. Fully upholstered in cowhide
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Armchairs
Howard
Sons Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough Chair
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chairs dating to circa 1890, the chairs
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Howard
Sons Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough Chair
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chairs dating to circa 1890, the chairs
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Elegant Vintage Turquoise Leather Library Reading Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Weathered leather tufted arm chair a traditional piece in a very bold and beautiful color
Category
Vintage 1950s American Club Chairs
Materials
Metal
Howard
Sons Dining Chairs Armchair Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Howard & Sons solid oak Gainsborough library or boardroom chairs dating to circa 1890, the chairs
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian Walnut and Leather Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A bold adaptation of a Regency library chair executed in beautifully figured European walnut and
Category
Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Cane
19th Century Mahogany Library Desk Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
A handsome Mahogany Library Desk Chair with an upholstered seat and a gleaming rich patina.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
English Country House Victorian Red Leather Library Reading Chair
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Victorian leather reading chair
This Victorian leather reading chair was made circa 1860
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Victorian Rosewood Adjustable Armchair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Victorian Rosewood And inlaid Adjustable Library Chair. In the manner Of Robert Daws, With Pull Out
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
PAIR Early Victorian Mahogany Library Armchairs circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
.
English, Circa 1850
See similar examples of library chairs, armchairs, and bergeres on our website
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
A pair of English Library armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of English Library armchairs, black and gold leaf, caned seat, late XIXth Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chairs
Victorian Leather Library Armchair
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Victorian leather library armchair
Middle of the 19th century library armchair with rosewood
Category
Antique 1840s British Victorian Club Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Set of 3 Library or Office Chairs
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5166 Fine quality and very unusual set of 3, early Victorian oak and walnut desk chairs, each
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Regency Library Desk Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
An early 19th Century mahogany open armchair with curved top rail, scrolled armrests, reeded legs with ring turnings and a drop-in seat upholstered in beige linen.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Linen
William IV Library Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
A hand carved highly polished dark mahogany, lyre framed, upholstered arm chair on its original
Category
Antique 19th Century English Lounge Chairs
Regency Style Ebonized Sabre Leg Library Armchairs
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, large 1960s sabre leg Regency style ebonized library armchairs with brass
Category
20th Century English Regency Chairs
Mid 19th Century Neo-Classical Library Desk Chair
Located in Hudson, NY
The chair with burled walnut and ebonized decoration. The back-splat with carved foliate decoration
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Neoclassical Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
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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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