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Easy Chair in Wood with Button Velvet, Yellow, Green, Mustard, 1950s
Located in Retie, BE
, Slipper chair, Lounge chair, Relax chair or Library chair
is made from Wood with Velvet seating with
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Late Georgian Bergère Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4031 Georgian simulated rosewood bergère library chair, having curved top rail with scrolled arms
Category
Antique 1820s English George III Armchairs
19th Century Irish Mahogany Library Armchair
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Irish, Mahogany Library armchair
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
Uniquely designed single Biedermeier library wingchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Uniquelly designed Biedermeier barrel-back library wingchair. Veneered with walnut on pine. Front
Category
Antique 19th Century Wingback Chairs
Howard
Sons Armchairs Set of Eleven Boardroom Dining Library Gainsborough
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Set of Eleven
Gainsborough
Library chair
Boardroom chair
Dining chair
Leather
Oak
Investment
Practical
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Regency Gillows "Spanish" Library Armchair in Deep Ox Blood Buttoned Leather
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
extremely comfortable and would make a perfect reading or library chair, but also being such a decorative
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Library Armchair
Located in New York, NY
and scrolled arms flanking a caned seat opening with a replaced catch to reveal a library ladder of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
19th Century Victorian Leather Wing Back Library Armchair on Brass Castors
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
Fantastically decorative Victorian leather wing armchair, or library armchair with those beautiful
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Wingback Chairs
Materials
Leather
19th Century English Regency Caned Klismos Library Armchair with Leather Cushion
By William Wilkinson
Located in Richmond, London
A fine Regency period simulated rosewood library tub Bergere, of Klismos form, attributed to
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Bergere Chairs
Materials
Brass
Lirbrary Arm Chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Hand carved library arm chair, buttoned leather back and seat, with brass nail head trim, scroll
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chairs
Materials
Hardwood, Leather
$1,650
Early 19th Century French Empire Barrel Back Armchairs in Walnut with Leather
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
Fantastic and rare pair of early 19th century French Empire barrel back library chairs, desk chairs
Category
Antique 1830s French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Georgian Gothic Chippendale Tan Leather Desk Armchair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Richmond, London
desk or library chair.
Rare in this form and condition.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Leather Club Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Very large and deep Victorian library club chair (in the style of Howard and Sons) with turned
Category
Antique 19th Century English Club Chairs
Materials
Brass
Georgian-Style Leather Wing Chair, England, c. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Georgian-Style Gentleman's Library Wing Chair in Burgundy Tufted Leather with Down Cushion, Brass
Category
Early 20th Century English Wingback Chairs
Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Gainsborough Design Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Heathfield, GB
natural color and sheen. Made in the style of an 18th century Gainsborough or library chair
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
LIBRARY ARM CHAIR
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, MID-18TH CENTURY LIBRARY ARM CHAIR HAVING A CURVED BACK OVER SHAPED SEAT
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
$9,800
19th C Desk Chair
Located in Hudson, NY
Handsome and comfortable library or desk chair in brown leather and mahogany, with deep curved back
Category
Antique 19th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
$5,800
library arm chair
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, MID-18TH CENTURY, LIBRARL ARM CHAIR, HAVING A CURVED BACK OVER SHAPED SEAT
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
$13,500
Regency Metamorphic Arm Chair, C 1815
Located in New York, NY
A Regency mahogany metamorphic library arm chair / folding steps. Metamorphic furniture was
Category
20th Century English Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Harrison Library Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Harrison Library Arm Chair in Distressed Brown Leather with Nail Head Trim
24"W x 24"D x 33
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs
Georgian Library Arm Chair
Located in Roswell, GA
Late Georgian mahogany library arm chair with acanthus leaf 'knees'. Ball & Claw feet. Mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Fabric
Georgian Library Arm Chair
Located in Roswell, GA
Late Georgian mahogany library arm chair with acanthus leaf 'knees' ball and claw feet. Mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Fabric
Antique English Small Button-Back Open Armchair on Brass 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 Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of Library Arm Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of high grade vinyl library arm chairs with brass nail head trim on cators.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Armchairs
Materials
Wood, PVC
Edwardian Library or Reading Chair
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
Edwardian Library or reading chair, mahogany frame ready for re-upholstrey.
Book holder on
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Belle Epoque Period Carved Oak Armchair, France circa 1890
Located in Houston, TX
A distinctive carved oak library chair from France c. 1890. The barrel shape of this chair lends it
Category
Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Citrine Vintage Velvet Wingback Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
Tall with modern clean lines, perfect reading chair in Library or your living room. Legs are
Category
Vintage 1940s American Wingback Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Victorian Bobbin Turned Library Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany Bobbin Turned Library Arm Chair, England, c. 1860 - Newly Caned Seat and Muslin Arm Rests
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair George III Giltwood Bergeres, Circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
examples of club chairs, fauteuils, library, Gainsborough and bergeres on our web site, florianpapp.com
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George III Bergere Chairs
Rare German Biedermeier library wing chair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Well proportioned, comfortable German Biedermeier library wing chair in honey-coloured walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Distinguished Pair Dutch Beechwood Bergeres. Circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
bergeres.
Dutch, late 18th century
See similar examples of club chairs, fauteuils, library
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
19th c English library/desk chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th c. beautifully faded mahogany (honey color) library/desk chair with buttoned uphostered raised
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Leather
An early Victorian Library/arm chair
Located in Sundridge, GB
On turned oak legs with original brass castors and with the original frame and horse hair upholstery having recently been recovered in linen.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs
19th Century English Library Reading Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality, 19th century English reading armchair, having been recently reupholstered by us, retaining the original adjustable reading brass arm, that can be taken out.
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Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
PAIR 19TH C LIBRARY LEATHER ARM CHAIRS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair 19th Century Library leather Arm chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Leather
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Large George III Walnut Gainsborough Chair with Original Fretwork c. 1760
Located in Heathfield, GB
A good solid walnut early George III library chair made by hand in c. 1760 and in excellent
Category
Antique 18th Century George III Armchairs
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Metamorphic Chinese Export Chair and Library Steps
Located in Essex, MA
A beautifully made chair which converts into library steps, also known as a metamorphic chair, in
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Regency Walnut Library Easy Chairs
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
Pair of chairs made in American walnut with carved walnut roundels and reeded frames with
Category
Antique 1820s British Armchairs
Regency Style Mahogany Metamorphic Arm Chair Library Steps
Located in Louisville, KY
caned seat opening to embossed leather steps.
Category
20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Fine English Regency Style Mahogany Library or Club Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fine English Regency style mahogany library or club chair having beautifully carved frame with warm
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Victorian Tufted Library / Club Chairs (2 available)
Located in San Francisco, CA
We where very happy to find two of these chairs. We think that this piece was made early in the
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Elegant and Fine George III Library Wing Chair c. 1760
Located in Heathfield, GB
A wonderfully elegant and high quality Georgian winged library or desk chair with a solid mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Upholstered Library
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Upholstered Library
Chair with Turned Front Legs
Original Vintage
Category
Vintage 1950s French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of George III Mahogany Library Armchairs (Gainsborough Chairs) Circa 1750
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in New York, NY
1750
See similar examples of club chairs, fauteuils, library, Gainsborough and bergeres on our web
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George III Armchairs
Antique Armchair Button Back Victorian Mahogany Salon Chair Library 19th Century
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A beautiful Victorian mahogany button-back library armchair with shepherd crook pad upholstered
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Georgian Library Armchair. Circa 1755
Located in New York, NY
of Gainsboroughs, library and desk chairs, fauteuils and bergeres on our web site, florianpapp.com
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Library or Desk Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Pair of mahogany library or desk chairs with leather upholstered hoop backs.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Superb Satinwood and Hand Painted Chinoiserie Cockpen Armchair c. 1900
Located in Heathfield, GB
Chippendale design.
This will work as a desk or library chair and give good service for centuries to come
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Satinwood
Pair of Large-Scale Regency Style Library Armchairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of generously porportioned regency style mahogany library armchairs. The chairs with green
Category
20th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Tufted Leather Chair
Located in New York, NY
An English Tufted Barrel Library
Chair in Green Leather. Beginning of the 20th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Regency Metamorphic Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Regency carved mahogany metamorphic library arm chair, having concave crest with applied boss
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Cane
Leather Wing Chair
Located in New York, NY
A Small Scale Leather Library Wing Chair with Turned Front Legs and Nailhead Trim, English, Late
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$5,800
GAINSBOROUGH ARM CHAIR
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY, CARVED LIBRARY (GAINSBOROUGH) ARM CHAIR, BLIND FRET
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
$29,000
Antique arm chair
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A high backed walnut framed library arm chair with out swept carved arms, serpentine front seat
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Armchairs
$2,116
Glastonbury Gothic Arm Chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Gothic Chair perfect for library or study. Also suitable as game chair.
known as Glastonbury Chair.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Gainsborough Style Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
around your home. They can be used in a library setting as reading chairs, in the drawing room as
Category
Vintage 1930s English Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Antique Captains Chairs
Located in Lancashire, GB
Pair of English Antique Captains Chairs.
A good pair of unusually designed, 19th century antique
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
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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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