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A Rare Pair of Oversized Edwardian Rosewood Caned Library Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A rare pair of oversized Edwardian rosewood caned library chairs on castor.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood, Cane
Midcentury Mahogany Regency Style Barrel Library Chair with Faux Bamboo Legs
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Handsome vintage mahogany Regency style barrel back library chair with faux bamboo legs. Features
Category
Vintage 1950s American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
English Regency Style Leather Library Chair on Brass Casters
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
An impressive English Regency style open arm tufted leather library chair on brass casters in
Category
1990s American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Style Tufted Blue Library Chairs
By Schafer Brothers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive pair of tufted blue library chairs made in the English regency taste. Features a
Category
20th Century American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
$2,500 / set
Pair of Regency Library Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional pair of regency cove back mahogany library chairs, the backs being of figured
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Armchairs
Pr. of English Carved Mahogany
Walnut Victorian Library Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
a pair of finely carved and turned library chairs, the curved and molded backrests continuing to
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
19th c. English Regency Library Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome leather armchair, circa1830. Rosewood with brass inlay detail on front. Beautifully worn and aged leather upholstery.
Category
20th Century British Bergere Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Pair of George II Style Walnut Swivel Library Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of English George II style walnut swivel library chairs upholstered in original caramel
Category
Antique Early 1900s English George II Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Rare Rosewood Metamorphic Library Chair by Charlotte Horstmann
By Charlotte Horstmann
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Hong Kong colonial rosewood library chair copied from a 19th century piece by noted custom
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Carved Walnut and Tapestry Library Chair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French carved walnut and tapestry library chair
This beautiful carved walnut chair, it come
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Colonial Revival Armchairs
A pair of 19th century mahogany and brass inlaid library chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of 19th century mahogany and brass inlaid library chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Pair of Library Chairs in Velvet, England, circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Pair of Library Chairs in Velvet, England, circa 1910
Low, angled form, newly upholstered in
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Library Chair in Cotton Jacquard Blend from House of Hackney
Located in Culver City, CA
Library chair in cotton Jacquard Blend from House of Hackney
England circa 1850
Low reading
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Jacquard, Walnut
20th Century Classic English Library Chair Reupholstered in Grey Wool Fabric
Located in Wainscott, NY
Early 20th century classic English library chair reupholstered in grey wool fabric.
Completely
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Wool
A similar pair of French Napoleon III library chairs circa 1860
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A similar pair of French Napoleon III library chairs resting in ebonized turned feet circa 1860.
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
MOUSEMAN LIBRARY CHAIR
Located in New York, NY
OAK CHAIR DESIGNED AND MADE BY ROBERT THOMPSON, YORKSHIRE
Category
Vintage 1930s British Armchairs
Materials
Oak
$12,000
Georgian Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
chair features lovely, but subtle details including gracious, slightly curved arms with small carved
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Armchairs
$6,400
English Library Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
George III style caned and upholstered arm chair. Mahogany with Satinwood inlay detail. Cushions
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$1,875
19th Century Victorian Antique Mahogany Carved Library Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality 19th century Victorian antique mahogany carved library chair having a glorious quality
Category
Antique 19th Century English Early Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Other
Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Black Lacquered Library Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique 19th century Victorian carved black lacquered library chairs, with lovely carved
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Library Chair in Velvet Fabric by Pierre Frey, England circa 1890
By La Maison Pierre Frey
Located in Culver City, CA
Library Chair in Velvet Fabric by Pierre Frey
England circa 1890
Newly reupholstered, Barley
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
Pair of English 1870s Cane and Oak Library Chairs with Cushions and Casters
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English oak library chairs from the late 19th century, with cane and custom cushions
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Brass
19th century Georgian Simulated Rosewood Library chair
Located in Malton, GB
quality and beautifully designed Georgian period library chair. It is simulated rosewood which is a
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Neoclassical Regency Style Armchairs or Library Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable pair of Regency style armchairs or library chairs with neoclassical styling cues
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Chenille-Upholstered Library Chair
Located in Astoria, NY
Gray chenille upholstered library arm chair, the buttoned back, arms, and seat fully upholstered
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Fine Regency Library Chair
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century ebonized and gilded library armchair, without swept arms, curved back and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Armchairs
Arts
Crafts Library Chair Attributed to Charles Bevan with Green Leather
By Charles Bevan
Located in London, GB
An Arts & Crafts oak library chair, the frame inset with motifs throughout, the chair upholstered
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Oak
George III Library Chair
Located in London, GB
Of good proportions with rectangular back and seat on square tapering legs terminating in brass castors.
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$5,757
Regency Gilt Library Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A unique Regency style upholstered armchair, the upholstered back with a guilloche carved arched top rail and sides above an acanthus baton arm with Lion carved terminals on bellflow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$9,360 / item
Tall Back Library Chair
Located in Culver City, CA
newly upholstered in vintage wool horse blanket
Category
Antique 19th Century French Country Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Wool
$4,200
Late Regency Library Chair in Original Tufted Leather, England, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare late English Regency, George IV; William IV period library chair with original caramel
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Classic Blue Ralph Lauren-Style Leather-Tufted Library Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful shade of prussian blue leather, tufted on inside seat and back, smooth on other side. Mahogany legs and capped feet with brass casters.
Handsome nailhead detailing. Attr...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century English William IV Mahogany Hand Dyed Leather Library Chair
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV hand dyed green leather library chair. Upholstered in good
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Set of 4 19th Century English
Gainsborough
Library Chairs
Located in Hanover, MA
Classic and robust, these genteel English staples are perfectly suited for your library or the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Open Arm Library Chair in linen fabric by James Malone, England circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Open Arm Library Chair in linen fabric by James Malone
England circa 1910
Newly upholstered in
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Linen, Upholstery, Wood
A Pair Of 19th Century Arts And Crafts Oak Elbow Library Chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Here We Have A Fine Pair Of Light Oak Library Chairs Very Much Of The Arts And Crafts Movement
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
19th Century English Open Arm Library Chair Upholstered In Wool
Located in Southampton, GB
Open Arm Library Chair.
Recently expertly upholstered in a soft, herringbone wool fabric.
Original
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Wool
Howard Style Open Arm Library Chair in Embroidered Fabric by Pierre Frey, c.1890
By Jean-Pierre Frey
Located in Culver City, CA
Howard Style Open Arm Library Chair in Embroidered Fabric by Pierre Frey
England circa 1890
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
English Regency Leather Library Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine English library armchair on turned from legs with inset sabre legs in rosewood, circa 1815
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of oak and leather arts and crafts library chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of oak and leather arts and crafts armchairs circa 1890.
Good quality pair of library chairs
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair of Leather Library Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two original leather chairs with velvet feather seat cushion
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Velvet
Period English Regency Library Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
a period English Regency armchair with mahogany faux bamboo frame, caned seat, sides, and back, with olive green leather button-tufted cushions, brass castors on front legs, England,...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
19th Century Ladies Library Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
Green leather buttoned upholstered armchair, the frame profusely carved with leaf and flowers having cabriole front terminating in brass castors.
Dimensions:
Height 35 inches heigh...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Tufted Burgundy Leather Pair of Bernhardt Nailhead Wingback Library Chairs
By Bernhardt
Located in West Hartford, CT
Grand, welcoming and wonderful leather wingback club chairs from the late 20th century, by
Category
Vintage 1980s American Chesterfield Wingback Chairs
Materials
Brass
Vintage Crate
Barrel Brielle Wingback Nailhead Arm Club Library Chair
By Crate
Barrel
Located in Dayton, OH
An over scaled paisley print makes the Brielle wing chair an instant statement piece for the living
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Wingback Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Stunning Upholstered Highly Carved Gainsborough George the Second Library Chair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful 18th century American George the 2nd library / high carved Gainsborough chair. Chair is
Category
Antique 18th Century American American Classical Office Chairs and Desk ...
Antique Gothic Revival Metamorphic Oak Library Chair, A.W. Pugin, circa 1860
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Gothic Revival Arts & Crafts metamorphic oak library steps/chair, A.W. Pugin, circa 1860
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Chairs
Materials
Oak
A William IV Oak Library Chair
Located in Conwy, GB
A highly original 19th century oak library armchair in the manner of J.c.Loudon.
Raised on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of mahogany framed library chairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of 19th-century library armchairs. The chairs, each being upholstered in green with button
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$6,648 / set
Exceptional Pair of Georgian Library Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely pair of mid-18th century Georgian library armchairs of classic and elegant proportions
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of Chippendale Library Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine pair of George III mahogany Gainsborough arm chairs with blind fret carved supports, openwork
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Pair of Wingback Tufted Library Chairs
Located in North Miami, FL
Great!
Category
Vintage 1940s American Armchairs
Pair of British Colonial Library Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique Victorian British Colonial armchairs crafted in oak with a dark lush finish and designed for comfort featuring hand carved frames with scrolled arms supported by turn...
Category
Antique 19th Century English British Colonial Armchairs
Materials
Oak
$12,000 / set
Unusual George III Mahogany Library Chair
Located in London, GB
With turned tapering uprights and legs, terminating in brass caps and casters,
circa 1790.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Wingback Library Chair in Green Pierre Frey Mohair, England late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century English wingchair in Green Pierre Frey Teddy Mohair (Mousse)
England, circa 1880
Newly upholstered with period finish on the legs.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Sheraton Wingback Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Upholstery, Wood
Regency Mahogany Library Chair by Gillows English, circa 1815
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency mahogany library chair by Gillows, the slender, shaped scroll back integral with the
Category
Antique 1810s English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of George II Walnut Library Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of George II carved walnut library arm chairs with ball and claw feet, shell carved apron and
Category
Antique 19th Century English George II Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$10,500 / set
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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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