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Pr of Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pr of Green Nubby Chenille 2 part open arm chairs.The body of chair lifts out of the frame.They are
Category
Vintage 1940s European Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$1,200
Arm Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century Dutch Colonial Carved Open Arm Chair ( 2 available, priced and sold separately )
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Armchairs
$1,100
PAIR - Chippendale Manner Open-Arm Fauteuils
Located in Woodbury, CT
A rare PAIR of hand-carved black lacquered and gilded open arm chairs with French feet; in their
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Arm Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Shanghai Carved Scholar's Cap Open Arm Chair ( 1 of pair priced and sold
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
$1,750
Leather Arm Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
Louis XVI style open arm chair, painted wood with green leather upholstery, 27" wide seat
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Faux Bamboo Arm Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Mid Century Faux Bamboo Black Lacquered Metal Open Arm Chair with Custom Upholstery
Category
20th Century Armchairs
$1,250
Pair of 18th Century Arm Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of carved and painted open arm chairs, 18th century
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
George III Style English Arm Chair
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking and comfortable George III style open arm chair
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
PAIR OF ENGLISH ARM CHAIRS
Located in Hudson, NY
A PAIR OF OPEN ARM CHAIRS WITH FLORAL DECORATION ACROSS THE BACK, NEW UPHOLSTERED.
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Napoleon 3rd Arm chairs
Located in Tacoma, WA
Pair of Napoleon 3rd open arm chairs. Small gilt bronze mounts and ormolu decoration. Original
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$8,495
Scholar
s Cap Arm Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century, Q'ing Dynasty Southern Elm Carved and Lacquered Scholar's Cap Open Arm Chair
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
$1,750
Pair of Biedermeier Arm Chairs
Located in Montecito, CA
A pair of generously sized open arm chairs. Wood is a warm burled fruit wood, probably walnut.
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th Century Swedish painted and upholstered open arm chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Armchairs
Scottish Victorian Mahogany Club Gent
s Open-Arm Parlor Chair
Located in Vancouver, BC
- $775.00
- Scotland, 1880
- Solid mahogany open arm chair
- Upholstered seat and back
Category
Antique 1890s Scottish Late Victorian Armchairs
Vintage Neoclassic style arm chair
Located in Somerville, MA
A.H.Davenport and Co. decoratively painted maple Neoclassic style open arm chair with caned seat
Category
Early 20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Maple, Paint
Shanxi Scholar
s Cap Arm Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Early 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Shanxi Scholar's Cap Open Arm Chair ( 1 0f pair, priced and sold
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Italian Walnut Arm Chairs
Located in Tacoma, WA
Good pair of Northern Italian walnut open arm chairs.
Very commodious scale and very
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
pair of Arm Chairs With Painted Finish
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Small scale pair of open arm chairs with older distressed finish exposed gesso and gold
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Swedish Neoclassic Arm Chair
Located in Somerville, MA
An outstanding period open arm chair with hand carved Neoclassic detail througout. The finish is
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Paint
X Frame Arm Chair
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A oak X framed open arm chair with original leather and close stud work.
Continental late 19th
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Pair of Large Scale Louis XVI Style Painted Arm Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A LARGE, BEAUTIFULLY CARVED PAIR OF OPEN ARM CHAIRS IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE NOW DARK PAINTED
Category
Early 20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Silk, Upholstery
Pair Late 19th C. Italian LXIV Style Arm Chairs (GMD#1513)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair - Late 19th C. LXIV Style Carved Walnut, Parcel Gilt & Leather Upholstered Open Arm Chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Pair of French Arm Chairs with painted finish
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Highly decorative pair of early 20th C painted and parcel gilt finely carved open arm chairs in the
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Horseshoe Back Open Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Scholar's Horseshoe Back Open Arm Chair(1 of pair priced and sold separately)
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Circa 1810 Italian Silver Arm Chair Estate of Mrs. Harry Winston
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Incredible Italian silver gilt open arm chair with a fabulous patina. Circa 1810. From the estate
Category
20th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
Neoclassical Style Arm Chair in Old, Distressed Painted Surface
Located in Essex, MA
A well proportioned neoclassical style open arm chair in old, distressed ebonized surface, with
Category
Early 20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Bamboo Scholar
s Open Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century Q'ing Dynasty Beijing Wrapped Bamboo Scholar's Open Arm Chair ( pair available
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Bamboo Scholar
s Open Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Beijing Pierced and Wrapped Bamboo Scholar's Cap Open Arm Chair (1 of
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Materials
Bamboo
Venetian Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tall back Venetian open arm chair
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
$10,500
Pair of Biedermeier Birch Bergere Armchairs
Located in Armadale, Victoria
Pair of Flame birch Biedermeier Bergere open arm chairs. A striking pair of Swedish arm chairs with
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swedish Biedermeier Chairs
Materials
Birch
$4,500 / set
Rare Early 20th Century English Carved Arm Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved solid walnut English open-arm chair. Gorgeous turned wood legs with one original brass cap
Category
Early 20th Century English Armchairs
Elegant Pair 40
s Lacquered Ribbon Back Armchairs
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of ribbon back open arm chairs, lacquered in a high gloss chinese chippendale red
Category
Vintage 1940s American Club Chairs
SET OF FOUR [4] LOUIS 15TH STYLE ARM CHAIRS
Located in Hudson, NY
SET OF FOUR [4] LOUIS 15TH STYLE CARVED WALNUT OPEN ARM CHAIRS.
WITH GREAT CARVING, AND JUST
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
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Pair of Chairs Biedermeier Style
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great pair of open arm chairs with dolphin motif.
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Wood
18thC Maltese Arm Antique Chair in the Louis XV Style
Located in Vancouver, BC
A genuine mid 18thC Maltese deeply carved olive-wood open arm chair of large scale in the full
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Maltese Armchairs
Materials
Olive
Pair of 20th Century Tufted Leather Open Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 20th century English leather tufted open arm chairs with an h-shaped cross stretcher. The
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Pair of Louis XVI Chairs
Located in Tacoma, WA
Beautifully scaled pair of French open arm chairs. Original paint.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
$7,500
Pr of Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French scalloped back open arm chairs. Newly upholstered.Seat height is 18"
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$1,400
19th C Louis XIV Style Brown Leather Walnut Chair
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful Brown leather and walnut open arm chair
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
McKay American Lounge Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very comfortable open arm chair
Newly upholstered in leather
Manufactured by McKay
Category
Vintage 1930s American Armchairs
Pair of Art Deco Chairs
Located in Toronto, ON
Open Arm Chair. Solid wood and Original Upholstery in Short Velvet
Original condition
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
$2,800
Scholar
s Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Mid 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Carved Elm 4 Part Scholar's Open Arm Chair(1 of pair priced and sold
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
$2,400
Beechwood Chair with rope Webbing
Located in San Francisco, CA
One open-arm chair possibly attributed to Audoux-Minet; constructed of a curved beechwood frame and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Materials
Beech
Faux Bamboo Horseshoe Backed Scholar
s Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Faux Bamboo Scholar's Horseshoe Backed Open Arm Chair(pair available priced
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Two Assembled George III Open Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Two great English mahogany assembled open arm chairs. Ca 1820
One with carved arm 28 inches with
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Linen, Cotton, Upholstery
Empire Chairs Mahogany
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 4 Empire mahogany open arm chairs un-upholstered, exposed beauty of 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
SET OF FOUR FRENCH 1940
S LIMED OAK (CERUSE) ARM CHAIRS
Located in San Francisco, CA
A SET OF FOUR FLAMBOYANT FRENCH 1940'S LIMED OAK (CERUSE) UPHOLSTERED OPEN ARM CHAIRS (FAUTEUILS
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Swedish Open Arm Art Moderne Chairs
Located in Richmond, VA
Swedish open-armed barrel-backed chairs in birch on a base finished with rosewood banding and arms
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Chairs
Late 19th Century Giltwood Fauteuil
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
original gilding now tired.
A fauteuil is a style of open-arm chair with a primarily exposed wooden
Category
Antique 19th Century British Wingback Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Belgian Open Arm Lounge Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of open armed chairs with turned wood legs. Upholstered in linen.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Regency Style Neoclassical Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Upholstered Arm Chair
Located in Essex, MA
A Regency neoclassical style open arm chair, ebonized wood with parcel-gilt decoration, the
Category
Vintage 1920s American Regency Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Chairs by Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Armadale, Victoria
Pair of teak open-arm chairs. These chairs are superb quality. The designer has featured exposed
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Teak
French Walnut Large Fauteuil
Located in Tacoma, WA
Country French walnut large open arm chair. From Provence.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Walnut Armchair
Located in Midlothian, VA
Fine Biedermeier Walnut Open Arm Chair of a Rare Form
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Open Arm Lounge Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
These vintage chairs have sophisticated sleek wood frames. Newly painted black semi gloss. New
Category
20th Century Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
Bamboo Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century Q'ing Dynasty Beijing Bamboo Open Arm Chair
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Bamboo
$850
Fritz Hansen Midcentury High-Back Lounge Chair and Ottoman
By Fritz Hansen
Located in New London, CT
Stunning early Fritz Hansen Mid-Century open arm chair in stained beechwood. Original adjustable
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Chenille
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Open Arm Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the open arm chair you’re looking for. Each open arm chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and upholstery. Your living room may not be complete without an open arm chair — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An open arm chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. A well-made open arm chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Edward Wormley, Dunbar and Milo Baughman are consistently popular.
How Much is a Open Arm Chair?
Prices for an open arm chair start at $395 and top out at $22,000 with the average selling for $3,263.
Finding the Right Seating for You
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
Questions About Open Arm Chair
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023Chairs with arms are called armchairs, and there are many styles of them. Examples include club, wingback and roll arm chairs. Find a collection of armchairs on 1stDibs today.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A chair with arms is an armchair.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A dining chair with arms is called a carver chair or elbow chair. It is a traditional dining chair with arms added to it for a more structured look and is a popular option for dining seats for a spot to comfortably rest your arms. Shop a selection of dining chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023An accent chair with no arms is typically called a slipper chair. These upholstered chairs originated in Europe during the 18th century and often served as seating in bedrooms. Today, people place slipper chairs in seating areas as well as bedrooms. Find a variety of slipper chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Dining room chairs with arms require more space than armless ones.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Dining room chairs with arms are simply called armchairs. They are not to be confused with armchairs used in seating areas. A dining chair without arms is a side chair. You'll find a collection of antique and vintage dining chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024No one knows for sure why some dining chairs with arms are called carvers. However, it likely relates to the historical use of these chairs. Technically, carver is the nickname for a specific type of dining chair with arms, not for all dining armchairs. A Colonial American design, a carver chair features a backrest that wraps around the sides and forms arms. Traditionally, the carver chair went at the head of the table, and often the family member responsible for carving the primary entrée sat at this place. As a result, the chair's purpose for seating the carver of the meal is one potential explanation for the nickname. Another is that the name comes from John Carver, the governor of the Plymouth Colony. Reportedly, Carver owned one of these chairs, and people began referring to them by his name as a result. On 1stDibs, find an assortment of carver chairs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dining chairs without arms are called side chairs. Their counterpart, the armchair, is often found at the head of the table, with the side chairs filling in the seats along the side of the table. Shop a collection of side chairs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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