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Mahogany open arm upholstered library chair
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful quality mahogany open arm upholstered library chair, champhred legs and stretchers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils
Located in Woodbury, CT
beautifully upholstered pair of giltwood Louis XVI style open arm chairs or fauteuils. carved
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
Set of four chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of four French black open double arm side chairs.Newly upholstered in white twill.Will consider
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$2,800
Flemish Style Open Arm Desk Chair
Located in New York, NY
great carving style AND GOOD BROCADE
Category
Vintage 1940s Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Dining Table Ten Leather Dining Chairs Mahogany Extending Victorian, 1850
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
condition, the ten Mahogany showwood framed open arm chairs or Gainsborough chairs each with beautiful stud
Category
Antique 1850s British Early Victorian Dining Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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
Pair of Open Weave Iron Arm Chairs
Located in Wainscott, NY
Unusual Style
Pair of Garden Arm Chairs
Good Weight, leaf pattern on top
Category
Vintage 1940s Patio and Garden Furniture
Antique Dining Table Ten Leather Dining Chairs Mahogany Extending Victorian 1850
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
condition, the ten Mahogany showwood framed open-arm chairs or Gainsborough chairs each with beautiful stud
Category
Antique 1850s British Early Victorian Dining Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Chippendale Style Elbow Chair with Needlepoint Seat
Located in Culver City, CA
A Chippendale style open arm elbow chair, with pierced, entwined and scrolled splat back over
Category
Early 20th Century English Chairs
Open Arm Wingback Chair by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modernist wingback lounge chair with walnut frame. Upholstered in gold silk velvet.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Armchairs
Cerused Club Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of open-arm cerused oak club chairs circa 1960 upholstered in taupe chenille.
Category
Vintage 1960s Club Chairs
$12,500
Mahogany Bergere Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
Carved mahogany open arm Bergere chair that features cabriole legs with pad feet and custom
Category
Early 20th Century Bergere Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Italian Deco Modern Club Chairs or Lounge Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely pair of open arm Art Deco lounge chairs found in Italy. They have a French modern club chair
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Lounge Chairs
Paul McCobb 3041 Open Arm Walnut Lounge Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb Planner Group 3041 open arm walnut lounge chairs Ca. 1950's.Solid wood frame
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Linen
Antique Victorian Armchair Button Back Mahogany 19th Century Velvet Salon Chair
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A beautiful late Victorian Mahogany framed open arm button-back salon chair with curved back and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet
Pair of Upholstered Club Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. These custom designed Art Moderne influenced open arm lounge chairs are in excellent condition and
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Upholstery, Wood
Vintage Art Deco Open Arm Rocking Chair, 1930
Located in Dorchester, GB
Here you have an Art Deco rocking armchair. Open armchair with rocking mechanism that can fix and
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood, Oak
Pair of Oversize Diskin Art Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Large Diskin Art Club Chairs with Open Arm. Newly Lacquered Base. New Upholstery
Category
Vintage 1960s Club Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Pair of French Open Arm Leather Bridge Chairs
Located in New York, NY
original leather upholstery
Category
French Armchairs
Pair of Lounge Chairs by Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of open-arm lounge chairs by Milo Baughman, in original dark camel color upholstery.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Antique Scottish Victorian Mahogany Open-Arm Upholstered Parlor Chair
Located in Vancouver, BC
- $1050
- Scotland, 1880
- Ornately carved
- Solid mahogany
- Carved, open arms
- Original
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
PAIR ANTIQUE PAINTED AND GILDED OPEN ITALIAN ARM CHAIRS
Located in Woodbury, CT
A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF SMALL SCALE PALE GREEN PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT FAUTEUILS IN THE ROCOCCO STYLE
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Open Arm Directoir Black Chairs with Gilt Trim
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Open Arm Directoir Black Chairs with Gilt Trim
Category
Vintage 1930s Armchairs
Set of 16 Hepplewhite Style Antique Dining Chairs
Located in Darwen, GB
A set of 16 Hepplewhite style antique dining chairs including two open arm carver armchairs. Each
Category
Antique Early 1900s Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$13,588 / set
Open Arm Easy Chair by George Nelson for Herman Miller
Located in Dorchester, MA
This armchair has the same original textile as the Table Lounge Unit we have listed. In excellent condition with new foam. Matching coffee table and Table Lounge Unit also available.
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Set of 6 Paul McCobb ebonized mahoghany dining chairs
Located in New York, NY
restored in a hand rubbed open grain ebony finish.2 arm chairs and 4 side chairs complete the set.New
Category
20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
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
A Pair of Mid Century Open Arm Club Chairs by Rene Gabriel
Located in New York, NY
A pair of mid century club chairs featuring open armed angular frames in bleached maple with slated
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of Faux Bamboo Caned Open Arm Bergeres
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful pair of large open arm Faux Bamboo Bergeres, arm chairs. Great curved lines, entretoise
Category
Vintage 1960s American Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Early Howard and Sons Open Arm Easy Armchair
By Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Antique open armed arm chair standing on the famous three ring Howard turned legs and Collinson
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Armchairs
Pair Chippendale Arm Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Early 19th c. English Mahogany Chippendale Arm chairs. Beautiful open splat with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$12,000
John Widdicomb Lounge Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Stunning pair of John Widdicomb wide and open-arm lounge chairs newly upholstered in a taupe silk
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Velvet
$2,200 / set
19th Century American Arm Chair
Located in Essex, MA
A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN UPHOLSTERED OPEN ARM LOUNGE CHAIR IN OAK, circa 1870-1880. Newly restored
Category
Antique 19th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of French arm chairs
Located in Seattle, WA
Open arm berger chairs, polychrome with gilt highlights.
Beautiful motif at top of back
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Wood
#3454 Pair of Danish Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Danish Arm Chairs. Open Wood Frame. Newly Upholstered in Cream Tweed.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Tidewater Virginia Knuckle-Arm Lolling Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very rare serpentine crested and seated, open framed knuckle arm lolling chair
in regional
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Cherry
Six Baker Bamboo Style Arm Chairs
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Six original Baker, Knapps & Tubbs Regency Style Bamboo Arm Chairs, open spindle back, cane seat
Category
Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Sets
Materials
Wood
Pair of Arm Chairs by Charles Dudouyt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of open grain oak arm chairs by Charles Dudouyt
Category
Vintage 1940s French Armchairs
Pair of French Walnut Open Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French open arm walnut chairs, circa 1790s. Newly upholstered with curved open arms and
Category
Antique 18th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$5,800 / set
Bamboo Scholars Chairs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century Q'ing Dynasty Bamboo Open Arm Scholar's Chairs ( pair available, priced and
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
$1,450
Louis XVI Style Bergere Chair
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Carved walnut open arm Bergere chair upholstered in natural raffia with a complimenary simple
Category
20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Fabric
Pair of Belgian Style Lounge Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Open Arm Lounge Chair
Upholstered in handwoven home spun linen with hand turned mahogany
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Linen
Pair of 18th Century Italian Chairs
Located in Tacoma, WA
Unique pair of 18th century, circa 1770, open arm, shield back chairs. Original paint. Origins
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Elegant Pair of French Club Chairs
Located in Miami, FL
Generous pair of French open arm Club Chairs. Wonderful dense wood frames, linen covered, tightly
Category
Vintage 1960s French Living Room Sets
Materials
Wood, Cane, Upholstery
Paul McCobb 1329 Sculptural Chair For Directional
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb 1321 sculptural open arm lounge chair for Directional Ca. 1950's.Solid walnut exposed
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
Paul McCobb 1321 Sculptural Chair For Directional
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb 1321 sculptural open arm lounge chair for Directional Ca. 1950's.Solid walnut exposed
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
M | n Originals Sculpted Walnut lounge Chairs
By M | n Originals
Located in New York, NY
Solid walnut Sculpted open arm lounge chairs with one piece upholstered seat and back.Generously
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
M | n Originals Sculpted Walnut lounge Chairs
By M | n Originals
Located in New York, NY
Solid walnut Sculpted open arm lounge chairs with one piece upholstered seat and back.Generously
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
M | n Originals Sculpted Walnut lounge Chairs
By M | n Originals
Located in New York, NY
Solid walnut Sculpted open arm lounge chairs with one piece upholstered seat and back.Generously
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
SET OF FOUR ITALIAN 1950
S ROSEWOOD VENEERED CHAIRS
Located in San Francisco, CA
AN UNUSUAL SET OF FOUR ITALIAN 1950'S DRAMATICALLY-FIGURED ROSEWOOD VENEERED OPEN-CURVE ARM CHAIRS
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Armchairs
Regency Mahogany
Rexine Upholstered Rope Twist Back Elbow Chair, circa 1810
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The handsome early 19th century mahogany open-arm or elbow chair of Sheraton influence and good
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair carved walnut armchairs 17th century
Located in Woodbury, CT
pair of walnut arm chairs, open splat mahogany backs
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Belgian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Mahogany
Low, mahogany armchair
Located in New York, NY
Dark stained mahogany, open back,low arm chair with
decorative carving and bronze brocade
Category
Vintage 1940s American Armchairs
Pair of French Armchairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A pair of open loop arm chairs newly upholstered in natural linen fabric. French, mid 20th century.
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$1,850
19th C. French Fauteuil
Located in New York, NY
French Open Frame Arm Chair with Nailhead Trim
Upholstered in Claremont Fabric:
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
$5,100
1930s Italian Art Deco armchair
Located in New York, NY
Italian Art Deco arm chair with open angular arms, rising on tapered legs with reversed shoe feet.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
New England Federal Period Library Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Of slightly smaller scale, this hand-planed and hand-carved mahogany framed open-arm upholstered
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Federal Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Upholstery
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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 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 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 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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