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19th Century Walnut Desk Chair by Hindley
Sons
By Charles Hindley
Sons
Located in Conwy, GB
, upholstered seat and backrest, open arms with elbow pad.
Stamped to the rear leg with makers name and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Adorable Pair of Painted French 19th Century Vanity Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
frame with arched padded back, into arms with elbow rests, loose cushion on serpentine apron, raised on
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chairs
Pair of Leather and Limed Oak Minimalist Armchairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
These chairs have the starkly planar quality of Donald Judd's furniture, and the tubular padded
Category
20th Century European Bauhaus Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Vintage Hickory Chair Collectors Mix French Country Walnut Wingback Arm Lattice
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
with scalloped accents, padded scrolled arms and cabriole legs. "
Category
Vintage 1960s French Provincial Wingback Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of Painted and Parcel Gilt Fauteuils, Circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
upholstered oval back with carved gadrooning, outswept fluted arms with padded rests, crown seat framed with
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Regency Ebonized Style Side Chair
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
carved with concentric circles, flanked by gently curved arms above a padded seat and raised on faux
Category
20th Century American Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Oversized Upholstered Club Chairs
Located in North York, ON
fabric. It features a comfortable seat, large, padded rolled curved arms and a square back. A great
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$7,000 / set
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
padded backs, seats and arms raised up on turned fluted legs
Dimensions:
Height 42.5 inches, height
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
Pair of French Louis XIV Style Bergere Chairs
Located in Manhasset, NY
, the domed and padded back and down-swept arms within a molded frame, joined by a cushioned seat
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XIV Bergere Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
19th century French empire mahogany armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
mahogany. Shaped back linking to the padded armrests and scrolled arms. Front scrolled legs with tapering
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Pair of English Arts
Crafts Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
, back supports, and arm supports, and with out-turned arms, pad feet, and their original rush seats
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Oak
A Louis XVI Style Haentges Freres Painted Chaises Longues
By Haentges Freres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The arched stepped ribbon carved crestrail continuing to padded mounded down scrolled arms
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chaise Longues
Materials
Wood, Paint, Cane
Pair of 18th Century Fauteuils
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, outswept arms with padded armrest, shield shaped stuff-over seat with nails, raised on round fluted legs
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Mid Century French Provincial Walnut Club Lounge Library Fauteuil Armchair
Located in Dayton, OH
wingback style design with carved rose and acanthus accents, padded fauteuil arms and blue plaid
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage Italian Fruitwood Tufted Leather Nailhead 3 Seat Library Sofa Couch 77"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Italian sofa or couch featuring a Fruitwood frame with high back and padded rolled arms
Category
Late 20th Century Sofas
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
French Louis XVI Style Fauteuil a la Reine
Located in Manhasset, NY
wreath crest and finial decoration, with downswept arms with padded arm rests, cushioned seat, raised on
Category
Vintage 1930s French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Burlap
Large 19th Century French Mahogany and Leather High Back Armchair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A large late 19th century French mahogany Louis XVIII style armchair. With rectangular padded
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Mahogany
Pair of Giltwood Fauteuils with Elaborate Pierced Carved Back
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
surmounted by scallop shell and centered with interlocking scrolls and foliate details, outswept arms with
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Walnut Louis XVI Style Fauteiuls
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of armchairs, of walnut, each having a fielded frame, square padded backrest continues to
Category
Vintage 1960s Armchairs
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Three-Seat Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
upholstered padded back, seat and arms raised up on turned fluted legs.
Dimensions:
Height 47.5 inches
Category
Early 20th Century English Louis XVI Settees
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Two-Seat Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
upholstered padded back, seat and arms raised up on turned fluted legs
Dimensions:
Height 39.5 inches
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Settees
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French Louis XV Style Winged Bergere Chairs
Located in Manhasset, NY
shaped back with downswept arms, padded back and cushioned seat, upholstered in soft-gold sateen fabric
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Wingback Chairs
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
padded backs, seats and arms raised up on turned fluted legs
Dimensions
Height 39 Inches Height to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Louis XVI Side Chairs
Pair of Regence Style Fruitwood Armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
acanthine-carved arms to the padded seat, raised above a carved apron on cabriole legs joined by a shaped X
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
$2,701 / set
Pair of 19th Century, Carved Giltwood and Polychromed Louis XVI Fauteuils
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
palm finials, down swept stop-fluted arms and padded elbow rests, supported by baluster-form terminals
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Papa Bear
Chair, AP19 with AP29 Ottoman by Hans J Wegner for A.P Stolen
By A.P. Stolen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A very good early version, with oak arms pads and legs, totally reupholstered by Danish craftsmen
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Oak, Wool
Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Style Paint Decorated Sofa
Located in Astoria, NY
carved with twisted braid rope motifs with padded scrolling arms, the fluted legs accented with acanthus
Category
20th Century European Gustavian Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Distressed Brown Leather Art Deco Club Chairs
Located in North York, ON
brass nailhead trim along the padded, rolled arms. Add Classic elegance to your living room with these
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Club Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Settee Upholstered in Leopard-Print Denim with Two Matching Pillows
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage settee, completely upholstered in leopard-print denim fabric, having an arched padded
Category
Mid-20th Century Settees
Materials
Upholstery
19th Century Regency Ebonised Armchair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
, open back rest, with a central splat, leading to curvaceous scroll arms and a padded seat cushion
Category
Antique 19th Century Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Mid-19th Century English Lancashire Child
s Arm Chair
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
found child's size. Charming with good vasi-form turnings along the back; shaped arms; pad feet
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Queen Anne Chairs
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Lancashire Child
s Arm Chair
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
found child's size. Charming with good vasi-form turnings along the back; shaped arms; pad feet
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Queen Anne Chairs
Materials
Rush, Wood
Pair of fine Louis XVI Painted Fauteuils
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair of stunning Louis XVI Painted Fauteuils Last quarter 18th century, each having a padded back
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Unknown Louis XVI Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
$11,400 / set
Pair of French Empire 19th Century Fauteuils
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Mahogany Empire pair of fauteuils made around 1825. These wonderful chairs have a rectangle padded
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Mid Century Scandinavian Curved Beige
Teak Three Seater Sofa
By Kurt Olsen
Located in Basildon, London
frame with sculpted teak arms pads. Original straps are sturdy and in good condition.
The seat cushion
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Pair of Art Deco Machine Age Arm Chairs
Ottomans in Style of Wolfgang Hoffmann
By Wolfgang Hoffmann
Located in New York, NY
and back, the arms are padded for comfort. The pair of ottomans which accompany these chairs are newly
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Armchairs
Swedish Gustavian Settee, Late 18th Century, Lindome
Located in Doylestown, PA
padded rectangular back, arms and seat within a molded arcaded frame carved with grape clusters and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Gustavian Canapes
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Giltwood Upholstered Settee
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 19th century gilt wood settee the rectangular back, padded down swept arms and stuffed over
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Settees
Theodore Alexander French Louis XIII Style Walnut Barley Twist Leather Arm Chair
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Dayton, OH
with a high leather upholstered back over padded scrolled arms and barley twist supports. Frame is
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XIII Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Carved Oak Lyre-Back Fauteuils Needlepoint Seat Armchairs, A Pair
Located in Sheridan, CO
interlocking ring ornamentation, gently curving arms, centering padded seat, upholstered in vining floral
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Oak
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Crème Peinte Fauteuils
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
from France, circa 1870s. Each having a floral-carved crest rail, padded back, arms, and seat with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Regency Sabre Leg Library Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
very comfortable with a very pleasing shape to the front and side. Gently overscrolled back, with arms
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of French Rococo Style Wingback Bergère Chairs
Located in Manhasset, NY
sides and scrolled arms, padded back and cushioned seat, raised on cabriole legs. Just full of character
Category
Vintage 1940s French Rococo Bergere Chairs
Three Vintage Wrought-Iron Patio Spring Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
comfort. The arms are "padded" with wood. The seat slats are slightly depressed for holding cushions while
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,400 / set
Pair of French Bergeres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
crestrail flanked by finials, downswept stiles continue into arms with padded elbow rests, ending in scrolls
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
$6,400
Pair of Oversized Upholstered Club Chairs, Italy, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, padded rolled curved arms and back. A great, stylish and comfortable chair for any living room or bedroom.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Painted Italian Window Seat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
linen with nailheads, flanked by scrolling arms with padded rails joined by shaped stretcher, on
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Benches
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
18th c. Scottish Partner
s Desk Chair in Original Leather
Located in Greenwich, CT
padded, crisply carved arms over a comfortable seat o square legs joined by an H-stretcher with unusual
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Scottish Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
18th Century French Armchair
by Charles François Normand
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
back rest. The open arms have padded elbow rests. Supported by square tapering legs.
Charles
Category
Antique 18th Century Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of English Tufted Leather Arm Chairs (Priced Individually)
Located in Austin, TX
back and seat of tufted leather, with decorative nail-head trim, on mahogany frame with padded leather
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Armchairs
Pair of Unique French Louis XIV Style Canapé Bergères
Located in Manhasset, NY
distressed and gilt, the foliate crest surmounting a conforming back-frame extending to down-swept arms
Category
Vintage 1940s European Louis XIV Bergere Chairs
Pair of French Directoire Style Bergere Chairs
Located in Manhasset, NY
acanthus motifs, padded back and arms joint by cushioned seat, raised on fluted legs ending in toupee feet.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Side Chairs
17th Century James I Antique Carved Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
FINE EXAMPLE OF AN OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR CIRCA 1610.
FEATURING PADDED BACK AND SEAT, FLUTED ARMS
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Vintage French Louis XVI Down Filled Yellow Upholstered Love Seat Settee Sofa
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
deisgn with padded and scrolled arms, acanthus and floral medallion carvings and a downfilled seat. The
Category
Vintage 1970s Louis XVI Loveseats
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
2 Vintage Queen Anne Mahogany Wingback Library Club Arm Chairs
Ottoman
Located in Dayton, OH
with rolled arms, padded headdress and Queen Anne slipper feet. Custom upholstered by Shelby
Category
Late 20th Century Queen Anne Wingback Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Empire Bergeres with Painted Finish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
frame, barrel form padded back continuing to downswept arms, raised on foliate carved terminals, its
Category
Antique 19th Century American Club Chairs
Set of Four Hepplewhite Style Oak Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Each with rounded upholstered back issuing padded armrests and downswept arms over an upholstered
Category
20th Century American George III Armchairs
Materials
Oak
$7,200 / set
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