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Stunning 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Chippendale Armchair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
with carved 'c' scroll ends above the wide, carved, pierced splat and bold out scrolling arms. The
Category
Antique 18th Century British George III Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Set of Twelve Italian Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Dining Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. The armchairs have beautiful scrolled arms with padded armrests and acanthus leaf carvings, and are
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
A Pair of Magnificent Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
of the Armband of Bordeaux.
The open arms with padded armrests above exuberantly carved sculptural
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Rococo Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
English Oak Gothic Style Curule Armchairs Attributed to A.W.N. Pugin, circa 1830
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Kinderhook, NY
chamfer edge frames, the rectangular (upholstered) backs connecting padded-rest arms continuing into
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
$6,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Louis XV Fauteuil in Walnut with Painted Accents, France c. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
swept arms with padded armrests, each tapering to join the exposed walnut apron.
The apron decorated
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Duke of Leeds Hornby Castle Settee in Fortuny
Located in Hanover, MA
De Medici cotton damask with metallic overlay.
Arched rectangular double chair back with padded
Category
Vintage 1910s British William and Mary Settees
Materials
Cotton, Giltwood, Walnut
$5,700 Sale Price
40% Off
Louis XVI Style Carved Mahogany tapestry Upholstered parlor suite, 6 pieces
Located in Houston, TX
stream over padded
Scrolling acanthus arms on trapezoidal bowed seats similarly covered,
On a leaf tip
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Settees
Materials
Tapestry, Wood, Mahogany
$28,000 Sale Price / set
49% Off
Duke of Leeds Fortuny Gothic Settee
Located in Hanover, MA
Fortuny De Medici cotton with metallic overlay.
Arched rectangular double chair back with padded sides
Category
Antique 19th Century British William and Mary Settees
Materials
Silk
Phillip Webb for Morris
Co. an English Aesthetic Movement Reclining Armchair
By Morris
Co., Philip Webb
Located in London, GB
reclining armchair. The arched arms with padded armrests united to the sweeping arched legs by turned
Category
Antique 1860s English Aesthetic Movement Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
French 1870 Pair of Empire Candle Holders Lamps Ormolu with Gray Dotted Granite
Located in Miami, FL
was low, with a thickly padded back and arms, and a fringe that hid the legs of the chair. Another
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
$2,649 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Rare Suite of Six Very Large Original Leather Golden Oak Freemason
s Armchairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
project as the seat pads simply pop off, the arms unscrew and the back panels unscrew at the back and drop
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Récamier Chaise Lounge with Padded Arms, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Récamier chaise lounge with padded arms, 20th century.
Our handmade Rècamier chaise
Category
20th Century European Chaise Longues
Materials
Wood
Rare Artillery General Officers Saddle Pad "Schabraque"
Located in Acworth, GA
Exceedingly rare Civil War era artillery General officers saddle schabraque. In the military red is used for artillery units. Blue is for infantry. The star is usually only used by G...
Category
Antique 1860s American American Classical Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Wool, Silk
Pair of Early 19th Century Restauration Walnut Fauteuils
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century restauration walnut fauteuils, carved inscrolled padded arms, upholstered back.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
A Louis XVI grey-painted fauteuil by Georges Jacob
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Madrid, ES
The channelled back with padded arms terminating in scrolls on downward sweeping supports
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Armchairs
Russian Neoclassical Carved and Gilded Wood Armchair
Located in Cleveland, OH
With scrolled crest rail over an upholstered back, with padded arms and carved and giltwood swan
Category
Antique 1810s Russian Neoclassical Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French Louis XVI Fauteuils
Located in Madrid, ES
A fruitwood pair of Luis XVI fauteuils. Channelled back with padded arms upholstered in grey
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
$14,363 / set
A Louis XV Beechwood Bergere, attributed to Louis Delanois
By Louis Delanois
Located in Riverdale, NY
the arched rectangular back S-scrolling padded arms and loose cuhion seat in a moulded frame on
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Bergere Chairs
Napoleon III Style Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
The scrolled back and padded arms over fitted cushioning raised on turned legs, the front legs
Category
Vintage 1910s French Napoleon III Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair Louis XV Arm Chairs
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
variations in carvings. Both feature padded arms and cabriole legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
$6,542 / set
A pair of walnut armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Genoese walnut armchairs has cartouche-shaped backs above serpentine seats; padded arms
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
$56,000
French LXVI Armchair of Large Proportions
Located in Sydney, NSW
LXVI Arm Chair The Gilded Domed Crest Rail Falling To Whipstroke Padded Arms Sprung Seat With
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Armchairs
Emerald Fauteuils
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut Louis XVI style Fauteuil a la Reine with “en chapeau” top rail above padded arms. The seat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
$6,200 / set
American Rocking Chair, circa 1890
Located in Sydney, NSW
American Rocking Chair The Metal Frame With A Buttoned Spoon Back Padded Arms Above Cast Scroll
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
A Pair Of Louis XV Silk Upholstered Giltwood Bergeres
Located in New York, NY
The curved molded crest rail leading to padded arms above a serpentine-fronted seat, with blossom
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Bergere Chairs
Materials
Giltwood, Silk
Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style Walnut Fauteuils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Deeply carved crest on top rail. Cartouche shaped back, padded arms, fully upholstered seat with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
A Very nice George III Irish Mahogany Armchair
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
High rectangular upholstered back over padded arms with carved scroll supports and a wide
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon III Style Lacquered and Upholstered Canapé
Located in San Francisco, CA
The arched crestrail continuing to volute scrolled padded arms over a fitted back and seat raised
Category
Antique 19th Century French Settees
Materials
Fabric, Lacquer, Wood
An Early George I Walnut and Black Leather Upholstered Wingback Armchair
Located in Armadale, Victoria
The raked back with a tablet shaped head rest to articulated wings sweeping to padded arms
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
18th C Pr Painted Louis XVI Period Neo-Classical Arm Chairs Sothebys
Located in Louisville, KY
Oval backs with rope carving over the padded arms with similar carving and acanthus leaves; raised
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Armchairs
Pair of Napoleon III Style Lacquered and Upholstered Fauteuils
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each with arched crestrail continuing to volute scrolled padded arms over a fitted back and seat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Lacquer, Wood
Louis XVI Tapestry Walnut with Oak Fauteuil
Located in San Francisco, CA
The circular molded back continuing to padded arms over fitted seat raised on tapering fluted legs
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
19th C. Pair Italian Rococo Polychrome Decorated Armchairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each upholstered back flanked by undulated padded arms over a fitted seat above a scalloped apron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Paint, Upholstery
French Provincial Bergere Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
to joint the shaped and modeled padded arms, above an upholstered seat raised on hooved cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of 18th Century Bavarian Painted Needlework Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Pair of 18th century Bavarian painted armchairs
With stuffed cartouche-shaped backs, padded arms
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Armchairs
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Pair Bergeres in the Louis XVI Style
Located in Woodbury, CT
with an arched back and padded arms. Fluted tapered legs .
Category
Vintage 1960s French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
Materials
Walnut
$4,250 / set
English George II Walnut Gainsborough Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1750. A large rectangular upholstered backrest with padded arms and acanthus-carved downswept
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Armchairs
Italian Painted and Gilt Carved Wood Silik Upholstered Armchair
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Carved wood frame decorated with gold leaf
Upholstery
Satin floral brocade, padded arms
Condition
Category
20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Other
Pair of Significant Stamped Louis XVI Walnut Chairs
By Jean Nadal L
aine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each inset oval padded back centering a carved walnut acanthus leaf; over horizontal padded arms on
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Cowhide
$35,000 / set
A JAPANESQUE ENVELOPE ARM SOFA
By Derapage Design
Located in San Francisco, CA
The straight tight back with generously padded arms and down wrapped single cushion with coil
Category
20th Century American Sofas
Pair of Very Comfortable 19th Century Rococo Bergeres
Located in Long Island City, NY
frames with cartouche shaped padded seat-backs with foliate carved crestings.
Padded arms. Padded seats
Category
Antique 19th Century German Louis Philippe Bergere Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Late Victorian High Back Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
spindles and generous seat flanked by open pad arms, standing on four turned, tapered and ringed legs
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XVI Armchairs in the English Style
Located in New York, NY
from the backrest, the padded arms culminate in scrolled hand-rests over curved arm supports. The
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$49,500 / set
19th Century Carved Walnut Dutch Baroque Armchairs with Custom Devoré Velvet
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
padded arms, regal ball handrests and "H" stretchers (the front legs feature bone casters for ease of
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Eastern MA Hepplewhite Carved Mahogany Library Chair, circa 1790
Located in Woodbury, CT
serpentine crest rail joined to the shaped padded arms, centering the trapezoidal upholstered seat all raised
Category
Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Damask, Mahogany
George III Library Chair Armchair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
leather seat and open, reeded and leather padded arms with closely studded edge, all standing on simple
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Club Chairs
Materials
Leather
A 17th Century Italian Walnut Three-Seat Divano Upholstered in Pink Silk
Located in Armadale, Victoria
shaped terminals between, the scroll with padded arms supports, the manchettes, padded back and separate
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Settees
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Victorian Mahogany Office Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
and a caned seat with a new cushion flanked by outswept, pad arms, all standing on cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Piedmontese Mid-18th Century Cream Painted Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
with floral decorated crest rail; joined by padded arms above a carved seat rail with central floral
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Painted and Parcel-Gilt Fauteuils
By Henri Jacob
Located in New York, NY
crest rail carved with leaf tips and beading extending to the side rails, the padded arms with scrolled
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$85,000 / set
Late 18th Century Venetian Giltwood Suite
Located in Armadale, Victoria
rocailles, rosettes, acanthus and C-scrolls, the cartouche back, seats and padded arms upholstered in pale
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Settees
Materials
Silk, Wood
$28,000 / set
Fine Late 19th Century Victorian Show Framed Black Leather Gentleman
s Armchair
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
intricate carvings, showcasing the craftsmanship of the era. It has padded arms supported by scrolling
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Carved Walnut Victorian Period Antique Armchair Gold Fabric
Located in Darwen, GB
generous sprung seat and serpentine seat rail. Having open padded arms, the whole supported on floral
Category
Antique 1860s Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Hickory Chair Belknap Chair from the Winterthur Estate Collection
Located in Atlanta, GA
has updated the look of this chair while retaining the arched back, deep seat, and padded arms of the
Category
2010s American American Classical Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Late 18th Century Scottish Oval-Back Armchair, circa 1780-1790
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
, having swept padded arms and an oval back, to tapering front legs with bullseye patarae and spade feet to
Category
Antique 1780s Scottish Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Elm
French Provincial Beechwood Fauteuil with Padded Ladderback and Arms
Located in Hudson, NY
French provincial beechwood fauteuil with padded ladder back and arms.
Loose cushion. Lovely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Turquoise Leather Swivel Armchair Desk Chair Retro G Plan Eames Era
Located in Greater Manchester, GB
padded arms, the chair is the perfect place to either work, study or just relax in style and comfort
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome
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