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Set of Ten Windsor Armchairs
Located in Cheshire, GB
, shaped arm supports all socketed into a single plank saddled solid elm seat, which in turn is raised on
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Mid-20th Century British Dining Room Chairs

Long 19th Century Rustic Wabi Sabi Bench
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
-to-use condition. The long pine plank of the seat has warped over the years. Therefore, the feet have
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Antique 19th Century European Rustic Benches

Materials

Pine

French Garden Bench with Mahogany Wood
Located in Buchanan, NY
The green cast iron legs are French early 20th century. The solid mahogany seat and back planks are
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Early 20th Century French Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Pair of Early 19th Century Hand-Carved Alsatian Chairs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
rests are pierced, with sweet, heart imagery, and made from carefully selected, thick plank boards of
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Antique Early 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Walnut

French Pierce-Carved Gothic Revival Desk Chair
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
side. Simple plank oak seat and raised on turned legs joined by a horseshoe stretcher.
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Antique 1880s French Gothic Revival Chairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Scandinavian Rustic Stool
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden stool made in 19th century Scandinavia. A simple wooden stool composed of one seat plank
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Antique 19th Century Scandinavian Rustic Stools

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Solid Wood French Rustic Stool
Located in Stockholm, Stockholms län
from South of France with a rustic charm. Spindle legs support a seat of rounded planks. A central hole
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Mid-20th Century French Rustic Stools

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century French White Painted Wood and Cast Iron Garden Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
wood seat and single plank back, both attached with metal rivets. The simple, traditional public garden
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Early 20th Century French Country Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Diminutive Welsh Vernacular Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
shaved spindles and turned center and arm supports, over two plank oak seat and with pole lathe turned
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Antique Early 19th Century Welsh Rustic Windsor Chairs

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Oak

Rustic 19th Century French Garden Bench with Cast Iron Legs
Located in Dallas, TX
planks serve as the seat and seatback, and the entire affair has seen many coats of paint over the
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Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Antique Kitchen Table, English, Pine, Industrial, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
. An English, three-plank-wide, 14-seat table with Industrial base, dating to the late Victorian period
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Dining Room Tables

Materials

Pine

Set of Six Pennsylvania Painted Hitchcock Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
turned spindle backs. Plank country seat and finished in original style dark red decorated paint and
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Sheraton Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Hewn Timber Pillow Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
imperfections of a timeworn object. The plank top seat is comprised of solid beechwood, shaped by hand from a
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Benches

Materials

Beech, Reclaimed Wood

Primitive Hewn Log Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
imperfections of a timeworn object. The plank top seat is comprised of solid beechwood, shaped by hand from a
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Benches

Materials

Reclaimed Wood

Provincial Chinese Rift Sawn Bench, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional joinery, the bench has a plank-top seat supported by splayed legs linked with simple stretcher
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Benches

Materials

Elm

Erik Ole Jorgensen Oak and Upholstered Bench or Sofa
By Erik Ole Jørgensen
Located in Phoenix, AZ
has solid oak planks for the seats and backs. The legs are sculpted solid oak. Upholstery and leather
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Leather, Oak

Set of Six English Georgian Oak Country Dining or Side Chairs
Located in Milford, NH
, simple plank or board seat raised on square legs, with great color. The set probably dates to the late
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Dining Room Chairs

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Oak

Primitive Welsh Comb Back Windsor
Located in Houston, TX
) back, oak arms and thick single plank chestnut seat. Remnants of original, or very early, dark brown
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Antique Late 18th Century Welsh Folk Art Armchairs

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Ash, Chestnut, Oak

Provincial Chinese Step Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
has a plank-top seat and stands on four splayed legs linked by multiple stretchers. The wood has an
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools

Materials

Elm

English Garden Bench with Cast Iron Serpent Base
Located in Buchanan, NY
stylized dragons or serpents, open to interpretation. The new wood planks that form the seat and back are
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Vintage 1950s English Aesthetic Movement Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Paolo Buffa Art Deco Wooden and Floral Fabric Poufs for Arrighi
By Serafino Arrighi, Paolo Buffa
Located in Milano, IT
armrests, made of horizontal wooden planks. The seat is padded and upholstered in floral fabric, original
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Country French Farmhouse Lacquered Pine Settle Bench
Located in Rio Vista, CA
with slats. The bench has a plank top seat with a vintage striped cushion that shows some signs of wear
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Antique 19th Century French Country Benches

Materials

Pine

Pair of Chinese Lola Benches, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
plank-top two-person seat supported by splayed round legs with double stretcher bars. The original dark
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Benches

Materials

Elm

Antique Swedish Kubbestol Chair Made From Log
Located in Round Top, TX
where someone filled one of the cracks along the back and the aged separation of planks that make up the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Stools

Materials

Wood

Huge and Narrow Oak Refrectory Kitchen Farmhouse Dining Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice huge 10 seater, four plank oak refrectory dining table, in very good overall colour and
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Tables

Materials

Oak

English Carved Oak Window Bench with Bobbin Legs from 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
decorative motif that is echoed in the front skirt. The single plank wooden seat is chamfered on the sides
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Antique Late 19th Century English Benches

Materials

Wood, Oak

19th Century French Walnut Armbench with Ram s Heads
Located in Dallas, TX
scale armbench, with slat plank contoured seat and scrolled legs using architecture that dates back to
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Benches

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Walnut

Hans J. Wegner Keyhole rocking chair Getama Denamrk 1967
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
massive stained oak planks throughout. The seat and backrest are sewn from heavy canvas and are
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Vintage 1960s Danish Rocking Chairs

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Oak, Canvas

Cast Iron and Oak Industrial Dining Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
pedestal cast iron legs supporting a large patinated oak slab plank top. Seats up to 12. Please see our
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Dining Room Tables

Materials

Iron

Mid-Century French Painted Wood and Cast Iron Branch-Form Garden Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
form legs ending with rounded feet. The long sturdy bench is dressed with a two-plank slatted seat and
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Mid-20th Century French Country Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Large Scale Holy House Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
machete marks that carved out the back plank are still visible. Seat and back are a single board of each
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Early 20th Century Guatemalan Rustic Benches

Materials

Wood

Pair of 20th Century Oak Arts Crafts Armchairs by MacKay Hugh Baillie Scott
By Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
& Crafts oak armchairs. With shaped seat, plank back and chamfered curved arms, Circa 1905. A pair of the
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Long Gray Painted Bench from Hungary
Located in Round Top, TX
home. Any knicks, distress to paint, and the age related separation of the planks that make the seat
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Antique Late 19th Century Hungarian Benches

Materials

Wood

17th Century Oak Joint Stool
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming 17th century Charles II period oak Joint stool having single plank top over Seat rails
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Antique 17th Century English Charles II Stools

Materials

Oak

18th Century English Stickback Windsor Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
craftsmanship of the period. Its robust structure, crafted from elm, showcases a thick single-plank saddle-seat
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Antique 18th Century British Primitive Windsor Chairs

Materials

Elm

Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elmwood Armchair with Open Back and Curving Arms
Located in Yonkers, NY
with gooseneck front posts resting on a planked wooden seat and strengthened with sinuous side posts
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Armchairs

Materials

Elm

Rob Edley Welborn Prototype Lounge Chair in Plexiglass and Painted Wood
By Rob Edley Welborn
Located in Palm Springs, CA
imperfections and scratches to the plexiglass and the seat plank is off by a little. It is signed underneath
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Early 2000s American Lounge Chairs

Materials

Acrylic

Yumu Chinese 19th Century Side Chair with Dark Lacquered Finish and Cartouche
Located in Yonkers, NY
perfectly contrasted with the general linearity of the base. A rectangular planked wooden seat is indeed
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Elm

Gunnar Asplund, Set of 6 Garden Chairs for Iwan B. Giertz, 1930s
By Gunnar Asplund
Located in Uppsala, SE
white paint. Almost all of the wooden planks from the seats and back rests are the original and genuine
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Steel

19th Century American Country Pennsylvania Painted Mortised Bench
Located in Forney, TX
rectangular plank bench seat, quality mortise joinery, rising on shaped supports, retaining remnants of the
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Antique Early 19th Century American Country Benches

Materials

Wood

Victorian Pine Kitchen Farmhouse Dining Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming And Unusual 19th Century Rustic Pine Farmhouse Kitchen Dining Table, To Seat 8, Having
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Farm Tables

Materials

Pine

Antique Plank Seat "Deacon s Bench" in Old Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century plank seat "Deacon's Bench" in old red/brown over gray paint. With lightly shaped back
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Antique 19th Century Benches

Materials

Pine

Set of Four Painted Pine Plank Seat Chairs
Located in Baltimore, MD
Central European plank seat chairs can look a bit severe but they’re really very comfortable. This
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Chairs

Materials

Pine

Antique American Primitive Rustic Pine Wood Plank Seat Entry Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Primitive rustic pine wood plank seat 58" Entry Bench. Item features solid wood
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Antique 19th Century Primitive Benches

Materials

Pine

Unusual Plank-Seated Deacon s Bench with Plank Sides and a Canted Back
Located in York County, PA
UNUSUAL PLANK-SEATED DEACON'S BENCH WITH PLANK SIDES AND A CANTED BACK, IN ORIGINAL PUTTY PAINT
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Antique 1870s Painted Furniture

English 1780s Georgian Panel Back Armchair with Planked Seat and Scrolled Arms
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III panel back armchair with planked seat, tall open arms and side stretchers
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Six Pennsylvania 1/2 Spindle Back Plank Seat Kitchen Chairs, circa 1870
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautiful collection of six Pennsylvania 1/2 spindle back plank seat paint decorated chairs from
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Robert Mouseman Thompson 1876-1955 English Oak Rail Back Bench Solid Plank Seat
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Robert Mouseman Thompson. An English Oak 7' 6" Bench, with a rail back and solid plank seat, on
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Vintage 1920s English Arts and Crafts Benches

Materials

Oak

Antique French Oak Trestle Dining Table Restored by Old Plank Seats (14) People
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Plank restoration department. Our Old Plank craftsmen set about doing a complete disassembly of the
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Antique Early 1900s French Country Dining Room Tables

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Wood, Oak

19th Century Farm Plank Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Plank seat bench from a farm house in Pennsylvania in good sturdy condition. This hand
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Antique 1860s American Adirondack Benches

Materials

Wood

19th Century Early American Plank Side Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
plank seat with ladder back. Beautiful natural tone to the wood.
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Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Side Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pennsylvania Plank Deacons or Farmhouse Bench
Located in Southampton, NJ
An American 19th century Pennsylvania deep single board plank-seat bench in the half-spindle-back
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Antique Early 19th Century American Primitive Benches

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Upholstery, Birch, Pine

Pair of Rustic Log /Hickory Bar Stools w/ Pllank Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing thick and heavy rustic hand made hickory bar stools with thick plank seats. This pair are
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Vintage 1930s American Stools

Materials

Hickory

Arthur Umanoff Swivel Seat Stools
By Raymor, Arthur Umanoff
Located in Rochester, NY
backs and contoured wood plank seats in great original vintage condition by Arthur Umanoff for Raymor
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Iron

Set of 3 Authentic Plank Chairs with Red/Brown Paint, Pennsylvania, circa 1840
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
shaped plank seat, turned legs and stretchers, and green stenciling and hand painted strawberries
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Paint

English Hall Bench or Window Seat of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
turned handles at opposing ends over a long plank seat and set upon four turned legs. Dimensions: H
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Antique 19th Century English Georgian Benches

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Antique American Windsor Spindle Back Deacons Bench Seat
Located in Sheffield, MA
plank seat the bench is supported by eight legs connected by splindled stretcher. Great for use as a
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Early 20th Century American American Colonial Benches

Materials

Wood

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Plank Seat For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal plank seat for your home. Frequently made of wood, pine and softwood, every plank seat was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the plank seat you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each plank seat bearing Georgian, Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. A well-made plank seat has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Rittenhouse Furniture Company are consistently popular.

How Much is a Plank Seat?

The average selling price for a plank seat at 1stDibs is $1,713, while they’re typically $135 on the low end and $14,500 for the highest priced.

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.