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Pair of 19th Century Bobbin-Turned Stained Beechwood Rush Seat Corner Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century bobbin-turned stained beechwood rush seat corner chairs.
Category

Antique 19th Century Corner Chairs

Materials

Beech

Pair of Matching French Painted Armchairs with Rush Seat
Located in Fairhope, AL
Pair of matching French painted armchairs with rush seat in wonderful condition. Painted in a
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Chairs

Martin Visser Set of Six "SE82" Wenge and Rush Dining Chairs
By t Spectrum, Martin Visser
Located in Antwerpen, BE
. Netherlands, 1970s In original condition solid wenge frames with paper cord rush seat and backs. Chairs
Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wenge

Two Matching 19th Century Country French Painted Armchairs with Rush Seats
Located in Fairhope, AL
Two matching French Provincial chairs with rush seats and nice cushions. Measures: Seat is 16.5
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chairs

French 19th Century Provincial Chestnut, Rush Seated, Set of Six Dining Chairs
Located in Wells, ME
stretchers, splay legs, rush seats with custom made tie on buttoned, reversible cream colored pads. The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Chestnut

Iron and rush chairs by Milo Baughman for Murray Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron frame chairs with rush seat and back with brass accents. Designed by Milo Baughman for Murray
Category

Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Iron, Brass

COLLECTION OF 6 AMERICAN COUNTRY CHAIRS WITH MAKE DO SEATS
Located in Essex, MA
A collection of 5 country American chairs , from the South, of various shapes and sizes, all from
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Antique 19th Century American Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush, Yarn, Leather, Fabric

Set of Four Madsen/Larsen Teak and Rush Dining Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome and rare teak chairs with rushed seats by the famous Danish design team. Wonderful
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Chairs

Vintage Italian Wicker and Rush Side Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bamboo and rush seat dining chair. One chair available.
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Dining Room Chairs

Vintage Walnut Wood Woven Seats Dining Chairs, Set of 8
Located in Phoenix, AZ
chair - as shown in photo 14 has some wear to the seat - the rope has unraveled some. Fully functional
Category

Mid-20th Century American Rustic Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Rush, Rope, Walnut

Corner Oak Bobbing Chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Corner Oak Bobbing Chair with Rush Seat
Category

Antique 19th Century English Chairs

Materials

Oak, Rush

Charles Dudouyt Turned Oak Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Provincial Arm Chair with Rush Seat and Back
Category

Vintage 1950s French Chairs

Materials

Oak, Rush

Pair of French Provincial Corner Chairs
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Pair of French Provincial Corner Chairs with Rush Seats, one an excellent later copy
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Rush

Pair of oak side chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of oak side chairs with rush seats. The back features a carved urn motif with decorative
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Oak, Rush

Vintage Rustic Childs Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great rustic rush seated childs chair made from tree branches about 80 years ago.
Category

Early 20th Century American Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush

Pair of Dutch Turner s Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Dutch Turner’s chairs with rush seats circa 1960. This style of chair is known as a
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood

Turn-of-the-Century Ladder Back and Woven Seat Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique side chair with rush seat and ladder back.
Category

Early 20th Century American Rustic Side Chairs

Set of Eight 1940s French Chairs
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Set of eight 1940s French ash chairs with rush seats. Seat Height: 45 cm Seat Depth: 42 cm
Category

Mid-20th Century French Chairs

Materials

Rush, Ash

Set of 8 19c Spanish Corona Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Spanish Corona Chairs with Rush Seats
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush

Set of Eight Louis Philippe Period Neoclassical Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
. With urn backs, pristine rush original seats. Includes six side chairs and two armchairs. Side chairs
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Cherry, Rush

Pair Of Vintage Italian Gio Ponti Style Chrome Chairs
By Gio Ponti
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A quality pair of vintage (circa 1960's ) chromed side chairs with rush seats.... in the style of
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Great Pair of Mallorcan Spanish Chairs 19th Century
Located in Montecito, CA
Nice pair of 19th Century Spanish chairs with rushed seats. Double headed eagle carved in the top
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush, Paint

Set of 4 Vintage Hank Lowenstein "Padova" Dining Chairs
By Hank Loewenstein
Located in Glendale, AZ
A set of 4 Hank Lowenstein’s “Padova” dining chairs in cherry wood with rush seats. Two chairs have
Category

Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood

18th-19th Century Provencial Italian Chair, Walnut with Rush Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th century Provencial Italian chair, walnut with rush seat.
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Rush, Walnut

French Provence Rustic Chair with Rush Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful French Provence Rustic chair with rush seat. This chair offers so much charm and
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Antique Late 19th Century Armchairs

Materials

Wood

French Antique High Chair/Youth Chair
Located in Fairhope, AL
French antique high chair/youth chair with rush seat.
Category

Early 20th Century Chairs

French Antique High Chair / Youth Chair
Located in Fairhope, AL
French antique high chair / youth chair with rush seat.
Category

Early 20th Century Chairs

corner chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
victorian corner chair with rush seat,priced separately.Natural color seat hight 14.5''
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Antique 19th Century English Chairs

Materials

Wood

antique bobin chair
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
single bobin chair with rush seat.
Category

20th Century English Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair Orkney Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
PAIR Orkney Chairs with rush seat and back accents
Category

Antique 19th Century English Chairs

French Dining Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of six French chairs with rush seats in walnut, 19th century.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Black English Spool Chairs with rush seats(2 different patterns)
Category

Early 20th Century English Chairs

Materials

Wood

French Provincial Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
designs. The chairs have rush seats.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Wood

Provincial Dining Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of six rush seat provincial dining chairs from France. Ochre color, trimmed in blue green.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Pair Red Painted and Decorated Side Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of antique red painted side chairs with rush seats and stenciled backs.They date from the
Category

Antique 19th Century American Side Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush

19th Century Ladderback Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Ladderback Chair. Rush seat.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

19th C. Side Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. English Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Side Chair with Rush Seat
Category

Antique 19th Century Chairs

Oak Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Oak wood with rush seat,$750 for arm chair, other finishes available. Custom cushions also
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21st Century and Contemporary English Chairs

Pair Early 1900 s Rush Seat Arm Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair Early 1900's French Rush Seat Arm Chairs 22''w X 19''d X 35.5''h
Category

Early 20th Century French Armchairs

American Painted Side Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved and painted wood side chairs with rush seats. Sage green cushions included in the price
Category

Antique 19th Century American Chairs

Walnut Rush Seat, Upholstered Arm Chair (GMD#2132)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French Walnut Finished & Upholstered Arm Chair with Rush Seat & Upholstered Wing Tops
Category

Antique 19th Century French Armchairs

A Set of Six Small Stained Birch Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A Set of Six Small Stained Birch Chairs with Rush Seats and Backs.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Birch, Rush

Pair of French Side Chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Fruitwood chairs with rush seat
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Pair Rococo Style Painted Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of painted Mid-20th century Rococo style side chairs with rush seats on cabriole legs. Loose
Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Rococo Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of 3 Charles II Side Chairs (GMD#2605)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rush Seats. Overall height 42, seats 18H Can be sold as pair and single or all singles. (each is
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Side Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush

19th c. walnut French Provincial chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely curved walnut Provincial arm chair with rush seat.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of Six Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Boston, MA
A set of six late 19th C ladder back chairs with rush seats.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Provinial Fruitwood Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Good little rush seated armchair with rush seat. This chair is quite an unusual shape, with
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Four Tall Italian Ladderback Chairs in the Style of Gio Ponti
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Set of four tall Italian ladderback chairs with rush seats, in the style of Gio` Ponti
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood, Rush

19th c. Pair English Arm Chairs with Rush Seat
Located in Summerland, CA
Very charming 19th century English Country Chairs. Painted oak wood with rush seats and barley
Category

Antique 19th Century English Rustic Armchairs

Materials

Oak

PAIR OF 52" H ITALIAN LADDER BACK CHAIRS
Located in Miami, FL
Great pair of 52"H Italian ladder back chairs with rush seats from the late 1950's.Original ebony
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of 19th Century Original Painted Gothic Side Chairs
Located in Shustoke, GB
A delightful, mid-19th century, original Gothic painted, pair of rush seated side chairs. In good
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Chairs

Materials

Beech

Early Corner Chair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Attractive corner chair, maple, having nice old patina and an excellent rush seat. The chair dates
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Corner Chairs

Set of Six 19th c. Walnut French Provincial Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Set of Six 19th c. Figured Walnut French Provincial Chairs with rush seats and custom cushions
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Set of 8 Wishbone Chairs by Hans J. Wegner
Located in Austin, TX
A perfect set of eight black lacquer and rush seat "Wishbone" chairs by Hans J. Wegner.
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Chairs

Pair of French lounging chairs with ottoman, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of fabulous 19th Century French lounging chairs with rush seats and curved ladder backs in
Category

Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Fruitwood

Good Set of Eight Ash Early 19th Century Ladder Back Dining Chairs
Located in Darwen, GB
A Good set of eight ash early 19th century ladder back dining chairs with rush seats, comprising of
Category

Antique 1820s Chairs

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Rush Seat Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of rush seat chairs is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, natural fiber and rush, all rush seat chairs available were constructed with great care. We have 592 antique and vintage rush seat chairs in-stock, while there are 9 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of rush seat chairs available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Rush seat chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but mid-century modern, Arts and Crafts and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small rush seat chairs measuring 7 inches across. Many rush seat chairs are appealing in their simplicity, but Charlotte Perriand, William Morris (English) and Charles Dudouyt produced popular rush seat chairs that are worth a look.

How Much are Rush Seat Chairs?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,124, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $54,000 highest priced.

Finding the Right Chairs for You

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today. 

Questions About Rush Seat Chairs
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Rush seating on chairs is made out of long grasses like cattails. To produce the seats, artisans dry out the plant matter and then carefully weave the pieces together. You can find a range of chairs with rush seating on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Rush seats are chairs where the seating part is woven out of long, grass-like vegetation. After the material dries, the makers weave it to make a strong surface for sitting. Shop antique rush chairs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    Whether cane chairs are comfortable is largely a matter of personal opinion. Designs vary widely, but pieces with upholstered seats may provide plusher support. On 1stDibs, find a variety of cane chairs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertDecember 4, 2023
    A good seat height for an accent chair is around 16 inches. However, you should also consider the height of the other seating furniture, like a sofa or a loveseat, in your space. Generally, an accent chair's seat should be no more than 4 inches higher or lower than the seats on adjacent furniture to maintain a balanced look and allow for easy conversation in seating areas. On 1stDibs, explore a wide variety of accent chairs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    To cane a chair, it will cost around $50 for the sheet and materials. If your chair has holes around the edges and it is an older piece, thin cane strands can be used to recane it. A professional will charge roughly $2 per hole, resulting in a chair costing approximately $350. Find cane furniture today on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    You can cord a Hans Wegner peacock chair in a number of ways. Traditionally, the chair featured an over-under weave created by first wrapping the seat with vertical pairs of cord running from the back to the front. Then, artisans worked horizontally, pulling the cord through the vertical pairs. However, you can find many other patterns to try online. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Hans Wegner peacock chairs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Sgabello is the name of the Renaissance stool or simple chair with a wooden back and an octagon-shaped seat. Normally, these wood furnishings showed off ornate carvings. They remained popular throughout Europe through the end of the 17th century. On 1stDibs, find a variety of sgabello chairs.