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TRADITIONAL ANTiQUE CIGAR BROWN LEATHER OAK CHESTERFIELD CAPTAINS ARMCHAIR
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
restored original oak framed vintage hand dyed Chesterfield cigar brown leather directors chair.
Please
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Stunning Theodore Alexander Oxblood Leather Hardwood Captains Directors Armchair
By Theodore Alexander
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
office chair
A very well made decorative and comfortable chair, it looks amazing from every angle, the
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Traditional Green Leather
Beech Wood Framed Chesterfield Captains Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chair.
A very good looking well made and comfortable directors chair, its upholstered with natural
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Restored Chesterfield Cigar Brown Leather Captains Armchair Hillcrest circa 1900
By Chesterfield, Hillcrest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original late Victorian fully restored mahogany
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
Restored Victorian Chesterfield Barrel Brown Leather Directors Captains Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
brown leather Chesterfield fully buttoned directors captains chair
This is the bosses chair, the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Victorian Horseshoe Back Chesterfield Green Leather Captains Reading Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Chesterfield buttoning and aged green leather upholstery Horseshoe library reading captain’s chair
A very
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Country House Smoker
s Bow, English, Captain
s Chair, Seat, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country house smoker's bow. An English, elm captain's chair or elbow seat
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Elm
19th Century Captain
s Chair
Located in High Point, NC
19th century captain's chair from England. The back is bowed for wonderfully comfortable sitting
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Ash, Oak
Rare Victorian Hampton
Son
s Stamped Hand Dyed Brown Leather Captains Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
circa 1870 restored hand dyed leather captains office chair
A very good looking well made solid oak
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Leather Captains Desk Chair / Armchair
Located in London, GB
A smart and very comfortable antique captains desk chair in leather. This was made in England, it
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Deep Buttoned Leather Captains Desk Chair
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique Victorian style leather and wood captains desk chair. This was made in England
Category
Vintage 1950s French Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chesterfield Fully Buttoned Oxblood Leather Captains Directors Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Captains or Directors armchair
A good looking well made and decorative captains chair, it has a light
Category
20th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Antique Victorian Style Leather Captains Desk Chair
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made deep buttoned leather captains desk chair in the antique Victorian style
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Victorian Chesterfield Restored Brown Leather Ships Captains Swivel Office Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
brown leather early Victorian ships captain’s chair
This chair is just about as fine as you find
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather
Early Victorian Green Leather Original Barrel Back Swivel Captains Office Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely early Victorian green leather barrel back captains
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Antique Elbow Chair, English, Beech, Elm, Smoker
s Bow, Captain, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair. An English, beech and elm smoker's bow or captain's chair, dating
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Chairs
Materials
Elm
Antique Leather and Mahogany Captains Desk Chair
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian style brown leather desk chair on a polished mahogany frame, in excellent
Category
Vintage 1960s British Victorian Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Stunning Solid Mahogany Victorian Swivel Office Captains Chair Lovely Timber
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Solid mahogany swivel captain
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Chesterfield Captain
s Chair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Handsome 19th century olive green leather Chesterfield Captain's Chair. Chair featured high quality
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Captain
s Chair, English, Leather, Desk, Victorian Revival, Circa 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage captain's chair. An English, leather desk swivel chair in Victorian revival taste
Category
Mid-20th Century British Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
American Victorian Brown Leather Captains Office Chair Original Swivel Frame
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
captains chair with early original swivel movement
The chair has a lovely industrial look and feel to
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Classical Office Chairs and Desk ...
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Mahogany English Nautical Captains Swivel Chair with Cast Iron Base, 1880s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare nautical captains swivel chair.
Striking English design from the 1880s.
Solid
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Green Leather with Gold Tooling Mahogany Captains Swivel Office Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
frame office swivel chair
A really good looking and comfortable vintage chair, the base sits on an
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Bevan Funnell Heritage Leather Chesterfield Captains Directors Chair
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
leather directors chair with Chesterfield tufted buttoning
A good looking and handmade in England chair
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Chesterfield Style Brown Leather Upholstered Captain or Office Chair
Located in Plainview, NY
A vintage and quality Chesterfield style captain / office leather chair . The chair is handmade of
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Stunning Chesterfield Fully Buttoned Green Leather Captain/ Director Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chair on green leather.
This well made and good looking Norwegian captain or directors chair offers
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Vintage Chesterfield Fully Restored Brown Leather Captains Swivel Office Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
aged Whisky brown leather captains chair
A very good looking well made and comfortable office chair
Category
20th Century English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
Chesterfield circa 1880 Restored Brown Leather Barrel Back Captains Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
leather office chair
This chair is really quite exquisite, it’s one of the earliest types of swivel
Category
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Original circa 1880 Maple
Co Restored Captains Chair Period Hillcrest Base
By Maple
Co., Hillcrest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian stamped Maple & Co fully
Category
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique circa 1860 Fully Restored Deep Cigar Brown Leather Swivel Captains Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
hand dyed brown leather office chair
This chair is really quite exquisite, its one of the earliest
Category
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Four Chesterfield Brown Leather Gainsborough Captains Office Dining Armchairs
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Gainsborough carver armchairs
A very good looking and well made suite, ideally suited as office chairs, they
Category
20th Century English Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Restored Godfather Bordeaux Leather Chesterfield Directors Captains Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
English circa 1940's Directors chair, it has a coil sprung base, Chesterfield tufted all over and original
Category
Vintage 1940s English Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
Large Antique Chesterfield Leather Wingback Captains Directors Swivel Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
comfortable captain’s indeed, it’s like your favourite reading chair with wheels. I don't come across many
Category
Antique 19th Century English Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather
Restored Godfather Cigar Brown Leather Chesterfield Directors Captains Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
circa 1890’s Directors chair, it has a coil sprung base, Chesterfield tufted all over and original four
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Leather Swivel Desk Chair
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Victorian style leather captains desk chair. This was made in England, it dates
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mahogany
Maple Revolving Library Bookcase With Inlaid Royal Armorial Crests
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
a twin plate system which is the same as the early Victorian Captain’s chairs
We have cleaned waxed
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Lovely Victorian Fully Restored Brown Leather Ships Captains Swivel Office Chair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
leather early Victorian ships captains chair
This chair is just about as fine as you find anywhere, it
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Leather
1 of 2 Mahogany
Maple Revolving Library Bookcases Inlaid Royal Armorial Crests
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
a twin plate system which is the same as the early Victorian Captain’s chairs
We have cleaned
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bookcases
Materials
Maple, Rosewood
1880s Tavern Dining Chairs Pirate Captains Six Farmhouse Rustic Colonial Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Solid Hardwood Armchairs appears to be Walnut. Victorian era turned ringed decoration on legs and
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Striped Victorian Captains Chair
Located in Old Romney, Kent
Beautifully reupholstered, late Victorian, captains chair in a reproduction striped, heavy cotton
Category
Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th c. Victorian Captain
s Lounge Chair
By Anthony Baratta
Located in New York City, NY
Antique mahogany frame with black "rubbed" paint finish. Newly upholstered in a Scotch ingrain nautical fabric with a polished nickel nailhead trim.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Bergere Chairs
Late Victorian Mahogany Captains Chair
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
J016 Late Victorian mahogany desk chair or club chair, having buttoned upholstered top rail
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Club Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Good Set of Eight Ash and Elm Victorian Period Captains Chairs
Located in Darwen, GB
A good set of eight ash and elm Victorian period captains chairs. Each having a bowed back support
Category
Antique 1850s Victorian Chairs
Victorian Mahogany and Leather Captains Desk Chair
Located in Detling, GB
English, circa 1840.
A heavy mahogany and leather desk chair in showroom condition.
Lovely horse
Category
Antique 1840s British Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique Captains Wooden Swivel Chair
Located in Dorchester, GB
Antique capitans chair with beautiful wear and patina.
Made from oak with an adjustable height
Category
Early 20th Century British Early Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Oak
Great Pair of Walnut
Captain
s Chairs
, circa 1880
By James Shoolbred
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good pair of walnut and close-nailed leather 'Captain's' chairs or desk chairs, each with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Office Chairs and Desk ...
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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Victorian Captains Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the victorian captains chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A victorian captains chair — often made from wood, animal skin and leather — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the victorian captains chair you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A victorian captains chair, designed in the Victorian or Neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made victorian captains chair over the years, but those crafted by Chesterfield, Bevan Funnell Ltd. and Harrods are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Victorian Captains Chair?
The average selling price for a victorian captains chair at 1stDibs is $2,292, while they’re typically $736 on the low end and $13,590 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.
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Questions About Victorian Captains Chair
- What is a captain’s chair for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Today, a captain's chair is typically used for providing seating at a kitchen or dining table. The name of the chair comes from the fact that furniture of this type once provided seating for a ship's officers in lounge areas. Shop a large collection of captain's chairs on 1stDibs.
- What is a captain s chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A captain's chair is an armchair with a saddle seat and low curved back, usually upholstered in leather or cloth. It has vertical spindles that create the appearance of extra height for more formal settings. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage chairs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Captain’s chairs are called that because early versions of the armchairs were used aboard boats to provide seating for high-ranking officers. These chairs date back to the 19th century and usually featured all-wood construction. Find a selection of antique and vintage captain's chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify a Victorian chair, focus on the frame rather than the upholstery, which might have been replaced over the years. Look under the seat and on the legs for maker's marks. If you find any, conduct online research to determine if the manufacturer was active and producing chairs similar to yours during the Victorian era, which lasted from the 1830s through the turn of the 20th century. Some chairmakers who were active at the time include Chesterfield, Charles Hindley Sons, Heywood-Wakefield Co., Howard Sons and Jacob and Josef Kohn. Should you be unable to locate any markings, you can examine the characteristics of your chair to determine if it reflects the Victorian style. Easily recognizable, Victorian furniture is regal, ornate and luxurious. It often features curved lines, stately proportions and highly detailed geometric and floral embellishments. A certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer can also aid you in the identification process. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of Victorian chairs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Victorian slipper chair is a chair that was made to be shorter than the average chair. The height of its seat was 15 inches from the floor, compared to the standard 17 to 18 inches. Shop a collection of Victorian slipper chairs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertDecember 12, 2023What a Victorian lounge chair is called depends on its style. A piece that is long and narrow and has a raised headrest on one end and a lower backrest on the other is a fainting couch. Upholstered chairs that have long, extended seats meant for reclining are chaise longues. Find a collection of lounge chairs on 1stDibs.
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