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Seating For Sale
Creator: Jonathan Sainsbury
Creator: Gillows of Lancaster
London
Klismos Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A design developed by the Greeks in the 5th Century BC, gaining popularity throughout the 4th Century BC. The design was then resurrected in the English Regency period. The Klismos c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$3,816
Country House Library Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An elegant George III style mahogany library chair, with brass castors. Can be supplied in specialist aged leather or upholstered in the clients own material. Bespoke sizing, design ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George III Seating
Materials
Brass
The Chiswick William Kent Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved and water gilded armchair by William Kent for Chiswick House. The frames carved with acanthus and bellflowers; the arm supports with lion’s mask terminals. To be upho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George III Seating
Materials
Mahogany
The Harewood Hall chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An exceptional carved and paint decorated hall chair from a design by Thomas Chippendale for Harewood house. The chairs with symmetrically carved foliate backs, centred by a gilded a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$9,858
Dundas Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A sofa designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale for Sir Lawrence Dundas for the Great Room at Arlington Street, London. Hand carved and water gilded to match the origin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$63,604
Dundas Refined Library Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine carved and water gilded library armchair designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale for the Great Room at Arlington Street, London. The serpentine scrolled crestin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Adam Style Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Kent Library Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A William Kent design gilded wood library armchair with tapering square legs, acanthus and shell carvings, vitruvian scroll rails and swept arms with acanthus roundel and bell-flower...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George II Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$10,708
Tatham Library Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An important carved mahogany library armchair of large proportions inspired by Charles Heathcote Tatham’s designs from the Grand Tour. To be upholstered in the clients own material.
...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$16,426 / item
Pavilion Daybed
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An important carved gilt-wood day bed, displaying the mythological influences and designs of the Regency period. Comparisons may be drawn with the furnishings of Brighton Pavilion. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$21,466
Adam Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine and important George III design attributed to Robert Adam, circa 1775. The Adam Armchair is carved gilt-wood and upholstered in the client’s own material.
Bespoke sizing, d...
Category
Late 18th Century Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$11,753 / item
AWN Pugin, Six Gothic Revival Oak Dining Chairs Probably for the House of Lords
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, made by Gillows of Lancaster. Stamped Gillows to the back legs.
A set of six Gothic Revival oak dining chairs probably designed for the House of Lords...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
A W N Pugin, Stamped Gillows, a Set of Four Gothic Revival Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, made by Gillows of Lancaster. Stamped Gillows to the back legs.
A set of four Gothic Revival oak dining chairs.
Measures: Height 34 1/2 inches. x width 17 inches. x d...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Bruce Talbert, Gillows, Two Rare Gothic Revival Oak Armchair in Blue Upholstery.
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert. Gillows of Lancaster.
Two rare Gothic Revival armchairs.
*The two with dark and light blue upholstery shown here are available, the one with brown upholstery is now s...
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
The Hugh Henry Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Hepplewhite design shaped and upholstered back dining chair. The shaped upholstered back with reeded framing. The seat rail with fluted decoration. The tapered legs with reces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Hepplewhite Seating
Materials
Mahogany
A W N Pugin Gothic Revival oak armchair by Gillows of Lancaster or Holland
Son
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster or Holland and son, for the House of Lords in Parliament Square London. A Gothic Revival oak armchair. Professionally re-upholstered.
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
An English Walnut and Tufted Leather Library Armchair by Gillows, 19th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A distinguished English library armchair by Gillows, branded as shown. Crafted in walnut, the chair features a deep, generously proportioned seat and supportive back, both with tufte...
Category
19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
George II Library Wing Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine and well-drawn George II design country house library/drawing room wing chair. This chair is unusual in that it has extremely generous proporti...
Category
18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Seating
Materials
Feathers
$9,530 / item
A W N Pugin, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster A Gothic Revival oak armchair
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin, probably made by Gillows of Lancaster for the House of Lords London. A Gothic Revival oak armchair with carved rosettes to the headrest, and each side of the arms, and u...
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Robert Adam Window Seat
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine carved giltwood window seat after a design by
Robert Adam. Upholstered in client’s own material.
Bespoke sizing, design adaptations and finishing available.
We are curr...
Category
18th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$9,623 / item
The Hugh Henry Lattice Back Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Hepplewhite design lattice back dining chair. The shaped open fret back with reeded framing. The seat rail with fluted decoration. The tapered legs with recessed star panel to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Hepplewhite Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Chippendale Gothic Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine gothic Chippendale design lattice back and carved dining chair with pointed arches and carved central paterae. Available as arms and singles in specialist paint finish, as in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Pair of Regency Mahogany Hall Chairs by Gilllows, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs by Gillows Lancaster, circa 1820 in date.
These lovely chairs have been masterfully crafted in beautiful solid maho...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
The William Kent Garden Seat
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine William Kent carved teak garden or hall bench. The pedimented back with reverse carved shell below.
Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time and that th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George II Seating
Materials
Teak
$15,583
The Buckingham Palace Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An exceptional bespoke carved giltwood sofa modelled closely upon the sofa in Buckingham Palace. The feet altered to a more delicate scroll toe. The original sofa was removed from th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Neoclassical Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$34,982
A Fine Suite of 12 Mahogany Dining Chairs by Gillows, c.1825
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Fine Suite of 12 Mahogany Dining Chairs by Gillows, Related to the Hackwood Park Commission, c.1825. The suite of waisted design with beautifully pierced scrollwork to the top rail...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
Hepplewhite Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Hepplewhite design parcel gilded sofa with arched shaped serpentine crest rail, straight front rail and fine tapered and fluted legs. This sofa is classically upholstered and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Hepplewhite Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$23,851
George II Giltwood Banquet Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine George II gilt-wood banquet chair with a classical rake to the back on acanthus and shell carved legs terminating in a carved hairy paw claw foot...
Category
18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$6,139 / item
Bruce Talbert, stamped Gillows. An Aesthetic Movement upholstered oak armchair.
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert attributed, stamped Gillows. An Aesthetic Movement oak armchair. It was professionally re-upholstered in a light blue Damask.
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
A W N Pugin attributed, made by Gillows of Lancaster. A Gothic Revival oak side
Located in London, GB
A W N Pugin attributed, made by Gillows of Lancaster. A Gothic Revival oak side chair with carved entwining leaf florets to the shaped upper back rest, and a carved rose to the centr...
Category
1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Bruce Talbert attributed probably made by Gillows. A Gothic Revival oak armchair
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert attributed, probably made by Gillows. A Gothic Revival oak armchair with a shaped head rail centered with a carved floret, flanked by carved floral finials...
Category
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Bruce Talbert for Gillows and Co. Aesthetic Movement scissor style side chair
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert for Gillows and Co. An Aesthetic Movement scissor style side chair with ebonized dot details and chip carved details to the fra...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
Dundas Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine carved and water gilded dining chair by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale for the great Room at Arlington Street, London. The serpentine scrolled cresting is bordered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Adam Style Seating
Materials
Giltwood
$9,222
Gillows Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine regency design Grand Tour inspired mahogany bench/hall seat of elegant proportions. Almost certainly designed by renowned Charles Heathcote Tatham.
Bespoke sizing, design a...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$4,977 / item
Mid 19th century Gillows open armchair in Colefax and fowler printed linen
Located in Batley, GB
A superb quality mid 19th century armchair by Gillows of Lancaster. Raised on finely worked walnut turned front legs and arm supports with out splayed chamfered legs to the rear, all...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Ditchley Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Regency design taken from Ditchley park, with carved and decorated sabre legs. The back with brass ball finals and the frame with inset paterae. The...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
$14,103 / item
The Wimbledon Tennis Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine carved teak tennis bench. Exterior seat pads can be supplied if required. Seat pads upholstered in client’s own material.
Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Neoclassical Seating
Materials
Teak
Chippendale Gainsborough Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
This handsome carved mahogany library or ‘Gainsborough’ armchair has a gently curving back and shaped arms which have acanthus leaf carved scrolled handles and leaf carved moulded su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Tatham Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency mahogany dining chair with carved paterae and reeded legs, carved in the style of Tatham. To be upholstered in the clients own material.
Bespoke sizing, design adaptatio...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$4,009 / item
George II Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A George II carved mahogany two seater sofa with swept upholstered arms on cabriole legs carved with acanthus leaves on claw and ball feet. To be upholstered in the clients own mater...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George II Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$9,381
Unique Set of Four Walnut Framed Dining Chairs by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Crawley, GB
For sale a set of four Victorian walnut framed dining chairs by Gillow of Lancaster , raised on fluted tapering legs , bearing stamped maker s marks to seat rails. According to Wikip...
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Walnut
Dinton Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The Dinton sofa is a fine polished mahogany regency design sofa/settee with classically polished turned and tapering legs terminating in brass castors, below a polished frieze with i...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
$18,915 / item
19th Century Gillows of Lancaster Walnut
Leather Upholstered Library Arm Chair
Located in Shrewsbury, GB
A 19th century Gillows of Lancaster walnut and leather upholstered library arm chair, with exceptional overall condition and colour. The button down ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Kent Estate Sofa
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A William Kent estate sofa with tapering square legs, acanthus and shell carvings and elegantly drawn scrolled roll arms. Finished with a burnished gold leaf. To be upholstered in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George I Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$34,645
Regency Oak Leaf Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved and reeded mahogany stool, with a central panel of oak leaves and quatrefoil corner paterae, on brass castors.
To be upholstered in ...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
$7,466 / item
Regency Window Bench
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency turned mahogany and brass mounted window seat on elongated brass castors. To be upholstered in the clients own material. Bespoke sizing, design adaptations and finishing av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Brass
$6,996
The Glynllifon “Rutland” Chairs Supplied by Gillows in 1823 to Thomas John Wynn
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The Glynllifon “Rutland” Chairs Supplied by Gillows in 1823 to Thomas John Wynn, Second Baron Newborough, each of this pair of solid rosewood chairs with a lyre shaped back and rolle...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Seating
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Regency Library Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An important sabre legged, acanthus carved Regency mahogany library armchair, of generous proportions. Can be supplied in specialist aged leather as seen in the image or upholstered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
$10,494
Regency James Klismos Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
Regency James Klismos chairs with turned front legs down to carved lion claw feet. Shown here with hand created tapestry seats and ebonised finish. To be upholstered in client’s own ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Very Rare Gillows of Lancaster Regency Hardwood Harpist Height Adjustable Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this stunning and very rare original Gillows of Lancaster Rosewood height-adjustable Harpist musician stool
A very good looking ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Wood, Beech
Early 19th Century Regency Pair of Hall Chairs by Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency pair of mahogany hall chairs by Gillows of London & Lancaster, the carved moulded back with centred armorial shield surmount...
Category
1810s Irish Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Morel and Hughes Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A parcel gilt and ebonised stool with upholstered seat on partially reeded lotus leaf X-frame support. To be upholstered in the clients own material. Bespoke sizing, design adaptatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$10,335
The Hepplewhite Wheelback Dining Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine English Hepplewhite design wheelback dining chair with a slightly raised fixed upholstered seat. To be upholstered in the client’s own material.
Please note we are currently w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Hepplewhite Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Regent’s Park Library Armchair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A late Regency/early Victorian library open armchair with finely turned arm supports and turned and tapering front legs terminating in hand-cast brass castors. The armchair is classi...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Seating
Materials
Brass
$6,498 / item
Wanstead Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine William Kent design banquette seat with carved under frieze supported by S scroll and scale decorated legs, united by floral swags centred by a Kentian face mask. To be uphols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George II Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$12,402
Bruce Talbert, for Gillows Set of 6 English Aesthetic Movement Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert. Made by Gillows of Lancaster and London.
A good quality set of six oak dining chairs with an upper and lower row of turnings and carved details above.
As you can see...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Seating
Materials
Oak
George I Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved George I design stool with foliate carved cabriole legs on claw and ball feet. To be upholstered in the client’s own material. Please note that we are currently worki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British George I Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$7,473
Regency Trafalgar Stool
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved and reeded stool of square form, a central panel with gilt bronze mounts and quatrefoil corner paterae on brass castors. To be upholstered in the client’s own materia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Regency Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$7,314
Gillows of Lancaster Regency Rococo Revival Rosewood Side Chairs, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite set of four English George IV circa 1825 'First' Rococo Revival style side or dining chairs all signed by the legendary cabinetmaking firm Gillows of Lancaster having fo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Seating
Materials
Cane, Rosewood
Ince and Mayhew Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The Ince and Mayhew dining chairs are often considered as being the finest models of their type. Available as arms and singles in aged gesso, as in the image, or polished mahogany.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Neoclassical Seating
Materials
Mahogany
$5,406
The Samuel Garden Seat
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine carved teak garden bench in the manner of Henry Samuel. The back rest of oval form with radiating slats. The down scrolled arms onto a fluted frieze seat rail. The whole suppo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Teak
$14,504
Unique Chairs, Sofas and Other Seating for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
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