Chinoiserie Chairs
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
Find a collection of chinoiserie bedroom furniture, cabinets, decorative objects and more on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinoiserie
6 Mid Century Black Lacquered Oriental Chinoiserie Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century black lacquered dining chairs featuring Ming styling with reticulated floral bird design and gold accents. Made in Taiwan, ROC Republic of China.
Dimensions:
19" x 22" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Lacquer
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Broyhill Ming Style Yoke Back Dining Side Armchair
By Broyhill
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Chinoiserie Broyhill Ming style yoke back dining or side armchair with an ebony-colored frame & original white textured meander fabric....
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Baker Faux Bamboo Chairs Armchairs Chinoiserie
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Elegant Faux Bamboo Chairs in the Chinese Chippendale or Chinoiserie Style, made by Baker, American, circa 1960s. If you would like us to make cushions for these, we can make...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Vintage Chinoiserie Ming Style Yoke Back Chairs Black Lacquered Style James Mont
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Asian Chinoiserie Ming style yoke back chairs with black lacquered frames & brass details in the style of James Mont. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that thes...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brighton Pavilion Chinoiserie Bamboo Chairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Unique pair of Chinese Chippendale bamboo chairs with an inset on inside back panel of each chair. Inset features a beautiful ebony C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Exquisite Pair of Chinoiserie Ming Style Carved Rosewood Chairs Asian Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Exquisite pair of Chinese carved rosewood chairs made in the Classic Ming style. Featuring geometric carved backs and arms and chow legs...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood
Six Far East Dining Chairs with Natural Wood Base by Michael Taylor for Baker
Located in Pasadena, TX
A set of six dining chairs designed by Michael Taylor for Baker. Wood bases with original red upholstery.
See matching dining table by Michael Taylor in last photo.
Category
1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood
$3,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Chinese Asian Rosewood
Marble Armchairs Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Pair of Mid Century Chi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Marble
$1,400 Sale Price / set
29% Off
Vintage Regency Paper Mache Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Brimming with Victorian-era charm, this exquisite side chair is a remarkable work of art. The frame is crafted from ebonized wood or papier-mâché, featuring a romantic heart-shaped b...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Italian Brass Bamboo Side Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of midcentury Italian brass bamboo side chairs. Newly upholstered in pink velvet fabric. Overall unpolished patina to brass. Stamped ‘Made in Italy’ on the underside.
Seat is 1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Brass
$1,250 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Pair of Asian Inspired Slipper Chairs with Cashmere Velvet Upholstery
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is an exceptionally well crafted pair of asian inspired slipper chairs, newly upholstered in a cashmere velvet with bleached wood accents. Circa 1940s, these chairs reflect the ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Textile, Wood
Vintage Chinoiserie Tortoise Bamboo Arm Chair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous barrel-back bamboo armchair. This piece reminds us of a Brighton Pavillion chair. It has a rounded barrel back with a split bamboo...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of High Back Decorator Chairs
By James Mont
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual decorator chairs with a high back and handle on the top.
Category
1950s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
$1,500 / item
Michael Taylor for Baker Far East Lounge Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Low Slung Asian Influenced Lounge Chairs, designed by Michael Taylor for Baker's Far East Line, American, circa 1960s. They have been recently reupholstered and are ready to ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Metal
$2,800 / set
Chinoiserie Lacquered Bentwood, Cane, Accent Armchair with a Woven Grass Seat
Located in Miami, FL
Chinoiserie Lacquered Bentwood, Cane, Accent Armchair with a Woven Grass Seat
Offered for sale is a chinoiserie style lacquered bentwood, rattan, cane accent armchair with a woven g...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
$475 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 6 Chinoiseries chairs At Cost Price
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Exceptional set of 6 chairs "Chinoiserie" in lacquered wood.
France, Late 18th Century.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$6,102 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Solid Wood Ming Chinoiserie Dining Chairs, Set of 8
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Late 20th Century Vintage Chinoiserie Official’s Hat Chairs, a Pair
Located in Hartville, OH
A brilliant pair chinoiserie officials arm chairs. Gorgeous hand painted details cover ever inch of the surface of these beautiful chairs. Excellent Vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century East Asian Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood
$3,080 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Modern Ming Horseshoe Pair Chairs with Designer Geometric Cushions
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Note: These chairs are very chic!
Pair of custom ordered chairs came from a high-end country club estate in Indian Wells California. The entire estate was designed by Sally Sirkin Lewis. We are not sure of the designer or maker of these chairs but they were certainly used to be mixed in a very contemporary modern setting.
Known as “Quanyi” or “Horseshoe Chairs”, They are also known as “Ming “Dynasty” chairs...
Category
1970s Asian Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinoiserie Style Faux Bamboo Accent, Desk or Vanity Chair c. 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chic vintage side chair in the classic Chinoiserie style. The wood frame is expertly crafted as faux bamboo with a distressed and antiqued cream lacquer. Can't you imagine this in a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood, Lacquer
Vintage Regency Hand Carved Fauteuil Chairs - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite pair of armchairs, presented in the elegant Fauteuil style, exemplifies sophisticated Neoclassical and Louis XVI influences combined with unexpected Chinoiserie flair....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Chinoiserie Ebonized Rosewood High Relief Ball
Claw Scholars Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Chinoiserie side dining, scholars, or vanity chair. Made of ebonized Rosewood featuring highly ornate gothic inspired carvings with dragons, bats, squirrels, flowers, nuts, b...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
19th-C. English Red Chinoiserie Child’s Bergere Chair in Linen
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is wonderful! It is a late 19th century red chinoiserie child’s chair newly upholstered in a flax linen. Note the exquisite detail to the back and arms!
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Linen, Wood
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Near Pair of Handcrafted, Chinese Folding Traveller’s Chairs W. Webbing
Located in Lisse, NL
Two very stylish and highly decorative Asian chairs.
These all-handcrafted early 20th century Chinese folding chairs are a rare find. The wonder...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of White Wooden Faux Bamboo Chairs
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of White Faux Bamboo Chairs. Fun boho chic beachy coastal chairs with dragon print fabric. Nice thick cotton blend. Solid wooden heavy chairs.
Approximate Measurements:
39.38" ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
$1,620 / set
Victorian Chinoiserie era Molded Plaster Chaise Percée Commode Chair
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This late 19th century "throne" is a fine example of elegant furniture making meeting functional necessity. Known as a "Chaise Percée" this type of furniture was common until the advent of widespread indoor plumbing at the beginning of 20th century. Economic level would dictate extravagance of design and this artful chair...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Gesso, Upholstery, Oak
C.19th Ebonised Chinoiserie Chair Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Parcel-Gilt Decoration
Located in Leeds, GB
19th Century Ebonised Chinoiserie Chair with Canework Seat, Mother-of-Pearl Inlay and Parcel Gilt Decoration
A decorative piece only! A beautifully detailed 19th century ebonised ch...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Maitland Smith Style Tessellated Stone over Wood Pair Armchairs Asian Modern 70s
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Maitland Smith Style Asian Modern tessellated stone over wood Armchairs, Side Chairs.
A gray and taupe tessellated stone over wood covered chair with bronze color pattern and brass inlays.
They come with custom seat cushions...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Stone, Brass
Huge Asian Chinoiserie Carved Rosewood Armchair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of an
Oversized Asian chinoiserie carved rosewood armchair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Cotton
$2,792 Sale Price
24% Off
19th Century English Queen Anne Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Side Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Queen Anne red lacquered chinoiserie side chair. Pretty hand painted design!
Note: There is a companion chair. Sold se...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Chinoiserie Red Hand Painted Chair Heavy Solid Wood Frame
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We delighted to offer this lovely highly decorative Chinese Chinoiserie hand painted occasional chair
A very well made good looking ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau period chair with Chinese pattern circa 1880
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Art Nouveau period chair with Chinese pattern circa 1880, with its original fabric
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Chinoiserie Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Chinoiserie chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie chairs made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Century Furniture, Baker Far East Collection, and Calico Corners. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $32,400 while the average work can sell for $2,435.
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