Fine Pair of Neoclassical Side Chairs, 1st Half 19th Century

This exquisite pair of armchairs features high, rounded backrests and C-shaped armrests. They stand on octagonal legs with leaf capitals and bases as well as sabre legs. The intricat...

A handsome Baltic pair of Biedermeier side chairs of Karelian birch wood and ebonized fruit wood. They feature fine figurative Boulle brass work circa 1850. Each of the scrolled ba...

A fine pair of Neoclassical armchairs. Karelian Birch with carved details and central carved giltwood detail on the backrest.

Pair fine pair of Biedermeier Side Chairs crafted with Walnut burl veneers. The back is a pierced design and the chair rests of four beautifully tapered legs. The seats are generous...

A pair of neoclassical cherrywood chairs, crafted around 1800. The chairs feature elegantly pierced backrests with a delicate lattice structure in the central splat. They rest on tap...

A Classic and handsome pair of baker neoclassical style occasional chairs newly upholstered in a creamy white ecru velvet with black grosgrain detai...

Pair of Neoclassical Chairs, Germany 1810-20: Exquisite Design with Palmette Motif Discover the elegance of the past with this stunning pair of Neoclassical chairs, hailing from Ger...

“I know of no other chair like the single [sic] ‘lyre back’ one. . . . I certainly recognize it as a Boston chair considering all the individual elements, but the combination is particularly elegant.” So wrote noted scholar of Boston furniture Page Talbott when a set of four chairs of this design originally surfaced in the 1980s. Although the existence of four chairs in a specific pattern might imply that the chairs were originally part of a larger set, no additional chairs of this form have appeared in the intervening years. The lyre became a popular motif during the Neo-Classical period, and is frequently encountered as the back splat of klismos chairs, in no example more familiar than in a group of Duncan Phyfe chairs...