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An assortment of ornate antique chairs featuring intricate woodwork, diverse materials, and upholstery, highlighting different styles and historical periods.

Egg-wood Louis Seize chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood elm wood velvet, Ears of corn in the back light green velvet upholstery Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis Seize
Egg-wood Louis Seize chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood elm wood velvet, Ears of corn in the back light green velvet upholstery Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis Seize
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Chair -Armstoel, anonymous, 1500 - 1600 Arm chair of nuthout, partially gilded. The front legs end as struts, which are decorated at the top with leaf consoles, and who support the armrests, ending in volutes. The sawn -out presence, prefigure and back sports are decorated with, among other things, stabbed leaf motifs, rosettes and volutes. The backstyles, crowned with leaf motifs, Hellen backwards. The upper sport of the back wears a coat of arms with flowers, bullets and a star. The legs are square. See also BK-16646-A, B and D. Italy wood (plant material). walnut (hardwood). gilding (material) gilding Arm chair of nuthout, partially gilded. The front legs end as struts, which are decorated at the top with leaf consoles, and who support the armrests, ending in volutes. The sawn -out presence, prefigure and back sports are decorated with, among other things, stabbed leaf motifs, rosettes and volutes. The backstyles, crowned with leaf motifs, Hellen backwards. The upper sport of the back wearSide Chair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 35.2 cm (18 x 13 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 34 1/4"high, 19 1/2"deep.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Henning.McCarthy and Donald Donovan, Dining Chair, c 1936 Dining ChairChair. unknown, authorArmchair 1750-1800 American. Armchair 9863Chair. unknown, authorBrown Royal classical style Armchair sofa couch in vintage room Armchair (one of a pair) (part of a set) ca. 1763-64 Attributed to Johann Michael Bauer German (born Westheim) The settees and chairs illustrated here (see 1974.356.114-.121) were made for the Franckenstein Pavilion in the gardens of Seehof Castle near Bamberg, one of the three summer residences in Southern Germany used by Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim, prince bishop of Würzberg and Bamberg. A true garden enthusiast, it was under von Seinsheim that the gardens of Seehof were embellished, which must have resembled the still extant Rococo gardens completed by von Seinsheim at Veitshöchheim. His love for gardens and garden imagery also carried over into the interior decoration and furnishings of his castles, as the Seehof furniture demonstrates. A unique example of German Rococo furniture executed in a more flamboyant style than its French prototypes, the ensemble was designed specifically for the Garden Room in the Franckenstein Pavilion. Used as an audience room, it was referred to as thArmchair (part of a set of nine) mid-18th century Tapestry woven at Aubusson. Armchair (part of a set of nine) 239170Side Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 34 x 20 x 19 in. (86.4 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm). Date: 1785-95. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Pair of Ladderback Side Chairs. Daniel Trotter (United States, Pennsylvania, 1747-1800). United States, circa 1785. Furnishings; Furniture. Mahogany, oak, silk damask (replaced)Four Armchairs and One Settee. Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1723 - 1798, master 1752)High Chair c 1740-1775 Pennsylvania. Walnut . Artist unknownChair. unknown, creatorWilliam Kieckhofel, Salem Chair, c 1937 Salem ChairArmchair (Fauteuil à la reine) ca. 1785 attributed to Georges Jacob French This armchair with a medallion shaped back surmounted by a rippled bowknot, its columnar uprights surmounted by finials shaped like flaming cassolettes, seems to be depicted in two paintings by Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803). Principal painter to "Mesdames Tantes," the unmarried aunts of Louis XVI, Labille-Guiard exhibited a full-length portrait of Madame Adelaide at the Salon of 1787. The princess stands in front of the chair, her robe draped over its arm. Three years later the artist painted Charles-Roger, prince de Bauffremont (1713-1795), seated in what seems to be the same chair. In both portraits it is upholstered in blue-green velvet. Since no other armchair of this model is known, it is possible that this very piece of seat furniture once belonged to Madame Adelaide. According to Eleonore-Charlotte-Adelaide-Louise d'Osmond, comtesse de Boigne (1781-1866), whose mother had been a lady-in-waiting to tJoseph Rothenberg, Side Chair, 1936 Side ChairArmchair (USA), 1860-67; Attributed to Springmeyer Brothers (United States), John Henry Belter (American, b. Germany, 1804 - 1863); mahogany, laminated ash, oak and other woodsPrie-dieu. Culture: British. Designer: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British, London 1812-1852 Ramsgate). Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 33 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (85.1 × 67.3 × 59.7 cm). Date: ca. 1844.After the architect and designer A. W. N. Pugin converted to Catholicism in 1835, his work was strongly influenced by his ideas of life in pre-Reformation England. The Grange, the house Pugin built for himself in Ramsgate (1843-44), was a perfect example of this romantic medieval vision. This prie-dieu was designed for Pugin's own use in the chapel at The Grange, which although small in size was completely outfitted for celebrating Mass with organ, sacristy, vestments, church plate etc.: a watercolor of the chapel from around 1844 shows the shadowy outline of a similar prayer bench in front of the altar.Pugin's furniture, intended mostly for the houses he designed, is relatively simple, somewhat severe and ecclesiastical in nature of which this prie-dieu is an excellent example. Chair, Molded papier-mché, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, painted and gilt wood, Side chair, with vestigial arms molded in one piece with rounded back having rolled and scalloped edge; cabriole legs; slip seat (upholstered Dec. 1967). Black ground with gilded rococo-revival designs, mother-of-pearl inlay: central motif- fountain, birds and butterfly., probably Birmingham, England, ca. 1844, furniture, Decorative Arts, ChairDorothy Johnson, Braided Rawhide Bottom Chair, c 1940 Braided Rawhide Bottom ChairDining Chair, from the Purkersdorf Sanatorium Dining Chair; Designed by Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, b. Moravia, 1870-1956); Manufactured by J & J Kohn; Made for Purkersdorf Sanatorium (Austria); Austria; beechwood, leather, metalWindow Seat. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 36.8 x 45.7 cm (14 1/2 x 18 in.) Original IAD Object: 43"long; 14 1/2"wide; 28 1/2"high. Seat 15"high.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Eisman.Armchair, design Jan De Meijer. Armchair, design Jan De Meijer.Jewish with lean; around 1850 (1840-00-00-1860-00-00);Arm chair with angular armrests and covered with blue Trijp, Jacobus Fernandus Adolphus Semey, 1933 Arm chair of black lacquered wood resting on four square legs. The front legs are straight and the hind legs are slightly bent and continue in the backstyles. The session is set in four lines whose two side rules are right and the front and back rule bent. The benchmark of the backrest is also bent. From the center of the backrest, flat angular armrests walk off who are on the front, not in line with the front legs, on flat struts that are partly attached to the seat and partly. Both the handrail and the seat are covered with blue Trijp. The covering of the seat is trimmed with a beige trim. The Hague wood (plant material). wool. paint (coating) Arm chair of black lacquered wood resting on four square legs. The front legs are straight and the hind legs are slightly bent and continue in the backstyles. The session is set in four lines whose two side rules are right and the front and back Folding X-chair, c. 1620-1650. Northern Netherlands. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland.Easy chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 49 1/4 x 33 x 37 in. (125.1 x 83.8 x 94 cm). Date: 1715-30.This is an example of the earliest known type of American easy chair--a new form to emerge in Boston during the William and Mary period. It features a tall back and double scroll arms on a turned base. Easy chairs were expensive because of the costly textiles required for their upholstery and were therefore prestigious to own. With its padded back, wings, and arms and feather-filled seat cushion, the easy chair introduced a new level of seating comfort. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Rod-back Windsor side chair, c. 1807, attributed to William Sawyer, American, 1783-1830, 35 x 19 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (88.9 x 48.58 x 44.45 cm), Maple, United States, 19th century, This is an especially elegant example of a Windsor chair, with its spindled back and contoured seat. Makers of everyday American furniture of the 19th century concentrated on simplicity and functionality, using available woods. These pieces are noted for turned legs and other elements that were joined to each other with round tenons pushed into drilled holes.. Armchair from rosewood, with swapped legs and sports. The armrest supports are baluster-shaped; The armrests themselves have been rolled and smooth. Renovated side upholstery with frills.Arm chair, part of a divan de Milieu, Gebroeders Horrix, c. 1852 Arm chair belonging to a set of six arm chairs of mahogany with a triangular base, together forming a round sofa. Blared silk upholstery with passement. The two front legs, the hind legs, rules, struts, armrests and the crowning of the backrest, are bent, profiled and almost all end in a volute. The armresters close the backrest arch -shaped and form a triangular crown that, just like the front line and the swellings of the front legs, exhibits shell -shaped acanthus leaves. The Hague wood (plant material). mahogany (wood). silk Arm chair belonging to a set of six arm chairs of mahogany with a triangular base, together forming a round sofa. Blared silk upholstery with passement. The two front legs, the hind legs, rules, struts, armrests and the crowning of the backrest, are bent, profiled and almost all end in a volute. The armresters close the backrest arch -shaped and form a triangular crown that, just like the front liSofa, wood, Sloping back divided into three sections, curved at ends; top rail scrolled. Carved arms, with padded arm rests, in form of dolphin with curled tail joining back and head resting on corner blocks carved with lotus leaves. Four fronts in form of lion legs with paw feet; two plain square back legs curved outward; casters added. Upholstered in fabric of classical wreath and foliate pattern. (1926-22-352 a/f in Textiles Department), France, 19th century, furniture, Decorative Arts, SofaChair. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.2 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arsen Maralian.Armchair (fauteuil) first quarter 18th century French. Armchair (fauteuil) 189754 French, Armchair (fauteuil), first quarter 18th century, Carved and gilded beechwood, wool Aubusson tapestry covers, 47 1/2 27 1/2 21 5/8 in. (120.7 69.9 54.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.502)Chair. unknown, creatorCouch c 1850-1865 United States. Rosewood . Artist unknownSide Chair 1690-1705 London. Painted and gilded beechwood, modern upholstery .. Upled armchair from the cup-amicublement, from white and blue gray painted beech wood. The seat rules and sills of the back window show stabbed bracelet with rosettes. Vase-shaped struts with roasted cannelures support the armrests with cushions, which overflow with an acanthus sheet in the Tuscan columns of the back window. The upholstery shows light blue satin ground floral motifs, held by griffions. Ordered for a new landscape 74, Haarlem. See: BK-15614, 15615-A / P, 15616-A / b.Fan Spindle-Back SideChairChair. Dated: 1941. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Goodwin.Swivel armchair. unknown, authorChair Attributed to Christopher Dresser British, Scottish Roundels designed by John Moyr Smith Manufacturer Coalbrookdale Company British 1870 The versatile artist Christopher Dresser is often celebrated as the first industrial designer. Philosophically, he was aligned with his contemporary William Morris on the virtues of good design but unlike Morris, he did not distain industrial production methods. Rather than affiliating himself with a single company or starting a workshop of his own, Dresser worked as an independent designer for manufacturers in many media, including ceramics, metalwork, glass, furniture and textiles. This cast iron chair is emblematic of the marriage of design reform to industrial production. View more. Chair. British, Coalbrookdale. 1870. Cast iron, wood. Metalwork-IronElizabeth Curtis, Hepplewhite Arm Chair, 1936 Hepplewhite Arm ChairSide chair ca. 1720-30 British This model was fashionable in England and Italy early during the eigthteenth century and numerous, also later, examples exist. This chair is believed to have come from Palazzo Borghese in Rome.. Side chair. British. ca. 1720-30. Walnut, decorated with carved gesso, gilt. Woodwork-FurnitureAmerican 20th Century, None Given, 1935 1942 None GivenMichael Chomyk, Child's High Chair, c 1938 Child's High ChairFlorence Huston, Chair, c 1936 ChairFrancis Law Durand, Chair (Host), 1935 1942 Chair (Host)Side Chair 1780-1800 Michael Smith. Side Chair 1792. Coated chair, part of the cup-amicublement, from white and blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The rules and sills of the back window, with Tuscan fluted columns as back styles, exhibit stroke braid with rosettes. Finish with rosettes and acanthus leaves. The upholstery shows light blue satin ground floral motifs; held on the back by griffions. Ordered for the new landscape 74, Haarlem. See: BK-15615-a / p; BK-15614; BK-15616-A / b.Side Chair 1790-1800 American. Side Chair. American. 1790-1800. Mahogany, maple. Made in New York, New York, United StatesRacket-back Sheraton side chair, one of a pair, c. 1800, 36 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (93.35 x 52.07 x 44.45 cm), Mahogany, United States, 18th-19th centuryHenry Meyers, Card Table, c 1937 Card TableEasyChairDuchesse d'enfant brisée (childs chair), c. 1780, Georges Jacob, French, 1739-1814, 30 1/4 x 24 x 21 1/2 in. (76.84 x 60.96 x 54.61 cm), Wood, gilt (modern upholstery), France, 18th century, Georges Jacob, one of the foremost cabinet and chair makers in France in the last quarter of the 1700s, furnished the apartments of the nobility and the royal family of France. This elegant early Neoclassical daybed with its separate ottoman, stamped by Jacob on the frame, was probably commissioned for a child or a very small adult.Bar-back side chair, c. 1805-1815, 34 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (87.63 x 50.17 x 41.91 cm), Mahogany, leather (modern), United States, 19th centuryLeRoy Griffith, Pa German Rocking Chair, c 1940 Pa. German Rocking ChairHigh-bottom High-back Armchair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 24.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 19"wide; 17"deep; 44"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy Johnson.Side Chair 1730-90 American. Side Chair. American. 1730-90. Walnut, white pine. Made in New England, United StatesMiniature arm chair, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675 Arm chair in miniature of walnut, covered with calf leather and resting on twisted legs and sports. The slippery armrests are low and little whole. The upholstery shows large and small copper nails. Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). walnut (hardwood). calf (leather). copper (metal) Arm chair in miniature of walnut, covered with calf leather and resting on twisted legs and sports. The slippery armrests are low and little whole. The upholstery shows large and small copper nails. Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). walnut (hardwood). calf (leather). copper (metal)Chair. unknown, authorShaker Rocking Chair. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 36.5 x 30.4 cm (14 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lon Cronk.Chair. unknown, authorArmchair upholstered in chintz, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Child's Chair. Dated: probably 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 25 cm (13 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 23"high; 9"seat; base 12". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cora Parker.Chair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 36.2 x 29 cm (14 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Grace Thomas.. Armchair of gold-plated beech wood, resting on conical-shaped legs. The armchair belongs to an amele. On the coated curved sitting window and the coated oval back window are applied to a pink-part shows within flower wreaths (Tapisserie de Beauvais). See also: BK-16657-A and C / F.Crib 1840-47 D. Phyfe & Son. Crib 20534Table 1870-75 Attributed to Herter Brothers. Table. American. 1870-75. Wood. Made in New York, New York, United States"Bastard" Windsor Chair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 33.9 x 27.4 cm (13 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Magnus S. Fossum.Arsen Maralian, Roundabout Chair, 1937 Roundabout ChairAmerican Chair with Turkey Work. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.4 x 23.9 cm (11 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Victor F. Muollo.Charles Squires, Side Chair, c 1937 Side ChairMahogany rococo chair, upright chair seat furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany velvet brass, Bolkow legs and green velvet covering with sunflowers Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat Heilige Geesthuis Oudemannenhuis Old man house Heiligegeesthuis rococoArmchair. unknown, authorArmchair. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 39 × 26 3/8 × 23 in. (99.1 × 67 × 58.4 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chair late 17th century Swiss. Chair. Swiss. late 17th century. Wood. Woodwork-FurnitureChild's high chair ca. 1660 British. Child's high chair. British. ca. 1660. Walnut. Woodwork-FurnitureEasyChairPair of armchairs ca. 1760 Probably by Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard French. Pair of armchairs 202333Abraham Lincoln chair (photo taken ca. 1914). Pennsylvania Dutch Bed Stool. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 34.3 cm (9 11/16 x 13 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 6"high; 8 5/8"wide. See data sheet for dets.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Swientochowski.old chair He decorated long ago a living room Copyright: xZoonar.com/Photographer:xHaraldxSchottnerx 7649562Side chair, 18th century, Georges Jacob, French, 1739-1814, H.35-1/4 x W.20 x D.19 in., Wood, gilt, Beauvais tapestry, France, 18th centuryChairSide Chair c 1816 Philadelphia. This side chair is one of a set of 10 made for Major David Lenoxís summer home in Bristol, Pennsylvania. The painted decoration, by Philadelphia sign painter John Philip FondÈ, is meant to resemble maple, reflecting the popularity of maple and satinwood Neoclassical furniture. In addition, ornamentation imitating ormolu mounts and metal inlay enhances visual interest, providing a contrast between matte and polished surfaces. The dramatic curves of the tablet back, rear saber legs, and stiles resemble ancient Greek klismos chairs, while the turned front legs are derived from Roman prototypes. Such an interest in archaeological furniture characterized the classical taste of the period.The chairís original upholstery has been replaced with accurate period fabric.. Ash, white pine, white oak, and painted decoration . John Philip FondéReduced guillotine model Reduced guillotine model. Tinted wood, metal. Early nineteenth century.Armchair from the end of the 18th century from the collection of Gustaw Subise-Bisier from Warsaw in 1917-views from the side in 1: 5; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1917 (not after 30.05.1917) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Side chair 1740-60 American. Side chair 1708Chair. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 25.7 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Clyde L. Cheney.Back of Hitchcock Chair. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28.1 cm (14 x 11 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: gouache, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphiteon paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.Charles Goodwin, Sewing Table, 1938 Sewing TableArmchair; Brion, Pierre-Gaston (1767-1855); beginning of the 19th century (1805-00-00-1815-00-00);Empire (style), lion paws, palmetta (ornament), braid (ornament), transmission (provenance), rosette (ornament), plant decoration, vases, wreaths, volutes (ornament)Luxury furnitureArmchair, one of eight, after 1756, Jean-Baptiste Lebas (Maître in 1756), French, 38 1/2 x 27 x 24 in. (97.79 x 68.58 x 60.96 cm), Gilt wood and upholstery, France, 18th centuryDorothy Johnson, Rocker, c 1941 RockerVintage wooden armchair with brown patchwork leather cushions Vintage wooden armchair with soft brown patchwork leather cushions against white background. Artisanal furniture concept Copyright: xZoonar.com/NazarovxSergeyx 21328771Saddler's Work Bench. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 51.9 x 40.7 cm (20 7/16 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2'8"high; 2'6"long; 12"wide, top.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Kathleen Spagnolo.Sidechair