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An array of intricately designed wooden chairs from various periods, highlighting craftsmanship with unique features, textures, and upholstery.

Old Viennese Armchair Old wooden Viennese armchair on an isolated studio background Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreyxSkatx 8602098
Old Viennese Armchair Old wooden Viennese armchair on an isolated studio background Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreyxSkatx 8602098
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Mahogany rococo chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany velvet brass, Bolcock legs and green velvet covering with sunflowers Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat Heilige Geesthuis Oudemannenhuis Old man house Heiligegeesthuis rococoEasy chair 1715-30 American This is an example of the earliest known type of American easy chaira 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.. Easy chair 3486Armchair, c. 1904. Hans Vollmer (Austrian, 1879-). Oak with replacement upholstered slip seat; overall: 85.1 x 56.6 x 59.1 cm (33 1/2 x 22 5/16 x 23 1/4 in.).. Armchair of oak and ebony, covered with batted parchment.Vincent P Rosel, Windsor Fan back Chair, c 1938 Windsor Fan-back ChairAmeublement, consisting of a bank and ten seats. Ameublement, made from walnut, consisting of a bank and ten seats. The seat of downtime with leaf and floral motifs in silk on linen grid, with a soft filling.Anonymous, the queen's armchair: the eagle and the Escarbot and the lion and the Moucheron (main title), 1774. Wood, Beauvais tapestry. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Chair (one of a pair). American; New York City area, New York. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 97.8 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm (38 1/2 x 22 x 21 in.)(overall); seat: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). Mahogany, ash, and soft maple. Origin: New York City. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Ebony straight chair, upright chair seat furniture furniture interior design wood elm wood textiles, square squares in the back and arches in the hood brown cloth on the seat square rejuvenated legs with flutes.Side chairs (one of a pair; part of a set) mid-18th century Italian, Venice. Side chairs (one of a pair; part of a set) 239577Chair Gold Metallic Colors Chair gold metallic colors Isolated on white background. Copyright: xZoonar.com/VictorxGladkiyx 7222532Furniture, Anonymous, 1650 - 1700 Chair of walnut, covered with black velvet and cracking tie risles. The furniture has flung legs, which are connected by an H-shaped cross and an upper sport, all also hurled. The tapisserie decoration on the upholstery shows flowers and lilies in green, salmon color, liver color and blue. The lining of the backs is yellow damask. The canals are old. One chair from a series of six (inv.no. BK-KOG-1797-A to -F). Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). walnut (hardwood). velvet (fabric weave) tapestry / damask Chair of walnut, covered with black velvet and cracking tie risles. The furniture has flung legs, which are connected by an H-shaped cross and an upper sport, all also hurled. The tapisserie decoration on the upholstery shows flowers and lilies in green, salmon color, liver color and blue. The lining of the backs is yellow damask. The canals are old. One chair from a series of six (inv.no. BK-KOG-1797-A to -F). Northern Netherlands wood (plant Side chair. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall: 48 1/8 × 21 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (122.2 × 54 × 59.7 cm). Date: ca. 1720-30.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cushman Parker, Hitchcock Chair, 1935 1942 Hitchcock ChairArmchair ca. 1780-90 French. Armchair 199650Side Chair (One of a pair)Armchair. Unknown'Upholstered Winged Arm Chair', 1939. Artists: Otto Limited, Unknown.Easy Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 43 5/8 x 27 1/2 x 34 in. (110.8 x 69.9 x 86.4 cm). Date: ca. 1852. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.M Rosenshield von Paulin, Side Chair, c 1941 Side ChairLeonard Battee, Gentlemen's Smoking Lounge, c 1942 Gentlemen's Smoking LoungeRed Vintage retro style ChairArmchair with silk veal coating. One of eleven seats, of which four armchairs (13-a to d) and seven armchairs (13-e to k), made of walnut; styles, rule and H-shaped cross with narrow and wide tors decorated; Curved armrests ending in volute with rosette and acanthus leaf carving. Seat and back stuck upholstered on a brown painted paper bottom layer, raised with soft filling and linen; coated with a gray-green silk velvet, deposited with passing element; along the contours of back and seat a wider yellow band; Around seat and bottom of the back is a piping with tassels made of cream-colored silk, as well as a thin yellow strap with open fringes in shelter hanging.Anonymous (n. - d.), Armchair to the queen: the bat, the bush and the duck and the dog which drops the prey for the shadow (main title). Golden wood, Beauvais tapestry. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.SofaGranville Chair. Designed by Edward Welby Pugin; English, 1834-1875; Made by South East Furniture Company, Ramsgate, Kent. Date: 1865-1875. Dimensions: 82.6 x 55.9 x 45.3 cm (32 x 22 x 17 in.). Oak and ebony with later iron plate. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Armchair mid-18th century Italian. Armchair 191525Armchair. unknown, authorDaybed.Queen Anne Side Chair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: oil on canvas attached to paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alvin M. Gully.SILLA DE TIJERA O CADERA-TARACEA DE HUESO Y MADERA-S XV. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.. Armchair, part of an ameublement, made from white with gold painted beech wood and covered on a loose window with tapestry, which shows on a red damask soil, bouquets, tied together by ribbons with bows. The front legs, front seat, upper shell and styles of the back window wearing inserted leaf and floral motifs. The armrests with cushions end in a volute; The overhoeks placed S-shaped legs in an acanthus sheet. Signature: I. Gourdin. See: BK-16655-A, B, C, D, F, g.Side chair first half 17th century Italian, Tuscany. Side chair 209203Windsor Settee. Culture: American. Dimensions: 47 x 39 x 14 1/2 in. (119.4 x 99.1 x 36.8 cm). Date: 1770-1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Pair of Armchairs (Fauteuils), c. 1765. Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard (French, 1797). Carved and gilded wood; overall: 101.9 x 73.7 x 63.5 cm (40 1/8 x 29 x 25 in.).Gerald Bernhardt, Windsor Chair, c 1936 Windsor ChairArmchair (part of a set) c 1885 New York. Painted maple, with vinyl . Louis Comfort TiffanySide Chair 1740-60 American. Side Chair 1583Knopstoel, anonymous, c. 1750 Kitchen chair on four profiled legs, with slippery spots. The backstyles are also profiled. There are two smooth sports between the backstyles. The seat has a driven diamond pattern with studs. The chair is not marked. Netherlands silver (metal) Kitchen chair on four profiled legs, with slippery spots. The backstyles are also profiled. There are two smooth sports between the backstyles. The seat has a driven diamond pattern with studs. The chair is not marked. Netherlands silver (metal)Chair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 32"high; 15 1/2"wide; 14 1/2"deep. See data sheet in file for dets.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ralph Morton.Chair of braid, with geometric motifs. Chair made from curved, and on wooden pennettes racing rod reeds. The backrest with geometric motifs. The legs are interconnected with cross rules. The seat is made of five half reed bars confirmed in the width.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)brown rattan chair isolated on white backgroundSlovenia, Bled, Bled Castle, Historical Furniture, ChairFour Windsor SideChairsClose-up of two wooden folding chairsChair with a black rule on the backrest and covered with green wool. Chair manufactured oak resting on four straight legs. The front legs rest on the underside in narrower black painted blocks. The hind legs run through in the rejuvenating back styles and are rounded at the top. Between the four legs there are wide seat rules. Both back styles are placed on the top a wide rule of rosewood. This is capped between two rules of oak whose upper wider is and has a rounded top. There are two adjacent rules between these rules and the sitting rule. The seat of the chair is covered with green wool.Chair/ Armchair by Aleix Puig Clapés (1850-1920) a painter of modernism symbolic and student of Claudio Lorenzale at the School of the Llotja of Barcelona. Dated 1904Armchair (bergère en cabriolet) (one of a pair) ca. 1760-70 Claude-Louis Burgat This transitional armchair combines the curvilinear design of the Rococo style with motifs that were widely used during the Neoclassical period, such as the continuous border of overlapping medallions on the arm supports and the guilloche pattern on the seat rails. The closed area between the arms and the seat, together with the concave back, classify it as a bergère en cabriolet, one of the new types of chair introduced during the eighteenth century that expressed the increasing interest in comfort and informality.. Armchair (bergère en cabriolet) (one of a pair). French. ca. 1760-70. Carved and gilded beechwood, upholstered in modern red strié faille. Woodwork-FurnitureArmchair at the Queen of P thexis ". Sculpted oak; garnish: tapestry at the point. 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 72593-39 Chene sculpt, spacer, regence time, epoch 18th century, armchair, garnish, furniture, tapestry at point, furnitureBlack polished mahogany neo-rococo chair, chair furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany textile wool silk shellac, Black polished mahogany neo-rococo chair with high back with twisted bars legs and lines -symmetrical hood with rocaille and C-motifs multicolored embroided floral lining neorococoSide Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 23.1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicholas Gorid.Chair (Netherlands); Designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856 - 1934); Produced by 't Binnenhuis, Amsterdam; mahogany, rosewood, ebony, upholsteryArmchair. unknown, authorLadder Back Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.3 x 22.7 cm (11 9/16 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: American 20th Century.Armchair 18th century French. Armchair. French. 18th century. Carved and gilded beechwood; needlework upholstery. Woodwork-FurnitureLegal chair of VOC on Ambon, Anonymous, 1709 Arm chair of Indonesian wood. Backrest and seat with reeds stretch. Piltened legs, connected by a double Y-shaped cross. The armrest pits and the detached backstyles are also thrown. The raised armrests end in Voluten. The sitting window is profiled at the front. The upper and bottom rule and the styles of the high back window show out scumplings. The upper rule has a crowned weapon in the middle, in which a climbing lion with sword and bundle; Below that the year 1709 and VOC. Boles of the back styles. Ambon (possibly) wood (plant material).. iron (metal) braiding spiral or Solomonic column Ambonantique chair in front of white backgroundBrown Royal classical style Armchair sofa couch in vintage room Louis Annino, Side Chair, c 1937 Side ChairArmchair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.1 x 22.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 37"high, 23 1/2"wide at front. Seat 21"deep. Medium: watercolor, graphite, colored pencil and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.Armchair mid-18th century Italian, Venice. Armchair 194955Close-up of a chaise longue, AustriaToilette armchair, by Peters Enrico, 1825 - 1850, 19th Century, Unknow. Italy, Liguria, Genoa, Royal Palace. Whole artwork. Small armchair toilette cushion decoration wood.White House furniture. Furniture in the White House, Washington, D.C.Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer, Jan de Meijer, 1925 - 1929 Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer. Netherlands walnut (hardwood). oak (wood). spruce (wood). wool Arm chair, design Jan de Meijer. Netherlands walnut (hardwood). oak (wood). spruce (wood). woolBed. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.8 x 23.1 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 8'2" high at head. 38 3/4" high at foot. 58 1/2"wide, 80"long.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Natalie Simon.Embroidered Back and Seat for Chair, late 1600s. France, back: late 17th century; seat: 18th century. Petit-point embroidery; wool and silk; back: 61 x 55.9 cm (24 x 22 in.); seat: 71.1 x 71.1 cm (28 x 28 in.).Banister-back chair 1715-35 American The unusual carved crest rail, banister back, cane seat, and Spanish” front feet combine to make this one of the most dynamic examples of the William and Mary-style banister-back side chair. The carving on the crest rail is reminiscent of engraved cartouches on contemporary silver, which were indebted to strapwork ornament found in European Baroque design sources. The back’s split banisters were made by gluing together two pieces of wood, shaping the block on a lathe, and then separating it into two pieces again.. Banister-back chair 1731ArmchairAnonymous, Chippendale chair (dummy title), 1880. Draw on albumin paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.. Button chair on four smooth legs with smooth rules. The back styles are profiled. There are two smooth handrails between the back styles. The chair has a simulated wicker seat and has been marked with Mt. = Michiel Maanbeeck.Arm chair with flower taper series in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Rijksmuseum Amsterdam photographic support chair. flowers ~ ornamentChair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Wenger.Side Chair (part of a set). Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany; American, 1848-1933; Made by J. Matthew Meier and Ernest Hagen; American, 1830-1913 and 1822-1889; New York, New York. Date: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 101.6 × 43.2 × 48.2 cm (40 × 17 × 19 in.). Painted maple, with vinyl. Origin: New York. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Lawrence Phillips, Side Chair, c 1936 Side ChairPa. German Chair. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 50.9 x 38 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Lichten.Armchair ca. 1805 French or Italian. Armchair 191602Furniture set: armchair Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907), Sydor, AndrzejSettee. Jean Avisse (French, 1723 - after 1796, master 1745)Armchair Classic old armchair isolated included clipping path Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 14643299American 20th Century, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairMichael Trekur, Sofa, 1936 SofaSide Chair Attributed to John Finlay Attributed to Hugh Finlay American 1815-20 This brilliantly conceived and handsomely executed chair derives its broad, deeply curved crest tablet from the ancient Greek klismos form, and its turned front legs from Roman prototypes. During the James Madison administration (1809-17), the architect Benjamin Latrobe designed a suite of painted furniture for the White House in the latest Grecian style. Although the suite was destroyed in a fire in 1814, drawings for it bearing Latrobes instructions to the Baltimore fancy chair makers John and Hugh Finlay still exist and provide the basis for this chair's attribution. Originally part of a larger set, this chair was once used by Arunah S. Abell, founder of the "Baltimore Sun," in his country house "Wood bourne." The Metropolitan owns four chairs (65.167.5, .6, .8, .9) from the set. Others are in the collections of the High Museum, Atlanta; the Baltimore Museum of Art; and the Munson Williams Proctor InstitWindsor Fan-back Chair. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 36"high, 19"wide. See data sheet for dets.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincent P. Rosel.ChairPair of hall chairs. Culture: British. Dimensions: Overall (each): 39 × 21 × 23 1/2 in. (99.1 × 53.3 × 59.7 cm). Date: ca. 1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Monk's Chair. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 36.3 x 27.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 3/4"wide 14 3/4"deep; 31 1/2"high. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ursula Lauderdale.Louis-five chair, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Canape. Siglo XIX.. Colección privada.Canapé coated with silk with pattern of Chinese figures on yellow fond .. canapé of beech wood, gray with blue painted and covered with silk, with Chinese figures on yellow fond; A loose kisses on the seat. The couch rests on seven S-shaped legs that pass into the seating. The long S-shaped curve from the front goes over with a round corner in the right-hand side; The straight back and left-hand side are connected by a round angle. The left corner is enclosed. The armrest goes into the back window. The scalloped rules and the scalloped back window have stained decorations. Twice stamped J.Wurring on the inside of the rear seat lineBlack genuine leather classical style chair with lampSofa. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 48"high center back; Seat 68"long. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Ward.Cane side chair 1690-1710 British. Cane side chair. British. 1690-1710. Beech. Made in EnglandRocking Chair No.5. Manufacturer: Thonet Brothers, founded ca. 1840Chair with a high back with orange velvet, Klaas van den Berg, c. 1925 Oak chair, partly glued with rosewood, resting on four legs. The short round front legs rejuvenate and are painted black; The hind legs have one beveled side. The high trapezoidal seat is located just above the ground and is completely covered with orange velvet. The high back runs narrower and is caught in two styles that protrude. The back is also covered with orange velvet and is trimmed on the sides with a beige piping. Amsterdam wood (plant material). oak (wood). rosewood (wood). velvet (fabric weave) Oak chair, partly glued with rosewood, resting on four legs. The short round front legs rejuvenate and are painted black; The hind legs have one beveled side. The high trapezoidal seat is located just above the ground and is completely covered with orange velvet. The high back runs narrower and is caught in two styles that protrude. The back is also covered with orange velvet and is trimmed on the sides with a beiArmchair. United States, New York, 1755-1775. Furnishings; Furniture. Mahogany, leather (replaced)Ottoman art example of Mother of Pearl inlaysSide Chair. American; Mount Lebanon, New York. Date: 1865-1875. Dimensions: 113.6 × 43.8 × 40 cm (44 3/4 × 17 1/4 × 15 3/4 in.). Wood. Origin: New Lebanon. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Stoel Kops-Amouublement, Anonymous, c. 1793 - C. 1795 Covered chair, part of the KopsEublement, of white and blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The seating rules and sills of the sitting window, with Tuscan -canaled columns as backstyles, show stabbed braid tire with rosettes. Finish with rosettes and acanthus leaves. The upholstery shows floral motifs on light blue satin soil, held on the back by griffins. Ordered for the Nieuwe Gracht 74 building, Haarlem. See: BK-15615-A/P; BK-15614; BK-15616-A/B. furniture worker: Netherlandsdesigner: Amsterdam wood (plant material). beech (wood). silk. paint (coating) Covered chair, part of the KopsEublement, of white and blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The seating rules and sills of the sitting window, with Tuscan -canaled columns as backstyles, show stabbed braid tire with rosettes. Finish with rosettes and acanthus leaves. The upholstery shows floral motifs on light blue satin soil, held on the b