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Chairs from different periods and styles, featuring intricate carvings and upholstery, showcasing elegance in furniture design.

Walnut Régence chair, chair furniture interior design wood walnut velvet rattan, High braided backrest and red velvet seat twisted legs and lines under seat with inserted ornaments régence Daniel Marot
Walnut Régence chair, chair furniture interior design wood walnut velvet rattan, High braided backrest and red velvet seat twisted legs and lines under seat with inserted ornaments régence Daniel Marot
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Side Chair c 1831-1840 United States. Birch . ShakerWalnut Carved Back Chair. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 42.2 x 34.1 cm (16 5/8 x 13 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 32"high, seat 16"high, 18"wide, 15 1/2"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Stewart.Side Chair 1815-20 Attributed to John Finlay 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 Institute, Utica, New York.. Side Chair.Armchair; elm, wicker, ivoryArmchair brown genuine leather classical style sofa with clipping pathLeather settle. Culture: American. Dimensions: 46 x 72 x 22 1/2 in. (116.8 x 182.9 x 57.2 cm). Date: 1710-40.Joined settles of walnut and leather appear to have been produced only in Philadelphia. While they varied considerably in some elements of their design, they were generally configured to shield the sitter from drafts. Their high backs were either covered in leather or paneled, and protection below the seat was provided by extending the back down to the feet, as in this example. The leather on the back of this example is original, while the seat upholstery is an old replacement. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Voltaire armchair with black boulle maqueterie. Voltaire armchair with black boulle maqueterie. A brand on the chair: 1849 May 12, 1874. The upholstery of the chair is missing.ArmchairChair with a black line on the backrest and covered with green wool, anonymous, c. 1910 - c. 1930 Chair made of oak wood resting on four straight legs. The front legs rest on the bottom on narrower black painted blocks. The hind legs continue in the rejuvenating backstyles and are completed at the top. There are wide seating rules between the four legs. Both backstyles are applied at the top a wide rule of rosewood. This is encased between two lines of oak, the top of which is wider and has a rounded top. Between these rules and the sitting rule there are two adjacent rules. The seat of the chair is covered with green wool. oak (wood). rosewood (wood). wool Chair made of oak wood resting on four straight legs. The front legs rest on the bottom on narrower black painted blocks. The hind legs continue in the rejuvenating backstyles and are completed at the top. There are wide seating rules between the four legs. Both backstyles are applied at the top a wide rule of rosewood. This is encChair with open backrest with middle style, the seat with green velvet, anonymous, c. 1750 Chair of mahogany, round open backrests with middle style; Straight pre-line, backward hind legs and overhoeks placed S-shaped front legs; Seat covered with green velvet with filling on board paper. Amsterdam (possibly) mahogany (wood). velvet (fabric weave) Chair of mahogany, round open backrests with middle style; Straight pre-line, backward hind legs and overhoeks placed S-shaped front legs; Seat covered with green velvet with filling on board paper. Amsterdam (possibly) mahogany (wood). velvet (fabric weave)Side Chair for the Mark Hopkins Residence, San Francisco. Ferdinando Pogliani Cabinetmakers (Italy, Milan, 1832-1899). Italy, circa 1878. Furnishings; Furniture. Ebony, ivory, upholstery (replaced)Arm chair covered with tapisserie with flower bouquets, I. Gourdin, 1750 Arm chair, part of an ameublement, made of white with gold painted beech wood and covered on a loose window with tapisserie, which shows bouquets, bound together by ribbons with bows. The front legs, by-line, upper sill and styles of the back window wear stabbed leaf and floral motifs. The armrests with cushions end in a volute; The S-shaped legs in an acanthus leaf. Marked: I. Gourdin. See: BK-16655-A, B, C, D, F, G. maker: Francemaker: Parismaker: Parisdesigner: Francedesigner: France wood (plant material). beech (wood). ketting: wool. inslag: wool. inslag: silk tapestry / gilding Arm chair, part of an ameublement, made of white with gold painted beech wood and covered on a loose window with tapisserie, which shows bouquets, bound together by ribbons with bows. The front legs, by-line, upper sill and styles of the back window wear stabbed leaf and floral motifs. The armrests with cushions end in a volute; The S-Easy Chair 1760-90 American. Easy Chair 3478Side Chair ca. 1865 American. Side Chair. American. ca. 1865. Walnut. Made in New York, New York, United States. Folding chair from beech wood, with five slats in the back and nine in the seat. The upper solid of the back exhibits a simple notch cut decoration and concave bows on the ends.SideChairButton chair, with stuck seating cushion. Armchair, model knob chair with five cross sports, with stuck seat cushion and loose back cushion (50-b) of pink silk, filled with down, covered with green / white / pink crocheted.Banister-backarmchairSide Chair ca. 1795 Probably Slover and Taylor. Side Chair. American. ca. 1795. Mahogany, ash, cherry. Made in New York, New York, United StatesArmchairWainscot Armchair 1740-80 American. Wainscot Armchair. American. 1740-80. Walnut. Made in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United StatesSide Chair 1830-1840 Italy. Mahogany veneer with maple and mahogany inlay; modern reproduction upholstery . Filipo Pelagio PalagiFurniture set: armchair Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907), Sydor, AndrzejSILLON DE ESTILO IMPERIO CON ESCABEL - 1801-1810. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPAIN.B Holst Grubbe, Day Bed, c 1953 Day BedVintage chair Vintage chair isolated with clipping path included Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 7073873Pair of armchairs late 18th century Northern Italian. Pair of armchairs 194957Side Chair 1865-1875 England. Oak and ebony with later iron plate . Edward Welby PuginEasyChairArmchair, South Carolina Vienna Bent Wood Furniture Company, American, 1885 - 1886, bent wood, caning, Oblong, rounded upper frame and circular seat frame superimposed to a circular stretcher. Long, curved armrails depart from seat back and loop around in air to connect to the seat frame. Another bent wood half-loop emulates the shape and direction of the top of the seat back. Legs taper, with back legs pointing outwards more drastically as they meet the floor., Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1885-1886, furniture, Decorative Arts, Armchairisolated classic golden chair isolated classic golden chair made in 3D Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxRishnyakx 2952280isolated classic leather chair isolated classic leather chair made in 3d Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxRishnyakx 2952331Easy Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 46 x 35 3/4 x 27 in. (116.8 x 90.8 x 68.6 cm). Date: 1760-90.The 1772 Philadelphia list of prices describes a chair like this as "Easy Chair frame plain feet and knees without Casters." The pad foot with raised tongue, as here, is frequently found on Philadelphia side chairs. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Side Chair ca. 1815 Attributed to the Workshop of Duncan Phyfe Scottish. Side Chair. American. ca. 1815. Cherry. Made in New York, New York, United StatesTaboret ca. 1837 Attributed to Workshop of Duncan Phyfe Scottish In the early nineteenth century, designers and furniture makers embraced a revival of Classical prototypes from ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decorative arts, like this taboret (or stool). The curule form, or ogee-crossed stretcher base, plays on a Classical folding stool (sella curulis) often used by Roman magistrates which was popularly adapted by nineteenth-century French and English designers. Designs for taborets with curule bases appear in well-known publications from the period like Pierre de La Mésangère's Collection de Meubles et Objets de Goût (1820-1831) and the London fashion journal, Ackermans Repository of Arts.This taboret is part of an expansive suite of seating furniture attributed to the workshop of cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (see 66.221.1-.10 and 1972.264.1-.2). It was made to furnish the New York City townhouse, belonging to the lawyer Samuel A. Foot, located at 678 Broadway which had been cGuillaume Avisse. "Bergère en Cabriolet". Carved and painted beech; Garnish: velvet. 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 72593-30 Bergere, convertible, armchair, velvet garnish, stretch, marker, furniture, painted, sculpt, furnitureStoel Kops-Amouublement, Anonymous, c. 1793 - C. 1795 Covered chair, part of the Kopseublement, of white blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The seating rules and sills of the back 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: Low Countriesdesigner: Amsterdam wood (plant material). beech (wood). silk Covered chair, part of the Kopseublement, of white blue gray painted beech wood and resting on conical legs. The seating rules and sills of the back 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 A Pair of Mid-Victorian Walnut and Parcel-Gilt Music Stools and Low Chair Impressed Strong Antiques Christie's, London Banister-back sidechairAnonymous, Crapeau armchair (title awarded). Wood and velvet. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House.. Rocked seat, part of the cup-amicublement, from white 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.Chair with Carved Grape Leaf Decoration and Gothic Top. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 61.9 x 37.1 cm (24 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 61 3/4"high, 22"wide, 18 1/2"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and some heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Stewart.Chair. unknown, creatorChair with piping seat and elongated panel at the rear, Cor Alons, c. 1925 Eikhout chair resting on four rectangular legs. The legs are interconnected by means of an H-shaped cross supplemented with a line between the hind legs. The hind legs continue in the backstyles. An elongated black painted panel has been placed from the bottom line that reaches up to the top sill. A narrow space has been released between the panel and the back styles and hind legs. The chair has a trapezoidal piping seat. Netherlands oak (wood). painting Eikhout chair resting on four rectangular legs. The legs are interconnected by means of an H-shaped cross supplemented with a line between the hind legs. The hind legs continue in the backstyles. An elongated black painted panel has been placed from the bottom line that reaches up to the top sill. A narrow space has been released between the panel and the back styles and hind legs. The chair has a trapezoidal piping seat. Netherlands oak (wood). paintingSILLA DE CADERA DE MADERA Y CUERO REPUJADO. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.Chair Classic brown wooden chair in kitchen Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 6829894ArmchairSide Chair. Frank Lloyd Wright; American, 1867-1959. Date: 1904. Dimensions: 95.4 × 35.6 × 49.5 cm (37 1/2 × 14 × 19 1/2 in.). Oak. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.François Reuze. Chair. Beech, around 1750. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50254-8 Chair, Hetre, furniture, floral motif, furnitureSettee (Confidante) (part of a set) ca. 1770-80 British This type of sofa originated in mid-eighteenth-century France. George Hepplewhite illustrated a similar confidante in the 1788 edition of his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, where he stated in the caption that "an elegant drawing roomis scarce complete with a confidante." Formerly at the Morant family seat at Brokenhurst Park, Hampshire.. Settee (Confidante) (part of a set). British. ca. 1770-80. Beechwood, gilt; silk moiré upholstery not original to the frame. Woodwork-FurnitureSettee ca. 1876-85 George Jakob Hunzinger Progressive, innovative, and often patented, George Jakob Hunzinger's designs moved away from the historical references so common in nineteenth-century American furniture. Seeking a new source for aesthetic inspiration, Hunzinger frequently looked to the great invention of that era the machine. This settee, with its interlocking, contiguous, and rhythmically repeated elements, conveys energy, implies movement, and resembles the very machines that produced it. One of only two Hunzinger settees of this kind and one of the few finished in black, this piece was part of a suite of furniture that included two armchairs, four side chairs, and a table. A pioneer in the use of interchangeable parts, Hunzinger drew directly from his design for the settee to create the armchairs and side chairs. Like other furniture makers in New York after the Civil War, Hunzinger sought to satisfy the needs of a growing middle class by producing furniture which was notWooden stool, painted white, found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen of EgyptSide Chair with Baluster Splat and Tassel-Carved Crest Rail. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1760-1790. Furnishings; Furniture. Mahogany wood, painted oil clothDesk chair by Antoni Gaudi, 1905-1907. Casa Calvet. Barcelona.Six Drawing RoomChairsBed (Lit à la turque). Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1686 - 1766)Comfortable armchair with footstoolJosep Torres Clavé / Sillón de madera, 1934. Colección privada.Daybed (Lit de repos or sultane) (part of a set) 1788 Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené The Palace of St. Cloud belongs to the Duke of Orleans, is situated on the declivity of a mountain washed by the Seine.. The view from the house is delightful. Harry Peckham, A Tour through Holland. .and Part of FranceLouis XVI purchased the country residence of the duc d’Orléans a few miles west of Paris for Marie-Antoinette in 1785. Being in need of renovation, the palace was enlarged and altered for the queen, and many pieces of furniture were commissioned from Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené. A member of an important dynasty of Parisian chairmakers, Sené had been appointed menuisier to the Crown in 1784.A detailed 1788 description of this set, which also included four matching armchairs and a stool, indicates that the pieces were intended for one of Marie-Antoinette’s private rooms at Saint-Cloud, her Cabinet Particulier. The frame of the daybed, originally longer but shortened at a later date, is embellisheHome furnishings: fiber basket, wood stool and broom from Deir el Medina, New KingdomYellow Retro classical style Armchair sofa couch in vintage roomDaybed. Culture: American. Dimensions: 43 1/2 x 24 7/8 x 74 1/2 in. (110.5 x 63.2 x 189.2 cm). Date: 1760-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.classic chair in the dark made in 3Din philippines old dirty terrace whith rocking chair empty Rocking Chair. Made by Jacob And Josef Kohn; Austria, Vienna. Date: 1876-1886. Dimensions: 108.9 × 58.4 × 114.3 cm (42 7/8 × 23 × 45 in.). Beech and caning. Origin: Vienna. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Family Rocker III John Newcomb, Ink drawing, 1973Armchair, 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Walnut; overall: 148.3 x 66 x 54.6 cm (58 3/8 x 26 x 21 1/2 in.).