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Elegant Chairs

A selection of beautifully crafted chairs in different styles, showcasing intricate woodwork and upholstery patterns, representing various design eras.

Mahogany Louis Seize medallion chair, medallion chair seat furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany velvet metal, with bow as crest and dark green ropes with medallions round rejuvenated legs with cannelures Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis Seize
Mahogany Louis Seize medallion chair, medallion chair seat furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany velvet metal, with bow as crest and dark green ropes with medallions round rejuvenated legs with cannelures Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis Seize
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RoundaboutchairArmchair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 22 x 12 1/4 in. (72.4 x 55.9 x 31.1 cm). Date: 1750-1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Childs ArmchairAnonymous, convertible chair (main title). Painted wood, Bordeaux velvet. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Armchair late 17th-early 18th century French. Armchair. French. late 17th-early 18th century. Carved and gilded beech; wool and silk Aubusson tapestry covers. Woodwork-FurnitureChair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four) ca. 1745-1750 Probably by Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard This chair probably belonged to a larger set by Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard, the master of an important workshop in eighteenth-century Paris. The rich carving on each chaise à la Reine indicate that they may have been part of an important commission. Throughout the frame, elegant scrolls, reeds, acanthus leaves, shells, and bosses are carved and gilded. At the center of the top rail, exotic birds flank a prominent cartouche and a pattern of scrolling ribbons. Similarly, the seat-rail displays a cartouche in front that echoes this design element.. Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four). French, Paris. ca. 1745-1750. Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point. Woodwork-FurnitureOne Settee and Ten Armchairs (two bergères, and eight fauteuils).Armchair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (90.2 x 57.2 x 49.5 cm). Maker: Attributed to Henry Connelly (1770-1826). Date: 1800-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Armchair from a pair of armchairs, 1835, Filippo Pelagio Palagi; Maker: Gabrielle Capello ('Monclavo'); Maker: Carlo Chiavasse, Italian, 1775-1860, 42 5/8 x 26 1/2 x 22 in. (108.27 x 67.31 x 55.88 cm), Maple, mahogany (modern upholstery), Italy, 19th century, This regal armchair was designed by Italian painter, sculptor, interior designer, and collector Filippo Pelagio Palagi for the Castello Racconigi, located south of Turin in northern Italy.Side Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 40 x 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (101.6 x 52.1 x 47 cm). Date: 1740-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Table in an oval shape with curved legs, Theo Nieuwenhuis, c. 1910 - c. 1920 Table of Coromandelhout in an oval shape. The table rests on four curved legs that bend inside. The tabletop of brown spotted marble is caught in a wide, double curved, frame. The frame contains cut flower, rank and leaf motifs. The upper edge is partly inlaid with green lacquer. The lower edge runs into the legs in the corners in the legs. Between the legs there is an intermediate leaf of the same gray spotted marble within a frame in a curved diamond shape. Amsterdam marble (rock). lacquer (coating) Table of Coromandelhout in an oval shape. The table rests on four curved legs that bend inside. The tabletop of brown spotted marble is caught in a wide, double curved, frame. The frame contains cut flower, rank and leaf motifs. The upper edge is partly inlaid with green lacquer. The lower edge runs into the legs in the corners in the legs. Between the legs there is an intermediate leaf of the same gray spotted mantique armchair made of cherry wood from the biedermeier time antique armchair made of cherry wood from the biedermeier time Copyright: xZoonar.com/BorisxZerwannx 7009404Easy Chair ca. 1770 British. Easy Chair. British. ca. 1770. Beech, mahogany. Made in EnglandSide Chair c 1691-1790 New England. Maple and ash . Artist unknownHigh chair of gold-plated and silver plated pine, covered with red velor. Children's chair of gold-plated and silver plated pine, covered with red velor, with silver passing off and resting on conical fluted legs. The seating window has houses with rosettes on the corners, to which a double festoon, ceased to all sides, is arranged in the middle. The armrests, struts, seat rules and back styles are decorated with a braid band and Schubmotief. The back window, from the middle of the top arch, wears a festoon, depending on the back styles, which wear down acanthus leaf.Fa. Johann Diedrich Schmidt & Co. en Cord Heinrich Schmidt, Neo-rococo chaise-longue, sofa furniture furniture interior design wood mahogany burr walnut shellac fabric, Black polished mahogany with details of amboyna carrot veneer and black upholstery embroided with multicolored flowers lavish carving ornaments Rotterdam City center Cool Schiedamsesingel neorococo Supposedly delivered to the Polak-Rosenthal couple in front of their house Schiedamsesingel 143 Rotterdam.Armchair. Designer Hans Wegner, Danish, 1914-2007 Manufacturer: Johannes HansenChair with flinged legs, backstyles crowned by cut heads, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675 Ebony chair with a rectangular seat of braided rattan. The flared legs with houses are connected at the bottom of spacing sports. The backstyles with houses are crowned by cut heads; Between the houses, the sliced upper and lower sill have been placed, between which six flinged thin styles. Semi -round bulbs are applied to the front houses at the front sitting window. Coromandelkust wood (plant material). ebony (wood). rattan Ebony chair with a rectangular seat of braided rattan. The flared legs with houses are connected at the bottom of spacing sports. The backstyles with houses are crowned by cut heads; Between the houses, the sliced upper and lower sill have been placed, between which six flinged thin styles. Semi -round bulbs are applied to the front houses at the front sitting window. Coromandelkust wood (plant material). ebony (wood). rattanArmchair (one of a set of four) 18th century Tapestry woven at: Aubusson. Armchair (one of a set of four) 238007Armchair (fauteuil à la reine). Culture: Southwestern German. Dimensions: Overall: 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (109.9 × 74.9 × 59.7 cm). Date: ca. 1750-60.The flowing, curvilinear silhouette of this exuberantly carved armchair is close in inspiration to a design attributed to the French ornamentist and court goldsmith Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), who was named architect and designer to the king in 1726. Meissonier's chair is characterized by the same overall sweep of the back and cabochon-cartouches heading the legs, and a similar disposition of the armrests. As in the Museum's example, the crest and front rail are centered by an ornamental carving that retains a certain symmetry, although otherwise the Rococo ornament is full-blown.1 An engraving by Meissonier published in Paris probably about 1735 resembles the drawing in many details and may have contributed to the popularization of the chair design abroad.Thus, in its general form this German fauteuil à la reine is French,Settee-Sofa. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 27.5 cm (8 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edna C. Rex.Rocking chair isolated on white backgroundArmchair (Bergère). Georges Jacob (French, 1739 - 1814, master 1765)SideChairChair, one of a pair, 17th century, 39 1/8 x 19 1/2 x 15in. (99.4 x 49.5 x 38.1cm), Oak, England, 17th centurySideChairArmchair 18th-19th century China. Armchair 51061Pair of Armchairs. Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (French, 1706 - 1776). 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 on light blue satin ground floral motifs, held by griffones. Ordered for the new landscape 74, Haarlem. See: 15615-a / p, BK-15614, BK-15616-a / b.Goose neck tufted chair isolated on whiteArmchair; Manufaktura Micha and Kazimierz Ogi; PO .XVIII W, (1750-00-00-1750-00-00);Side chair (voyeuse à genoux) ca. 1785 Louis Magdeleine Pluvinet A number of highly specialized pieces of furniture emerged in the context of the eighteenth-century French salon, as is demonstrated by this voyeuse à genoux, a type of side chair that first appeared around 1740. Intended for spectators of card games, one version of the voyeuse consisted of a low seat to be knelt upon by women. Another version with a higher seat was for the male spectator, who would straddle the seat with his legs. Both types of chairs were fitted with a high back padded at the top, upon which the occupant could rest his or her arms. This carved and gilded wood version by Louis Magdaleine Pluvinet is an example of the voyeuse for women, a model that fell out of fashion by the end of the eighteenth century.. Side chair (voyeuse à genoux). French. ca. 1785. Carved and gilded wood, light blue silk upholstery (not original). Woodwork-FurnitureChair. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 34.6 x 24.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 37"high. Seat 18"high. 16 1/2"deep and 18"wide.. Medium: watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lee Brown.Hitchcock Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Medium: watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gold ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Genevieve Sherlock.Side Chair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 23 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 49 3/4"high; seat 17 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Eisman.Pair of Armchairs. Georges Jacob (France, 1739-1814). France, Paris, circa 1780. Furnishings; Furniture. Giltwood, wool tapestryChair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 22.7 cm (11 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Granet.Chippendale Side Chairs ca. 1770 Antique Furniture Chair. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 28 x 26 1/4 in. (71.1 x 66.7 cm). Date: 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Armchair (segglione) 16th or 17th century (leather); late 16th or early 17th century and later parts (woodwork) Italian. Armchair (segglione) 460651Chair with the coat of arms of Radziw Radziwi , Micha Piotr (1853-1903); around 1880 (1876-00-00-1885-00-00);Armchair. Culture: probably Chinese. Dimensions: Overall: 32 × 19 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (81.3 × 49.5 × 43.8 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.. Oak chair. The front and hind legs are interconnected by means of an H-shaped cross with pin and hole compounds, the pins of which are stitching through the legs. The sloping slinked back styles end up in bird cups and rest on the cross. The handrail rests on props at the session and these also serve as hind legs. The backrest is both above and under connected by an intermediate rule. The upper rule contains a sliced star shape in the middle. Between the rules there is a panel that is coated with brown leather and secured with copper nails. The seat is also covered with brown leather and secured with copper nails.Side Chair (USA); painted woodCouch; 1815-1825 (1815-00-00-1825-00-00);Side Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 35 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (89.5 x 52.7 x 49.5 cm). Date: 1790-1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Playing table. unknown, creatorChild's Windsor Side Chair c 1790-1815 New England. White pine and other woods . Artist unknownWindsorarmchairAntique Louis XV style marquises chairsSwing cradle with heaven, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1875 Swing cradle with heaven, made of mahogany, decorated with turning and sculpture. The upholstery of light beige Kunstzijde has been reconstructed to old examples in the studio of the Rijksmuseum. Netherlands mahogany (wood). rayon Swing cradle with heaven, made of mahogany, decorated with turning and sculpture. The upholstery of light beige Kunstzijde has been reconstructed to old examples in the studio of the Rijksmuseum. Netherlands mahogany (wood). rayonAmerica designed ca. 1786, woven 1790-91; chair frame second half 19th century Tapestry upholstery by Beauvais Commissioned by Louis XVI, this ensemble belongs to a set of four wall hangings (1978.404.1-.4) and fifty-six pieces of furniture upholstery (1978.404.5a-c-.18a-c) depicting the four continents: America (shown here), Europe, Asia, and Africa.. America 231929Luxury Vintage Chair isolate on White BackgroundBanister-back sidechair, Maple, 44 5/8 × 20 3/8 × 18 1/2 in. (113.348 × 51.753 × 46.99cm), Transfer from Ezra Stiles College, YaleUniversity, Possibly made in Rhode Island, American, 18thcentury, FurnitureSide chair, 1772, William Gordon; Maker: John Taitt, British, active 1748 - 1796, 37 5/8 x 24 x 24 in. (95.57 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm), Birch, gilt, upholstery, England, 18th centuryCharles Cullen, Settee, 1936 SetteeReading chair ca. 1750 British. Reading chair. British. ca. 1750. Walnut, oak, beechwood. Woodwork-FurnitureChair. 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 paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ARTHUR JOHNSON.Chair. unknown, authorHip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga). Culture: Spanish (Granada), Hispano-Moresque. Dimensions: H. 95.2 cm, W. 71.1 cm, D. 50.8 cm; Seat: 34.5 x 52 cm.. Date: ca. 1480s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Side Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Loughridge.Red Chair Contemporary style in vintage roomPair of hall chairs ca. 1740 British. Pair of hall chairs. British. ca. 1740. Mahogany. Woodwork-FurnitureChair. Culture: Indian (American market). Dimensions: 37 x 24 x 24 in. (94 x 61 x 61 cm). Maker: Lockwood de Forest (American, New York 1850-1932 Santa Barbara, California). Date: ca. 1882-85. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Hip-joint armchair (Dantesca type). Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 94.5 cm, W. 71.5 cm, D. 56 cm.Back: 33 x 69 cm.; Seat: 36 x 72 cm.. Date: 15th or 16th century (textiles); 16th century (chair, partly). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Childs Board Rocking Chair, Yellow-poplar, white pine, soft maple, 28 1/2 × 14 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (72.4 × 37.9 × 31.8 cm), Made in America, American, 18th century, FurnitureSide Chair 1740-60 American. Side Chair 1581old vintage sofa for decoration on white background Slipper Chair ca. 1860 Alexander Roux French. Slipper Chair 7552White Vintage classical farbirc style ChairClyde L Cheney, Wooden chiar, probably 1938 Wooden chiarLuxury Vintage Chair Luxury Vintage Chair isolate on White Background Copyright: xZoonar.com/KidsadaxManchindax 10611396. Armchair from oak with overhanging. The smooth back of the furniture is half-circle on the inside, arranged on the outside by seven channeled Tuscan pilasters. The flat deck has a straight bow with acanthus drinks in the swing. The flat armrests are of beech wood and end in a volute. The straight closed sides have a channeled pilaster on the front. The flat spruce seat is over.Antique campaign chair with white cushions beside small octagonal tableCane Bottom Chair. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 56.8 x 49.8 cm (22 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 33"high, seat 16"high, 16"wide at front and 14" wide at back.. Medium: watercolor and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Laurette Gauthier.Rose Campbell Gerke, Miner's Chair Hand Made, c 1940 Miner's Chair - Hand MadeLawrence Phillips and M Rosenshield von Paulin, Jacobean Armchair, c 1940 Jacobean ArmchairSILLA POLICROMADA SEVILLANA S XIX. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPAIN.Detail, a pile of three chairsSide Chair. Culture: American. Dimensions: 33 7/8 x 17 x 15 1/2 in. (86 x 43.2 x 39.4 cm). Maker: Attributed to R. J. Horner and Company. Date: ca. 1885. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Charles Cullen, Armchair, c 1936 ArmchairHunting stoolChair. unknown, authorFirescreen 1785-95 Attributed to Samuel Phippen This fire screen features a folding shelf for a candle, a refinement found on very few examples. It is transitional in style, with snake feet of the Queen Anne and Chippendale styles and the oval shape and inlay typical of Neoclassical designs.. Firescreen. American. 1785-95. Mahogany, holly, ebony. Made in Salem, Massachusetts, United StatesBlack genuine leather classical style sofa in vintage roomSideChair. Maker, probably by: Dan Cooper, American, 1901-1965William Kieckhofel, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairSettee (one of a pair) 1769-71 John Mayhew British This settee and its mate (58.75.22) were made for the room in 1769 by Mayhew and Ince. The covers en suite with the tapestries were designed at the Gobelins by Maurice Jacques and Louis Tessier. The 1769 invoice indicates that the settees were meant to be placed on either side of the fireplace.. Settee (one of a pair). British and French. 1769-71. Gilded fruitwood; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter)Maud M Holme, Rocking Chair, 1935 1942 Rocking ChairHoop Back WindsorArmchairDesign for a Sofa with Wing-like Arms early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Sofa with Wing-like Arms. Anonymous, British, 19th century. early 19th century. Pen and ink, brush and washChurch Pew. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; American, 1867-1959; Manufactured by Taliesin East Students; American, 20th century. Date: 1952. Dimensions: 28 x 42 in. x 19 1/8 in. Plywood. Origin: Wisconsin. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Anonymous. "Small secretary of a lady to slaughter". Built in oak, various wood marquetry on a background of rosewood, with amaranth frames, boxwood nets, golden bronzes, leather. Around 1760. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 123782-4Table-Gablotka; 1820-1840 (1820-00-00-1840-00-00);Chair. Chair with smooth, folk-shaped seat and volutely front legs. The open backrest is crowned by a crest. The center of the backrest is formed by a rosette and leaf garlands. The chair is marked: STK. = Amsterdam, JRL. = 1779, Mt. = Jan Bronnet. The chair belongs to five identical copies (BK-NM-11177-169, BK-NM-11177-170, BK-NM-11177-172, BK-NM-11177-173 and BK-NM-11177-174).Daybed (Lit de repos or sultane) (part of a set). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: H. 36-1/2 x W. 69 x D. 31-1/2 in. (92.7 x 175.3 x 80.0 cm). Maker: Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (1748-1803); painted and gilded by Louis-François Chatard (ca. 1749-1819). Date: 1788.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 pieceChair, Jan Bonket, 1779 Chair with smooth, pumpal seat and volute -shaped front legs. The open worked backrest is crowned by a crest. The center of the backrest is formed by a rosette and leaf hangers. The chair is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, Jrl. = 1779, Mt. = Jan Bonket. The chair belongs to five identical copies (BK-NM-1177-169, BK-NM-1177-170, BK-NM-11177-171, BK-NM-11177-173 and BK-NM-11177-174). Amsterdam silver (metal) Chair with smooth, pumpal seat and volute -shaped front legs. The open worked backrest is crowned by a crest. The center of the backrest is formed by a rosette and leaf hangers. The chair is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, Jrl. = 1779, Mt. = Jan Bonket. The chair belongs to five identical copies (BK-NM-1177-169, BK-NM-1177-170, BK-NM-11177-171, BK-NM-11177-173 and BK-NM-11177-174). Amsterdam silver (metal)Vintage classical style Sofa bedChair of Elijah used during the Brit Milah (circumcision) ceremony, Paris, France, EuropeHoodedcradle