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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Pair Antique Georgian Carved Oak Country Medieval Side Chairs King's Head 1760
Located in Portland, OR
A rare and unusual pair of antique country Georgian carved oak side chairs, circa 1760. The chairs are from the reign of king George III and they are carved in the Medieval Revival s...
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English Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

18th century Louis XV sofa in walnut and first patina
Located in Cesena, FC
Louis XV Settee Epoch: 18th century Louis XV sofa, an elegant sofa from the art and refinement of the 18th century, made from walnut wood that lends an aura of nobility and warmth t...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Nutwood

18th Century Chippendale Mahogany Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th Century, Georgian, Chippendale Period, Mahogany Carver Desk Armchair Having Extremely Attractive Pierced Splat With Crisply Carved Decoration To Back, Over S...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Abalone, Mahogany

Louis XVI daybed in solid walnut, entirely carved from the 1700s.
Located in Cesena, FC
Louis XVI Daybed, in solid walnut, with a seat featuring double backrests of varying sizes. Fully carved from solid wood with festoons and flowers. In a first patina. Venetian, Venic...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Canvas, Walnut

Renaissance Armchair, Italy 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Armchair made of solid walnut with carved pinnacles and volute-decorated intermediate struts on the backrest and front legs. The straight armrests rest on baluster-shaped supports. B...
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

Period Louis XV polychrome Fauteuil Upholstered in Penny Morrison
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV Period carved, pale green polychrome beechwood Fauteuil, open armchair, having a floral crest and other foliate carving to the back with carved, scrolled arms and acanthus c...
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English Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Beech

18th Century English Barley Twist Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English Mid Century Modern wooden bench from the 18th century with barley twist base and white boucle upholstery. This classy, barley twist wooden bench oozes timeless elegance. This...
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English Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of Venetian armchairs in lacquered and gilded wood, 18th century
Located in Vicenza, IT
This refined and important pair of lacquered armchairs was made around the mid-18th century in Venice, Italy. They are made of carved, lacquered and gilded wood and reflect the typic...
Category

Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

18th C Italian Hand Painted Orange Cassapanca Bench
Located in Hastings, GB
A wonderful 18th century Italian Cassapanca, the tall back is carved as Florentine fleur de lis, and the seat and back have hand painted decoration, depicting more fleur de lis, acan...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Charles II Rectangular Oak Stool
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sturdy Charles II oak rectangular stool with incised edge, peg construction, baluster form turned legs conjoined with a box stretcher. Initialed "HT" on top of one leg. Dimensions: 2...
Category

English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

Renaissance Armchair, Italy 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Armchair made of solid walnut with carved leaf pinnacles and volute-decorated intermediate struts on the backrest and front legs. The rectangular panels are also double-framed with t...
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Walnut

Antique Swedish Chair
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant,antique Swedish Chair in Rococo Style, nice colored patina of the wood, warm shine of the patinated wood as well, refined but simple design of the chair, new upholstered with...
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Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Beechwood Ratchet Wing Chair
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Hand carved Beechwood, winged back, reclining ratchet chair with original iron mounts. Newly upholstered in woven fabric.  
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Iron

Walnut chest with maple inlays and carved friezes, from the 1600s.
Located in Cesena, FC
Walnut chest with maple inlays and carved friezes, from the 1600s. Entirely original and with patina, from the 17th century. Measurements: Length cm - Depth cm 51 - Height cm 58 (ap...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Maple, Nutwood

Exquisite 18th Century Walnut Regence Sofa Upholstered in Fine Silk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exquisite 18th century Regence sofa, with heavily carved walnut apron, legs and stretchers, upholstered in fine silk. The back and apron are serpentine, with arms that are wings, uph...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Silk, Walnut

18th century Georgian mahogany slipper chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very elegant genuine Georgian slipper chair. Solid mahogany legs and a great design. It will work well in a huge number of interiors. Generous size as well. Height 96cm Wi...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Beech, Mahogany

French Empire Painted Meridienne Daybed 18Th. C.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Empire Period Mahogany Painted Meridienne, Daybed, late 18Th C. This Meridienne can float in a room as the back is also upholstered or be against the wall. This fabulous larg...
Category

French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Fine 18th Century Swedish Baroque Armchair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 18th century Swedish Baroque armchair with great proportions and shape. Original finish with an very nice patination. Ca 1740 Sweden.
Category

Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

18th Century Bentwood Windsor Rocking Chair with Fan back
Located in North Hollywood, CA
18th Century Bentwood Windsor Fan back Rocking Chair. An interesting late 18th century elm Sack-back Windsor Rocking Chair. Interesting and rare continuous bentwood fanback construct...
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Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Late 18th Century Transition Chairs in Original Color
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of transition chairs made in Stockholm about 1780:s. Chairs that are made between the rococo period and the gustavian period are called transition chairs. So for example the b...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Primitive Blue-Gray Painted Swedish Round-Back Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Primitive blue-gray painted Swedish round-back chair circa 1770-1789. Remnants of original or early blue-gray, green and salmon pink painted decoration. Heavy, thick single board sea...
Category

Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Ash, Elm, Bentwood

3 Piece Gorgeous 18th Century Louis XVI Salon Set with Sofa and Armchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and classic authentic Italian neoclassical salon set with a sofa and two armchairs or fauteuils in incredible shape, sturdy and elegant! Louis XVI style carved fauteuils and...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Blue Painted Sofa 'Trägsoffa'
Located in Wichita, KS
This is a stunning 18th c. Swedish Trägsoffa (sofa bed) from the Gustavian period wearing blue paint and newly upholstered in linen, circa 1790. Shaped arms and beautiful carving det...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paint

French 18th Century Carved and Painted Louis XVI Daybed
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 18th century carved and painted Louis XVI daybed in the form of a sleigh bed, with a beautiful patina of the classic French green paint. This kind of furniture was used in the...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

18th Century Gustavian Chairs
Located in Stockholm, SE
Four gustavian chairs made in Sweden about 1790. The chairs secondary color have been removed and what is left, is the original color.
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Pair of 18th Century Gustavian chairs, made in Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair gustavian chairs in original color, about 1780, made in Stockholm, attributed to Johan Lindgren, who became member of Stockholms chair mak...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Stool made in Stockholm about 1790
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Gustavian stool made in Stockholm about 1790. The stool is hand crafted with an elegantly leaf shaped border. The stool has fine originally paint with much of indigenous textures r...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Birch

Pair of 18th Century Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A pair of provincial barrel back chairs in a decorative carved design with stylish kick-out legs. Repainted in soft grey with newly upholstered linen.
Category

Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Pair of Louis XVI Fauteuils or Armchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and classic 18th century authentic Italian neoclassical pair of armchairs or fauteuils from a salon set (matching sofa available). Upholstered in a stunning neutral raw-silk ...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Late 18th Century Swivel Chair
Located in Stockholm, SE
The swivel chair is made in Sweden about 1770:s. It is in a good condition and a practical functional chair.
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch, Pine

ANTiQUE ENGLISH 1662 DATED COMFORT ONE ANOTHER CARVED WAINSCOTT THRONE ARMCHAIR
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, 1662 dated, Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair with the ...
Category

English Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

18th Century Rococo Chairs Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of rococo chairs made in Sweden about 1765. The model are provincial and unique. The carvings on the top is typical for the Rococo period with the shell shaped form. The word...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

French Louis XV Tapestry Settee with Aubusson Original Tapestry Upholstery
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant French Louis XV Style tapestry/canape settee. Amber aubusson tapestry upholstery with floral patterns. Accents of red clay colors on the edges of the upholstery. Elegantly...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Gustavian Bucket chair, made in Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Swedish Gustavian Bucket Chair. Made in Stockholm about 1790. Decorated with beautiful lion heads at the armrest and leaf shaped border. The legs are elegantly carved. Gently hand ...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Birch

Early Long Pine Bench
Located in Houston, TX
Early long pine bench circa 1710-1739: single thick plank of pine raised upon four splayed simple carved legs. Early finish. Sturdy, stable pegged construction.
Category

French Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Pine

Pair Yellow Straight Back Stools
Located in New York, NY
Pair yellow straight back stools. Provincial Sicilian "panchette" made of fir with decoratively cut feet and back support for rustic kitchen or bath. Italy, early 18th century. Di...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fir

Exceptionally Fine And Rare James I Oak Wainscot Chair Dated 1609
Located in Heathfield, GB
An extremely rare and exquisitely carved English oak wainscot chair dated 1609 and with two figural masks – the central mask possibly the ‘Green Man’ with foliage scrolling and falli...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

An early George I Caquetoire chair Circa 1718
Located in Flower Mound, TX
An exceptional example of an early and rare caquetoire chair with carved cresting over an unusually narrow back, inscribed ‘I.M.I., I.H.S., ANNO 1718,...
Category

English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Oak

18th Century Rococo chair
By Carl Magnus Sandberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Chair made in the Royal workshop in Stockholm, attributed to Carl Magnus Sandberg. Not signed. He became member of Stockholms chair maker society 1760 and died before 1790. It is ve...
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch, Giltwood

Elegant Italian Neoclassical Louis XVI Sofa
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and classic 18th century authentic Italian Neoclassical sofa that's part of a salon set with two armchairs or fauteuils, selling sepa...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Rococo Swedish Side Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Swedish rococo period chairs, hand-carved circa 1750-1789. Finish gently scraped back to original and early layers of paint in shades of red. Sold together and priced $2,900 ...
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Pine

Gustavian Window Seat
Located in Salisbury, GB
A very beautiful Swedish period gustavian window seat - window seats are differentiated by stools and benches because they are carved on all four sides - and are quite rare This exa...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

18th Century Pair Armchairs After Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century pair armchairs after Giles Grendey with pierced splat back, stylised shell motif and scrolled armrests with relief carved decoration. The upholstered seats rest above ca...
Category

English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Irish George II Wingback Armchair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Irish George II wingback armchair featuring carved cabriole legs terminating in lion paw feet to the front, and simple legs to the back. The chair is covered in needlewo...
Category

Irish George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Tapestry, Mahogany

Danish 18th Century Louis XVI Oak Bench with Linen Upholstery
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bench in oak, newly upholstered in light mist-gray linen. Features apron with profiled edge resting on tapered legs. Originating from Denmark, 1780-1800
Category

European Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Set of 6 Neoclassical Chairs, Germany 1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Set of Six Neoclassical Chairs Discover a rare find with our exquisite set of six Neoclassical chairs originating from around 1800’s Southern Germany. Crafted from cherry wood veneer...
Category

German Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Cherry

Pair of Antique Black Forest Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome pair of primitive antique black forest chairs. Intricately carved patterns on the seat as well as a ventilated back rest. Walnut...
Category

German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

6 equal chairs, early 19th Century, Late Gustavian, made by Ephraim Sthal
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 Late Gustavavian chairs made by Ephraim Ståhl. The chairs are beautifully hand carved with nail clippers and leaf shaped decorations. The chairs are made by Ephraim Stahl, who wor...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Divano Ulisse biesse
Located in Nocera Inferiore, IT
Divano Letto ulisse biesse a busta completo di cuscini Biesse Il Divano Letto è composto da 2 pianali amezzaluna in multistrati,il sottostante ruotando in avanti determina un Letto c...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Other

18th Century French Three Seated Hand Carved Wooden Cane Canapé Louis XVI Period
Located in Sofia, BG
18th Century French three seated hand carved and painted in white wooden canapé Louis XVI period with cane back. The piece is still wearing its original upholstery in red velvet. Ver...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Cane, Wood

18th Century Late baroque armchair in original color
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair made in Sweden about 1740. The armchair has an unusual high back, that could suggest that it were made for a Government. The original color is well preserved with much of in...
Category

Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Queen Anne Style Loveseat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique loveseat with rounded back and hand carved wood frame. Beautifully sculpted wood feet, stripe silk fabric, slightly turned out arms. Please co...
Category

Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Duchesse Part Louis XV Period in Hand Molded Carved Wood
Located in Sofia, BG
18th Century French duchesse part Louis XV period in hand molded and carved walnut frame steel wearing an original upholstery. Good authentic condition of the frame but the upholster...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Silk, Walnut

18th Century Swedish Gothic Pew
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Substantial antique Swedish Gothic style church pew that measures nearly 10 ft long. The chunky pew seat sits on 3 support legs. The hand scrolled sides also features carved trefoil....
Category

Swedish Gothic Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Wood, Pine

18th Century Rococo armchairs
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of high class rococo armchairs made in Stockholm. This type of armchairs with loose back plate were made in the Castle workshop. Front legs are decorated with acanthus leafs ...
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Poltrona anni 70
Located in Nocera Inferiore, IT
70's armchair Height 72cm DEPTH 90 cm Width 65cm Seat height 37 cm
Category

European Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Iron

18th Century Rococo chair, with original color
Located in Stockholm, SE
Chair, rococo, made in Stockholm about 1765, attributed to Alexander Thunberg, not signed. He became member of Stockholms chair maker society 1757 and died 1797. The chair is in good...
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Birch

Pair of 18th Century Late Gustavian Stools
Located in Ballard, CA
Pair of late Gustavian X-framed stools with lion feet, circa 1770. Original paint.unique pair of Gustavian stools, made in Sweden circa 1770. Beautiful, original ivory painted finish...
Category

Austrian Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Seating

Materials

Fruitwood, Upholstery, Silk

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