Victorian Welsh Vernacular Solid Oak Fireside Stick Back Chair
Located in Nottingham, GB
Exposed end-grain through-tenons punctuate the heavy timber slab of this small Welsh vernacular fireside chair, showcasing traditional country joinery at its most direct.
Oak
$3,500Sale Price|22% Off
18th Century Oak Welsh Wainscot Hall Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century oak welsh wainscot hall chair with beautifully worn arms from years of use.
Wood
Fine Antique Jacobean Welsh Oak Great Chair, circa 1620
Located in Nottingham, GB
Fine Jacobean Welsh Oak Great Chair, circa 1620 Material: Oak An exceptionally rare early 17th-century Welsh oak Great Chair dating to circa 1620, of unusually small proportions an...
Oak
Welsh Oak Country Side Chair or Backstool, 18th Century
Located in Den Haag, NL
An unusual side chair, or backstool, in native Welsh oak. The back is particularly tall and has a pronounced camber or backward lean. structural solid chair, charming because of its ...
Wood, Oak
Early 18th Century Welsh Oak Joined Backstool
Located in High Point, NC
Early 18th century oak backstool from England. This is a rare example of an oak backstool from Wales during Queen Anne's reign over England. The back of the stool has a hand-carv...
Oak
17th Century Vernacular Primitive Welsh Farmhouse Wabi Sabi Chair
Located in London, GB
A richly patinated and time-worn, 17th century carved oak farmhouse chair with simple splat to the back, two-plank seat and turned front legs.
Oak
19th Century Welsh or English Folk Art Oak Corner Armchair
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, a rare corner armchair of exceptional craftsmanship featuring a triangular solid oak seat and elaborately hand-carved back panel with dense geometric patterning and...
Oak
Antique Welsh Carved Oak Eisteddfod Bardic Chair Newmarket Trelawnyd Wales 1901
Located in Portland, OR
An important antique Welsh vernacular Eisteddfod carved oak throne chair (Cadair Eisteddfod), from North Wales, Flintshire, dated 1901.
Oak
18th Century Rustik Oak Welsh Vernacular Armchair Hall Chair Wainscot
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Introducing the Charismatic 18th Century Welsh Oak Armchair Enhance your living space with the timeless elegance of our charismatic 18th century Welsh oak armchair.
Oak
Wonderful 17th Century Welsh Oak Chair - Initialled c. 1660
Located in Heathfield, GB
The chair is stable and the colour of the oak, as with all early Welsh oak, is wonderful.
Oak
Jacobean Welsh Oak Great Chair c. 1620
Located in Heathfield, GB
The chair has the glorious colour which is characteristic of early Welsh oak and a naturally formed rich deep patina – particularly to the seat and arms.
Oak
Set of 6 Welsh Country Oak Ladderback Chairs
Located in Port Chester, NY
A set of 6 early Welsh dining chairs with charming ladderbacks and pad feet. Mid 18th Century and handmade, there are slight variations in each chair, shown in thumbnails. While the...
Oak
Antique Victorian Welsh Oak Spinning Chair
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian welsh oak spinning chair, which I believe is so named because they used to sit on these chairs when using a spinning wheel.
Oak
Antique Victorian Welsh Oak Spinning Chair
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian Welsh oak spinning chair, which I believe is so named because they used to sit on these chairs when using a spinning wheel.
Oak
Lovely Decorative Antique Welsh Carved Oak Spinning Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are so excited to present to you This highly decorative antique spinning chair. We have lightly restored this by giving it a hand clean all over, hand waxed and hand polish. ...
Oak
Rare Welsh Cricket Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual vernacular Welsh oak backstool of snowshoe form to back and seat, chamfered cricket type stick legs with rarely seen "T" stretcher, having a practical three finger hole desig...
Oak
Rustic Welsh Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Quirky rustic Welsh ash and oak windsor or "stick" chair having protruding backrest with trefoil pierced decoration, over bentwood arm supported by spokeshaved spindles, the rough he...
Ash, Oak
Sold
H 40.75 in W 12.8 in D 14.77 in
Antique Pembrokeshire Spinning Chair, Welsh, Oak, Work Seat, Stool, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Pembrokeshire spinning chair. A Welsh, carved oak work stool, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Oak
18th Century Welsh Country Lambing Chair
Located in Calgary, Alberta
This lovely country farm oak lambing chair was found in Wales, UK. From the 17th to the 19th century, these chairs were commonplace in British farmhouses. When the farmer was tendi...
Wood, Oak
Diminutive Welsh Vernacular Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual early 19th century Welsh oak diminutive windsor chair having simple comb back, over spoke shaved spindles and turned center and arm supports, over two plank oak seat and with...
Oak
Welsh Queen Anne Folk Art Side Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charming and quirky Welsh oak folk art side chair, the arched crest with pierced hearts and moons, over balustrade silhouette back splat, the two stiles with molded decoration, over ...
Oak
Exceptional 18th Century Welsh Corner Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual and fine 18th Century Welsh oak corner chair, The rounded arm with molded headrest over stylish high arched slats with turned supports over solid single plank seat, the turne...
Early 19th c. Welsh Oak Lambing Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 19th century oak Welsh lambing chair with very good color. Paneled back and sides, shaped top and curved wings on flattened arms with rounded handles on box base standing on...
Oak
18th Century Welsh Folk Art Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare Welsh oak folk art chair, the arched back with pierced heart over quirky shaped splat, with straight arms over upholstered seat, the square legs joined by simple box stretcher, ...
Oak, Fabric
17th Century English or Welsh Wainscot Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual 17th century English or welsh wainscot chair having a shaped and scroll carved crest over similarly carved rails, the central panel with fan shell and square foliate des...
Oak
English or Welsh 18th c. Vase-Splat Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
An English or Welsh oak windsor chair having marvellously carved ear backcrests and vase-shaped backsplat with thick elm hewn saddle seat on H-stretcher base.
Oak
18th Century Welsh Lambing Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary 18th century Welsh oak wingback lambing chair having a back constructed of three oak panels with scalloped top, and straight flat arms with rounded ends, through tur...
Oak
Carved Oak Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Unique Welsh oak chair with triangle seat and detailed carved back.
Welsh Period Oak Corner Chair
Located in Port Chester, NY
Such a handsome chair. Very early corner chair, with a drop-in seat, easy to reupholster. Corner chairs like this one are so good as a desk chair, as it is possible to get right in u...
Wood
Antique Welsh Oak Farmhouse Dining Chairs
Located in Dorchester, GB
Set of four Welsh farmhouse chairs with a lovely inlaid Daliesque moustache detail that make these chairs a little more special.
Oak
Early 18th Century Welsh Folk Art Low Chair, circa 1721
Located in Wiltshire, GB
Early 18th century Welsh Folk Art low chair, circa 1721 restored. All of the items that we advertise for sale have been as accurately described as possible and are in excellent co...
Oak
Welsh Child's Chair
Located in New York, NY
An Oak Child's Chair of the Windsor Type. Welsh, Circa 1800
Oak
18th Century Welsh Oak Corner Chair
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A charming Welsh period oak corner chair of typical smaller size.
Oak
18th Century Primitive Welsh Oak Windsor Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th English oak windsor chair has a very distinct look, as it is tall and narrow Shaker look. Chair has a saddle seat and Queen Anne cabriole legs with pad feet. Rear legs are als...
Oak
$423Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.8 in W 22.25 in D 23.63 in
English Oak circa 1940s Carver Occasional Armchair Lovely Timber Patina
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this nice vintage circa 1940s occasional carver armchair A nice piece that sits well in any setting. The arms are beautifully aged revealing the...
Oak
$3,027Sale Price|20% Off
H 44.89 in W 25.2 in D 25.2 in
Fine & Rare Original 18th Century 1720 Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare original 18th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair circa 1720 A highly decorative and original piece ...
Oak
Antique Dutch Turned Oak Armchair with Rush Seat, circa 1890
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
A charming antique armchair from the Netherlands, made of solid oak around 1890. The chair has a curved top rail resting on turned posts, gracefully shaped arms and a seat woven in n...
Rush, Oak
$2,695
H 50.75 in W 24.5 in D 25.5 in
Antique 17th Century English Charles II Oak Carved Wainscot Armchair 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A good carved antique oak open wainscot carved armchair, from the Charles II period, Yorkshire, circa 1680. The chair with a carved crest rail to the top with stylized twin dolphins...
Oak
$3,302Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 25.01 in D 23.23 in
Exceptionally Rare Original 17th Century Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 17th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair A highly decorative and original pie...
Oak
$2,831Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.26 in W 25.79 in D 22.45 in
Antique Turner's Chair, English, Oak, Old Saxon, Elbow Seat, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique turner’s chair. An English, oak Old Saxon elbow seat, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. A fascinating example in the John Starkey Warwick style, of...
Oak
English Jacobean Style Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Troy, NY
Open Armchair of typical Wainscot form, the straight paneled back adorned with carved lettering probably documenting family event, wavy armrests with Primitive carved decoration, pan...
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Primitive Welsh Folk Art Stick Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century English Folk Art stick chair made out of elm. Surprisingly comfortable and worn on the ends of the arms where someone would have handled to raise themselves from a sitti...
Elm
$1,541Sale Price|30% Off
H 31.11 in W 21.66 in D 15.36 in
19th Century Welsh Elm Primitive Wabi Sabi Stick Back Chair
Located in London, GB
A simple 19th century comb-back chair in sun-bleached elm. Beautifully patinated with traces of original paint and some small historic repairs which add to its charm. Welsh, c. 1850.
Elm
$9,500
H 47 in W 22.5 in D 27.5 in
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair, Carved Oak, 17th Century, UK
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (17th Cent) Wainscot style oak arm chair with diamond designed carved back. (rePairs to back)
Oak
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair A late 17th Century wainscot chair in oak of a good colour and patina and handsome carved back; channel mouldings to the back and seat rails and boldl...
Oak
Pair of 17th Century English Yorkshire Oak Backstool Chairs
Located in Elkhart, IN
A wonderfully characterful pair of 17th century Yorkshire oak backstool chairs, retaining the wonderfully dark, mellow surface that makes early English furniture so compelling. Each ...
Oak
Late 17th / Early 18th Century English Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Balen, BE
This English oak wainscot armchair reflects the long-lived tradition of Tudor and Jacobean furniture, in which robust joined-oak construction was combined with architectural carving ...
Oak
$485
H 39.25 in W 20.5 in D 19 in
Single Antique English Lancashire Rush Seat Side Chair, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century Lancashire rush seat side chair. Oak Very sturdy, excellent antique condition. Recent refreshed finish.
Rush, Oak
Antique Oak Wainscot Chair / Side Chair from the 17th Century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here this beautiful and stately antique oak Wainscot chair / side chair from the 17th century with a warm finish. This magnificent antique oak Wainscot chair / side chair fr...
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century Child's Chair with Original Rush Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early form strong and very sturdy child's ladder back chair from New England is in fine and worn condition. The rush seat is very strong and sturdy with a fantastic patina.
Wood, Cane
$1,600
H 9.25 in W 7.63 in D 0.07 in
Orpheus #1 - Gelatin Silver Photograph Balanchine Ballet Classical Male Nudes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #1 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 gelatin silver photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) o...
Silver Gelatin
19th Century Swedish Empire Klismos Chairs
Located in Allerum, SE
Pair of 19th century Swedish mahogany Empire klismos chairs. Sweden ca 1820.
Mahogany
Late 17th Century Carved Walnut and Embossed Leather Armchair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary chair with superb color, large proportion. The wood has a very soft hand and great marking. With polychrome leather embossed back and seat. The frame mounted with ca...
Wood, Leather
$1,988
H 28.55 in W 13.59 in D 13.19 in
Unusual Antique 18th Century George l Quality Burr Oak Candle/Lamp Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique George l quality burr oak candle/lamp stand having an unusual quality segmented burr oak top with a moulded edge supported by a hexagon shaped pedestal column standin...
Oak
Antique English Regency Wing Armchair, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
Antique English Regency Wing Armchair circa 1820 Good example in excellent condition commensurate of age. Fabric will require replacing. Standing on mahogany faux bamboo legs termin...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$5,933 / set
H 21.26 in W 21.66 in D 33.86 in
Pair of English Regency Armchairs in Ebonized Beech with Caned Seats
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant pair of English Regency armchairs in ebonized beech retaining their original finish with a beautiful age-related patina. The open backs feature diamond lattice splats, while ...
Cane, Beech
$8,256 / set
H 32.29 in W 29.53 in D 24.02 in
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Armchairs, Golden Birch, Circa 1850-1880
Located in Lewes, England
Pair of rare antique Swedish Biedermeier armchairs tub chairs with golden birch bentwood arms in a rich honey color French polish finish and with delicately curved legs, C. mid late ...
Birch
George III Parcel-gilt Mahogany Fretwork Mirror
Located in London, GB
A George III parcel-gilt fretwork mahogany wall mirror, c. 1780. In good original condition, retaining original bevelled mirror plate. There are small visible repairs to the mahogan...
Mahogany
$2,987
H 34.26 in W 26.78 in D 19.69 in
Renaissance Revival Savonarola Chair in Carved Walnut Restored and Wax Polished
By Michele Bonciani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Renaissance Savonarola chair in carved walnut restored and wax polished. Attributable : Fratelli Bonciani – Cascina. About: Savonarola chair The term derives from the chair on...
Walnut
$1,907 / set
H 37.8 in W 21.26 in D 19.69 in
Pair of mahogany armchairs, Louis XVI style – Early 20th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Pair of mahogany armchairs, Louis XVI style – Early 20th century Antique - Side Chairs - 20th Measures : 54x50cm H:96cm SH:47cm Materials : Wood - Cane The back wooden sash of a ch...
Cane, Wood
17th Century English Oak Upholstered Stool Circa 1680
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
17th-century English oak upholstered stool, dating back to around 1680. The stool features a rich, warm colour and patina. The stool remains fully functional and can be used withou...
Upholstery, Oak
1940's Oak French Wall Mirror
Located in New York, NY
1940's French oak beveled wall mirror, lightly restored with minor wear and patina due to age and use, the mirror can be hang horizontal or vertical.
Mirror, Walnut
$1,261Sale Price|40% Off
H 41.34 in W 19.69 in D 21.26 in
18th Century Armchair with High Backrest in Carved Wood and Cordoba Leather
Located in Sofia, BG
Armchair with high backrest in molded and carved wood, curved roll-up legs, seat and armrest support upholstered in beige linen and backrest in authentic Cordoba leather, partly from...
Wood
$8,532
H 31.89 in W 34.06 in D 18.51 in
Antique English Georgian Mahogany Diminutive Chest of Drawers, circa 1750
Located in London, GB
Antique English Georgian mahogany diminutive chest of drawers A small-scale George II chest of drawers. Dating circa 1750 Comprised of four long graduating drawers with origi...
Brass
$1,651Sale Price|22% Off
H 29 in W 41 in D 3 in
Oil Painting by "A Stream near Buxton"
By Henry William Henley
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Henry William Henley "A Stream near Buxton" 1877 -1892 Henry William Henley was a Birmingham painter of Midlands and North Wales views. Oil on canvas signed and in o...
Oil
$1,447
H 37.8 in W 53.15 in D 0.28 in
Pretty vintage Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry medieval design “the view”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of "La Dame à la Licorne" titled “The view”– a beautiful late 20th-century tapestry echoing the 15th-century masterpiece at the Cluny Museum in Paris. Woven wi...
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
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Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
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