$2,400Sale Price|50% Off
French Louis XVI Low Caned Fireside Slipper Chair, 18th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI low caned fireside slipper chair, 18th century. This very rare and exceptional low chair is very old, and has withstood the test of time in a remarkably good state,...
Cane, Wood
French, Louis XV Régence Caned Chairs, 18th Century, Two Similar
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French, Louis XV Régence Style caned Chairs, 18th Century, Two similar presented as a pair without being identical. Chair 1 - 19" W x 18.5"D x 38.25"H Seat height 18" Chair 2 - 19...
Cane, Wood
18th Century French Caned Corner Chair or Chaise De Bureau
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 18th-century French caned chair is a rare blend of elegance and craftsmanship. Designed as a versatile desk or corner chair, it features a gracefully curved silhouette...
Wood
Louis XV Gilded Wood Chair – Cane Back and Leather Seat, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Refined Louis XV chair in carved and gilded wood, dating from the 18th century, featuring a original cane backrest and seat and a leather seat cushion with original green patina.
Wood
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century French Caned Bergère de Bureau
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century French caned bergère de Bureau. A Louie XV beechwood bergère de Bureau with leather squab cushion, circa 1740. Magnificently carved. One of two presently available. P...
Wood
18th Pair of English Queen Anne Style Chairs in Wood and Cane
Located in Marbella, ES
The cabriole legs, with delicate carved motifs and claw-shaped ends, reflect the influence of 18th-century English furniture. The warm patina of the wood and the natural wear of tim...
Wicker, Wood
18th C. Pair of Italian Side Chairs w/Hand-Painted Chinoiserie & Caning
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of wooden side chairs with chinoiserie and caning from the 18th century. This antique pair of chairs from Italy each features a shapely wood back with scooped top rai...
Wood, Cane
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Black Cane Cannaregio Seating
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our black cane cannaregio seating with raised gesso dots decors. Each piece from our Collections is e...
Wood
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Dove Cane Corte Dining Chair with Ferns
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our dove cane corte chair with ferns decors and little butterflies. Each piece from our Collections is...
Wood
Set of Four French 18th Century Painted Side Chairs with Liberal Arts Allegory
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of four French painted wood side chairs from the 18th century, with carved Liberal Arts allegory.
Cane, Wood
$7,000Sale Price|55% Off
18th Century French Louis XVI Brown Leather Bergère Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
18th Century French Louis XVI Bergère chair, with brown leather seat and back.
Leather, Wood, Paint, Cane
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Black Aquileia Dining Chair with Cane Seat
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our hand-painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Aquileia Chair with Cane Seat. We’re pretty sure you already know the city of Rome, but you might ...
Wood
Edwardian Black Chinoiserie Bergère Cane Settee
Located in Hastings, GB
English Edwardian chinoiserie Beech Wood bergère cane settee, circa 1900 Decorated with painted oriental scenes and figures, in superb condition for it’s age All cane work is in good...
Cane, Wood
English Regency Caned Child's Chair, Hand-Carved Wood, Circa 1750
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency child's chair featuring a curved crest rail resting on turned supports with open space for a safety bar (not included), and a caned back and seat. The chair's front l...
Wood
18th/19th Century Venetian Chinoiserie Rococo Chair
Located in Forney, TX
Born in the Venetian region of north-eastern Italy in the late 18th / early 19th century, hand-crafted in elegant Louis XV style, richly decorated in Chinoiserie Rococo taste, having...
Cane, Wood, Paint
$3,500Sale Price|21% Off
Pair of 18th Century Style Armchair in the Italian Taste
Located in Palm Beach, FL
18th century style Italianate, "Mediterranean" armchair, upholstered seat, padded armrests and woven cane back, with antique grey patina finish; William R. Eubanks interior design in...
Wood
French Provincial Armchair, Circa 1750, Double Caned, Green Cushion
Located in Queens, NY
French Provincial (18th Century) wooden armchair with a curved horseshoe-form crest rail supported by 2 back posts dividing into 3 double-caned sections, with a caned seat topped wit...
Wood
Valet / Throw-coat – Napoleon III Period – Wood and canework
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Napoleon III period coat throw, second half of the 19th century, in dark mahogany stained wood and woven cane. Vertical structure with two uprights connected by a summit arch deco...
Fruitwood
$1,000 / item
Set of 18 Belgian dining chairs
Located in MADRID, ES
This is a fabulous set of Belgian Dining Chairs from the 18th C. The delicate green hand painted details on the frame stylize the shape whilst the diamond pattern on the caned seats ...
Cane, Wood
Bergère with ears – Louis XVI period – Gray lacquered wood – Damask silk
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Louis XVI period wing chair in carved wood, gray lacquered and highlighted, with an enveloping body characteristic of the type. The structure has moldings carved with floral motif...
Beech
18th Century Painted Cane-Back Armchair
Located in Boston, MA
18th century painted cane-back armchair.
Wood, Cane
18th Century French Empire Caned Fauteuil
Located in New York, NY
18th century French Empire Caned Fauteuil. Made with painted wood and cane.
Cane, Wood
Pair of 18th Century Arm Chairs with Cane Backs
Located in New Orleans, La
Pair of 18th Century cream arm chairs with original cane backs.
Wood, Cane
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Wooden Stools with Cane Tops
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Chinese 18th century square elmwood stools with cane inset in tops, and humpback stretchers. These would work well as coffee tables or stools.
Cane, Wood
18th Century Pair of Italian Louis XIV Caned Fauteuils
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The rectangular caned back with molded frame and shaped projecting crest rail with centred carved cresting of facing heraldic eagles, joined to framed caned seat with pelmet shaped a...
Wood
Exceptional Regence Caned Oak-Wood Fauteuil
Located in Geneva, CH
Exceptional Regence caned violin-shaped natural and carved-wood fauteuil. The "à la Reine" shoulder-shaped back and the recessed armrests, within a molded frame with a rococo orname...
Fauteuil de Regence, France 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Very Nice Carved and Stained Regence Fauteuil with Caned Back and Flat Uphostered Leather Seat. France 18th Century
Wood, Cane, Leather
Regence Fateuil Cane Back Chair
Located in Seattle, WA
Walnut Regence caned fauteuil early 18th century
Wood, Cane
Unavailable
H 45.28 in W 25.6 in D 18.51 in
Barock Armchair First Half of the 18th Century in Carved and Caned Walnut
Located in Osnabrück, DE
This wonderful, original and authentic, dappled and dowelled, as well as plastically carved and hand polished armchair in walnut , is still from the inventory and my father's collect...
Wood, Walnut
Unavailable
H 35 in W 24 in D 17 in
18th Century Louis XVI Painted Armchairs in Duchess de Rothschild Style
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very fine sophisticated Duchess Marguerite de Rothschild style pair of 18th century French Louis XVI armchairs-oval balloon backs with cane back and seat, scrolled arms, and fluted l...
Cane, Wood
Early 18th Century French Provençale Painted Commode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 18th century transitional Regency Louis XV painted commode (potty chair) with caned back and seat. The chair is adored with hand-carved flowers and acanthus leaves.
Iron
Pair of 18th Century French Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French armchairs with original stamp and upholstered seat, circa 19th century. Please note of wear consistent with age including a gap in one top rail.
Cane, Wood
Viennese Thonet Bentwood Cane Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in Bastrop, TX
Michael Thonet (1796-1871) was the German-Austrian inventor of the process of bentwood production, recognized by flowing forms and the resulting lightweight product. He first opened ...
Rattan, Wood
Unavailable
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 2.5 in
Oil on Canvas Painting of Leashed Hounds Tied to a Tree, France, 18th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil On Canvas Painting Of Leashed Hounds Tied To A Tree, France, 18th Century Follower Of Alexandre-François Desportes (Champigneule 1661-1743 Paris) Please Note: the frame is...
Cane, Wood, Paint
Regence Fauteuil
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut frame, with cane back and upholstered seat
Wood, Cane
Pair of English Regency Arm Chairs Chinoiserie Painted
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful pair of English cane seated and chinoiserie decorated arm chairs in black
Cane, Wood
French Louis XVI Sofa
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very nice French L.S. Sofa, with caned back and an orange velvet fabrique.
Wood, Cane, Velvet
Original French, Louis XVI, Caned Armchair, 18th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Grand neoclassical French, Louis XVI original, 18th century. Carved fauteuil armchair featuring a caned round back and seat. Beautifully molded frame with a delicate carved ribbon ...
Cane, Wood
Sold
H 35 in W 83.5 in D 30 in
Exquisite 18th Century Italian Hand-Painted Wood, Cane and Upholstered Sofa
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Absolutely beautiful antique Italianate sofa from a four-piece salon set (also listed as a set) having lovely intricate hand-painted leaves, flowers, and portraits of putti and arist...
Fabric, Cane, Wood
Set of 6 Caned Chairs, 18th Century Louis XVI
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 6 matching side chairs in carved and painted wood with caning on the backs and seats.
Cane, Wood
18th Century Pair of Salon Armchairs with Original Caning
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous pair of 18th century painted salon armchairs with original caning. These chairs are in excellent condition with intricate carving details. Would be beautiful with a custom s...
Cane, Wood
Set of Eight Louis XVI Caned Dining Chairs, 18th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century Louis XVI polychrome caned chairs with original lacquer. Beautiful French green lacquered and gilded finish makes this set of eight Louis XVI chairs stunning. Caned squa...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair of Late 18th Century French Caned Armchairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Superb pair of late 18th Century caned armchairs in old paint. In good, stable condition, the seats and backs have been re-caned and feature very few signs of wear. Would look lov...
Cane, Wood
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Cane Armchair, 1870s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 18th century French Louis XVI cane armchair Bergere from 1870s. Has been painted in grey. Nice quality.
Cane, Wood
Two 18th Century French Caned Bergere de Bureau, a Compatible Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century French Caned Bergere de Bureau. A comparable pair of Bergeres. A Louie XV Beechwood Bergere de Bureau With leather squab cushion, circa 1740. The two magnificently carve...
Wood
Sold
H 38 in W 18.5 in D 19 in
Fine 18th Century Louis XV French Provincial Carved and Caned Side Chairs, Pair
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Retaining a lovely color these carved and caned walnut chairs date to the mid-18th century wearing their age gracefully. They come with newer removable custom-made upholstered seat c...
Cane, Wood
George III Caned-Seat Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
A graceful chair with a wonderful sense of balance, of carved and inlaid mahogany, with pierced, arcaded back and down-curved arms above a bowed seat. Square, tapering legs. The inla...
Cane, Wood
Late 18th Century Set of 6 Painted & Parcel Gilt Arm Chairs, Italian
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 18th century set of 6 painted & parcel gilt arm chairs, Italian. Neo-classical period & taste. Small beaded florets break the arch of the crest rails, the florets repeated at ea...
Cane, Wood
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