English Mahogany Show Frame Open Armchair
Located in Faversham, GB
A Victorian Show Frame armchair in mahogany with navy blue squab cushions to the seat and backrest.
Abalone, Upholstery, Velvet, Oak
Antique English 17th Century Style Barley Twist Open Armchair
Located in London, GB
Antique English 17th Century Style Barley Twist Open Armchair.
Upholstery, Walnut
English George III style Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic and Quite Well Constructed 19th-Century English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair.
Upholstery, Mahogany
An 18th-Century English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair
Located in New York, NY
An 18th-Century English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair.
Upholstery, Mahogany
An English Victorian Open Armchair By Cornelius V Smith With Brass Castors
By Cornelius V. Smith
Located in Faversham, GB
A superb Victorian button back open armchair made by renowned 19th century London furniture maker, Cornelius V.
Calico, Mahogany, Oak
English Regency Caned Open Arm Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very decorative early 19th century English Regency open arm chair that retains its original painted surface. The seat caning has an old burlap replacement; the back retains...
Cane, Wood, Paint
19th c. English Howard Style Open Arm Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th century English Howard style open arm library club chair having old upholstery over square thin tufted back with shaped crest and open curved arms also upholstered supported b...
Wood
$5,561Sale Price|30% Off
Superb Wood & Hogan George I Style Walnut Open Armchair
Located in North Salem, NY
A truly fine Wood & Hogan English George I style Walnut open armchair which can be produced only by a master chairmaker.
Upholstery, Walnut
$1,358Sale Price|20% Off
English Victorian Walnut Armchair Lion Paws Feet, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
English fauteuil, open armchairs side or desk chair in the Victorian style.
Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut
Armchair chair 17th Century English Walnut Needlework X-Stretchered, Scroll
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptional, museum quality, English, baroque, walnut, open armchair with faceted legs and shaped ‘x’ stretcher, upholstered in fine Georgian needlework with 19th century needlewo...
Walnut
English Regency Ebonised Open Armchair
Located in London, GB
An early nineteenth century Regency Period ebonised open armchair or desk chair. The broad, slightly bowed crest rail above a stick back with generous scrolling arms on a shaped can...
Cane
Pair of Open armchairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of 1930's English open armchairs in Mahogany.
Mahogany
George III Open Armchair
Located in London, GB
An elegant 18th century English open armchair with an oval caned back and caned seat, George III, circa 1790.
20th Century Edwardian Style Open Armchair in Mahogany
Located in New York, NY
This English open armchair features a tufted back, carved lion head arm posts, and turned round front legs with brass castors.
Brass
English George III Mahogany Open Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
English George III mahogany open armchair, having a triple, arched crestrail over a pierced splat, straight legs joined by stretcher.
Mahogany
English 18th Century Elm Open Armchair
Located in Millbrook, NY
Nice English 18th century Elm armchair. Old leather seat and back with nail-heads. Original wooden casters.
Leather, Upholstery
English Mahogany Open Armchair, circa 1860
Located in Sheffield, MA
The armchair has a square top rail with a carved double scroll, reeded and squared uprights, reeded arm supports and turned reeded legs. Upholstered is a pale green cotton fabric.
Cotton, Mahogany
Rare Period 18th Century English Oak Open Armchair
Located in Boston, MA
Rare period 18th century English oak open armchair with wood seat.
Oak
Pair of period English Regency painted open armchairs
Located in Tacoma, WA
A superb pair of period English Regency painted open armchairs decorated with palmettos and bell flowers down the legs.
Wood
English Victorian Tufted Leather Barrel Back Open Armchair
Located in Southampton, NY
English Victorian tufted leather barrel back spindle support open armchair.
Leather, Mahogany
English George II Style Painted Open Armchair, circa 1860
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a rather beautiful English George II style painted Open armchair of very pleasing proportions, upholstered in Scottish Tartan, circa 1860.
Brass
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 22.84 in D 22.05 in
Antique English Edwardian Arts & Crafts Walnut Open Armchairs Desk Chairs, Pair
Located in Leeds, West Yorkshire
A very stylish pair of antique Edwardian walnut Arts & Crafts open armchairs dating from circa 1905. With turned rail backs and carved top rail, curved arm supports and turned legs u...
Walnut
English Mahogany Framed Open Arm Chair Cr. 1830-40
Located in Southampton, NY
English mahogany framed open armchair with leaf scroll carved arm supports with upholstered arm rests.
Brass
19th C. English Leather and Gilt Open Arm Chair w/ Hoof Feet
Located in New York, NY
A regency parcel gilt and rosewoodopen arm chair having leather seat and back.
Regency Gainsborough Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
A rare and unusual English Regency period open armchair appearing to be in its original mottled blue-green paint, with traces of worn gilding on its front leg turnings.
Upholstery, Yew
George III Painted Armchair
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Darlington, GB
An English George III painted open armchair. C.1785 Retaining its wonderful original painted decoration.
Beech
George III Painted and Caned Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
This pair of English, George III oval back open armchairs is painted black with subtly contrasting thin lines of cream color paint.
Wood, Cane
Pair of Regency Painted Black and Gilt Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A parcel-gilt Greek key design decorates the seat rails of these English Regency, black painted, wood open-armchairs.
Wood, Cane
Unavailable
H 25.25 in W 16 in D 13 in
Chippendale Period Antique Carved Mahogany Child's Chair. English, Circa 1775
Located in New York, NY
George III antique carved mahogany Chippendale child's open armchair. English, circa 1775
Mahogany
Chippendale Arm
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, CHIPPENDALE, MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR WITH A CARVED TOP RAIL ABOVE WELL CARVED BACK SPLAT WITH OUT SCROLLING CARVED AMS ABOVE OVERUPHOLSTERED SERPENTINE SEAT ON WEL...
Unavailable
H 39.38 in W 29.53 in D 22.84 in
19th Century Cuban Mahogany Chippendale Style Open Armchair, English, circa 1880
Located in GB
This superb 19th century example of a top-quality Chippendale open armchair is made from rich dense Cuban mahogany. The workmanship in the intricately carved details on this chair ar...
Mahogany
Victorian English Open Armchair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very elegant English country house late 19th century open armed chair.
Beech
Sold
H 36.03 in W 22.05 in D 21.07 in
Antique Elbow Chair Rosewood English Open Armchair Maple & Co, circa 1910
By Maple & Co.
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair in rosewood, an English open armchair by Maple & Co. dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Rosewood
18th Century English Carved and Painted Armchair
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A late 18th century English open armchair with 20th century upholstery.
Regency Painted Open Armchair in the Manner of Thomas Hope
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive Regency English open armchair in the manner of Thomas Hope.
Beech, Paint
Large English Upholstered Arm Chair - Gainsborough Style
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large English open armchair in the Gainsborough style, featuring a decorative needlepoint tapestry upholstered over a walnut frame, stylish serpentine arms and carved cabr...
An English Chinese Painted Open Armchair
Located in New York, NY
An English Chinese painted open armchair with crested pagoda top over open fret back and sides, painted with blue striped details on an olive ground.
English George III Style Open Armchair
Located in New York, NY
An English George III style open armchair with an upholstered oval back and seat.
Wood
English Chippendale Style Mahogany Carved Open Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
English Chippendale style (modern) mahogany carved open armchair with a shaped back and upholstered in brown leather with a cushion seat.
Leather, Mahogany
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
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If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.
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