$1,850 / item
Pair Of Italian Rococo Painted Side Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely painted with shaped crest rail and vasiform splat ,drop in bowed seat and cabriole legs.
Wood
Venetian Rococo Style Painted and Gilded Side Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Venetian Rococo Style Painted and Gilded Side Chair Very rare antique 19th century Venetian Rococo style side or hall chair. It features an elegantly curved backrest with a shaped c...
Wood
4 Italian Rococo Style Red Painted Dining Side Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully stylish set of 4 Italian Rococo style red painted side chairs upholstered in red dappled ivory chintz.
Wood
Set Of Four Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Chairs Venice
Located in Hudson, NY
Set of four 18th century Italian painted & parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian. These beautiful chairs have carved wooden frames with sweet detailing. The surface is painted green with ...
Gold
Set Of Four Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Chairs Venice
Located in Hudson, NY
Set of four 18th century Italian painted & parcel-gilt chairs, Venetian. These beautiful chairs have carved wooden frames with sweet detailing. The surface is painted green with ...
Gold
Pair of Italian rococo style painted and upholstered lounge chairs, 19th century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of Italian rococo style painted and upholstered lounge chairs, 19th century.
Upholstery, Wood
18th Century Hand Carved Italian Rococo Painted and Parcel Gilt Side Chair
Located in Doylestown, PA
18th century hand carved Italian Rococo paint decorated and parcel gilt upholstered side chair.
Wood, Paint
$1,950Sale Price / set|25% Off
Venetian Rococo Style Painted Side Chairs, Pair
Located in Sheffield, MA
Painted dark blue with beige linen seats, these Venetian style side chairs fit the bill lots of style with tall, elegant backs, cabriole legs and generously deep seats. Great pull-up...
Fabric, Wood
Vintage Swedish Rococo Italian Baroque Shell Carved Cream Painted Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Swedish Rococo Italian Baroque Style Shell Carved Cream Painted Side Chair.
Fabric, Wood
18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Fauteuil en Cabriolet
Located in Hudson, NY
Reupholstered with custom embroidered fabric. Provenance: sold Sotheby's, early 20th century, The Estate of Charles Ryskamp. From an estate in Corning, NY.
Fabric, Wood
Set of 6 Early 20th Century Italian Dining Chairs with Rococo Features
Located in London, Park Royal
A beautifully sculpted set of six early 20th-century Italian dining chairs, distinguished by their Rococo-inspired lines and elegant cabriole legs.
Upholstery, Wood
$1,680Sale Price / set|30% Off
Pair of Silvered Italian Rococo Side Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of silver paint decorated Italian Rococo dining side chairs.
Wood
18th Century Rococo Set of 6 Painted dining Chairs from Lucca
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant set of six 18th-century Rococo dining chairs from Lucca features beautifully carved frames with a painted finish, showcasing the graceful curves and decorative craftsman...
Wood
18th Century Rococo Set of 6 Painted Dining Chairs from Lucca
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant set of six 18th-century Rococo dining chairs from Lucca features beautifully carved frames with a painted finish, showcasing the graceful curves and decorative craftsman...
Wood
19th C Style Venetian Painted Italian Side Chairs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
19th C Style Venetian Painted Italian Side Chair
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
$1,286Sale Price / item|20% Off
Pair of Venetian Lacquered Rococo Style Chairs with Fornasetti Upholstery
Located in Firenze, IT
Indulge in the lavish charm Venetian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of lacquered Rococo-style armchairs. Likely used as fireside seats, this charming seating set showcases th...
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Painted Green Venetian Chair Circa 1820
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and incredibly decorative Italian early 19th century Venetian hand painted polychrome chair, re-upholstered in a neutral cotton. The chair is raised upon elegant cabriole...
Cotton, Wood
18th/19th Century Venetian Chinoiserie Rococo Chair
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming Italian hand painted, carved, and woven cane side chair with beautiful heavily worn and distressed original patina perfection over the whole.
Cane, Wood, Paint
$2,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Tall Pair Minton Spidell Style Italian Regency Rococo Wing Back Dining Chairs
By Minton-Spidell
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stylish pair of Italian Regency Rococo tall slender dining chairs with wing-backs, cabriole legs, and quality craftsmanship. Circa Mid-20th century. These chairs measure 46.5" T x...
Upholstery, Wood
Elegant 18th Century Tuscan Rococo Daybed, Newly Upholstered
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant 18th century Tuscan Rococo daybed, newly upholstered.
Wood, Giltwood
1750 Venezia Italy Set 3 Green Lacquered Wooden Engraved Chairs with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent set of three Venetian chairs lacquered in light green with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration. A delicate and refined drawing of polychrome floral gar...
Silk, Lacquer
$1,750 / item
Venetian Blue Leather and Wood Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century blue-gray painted Venetian side chairs with leather seats. Chairs have a heraldic style cross maker's mark engraved on backs of chairs. Features hand carved stretchers a...
Wood
1750 Venezia Italy Set 4 Blue Lacquered Wooden Dining Armchairs with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent set of four Venetian armchairs lacquered in blue with a fine polychrome little flowers decoration. Engraved and lacquered walnut. A delicate and refined drawin...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Early 20th-century Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odds are good that you haven't seen many of these, with their scallop shell backs and seats, dolphin-head arms, and particularly such strange, roughened, coral-textured legs suggesti...
Wood, Paint
Set of Ten Italian Hand-Painted Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Painted chairs with maidens and ball and claw feet.
18th Century Original Venetian Rococo
Located in Osnabrück, DE
Here we offer in advance and if necessary, a very rare original preserved and never restored, Venetian Rococo chair. The carving of the entire frame is sculpturally designed. Exclusi...
Wood
Venetian Hand Painted Chair
Located in Oregon, OR
Elegant Venetian chair with carved, lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with floral decorations.
Wood, Paint
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 23.23 in D 24.41 in
Rococo Chair with Armrests in Black and Gold Finish by Modenese Gastone
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A glimps to the past, with this handcrafted luxury piece of timeless rococo beauty. An elegant floral upholstered seating gracefully on top of the contrast black painted carving wood...
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Painted Sidechairs
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of lovely carved and painted blue on pale grey beechwood sidechairs, with Rococo carved detail throughout. Each cabriole legged chair has a pierced crested cartouche back, and...
Wood
Unavailable
H 37.41 in W 21.66 in D 18.51 in
Rococo Dining Chair in Black and Gold Finish by Modenese Luxury Interiors
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A glimpse to the past, with this handcrafted luxury piece of timeless rococo beauty. An elegant floral upholstered seating gracefully on top of the contrast black painted carving woo...
Gold Leaf
Six Italian Polychrome and Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
A set of six finely carved and painted chairs with large, oval backs and tapered seats over cabriole legs, the seat apron scalloped, and the legs with a large acanthus carving. The ...
Giltwood
Unavailable
H 50.01 in W 24.41 in D 26.78 in
Flamboyant Baroque Harp Chair by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors
By Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Specially designed dining chair by Modenese Luxury Interiors take on a true baroque style. This wonderful chair is a great head turner piece in any living space with its flamboyant r...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 38.38 in W 37.25 in D 23.5 in
Venetian Illustrated, Polychrome, Gilt, and Leather Gondola Chair, c. 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
An absolutely stunning and rare circa 1820 museum-worthy Venetian gondola chair with illustrated panels, polychrome finish, parcel-gilt decorations, and original leather upholstery. ...
Brass, Iron
Painted Italian Rococo Side Chair, Early 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Single side chair, in the Rococo style and a distressed painted finish, having an open, shield form backrest centered with coquillage and scrolls, its crown seat upholstered with nai...
Wood
18th Century Venetian Polychrome Painted Rococo Side Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Venetian Polychrome Painted Rococo Side Chair Charming polychrome hand painted and masterfully hand carved Venetian side chair. Cabriole legs are joined by stretchers...
Upholstery, Wood
Set of Six Paint Decorated Italian Rococo Dining Room Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six paint decorated Italian Rococo dining room chairs.
Wood
Italian Late Rococo Period Pair of Painted Fauteuils, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having slightly arched backrests with upholstered backs and seats (lacking cushions), the wood surfaces carved and painted, raised on tapering legs.
Wood
Sold
H 42 in W 21 in D 21 in
Vintage Italian Rococo Baroque Cream Distress Painted Dining Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Rococo Baroque style cream distress painted dining chairs, set of 4.
Fabric, Wood
Sold
H 35 in W 19 in D 21 in
Set of Eight Italian Rococo style Carved and Painted Dining Chairs, C. 1880.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Each side chair features a shaped backrest with an open figure-eight splat above an upholstered seat, set over a shell-carved apron and elegant cabriole legs. Retaining traces of the...
Wood, Paint
Sold
H 41.5 in W 23 in D 18 in
Pair of Italian Rococo Style Painted Side Chairs with Floral Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian Rococo style painted side chairs with floral decoration & slip seats, shaped apron, stretcher below and pad feet.
Wood
A Boldly-Scaled Italian Rococo Pale Blue Painted Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A boldly-scaled Italian rococo pale-blue and celadon painted armchair with foliate carved decoration; the upholstered back within a cartouche frame above a generous inset seat flanke...
Painted Frame Rococo Style Club Chairs Set of 2
Located in Pomona, CA
Pair of hand-carved Italian rococo-style club chairs. The painting and upholstery are latter.
Hardwood
18th Century Italian Carved and Painted Grotto Confident Courting Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique tete a tete "confident" armchair was created in Northern Italy, circa 1780. The bench features two seats shaped as shells, six legs, cartouche shapes, and hea...
Silver Leaf
Venetian Rococo style Slipper Chair,
Located in Chireno, TX
Painted and Gilded Venetian Slipper Chair in the rococo style With Vintage Silk Upholstery.
Wood
Italian Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous, 1920s Italian painted and parcel-gilt pair of fauteuils delicately carved in the Rococo style.
Upholstery, Wood
Sold
H 42.13 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Rare Set of 10 Italian Rococo Dining Chairs with Distressed Patina, c.1800
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exceptional and rare set of 10 Italian Rococo dining chairs, crafted in solid beechwood and dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. These chairs feature an elegant hand-c...
Leather, Beech
Pair Painted Rococo- style Italian Arm Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of chairs in the Louis XIV style are painted in a deep rich red orange with some rub throughs and a deep old surface appearance. The color is great! Most of the raised carv...
Walnut, Paint
Pair of 18th Century Venetian Painted Bergere Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 18th Century Venetian Painted Bergere Chairs Louis XV Style. Please Note These Items are Antiques and Are Two of a Kind. Please Refer to Our Website for Our Complete Inventory.
Wood, Upholstery
A Pair of Italian Rococo Crimson Painted Open Arm Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A graceful pair of Italian rococo crimson painted open arm chairs with ebonized highlights; the cartouche-shaped upholstered back above a serpentine seat with loose cushion flanked b...
A Boldly Scaled Italian Rococo Pale Blue & Celadon Painted Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A boldly-scaled Italian rococo pale-blue and celadon painted armchair with foliate carved decoration; the upholstered back within a cartouche frame above a generous inset seat flanke...
Antique Bed Venetian King Size Bed & Chair
Located in Buxton, GB
Transform your bedroom into a sanctuary of classic beauty with this stunning, hand-painted venetian bed and coordinating chair. Each piece is a testament to artisanal craftsmanship, ...
Wood
Venetian Hand Painted & Caned Rococo Side Chairs; a pair
Located in Malibu, CA
Venetian caned side chairs with fine painting from the 18th/ early 19th century. This pair features a shapely wood back with decorative top rail with original intricately painted flo...
Wood, Paint, Cane
Pair Venetian Painted Side Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming pair of Rococo style Venetian painted and upholstered side chairs. The back splats painted with images of a musician and a cavalier.
Set of Ten Early 20th Century Italian Carved Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Lovely set of ten Italian carved dining chairs with cane seats, and a custom-made down cushion that we slip covered in 100% pure Belgian Linen. The slip covers have been pre washed, ...
Fruitwood
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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
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.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.