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European Pearwood Chairs

Charming Napoleon III Period Chair, in Blackened Pear and Velvet
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Charming Napoleon III period chair, in blackened pear and velvet. Good general condition, including velvet and padding.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Chairs

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Velvet, Pearwood

19th Century Fine Ebonized Biedermeier Chairs. Vienna, c. 1825-30.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This fine two ebonized Viennese Biedermeier chairs were made circa 1825-30. Ebonized Biedermeier pieces were mostly made in Vienna, Austria and account for only 1-2 % of all ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chairs

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Upholstery, Pearwood

Rare Original Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent example of the more decorative phase of Josef Hoffmann, before the WW1. Carpenter Jakob Soulek for the Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibited first in 1912 at the Museum für Kunst...
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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Chairs

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Pearwood

Rare Original Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
Rare Original Josef Hoffmann Chair, 1912
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H 37.8 in W 23.23 in D 20.48 in
Rare Suite of Six Chairs, Prob. Lorraine, 18th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Very beautiful suite of six master chairs perfectly carved with all the details of Louis XIV decoration. On the dossiers there are angels in niches centered and framed with valances ...
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Antique Early 18th Century French Regency Chairs

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Upholstery, Pearwood

19th Century Fine Set of Three Ebonized Biedermeier Chairs. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This fine set of three ebonized Viennese Biedermeier chairs were made circa 1825. Ebonized Biedermeier pieces were mostly made in Vienna, Austria and account for only 1-2 % o...
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chairs

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Upholstery, Pearwood

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Swedish Biedermeier Black Leather Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier hardwood chair. This skillfully executed chair has all the right curves, edge scalloping, polished veneers, ebonized accents and a handsome new...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Chairs

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Leather, Wood

Swedish Biedermeier Black Leather Chair
Swedish Biedermeier Black Leather Chair
H 35.5 in W 20 in D 19.5 in
Important and Rare Original circa 1900 Carlo Bugatti Occasional Table Ebonized
By Carlo Bugatti
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare and important original circa 1900 Carlo Bugatti occasional table This table is special, designed by Carlo Bugatti, Italy...
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Center Tables

Materials

Goatskin, Walnut

Guglielmo Ulrich Set of Six Dining Chairs, Italy, 1940s
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Milan, IT
Set of six stained wood and yellow velvet dining chairs attributed to the Italian Architect Guglielmo Ulrich. Splendid craftmanship in the wood carving. Very sturdy seating.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Chairs

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Velvet, Wood

Naeko Chandeliers by Kazuide Takahama
By Sirrah, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naeko Chandelier by Kazuide Takahama for Sirrah. Designed in Japan circa 1970s. This light features a white silk fabric which is supported by brass clips and pearl press studs. Wired...
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Biedermeier Walnut Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Biedermeier walnut side chairs. Beautiful shape and proportions. Old walnut with a polished and waxed finish, 1920s-1930s fine brocade upholstery, having some wear on the edg...
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Antique 1830s German Biedermeier Side Chairs

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Walnut, Brocade

Biedermeier Chair, Prague, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier cherrywood chair with a turned stretcher between the slightly bent front legs. The shovel-shaped backrests shows turned stretchers as well as fan-carvings in the corners ...
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Antique 1830s Czech Biedermeier Chairs

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Cherry

Biedermeier Chair, Prague, circa 1830
Biedermeier Chair, Prague, circa 1830
H 36.62 in W 18.12 in D 16.93 in
Italian Baroque Style Gilded Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
An Italian Baroque style giltwood mirror with carved scrolling acanthus leaves. Warm gilt finish with many losses to gilt and some minor losses to carving. Original mirror. Wired to ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors

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Mirror, Giltwood

Italian Baroque Style Gilded Mirror
Italian Baroque Style Gilded Mirror
H 35 in W 39.5 in D 3 in
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Chair, Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, This fine Biedermeier side chair was made in Vienna circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier pieces are distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design, exc...
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

Armchairs by Josef Hoffmann for Thonet Vienna
By Thonet, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood frame, wool fabric upholstery. Designed circa 1900-1910 by Josef Hoffmann for Cabaret Fledermaus in Vienna. Made by Thonet. Set of two.
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Vintage 1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Armchairs

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Beech, Bentwood

Armchairs by Josef Hoffmann for Thonet Vienna
Armchairs by Josef Hoffmann for Thonet Vienna
H 30.32 in W 22.05 in D 22.05 in
French Napoleon III Brass Repousse Glass Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
An elegant Napoleon III mirror made with central glass and four rectangular glasses joined between them by decorative brass repousse foliage floral patterns, an elegant filigree repo...
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Andre Arbus Parchment Leather and Mirror Side Tables, France, 1930s
By André Arbus
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely pair of sofa side tables. Wood covered with parchment leather. Original mirror on the top. Made in France, 1930s.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian Giltwood Standing Floor Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
The vintage classical style Italian painted and giltwood floor lamp has a red undertones. The lamp is wired and takes a single bulb. The dimensions provided are for the lamp itself....
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Floor Lamps

Materials

Giltwood

Biedermeier Chair, South German 1820, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Biedermeier Chair, South German 1820. Beautiful walnut veneer embellishes this original Biedermeier chair. The back is decorated with an ebonized volute motif. The chair has been p...
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Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Biedermeier Chair, South German 1820, Walnut
Biedermeier Chair, South German 1820, Walnut
H 33.86 in W 18.12 in D 15.75 in
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Shovel Chair
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very beautiful shovel chair is from the Biedermeier period, circa 1825. The chair is made of walnut veneer wood. The chair was newly upholstered and covered with new fabric. In very ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Chairs

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Walnut

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Shovel Chair
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Shovel Chair
H 33.47 in W 17.72 in D 18.12 in
Calligraphy Low Coffee Table, Walnut Coffee Table with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
By Nada Debs
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary square coffee table in brown American walnut finish and mother-of-pearl inlay. The design of this table focuses on eastern patterns and geometry. The type is directly in...
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2010s Lebanese Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut

Original Art Deco Wiener Werkstaette Throne Werkbund Exhibition Cologne, 1914
By Heinrich Kathrein, Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare throne, one of two manufactured chairs, presented at the Werkbund-exhibition Cologne in 1914. One of the displayed images shows the Werkbund exhibition 1914 with two chairs...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

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Pair of Black Lacquered Wood Chairs from Gemla Diö, 1950s
By Gemla
Located in Avignon, Vaucluse
In solid pear, turned wood base, the ergonomic seat is worked in the thickness. The backrest is worked, mixing rectilinear bars and a very worked central part. The chairs are signe...
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Pearwood

Sanguineti Chair Chiavari, 1950s
By Chiavari, Figli Di Sanguineti
Located in Basel, CH
Sanguineti chair made by Chiavari in the 1950s. Pearwood frame with cane seat.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Pearwood, Cane

Sanguineti Chair Chiavari, 1950s
Sanguineti Chair Chiavari, 1950s
H 99 in W 50 in D 41 in
Armchair 'Crop' by Ross Lovegrove for Fasem/Knoll International
By Ross Lovegrove
Located in Berlin, DE
Armchair 'Crop'. Design by Ross Lovegrove (1996). Manufactured by Fasem for Knoll Int., Italy. Pear wood veneer, chromed steel tube legs. Measures: W 65.0 cm / D 49.0 cm / H 79.0...
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1990s Italian Chairs

Materials

Steel

19th Century French Bobbin Child's Chair
Located in Brecht, BE
A French 19th century bobbin ebonized pearwood child's chair, in very good vintage condition.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Pearwood

19th Century French Bobbin Child's Chair
19th Century French Bobbin Child's Chair
H 27.56 in W 14.57 in D 18.9 in
Pair of Mid-19th Century Louis Philippe French Provincial Pearwood Wing Chairs
Located in Middleburg, VA
Pair of Louis Philippe Provincial wing chairs. Made of pearwood. Arched back with two wings over a bowed seat on cabriole legs. Newly upholstered in tan leather with brass nail heads...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wingback Chairs

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Upholstery, Pearwood

20th Century Black Swedish Set of Six Vintage Pearwood Dining Room Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish set of six dining chairs made of hand carved Pearwood, designed and produced by an unknown architect from Stockholm, in good condition. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Metal, Brass

Set of Six Midcentury Danish Modern Cane Dining Chairs by Ditte & Adrian Heath
By Soren Horn, Ditte & Adrian Heath
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An uncommon complete set of cane dining chairs (Model 143) designed by Ditte & Adrian Heath and produced by Søren Horn. These are done in pearwood with cane seat and back, plus comes...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Cane, Pearwood

Louis XV Style Antique Petite Armchair
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Louis XV style antique petite armchair. Floral and ribbon cotton fabric upholstery. In shades of green, blue, pink on an off-white background. Honey color wood frame with padded arms...
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Pearwood

Hermés Pippa Folding Armchair
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
Hermés Pippa folding armchair Hermés in collaboration with Rena Dumas and Peter Coles Folding armchair with leather finishing. Pearwood and natural cowhide.
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20th Century French Chairs

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Cowhide, Pearwood

Hermés Pippa Folding Armchair
Hermés Pippa Folding Armchair
H 31.9 in W 33.9 in D 21.2 in
Mid-18th Century Pair of Italian Pearwoods and Brown Leather Hand-Carved Chairs
Located in Brescia, IT
The chairs of Italian pearwood are upholstered with contemporary brown cow leather with crocodile print and with burnished metal studs. The contrast between the antique wood and the ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Chairs

Materials

Pearwood

Napoleon III Prie Dieu Chair in Ebonized Pearwood, 1870s
Located in Austin, TX
A prie dieu chair, prayer kneeler, in ebonized pearwood with red velvet upholstery from the period of Napoleon III, circa 1870. The frame features elaborate baluster turning with a d...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Pearwood

Music Room Desk Two Chairs Circle Josef Maria Olbrich Darmstadt Germany c.1900
By Joseph Maria Olbrich
Located in Vienna, AT
Gorgeous Art Nouveau music room writing desk with two chairs of finest manufacturing quality, 1900-1905. Designer: Attributed to circle of Josef Maria Olbrich (1867-1908). Olbri...
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Other

Josef Maria Olbrich Music Room Table Two Chairs Darmstadt Germany made c.1900
By Joseph Maria Olbrich
Located in Vienna, AT
Gorgeous Art Nouveau table with two chairs of finest manufacturing quality. Designer: Attributed to circle of Josef Maria Olbrich (1867 - 1908). Olbrich, the world-famous Austri...
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Tables

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Other

Pair of Napoleon III Ebonized Pear Wood "Chauffeuses" Low Chairs, 1870s
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of Napoleon III Chauffeuses, low chairs designed to sit by the fireplace. Made of ebonized pear wood and recently re-upholstered in pale blue, they have a contemporary feel. D...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Pearwood

Pair of Fine and Rare Pearwood Armchairs by Louis Süe
By Louis Sue
Located in New York, NY
Pair of pearwood armchairs by Louis Süe *Additional pair upholstered in muslin is also available For a watercolor of similar chairs, see Süe et Mare et La Compagnie des Arts F...
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Vintage 1940s French Club Chairs

Materials

Pearwood

Pair of Napoleon III French Chauffeuses With Ottoman
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of ARMCHAIRS AND OTTOMANS, rolled arms, pearwood feet,with 2 wheels on each armchair
Recently reupholstered in muslan. Can be sold individually.
PRICED INDIVIDUALY.
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Antique 19th Century French Chairs

Materials

Pearwood, Fabric

Four Period Italian NeoClassical Pearwood Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Stylish Period NeoClassical Chairs in Klismos Form. Caned Seats with modern suede cushions. Manner of Carlo Rossi who worked in Naples and Russia.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Pearwood

Pair of Regence Period Chairs in Pearwood, France c. 1720
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Regence period Side Chairs, each constructed in Pear-wood with elaborate carved designs in the Rococo taste. The pair dating from the first quarter of the 1700s, and F...
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Antique 1720s French Régence Slipper Chairs

Materials

Serpentine

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European Pearwood Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of european pearwood chairs is available at 1stDibs. European pearwood chairs have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. European pearwood chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Nouveau, Louis XV and Scandinavian Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Ditte & Adrian Heath, Louis Süe and Søren Horn each produced beautiful european pearwood chairs that are worth considering.

How Much are European Pearwood Chairs?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $5,800, while they’re typically $1,195 on the low end and $18,000 highest priced.

Finding the Right Chairs for You

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.