Antique chairs often contain the key characteristics of styles or periods. Listed below are several types of chairs developed in Europe and America over the last 300 years - ancestors of models being made today.
Click on the name below for a definition and illustration of each style.
- Bergère
- Chaise Longue
- Corner chair
- Curule
- Fancy chair
- Fauteuil
- Gondola chair
- Hitchcock chair
- Klismos
- Ladder-back chair
- Morris chair
- Ribbon-back chair
- Savonarola chair
- Slipper chair
- Windsor chair
- Wingback chair
- Writing-Arm Chair
The articles listed below can help you further identify antique chairs.
Antique Furniture Elements
Antique Furniture Styles
- Chippendale Style Furniture
- Eastlake Furniture
- Hepplewhite Style Furniture
- Soundalikes: Régence Vs. Regency
- Sheraton Style Furniture
- Queen Anne Style Furniture
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