#antique armchairs

[frenchantiques]

Antique Armchairs That Transform Your Space

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[blogresources]

Victorian Living Room - Open Huge ornate formal and open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor living room photo with beige walls, no fireplace and no tv

[vintagehomecollection]

House Beautiful Weekend Homes, 1990

[hobohobgoblim]

oh to sit beside my wife on these

[fashionsfromhistory]

Armchair

c.1875-1876

Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company

This armchair, along with a matching side chair and cabinet, was made for Pottier and Stymus’ display at the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia. This seminal event offered unprecedented exposure to potential patrons and sparked the nation’s preference for the Aesthetic style. Founding partner Auguste Pottier then donated the pieces to the Metropolitan Museum as examples of distinguished contemporary craftsmanship.

During the late 1870s and early 1880s, New York City emerged as the center for the production of luxury furniture, interior woodwork, and decoration. Companies including George A. Schastey & Co., Herter Brothers, Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company, and Herts Brothers flourished during this period of unparalleled financial growth. With showrooms and manufactories located in the city’s thriving commercial district at Union Square, they received commissions from wealthy financiers and railroad magnates in New York City and across the country for custom-made furnishings. These full-service firms depended on the skills of highly trained émigré craftsmen, many of whom had fled political strife and economic hardship in regions that compose modern-day France and Germany.

The MET (Accession Number: 88.10.3)

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Armchair, 1935, Los Angeles, California

[septembergold]

[the-house-of-slytherin]

[performing-personhood]

Someone on reddit bought a school book from 1854 and found inside it the doodles of some young ladies from 1900.

A person in the comments asked why it matters that they're girls' vs boys' drawings. And then I spent like forty minutes on an answer that I have no intention of posting just to have some chode rip me apart for bad faith incel reasons, but i can't bear to throw it out. So here Tumblr, you can have it:

It's a legitimate question. In lieu of an Official Actual Historian answering this, hi I'm an armchair hobbyist historian with zero schooling about it and i would like to speculate wildly for you. 

Our historical record has a serious lack of information about women and girls in general. Largely (probably) due to social patriarchal norms, women and girls' everyday lives weren't considered important enough to think about, much less keep detailed records - hell, even well into the 1950s we have a hard time knowing women's first fucking names even because being Mrs Husbandsname was all society cared about - so that sort of thing simply wasn't gathered nor kept and now it just doesn't exist. We have a handful of girls toys and clothes, of course those physical things remain and give us general clues about what it must have been like to live as a girl and/or woman in that time, but all the nuance about the lived experiences is lost.

So while they're just doodles, they're incredibly valuable for the simple reason that they're done by girls - and misbehaving girls at that, doodling in their schoolbooks is quite naughty - because its so vanishingly rare to have ANY record of any individual girl's/woman's life.

[periodoakantiques]

The arcaded cresting rail with initials ′E.K′ and date, the uprights carved with guilloche, the back carved with flower head motifs and acorns on a stipple ground bordered by punch work, with shaped arms and boarded seat, on square and ring turned legs, reverse of back branded ′I.W′ and with old restorations including a metal brace.

Visit us at: https://www.periodoakantiques.co.uk/antique-chairs/an-exquisitely-carved-mid-17th-century-english-dated-1657-oak-wainscot-armchair-4-stockno-1280/

[labellenouvelle]

MAISON JANSEN

A pair of Louis XVI style French petit armchairs in the manner of Maison Jansen, Paris. Fluted legs, original patina. Very comfortable, frame is in very good condition , sturdy. Could use new upholstery. Item No. E5743 Dimensions: 34" h x 22" w x 17" deep . Floor to seat 16" high List Price. $ 1200

504.581.3733 /t

info@labellenouvelle.com / e

[crystalclaire]

testament of youth by vera brittain, 7th edition published in 1934

[vintagehomecollection]

The ever-popular Chinese porcelain, this time massed on top of a cupboard and interspersed with coloured, enamelled Chinese figures. Chinese porcelain first became the rage in the reign of William and Mary (1689-1702).

Classic Decorative Details, 1994

[mostonerous]

Best chair today

[fashionsfromhistory]

Armchair

c.1830

Austria

The MET (Accession Number: 2010.218.3)