Wood Antique Arm Chairs
Buy the best wood antique arm chairs selected and recommended by interior designers. By Chloe Hughes.
If you are looking for a new armchair for your home, maybe it's time to look back instead of looking forward. By that we mean we have a collection of wood antique armchairs that are absolutely lovely and will accent your home with an elegance and style that is very classic. Take a look at this collection for more.
Wood Antique Arm Chairs
Buying Guide
Chloe Hughes
Interior Design Expert
Chloe is a highly-regarded expert in all things vintage and antique. She’s excited to share her vast knowledge with readers and clients wishing to infuse their homes with a mixture of old-time warmth and modern comfort. In addition to her design work, Chloe regularly volunteers at her local community center, teaching DIY projects to adults and kids.
Wood antique arm chairs go back centuries. To be an antique, an object just needs to be 100 years old or older. Some are centuries old. Because of the advanced age of some of these arm chairs, there is no wonder that actual ones or the ones that manufacturers replicate or update reflect the many cultures and countries of the world.
These furnishings could be from or influenced by countries like England, China, Egypt or any one of the many countries on the continent of Africa or on the other continents.
The styles of wood armchairs you can buy include:
- Windsor
- Louis XVI
- Baroque
- Chippendale
- Shaker
- Queen Anne
These wood antique arm chairs can be ornate or they can be simple. Some are upholstered, others are decorated with wood carvings or nailhead trim. Others have plain backs, perhaps of the ladder type, and straight legs. One ornate chair in dark wood is a replica of a medieval one. It is described as a throne chair because of its high back and its many intricate carvings on the back, legs and arms.
One antique chair that is utilitarian is the Windsor Writing Arm Chair. Made from wood in a dark color for the back, leg and seat, its arms are light in color, making a contrast that is pleasing to the eye. Its right armrest has a large, curved surface for writing. Tucked under it is a drawer for keeping writing instruments and papers.
Just because you purchase a Victorian-era arm chair made of walnut and upholstered in tapestry on the backrest and seat does not mean that you cannot put it in your contemporary living room. Many decorators would urge you to think outside the box and go for contrasts.
Everything in a room does not have to be from the same period. Why not put an English arm chair from the 1800s in a room that is lighted by a Louis XV crystal chandelier? The melange is only complete when a Chinese sculpture is placed on a vintage buffet in the room.
One of the very interesting wood antique arm chairs is one in the Egyptian Revival style. It features a dark wood frame and a slat on the bottom part of the backrest that shows a stylized falcon wing. The top section is a pillow back. that like the padded armrests pictures ancient Egyptians. Each armrest sits on a wood carving of the Sphinx. The exquisite detail and dark color of this piece would go well in a contemporary room with light-colored furnishings and trim and because it would add interest to the entire room.
With wood antique arm chairs, what is old is new again.