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Place of Origin: British
Suite of Six Vintage Style Folding Steamer Dining Chairs Great Look and Feel
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of six slatted folding steamer chairs A very good looking well made and decorative suite ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Set of 8 Antique Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A lovely set of eight antique shield back dining chairs in the Sheraton style. They were made in England, and date from around the 19...
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1930s Sheraton Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

George Montague Ellwood Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard & 8 Matching Dining Chairs
By George Montague Ellwood
Located in London, GB
George Montague Ellwood, made by Bath Cabinet Makers,. An Arts and Crafts oak sideboard and eight matching dining chairs The sideboard with elongated slatted sides with heart cut-ou...
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1890s Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Liberty & Co Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Corner Chair Style of Ford Maddox Brown
By Ford Madox Brown 1, Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. Regent St. London. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized corner armchair from the Argyll suite designed in 1884, after a Sussex chair design by Ford Maddox Brown...
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1880s Aesthetic Movement Antique British Chairs

Materials

Beech

Four Original Regency Walnut Restored Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning set of four Regency period circa 1810-1820 fully restored Chesterfield aged cigar brown leather dining chairs i...
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1810s Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique 1880 Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps Original Carpet Upholstery
Located in GB
We are  delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...
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1880s Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

George Smith Buttoned Side Occasional Office Desk Chair Brown Leather
By George Smith
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning RRP £4,170 George Smith buttoned Gainsborough side chair in brown leather with mahogany frame This is a very well made...
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20th Century Art Deco British Chairs

Materials

Leather

1950s Set of 6 Robin Day Hillestak Dining Chairs for Hille
By Robin Day, Hille
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and iconic set of vintage bent ply and walnut dining chairs, these were designed by Robin Day in the 1950s, they are called the Hillestak chairs...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Plywood

Pair of Shell Grotto Garden Chairs, 20th Century
Located in Bagshot, GB
Unusual and rare shell Grotto Garden chairs, 20th century. It has taken us a long time to source 2 pairs of these very rare garden composite Shell Grotto garden chairs. These ...
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Mid-20th Century Rococo British Chairs

Materials

Composition

Pair of Regency Klismos Chairs
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Richmond, London
A very chic Regency period pair of 'Klismos' chairs with Greek key decoration to the backs, attributable to Gillows of Lancaster and London, England, circa 1805. Why we like them T...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

A Vintage Set of 4 Spindle Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash spindle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in join...
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20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Ash

A Set of 4 Black Ercol Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage English Ercol chairs painted black. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Two armchairs and two side chairs with handsome profiles, good and heavy. Perfe...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Wood

A Vintage Set of 6 Fiddleback Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of 6 vintage fiddle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint. T...
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20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Wood

A Vintage Set of 4 Taupe Farmhouse Fiddleback Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage fiddleback side chairs painted a nice taupe. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table...
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20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Wood

A Vintage Set of 4 Spindle Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash spindle back side chairs painted black. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table!...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Ash

An Antique Set of 4 Early 19th Century Stick Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of antique ash spindle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in join...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Ash

Celeste Chair in Boucle Fabric and Brass and Mint Metal by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Celeste chair plays with contrasting shapes, materials and textures. The circles and squares join to make a chair that has both substance and lightness. ...
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2010s Modern British Chairs

Materials

Metal

The Flying Wing Humidor Chair from our Signature Collection
By David Robinson
Located in London, GB
This is our Signature Flying Wing Aviator chair with built-in humidor. Crafted to order. Fully humidified and crafted using a combination of Spanish C...
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2010s Chesterfield British Chairs

Materials

Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel

Crocodile Humidor Chair from Our Signature Collection
By David Robinson
Located in London, GB
Our crocodile skin humidor chair is a very special piece indeed. We can craft these pieces using various species of crocodile leathers which can be finished either as pre-dyed or hand dyed giving a truly luxurious patina. This particular piece is horse tail...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chesterfield British Chairs

Materials

Crocodile

Unique English Oak Side Chair, Circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
Late 19th century very unique English side chair in solid oak with carved back in floral motif. Two long vertical open slats (one to each side of the back) add to the unique design o...
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1880s Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Stunning Mid 19th Century Burr Elm Nursing Chair
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A mid 19th century, early Victorian period burr maple nursing chair. The burr maple foliate carved frame, with leaves head carved cresting rail, with upholstered back and set in a qu...
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19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

Mid Century Windsor Ercol Carver Chair Cc41 290 Model F182, 1940s 50s
By Ercol, Lucian Ercolani
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Windsor Ercol Chair CC41 290, Model F182. A rare very early Ercol Windsor chair, featuring the original quality stamp. This early design is more utilitarian than the later Ercol Win...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Beech, Elm

English 19th century carved walnut country house high backed chair circa 1870
Located in Central England, GB
This fine country house chair is highly decorative and would suit many positions. It is made from walnut and has an ornate high back, an elaborate central panel, and a superbly car...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Utopia Outdoor Armchair by Lara Bohinc, Lavender, Cork, Garden
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
This armchair has a ballooning cellular form, as if constantly growing outwards, multiplying itself to overtake the surrounding space and embodies a Utopian dream of abundant, ever growing nature. There are four lilac armchairs...
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2010s Modern British Chairs

Materials

Cork

ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD SALON CHAIR WITH STUNNING INLAiD BACK PANEL
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Victorian Salon chair with ornately hand carved Rosewood frame and Satinwood & Walnut ...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood, Satinwood

ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD SALON NURSING CHAIR WITH STUNNiNG INLAID BACK PANEL
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Victorian Salon nursing chair with ornately hand carved Rosewood frame and Satinwood &...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood, Satinwood

A Set of 4 Fiddleback Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage fiddle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Charming green paint. Perfect around a farmhouse tab...
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20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Wood

A Set of 4 Painted French Oak Ladder Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A pretty set of white painted French oak ladder back side chairs with nice warm rush seats. Painted chairs can be a lovely contrast to pine tables! Rock solid in joint. Some of the r...
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20th Century French Provincial British Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

A Set of 4 English Oak and Elm Georgian Chairs c1800
Located in Oak Park, MI
A delightful set of 4 English oak side chairs with solid seats. Lovely dark finish with good grain. Made of oak and elm. Stretchers add support. Playful orbs decorate the back splat....
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm, Oak

1920's Art Deco Library Reading Chair finished in Floral Chenille
Located in Tarleton, GB
Art Deco Library Reading Chair Introducing the 1920's Art Deco Library Reading Chair, supplied by The Rare Chair Company, an artisan family business based in Lancashire, UK. This s...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Chenille, Foam, Beech, Oak

Pair of Bibendum Armchairs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Bibendum armchairs by Eileen Gray Made in Ireland Additional information: Material: Chrome-plated steel, leather Size: 36.75 W × 34.5...
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20th Century British Chairs

Materials

Leather

Ebonised Bobbin Chair, England circa 1820
Located in Culver City, CA
England circa 1820 Ebonised frame in original green velvet upholstery. 26.5”w x 27”d x 38.25”h x 17”seat
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1820s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

A Vintage Set of 6 Fiddleback Chairs Painted Black
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of 6 vintage fiddle back side chairs. Fresh coat of black paint. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhou...
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Late 20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Wood

'M Series' Tubular Polished Stainless Steel Chair, Navy Fabric Seat
By Studio James Stickley
Located in London, GB
The M Series chair is a progression of James Stickley's 'B Series' chairs. Now the tubular stainless steel has been beautifully polished and a soft seat added for extra comfort. Gr...
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2010s Modern British Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Coventry Cathedral Chairs, Dick Russell, 1960
Located in London, GB
A set of six British oak chairs, designed in 1960 by Dick Russell for the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral; a post-war project led by Sir Basil Spence following the near total destru...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Oak

1950s Black and Walnut Dining Chair in the Style of Imari Tapiovaara
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Very good quality dining chair in the style of Imari Tapiovaara. Designed in the 1950s. Ebonized beech legs and back spindles and walnut veneered seats. In good vintage condition, v...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Plywood

PAiR OF ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD SALON CHAIRS WITH STUNNING INLAID BACK PANELS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Antique Victorian Salon chairs with orna...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut

5 Legged Arc Chair, HAUS OF HU, 2023
Located in London, GB
The chair is accommodated by the column. Its form is made up of a composition of intersecting geometries, an incomplete circle curves up from its rectilinear seat and extends outward...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist British Chairs

Materials

Metal

Yoga Body Chair by Jim Warren for Pearl Dot 1979 Pair
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An important and rare pair of chairs designed by Jim Warren and produced by Pearl Dot, England, they date from 1979. Very cleverly designed to reflect the whole human body, in its fu...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Ash

Circa 1900 English Double Bow Windsor Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 Windsor armchair made from oak. It having a double bow with a hooped spindle back and a central wheel splat flanked by spindles, over a saddled elm seat standing on front...
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Early 1900s George III Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm, Oak

18th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Newark, GB
A real antique, this 18th century rustic wainscot chair has a carved shaped top rail above a panelled back, with turned front legs, square section back legs and carved arm supports. ...
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18th Century Rustic Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

P.E.L. Tubular Steel Writing Desk and Chair, United Kingdom 1930s
By PEL
Located in Hellouw, NL
Charming P.E.L. Tubular Steel Writing Desk and Chair from the United Kingdom, the 1930s. This set is probably designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996)...
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Gothic Revival Rosewood High Back Chair
By Pugin
Located in Altrincham, GB
Gothic Revival Rosewood High Back Chair with Padded Seat & Back on Turned Legs Supported by X Stretcher - 22"w x 22"d x 46"h (17" to the seat)
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1860s Gothic Revival Antique British Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Rosewood

18th Century Primitive Oak Chair
Located in Newark, GB
A beautifully simple and rarely available 18th century hand crafted primitive chair, this has a lovely colour and patina to the wood and will make a wonderful statement piece for any...
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18th Century Primitive Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Beautiful Set Of Twelve Victorian Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this stunning set of twelve Victorian carved oak and upholstered dining chairs, late 19th century , including two elbow chairs , with channel moulded sho...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Lloyd Loom Lusty chair
By Lloyd Loom
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
Lloyd Loom Lusty chair The Lloyd loom or weave is made from craft paper woven onto wire. With sprung seat newly upholstered in undyed cotton, origina...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Wire

19th Century English Captain's Chair
Located in High Point, NC
19th century captain's chair from England. The chair is made from oak and has a seat made from ash. This type of chair was made for sitting for long periods of time and is very com...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Ash

Mid-Century Teak Model 9513 Dining Chairs by Tom Robertson for McIntosh, 1970s.
By A.H. McIntosh Furniture, Tom Robertson
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A pair of two armchairs and six chairs Model 9513 designed in 1972 by Tom Robertson for the British manufacturer McIntosh. The chairs have a minimalist Japanese-style frame with orga...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Teak

FINE SUITE OF FOUR VINTAGE GOTHIC WINDSOR STEEPLE BACK BURR YEW & ELM ARMCHAIRs
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of four Burr Yew & Elm circa 1940's Gothic Steeple back Windsor armchairs Please note th...
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1940s Gothic Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Elm, Yew

Reclining Library Armchair
Located in Culver City, CA
England circa 1830 Antique frame, reupholstered in de Le Cuona wool / linen blend. 27"w x 30.5”d x 41”h x 16”seat Ref. CHAIR1221
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1830s Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wool, Linen

William IV Mahogany Library Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Library Armchair Of Good Bold Proportions, Having Upholstered Scrolling Back And Arms With Moulded Decoration, Over Gene...
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Mid-19th Century William IV Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of cane mahogany with faux grain rosewood early 19th century
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of cane chairs on brass casters. Faux rosewood grain with gold gilt accents. Low size allows window or flanking fireplace placement.
Category

Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Cane, Mahogany

A Vintage Set of 4 Slat Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash slat back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Ash

1x Tom Dixon After Postmodern 1980s Dining Side Rope Chair Vintage Desk Boho
By Tom Dixon
Located in London, GB
An amazing hourglass rope chair designed after the famous 'S' chair of Tom Dixon. The chair is weaved with rushed rope weaved around a metal frame. It holds a playful and beautiful...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Steel

A Set of Four Ash Crinoline Stretcher Windsor Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of 4 ash crinoline stretcher Windsor chairs. Lovely honey blonde color. Beautiful pierced back splats. Very solid and sturdy. These are not antiques. Built the old fashio...
Category

Late 20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Ash

A Vintage Set of 4 White Fiddleback Back Chairs
Located in Oak Park, MI
A good set of vintage ash fiddle back side chairs. Very solidly built in the traditional way. Handsome profiles and good and heavy. Perfect around a farmhouse table! Solid in joint...
Category

Late 20th Century Victorian British Chairs

Materials

Ash

Decorative English Victorian Chair, Velvet & Wood, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Imagine a cozy yet elegant chair from the late 1800s, reminiscent of the Victorian era. This chair features a graceful wooden frame, intricately carved with ornate details, reflectin...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Rupert Bevan Harp Stacking Chair
By Rupert Bevan
Located in London, GB
An elegant stacking chair inspired by classic Danish design, each chair is handcrafted in our Shropshire workshop, made in solid oak with solid brass rods and available in four diffe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern British Chairs

Materials

Brass

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