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What is a wheelback chair?
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The term wheelback is used to define wooden chairs that have a splat area resembling a wheel, often with an ample center splat featuring a circular motif. The wheelback is a classic English side-chair design. Shop a collection of wheelback chairs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Harlequin Set of Eight 18th Century Windsor Wheel Back Chairs
Located in Billingshurst, GB
A harlequin set of eight 18th Century Windsor Wheel back chairs fully restored. Beautiful patination and colour.
Category
Antique 18th Century English Country Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech, Elm
Reproduction Wheel Back Dark Stain Armless Chair
Located in Nantucket, MA
Reproduction wheel back dark stain armless chair.
Category
Early 2000s Chairs
Georgian Elm and Ash Wheel Back Windsor Carver Chair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Georgian Elm and Ash Wheel Back Windsor Carver Chair
This is an early 19th Century chair made from Elm with an Ash hooped back in the traditional Windsor style, it has a saddle sea...
Category
Antique 18th Century Georgian Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm
Antique Pair of English Country Oak Wheel-Back Reclining Chairs, circa 1920
Located in Nottingham, GB
Pair of Art Deco Country Oak Wheel-Back Reclining Chairs, circa 1920–1930
Material: Country oak and fabric upholstery
A distinctive pair of English wheel-back reclining chairs dati...
Category
20th Century Chairs
Materials
Oak
Harlequin Set of 6 Beech & Elm Wheel Back Windsor Kitchen Dining Chairs
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Harlequin Set of 6 Beech & Elm Wheel Back Windsor Kitchen Dining Chairs
The chairs are a classic design and traditionally made they have hooped backs some of them of them have a wed...
Category
Antique 19th Century Country Chairs
Materials
Beech
Antique Hepplewhite Carved Mahogany Oval Wheel Back Dining Side Desk Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
This antique 19th Century Hepplewhite mahogany side chair beautifully exemplifies the refined symmetry and neoclassical grace of late 18th-century-early 19th century design. Crafted ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Hepplewhite Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
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