19th Century English Victorian Walnut Wing Back Armchair

For sale is a fine quality Victorian walnut framed leather armchair. With a nicely shaped back and arms, the chair stands on carved feet united by a shaped stretcher with a finial to...

For sale is a good quality 19th century Carolean style wing back armchair, with a high back above a cushion seat with an ornately carved stretcher below uniting turned legs. The chai...

For sale is a good quality Victorian oak armchair, remaining in very good condition for its age. Measures: width: 72cm, depth: 57cm, height...

For sale is a good quality pair of 19th century Victorian reformed Gothic walnut and leather upholstered armchairs. Both armchairs have ornately turned frames and stretchers, and hav...

A good quality 19th century walnut armchair of bowed form with ornate ribbon, mask and scroll carved frame and cushion upholstery with out scrolled arms and cabriole legs. Measur...

For sale is a good quality pair of Victorian mahogany Chippendale style wing back armchairs. Upholstered in a fine tapestry fabric, the chairs stand on c...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely solid elm hand sawn circa 1880 Windsor high back armchair The antique Windsor chair is a country pi...

Wimbledon-Furniture Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely solid Elm hand-sawn circa 1880 Windsor stick back armchair Please note the delivery fee liste...

A well proportioned George III wood-framed wingback chair, England, 19th Century. Presumably reupholstered within the last 10-20 years. Later castors. Use as is or suitable for...

A fine quality 19th century antique Victorian carved walnut armchair having a marvelous walnut shaped carved back and top with a shaped support. It boasts lovely shaped carved open a...

Antique 19th century English wooden winged armchair upholstered with velvet.   

This is a handsome pair of antique Victorian mahogany and leather club armchairs, circa 1880 in date. This lovely pair was made from masterly crafted hand-carved solid mahogany with an interesting hand-carved crest of a bird on top of each. They have been reupholstered in a sumptuous chocolate brown leather with button backs and stand on their original brass and porcelain castors. There is no mistaking their beautiful and stylish design, which is certain to make it a treasured addition to one of the rooms in your home. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THESE CHAIRS ARE MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully restored and reupholstered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 106 x width 68 x depth 80. Dimensions in inches: Height 3 feet, 6 inches x width 2 feet, 3 inches x depth 2 feet, 7 inches. Mahogany is probably one of the largest ‘families’ of hardwood, having many different varieties within its own species. Mahogany has been used for centuries in ship building, house building, furniture making etc and is the core structure of just about every 19th century vanity box, dressing case or jewelry box. It became more of a Victorian trend to dress mahogany with these decorative veneers, such as burr walnut and coromandel, so that the actual mahogany was almost hidden from view. Mahogany itself is a rich reddish brown wood that can range from being plain in appearance to something that is so vibrant, figured and almost three dimensional in effect. Although mahogany was most often used in its solid form, it also provided some beautifully figured varieties of veneer like ‘flame’ mahogany and ‘fiddleback’ mahogany (named after its preferred use in the manufacture of fine musical instruments). Cuban mahogany was so sought after, that by the late 1850s, this particular variety became all but extinct. Scottish leather These chairs are upholstered in top quality Scottish cow...