Chairs

We are delighted to offer this lovely suite of Victorian circa 1860 English Chapel side / dining chairs in Oak A very nicely made suite of original chapel chairs, they are circa 1...

Pair of 19th century carved oak corner chairs from England with a wonderfully carved back, supports and arms, all depicting acanthus leaves and scrolls. The seats have wonderful carv...

Charming pair of diminutive English lacquered wood hand painted chinoiserie chairs with cane seats. With shield backs and gracefully cur...

Folk art made in Sweden at its best. This chair with highly appealing shapes and patina. Made in the late 19th century this chair is a given piece to any modern home that wants to ha...

19th Century Victorian inlaid mother-of-pearl & gilt papier mache chair. This elegantly shaped chair is detailed with Mother Of Pearl inlaid pattern...

19Th C original painted child’s / dolls chair from Pennsylvania. The Chair is in Amazing Condition & Found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Circa 1860. Fantastic Patina!

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, fully restored William & Mary style, Antique Victorian Chesterfield armchair upholstered with Mulberry aqua green velvet upholstery Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price This chair has been on a journey, it came to me in dire need of restoration, as its such a rare chair with such a unique base I have taken it through a no expense spared restoration process, the work completed has been as follows:- The base frame has had various timber repairs, the wood has been stripped back and traditionally French polished, the castors have all been replaced with the correct size porcelain. The upholstery stripped back, the chair repadded using the original horse hair and new padding were required, the coil sprung base rewebbed and tied using the original springs, the chair has then been upholstered in aqua green Mulberry velvet...

A pair of exceptional Victorian Laminated side chairs by George Henkel Philadelphia 1860"s. The good original finish with a more recent silk shantung fabric on the seats.

Charming armchair with scene decoration painted in medallion, England XIXth. Stripped and glued by our cabinetmaker.

Pair of antique Victorian carved oak hall chairs having quality carved oak scrolls backs, solid oak shaped seats and standing on unusual bobbin t...

Original Victorian style bergère armchair, fully restored.

An antique Victorian style side chair, unbranded. Solid walnut with decoratively carved open crest rail, curved back rest, floral fabric upholstered seat, decorative beading to apron...

Fine quality antique Victorian set of four french carved walnut side chairs having superb quality foliate carved cresting rails above shell and scroll carved backs, serpentine shaped...

Glasgow Style Arts and Crafts caned oak arm chair with carved motif on the back and legs. Flared feet in the front. c.1900 Scottish school -- Wylie and Lochhead/ E.A. Taylor attribut...

We are delighted to offer for sale this rare fully restored circa 1860 Show framed Chesterfield tufted hand dyed brown leather library reading chair...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of circa 1900-1920 Haxyes steamer deck chairs with canopy tops and retractable footrests A t...

Set of eight antique English late Victorian chairs English, c.1880 Measures: Height 87cm, width 46cm, depth 48cm These excellent chairs were craft...

Pair iron Lily of the Valley white garden chairs. Very nice condition. Not sure if finish is original. Dimensions: 22" depth x 25.5" w x 32" h, seat height 16".

We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice Victorian circa 1860 mahogany framed nursing chair with velour upholstery. A nicely made genui...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely early Victorian mahogany hand carved library reading armchair which is part of a suite This ...

Antique Victorian walnut Parlor chair, Circa 1880s. Exquisitely reupholstered and Tufted back with a luxurious fabric. Front fe...

Fine quality traditional form solid mahogany Victorian balloon back chair with "slip in" seat, upholstered in gold silk damask. Nicely carved do...

An antique caned rocking chair. The chair has a caned balloon back carved on the crest with a simple flower. Outward flowing arm like suppor...

An antique Victorian photographers chair in the manner of Heywood Wakefield offers wicker construction with rolled back and arm over bombe form sea...

We are delighted to offer for sale this important pair of original Victorian Klismos armchairs with hand dyed brown leather woven seats. These really are an exquisite pair of armchairs, they are pure art furniture from every angle. Starting at the top you have a Greek key carved back rails, the front arms are carved eagle heads, the seats as mentioned are veg tan hand dyed woven leather straps which make for a very comfortable and hard wearing seat. The front legs are ornately carved Lions...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Hepplewhite writing armchair on delicate legs. The armchair features an elbow shape arm rest, along with bells splat design at the back. Si...

A Swiss pine back stool with an open heart carving on the back panel. Swiss, early 18th century Dimensions: H 85 x W 40 x D 34.5 cm.

A fabulous American Victorian painted yellow wrought iron wire Grand shoe shining stand by Royal Products Chicago. Born in the late 19th century, the tall shoeshine chair...

American Victorian Eastlake style armchair with burgundy and beige checkered upholstery with a button tufted roll back and a mahogany frame with carved detail including floral medall...

Antique pair of quality Victorian ebonised side chairs having pretty ornate pierced shaped backs, newly reupholstered seats in a luxury grey crushed velvet fabric, elegant cabriolet ...

Antique children's highchair with an abacus and potty chair functions. Made of steamed beechwood, with leather cover. Manufactured around 1910.  

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of hand carved oak with rush seats Brittany chairs circa 1920. These chairs actually come from a ...

Antique French Victorian Heavy Cast Iron Foliate Leaf Pattern White Garden Chairs, a Pair. Item features shaped saber legs, foliate design to backs, pierce decorated seats, authentic...

Antique Victorian Elm & Oak Joint Stool Oval Shape, Scotland 1890, H249 Scotland 1890 Solid Elm & Oak Original Finish Oval shaped top with cutout All standing on four tuned legs C...

Pair of highly carved Asian slipper chairs from 1900.

Victorian Antique mahogany carved balloon back upholstered seat chair in good condition. Lemon green velvet seat is firm and upholstery in good condition. Chair measures 19"W x 19"D...

We are delighted to offer for sale this elegant Hepplewhite Mahogany armchair with floral seat. The item simple and stylish armchair is suitable for any room. This splendid antiqu...

We are delighted to offer for sale this suite of six absolutely exquisite quality hand made in England Mahogany framed dining chairs after Gillows These chairs are honestly the fi...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Antique Victorian, hand carved solid oak & leather throne armchairs with original porcelain castors. A very good looking and...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of fully restored, Thomas Chippendale style, Victorian hand dyed brown leather Chesterfield buttoned club armchairs with Claw & Ba...

A stylish update of a carved wood Victorian chair upholstered imaginatively in bright chartreuse and magenta with a sassy little flower in the center of the back.

Swedish early 19th century wooden child's high chair.    

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, highly collectable, Limited Edition 52/150 Steward Linford William Shakespeare Metamorphic library steps armchair made from Historic Oak and Pewter from Shakespeare Warwickshire, exhibited in The Living Chair Museum This is pretty much the best-looking chair I have ever seen and certainly the most decorative library steps. The design is based on a Regency Gillow’s of Lancaster model of a metamorphic library steps, the idea being with tall Georgian bookcases you have a reading chair next to the bookcase and when you need to get a book down from on high, you simply flip the chair top over and you have steps This one has been specially made as a homage to William Shakespeare, the top of the back rest has been hand carved with a city scene depicting Shakespeare theatre, under we find a painted scene of Romeo courting Juliette, on the back you have William Shakespeare’s name hand carved in with the edition number 52/150, converting it to steps we find a pewter plaque...

Pair of wrought iron patio chairs. Charming pair of Victorian style garden chairs. Ornate with intricate scroll work.

Fine quality traditional form solid mahogany Victorian balloon back chair with "slip in" seat, upholstered in black and maroon pin-striped fabri...

beautiful lounge arm chair made of wood and leather with nailhead details. We think this example is from the 1910s, good condition. Minor patina and scratches on the leather, gives t...

Series of 8 English chairs, made around 1910, chair with high back in carved solid mahogany, green leather upholstery.

This fanciful Victorian wicker swivel piano chair has all the bells and whistles of the most prestigious American wicker designers Heywood Brothers ...

An elegant Hindley & Sons upholstered armchair with satinwood legs, newly covered using naturally dyed antique linen in bottle green. English, early nineteenth century.

Victorian Button Back Tub chair with Mahogony Legs, Upholstered in Navy Silk Set upon mahogony legs with brass castors, this classic Victorian tub chair...

A late 19th, early 20th century leather club arm chair, with scroll-over back and arms upholstered with the original red leather. The easy chair raised on front bun feet and square r...

A superb early 19th Century example of R W Winfield Iron Rocking Chair. History The firm of R.W. Winfield, one of the largest and most celebrated of English brassfounders, who ex...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to this stunning pair of fully restored hand dyed Whisky brown leather wade upholstery Wingba...

Victorian walnut & Mahogany cockfighting chair Circa 1875, atrributed to Wright and Mansfield The Chair frame & legs made of walnut, its backrest ...

A gorgeous rare bentwood side chair by Jacob & Josef Kohn. This piece is perfect for use as a side chair, desk chair, or dining chair. Created by the iconic duo Jacob & Josef, or J &...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and important original Victorian Walnut Eton College captain’s chair with carved with EC in the...

We are delighted to offer for sale highly decorative and exquisitely made Antique Victorian circa 1870 Burgermeister chair based on a 17th design A very well made and decorative c...

We are delighted to offer this very rare and important suite of five fully restored C Hindley & Son’s dining chairs circa 1844-1845 These are a very important and substantial set of chairs, they have been fully restored to include being stripped back to the bare frames, all the timber has been washed back and French polished , they have then been resprung using the original period coil sprung bases, new webbing fitted, then upholstered with premium Italian cattle grade fully aniline plain natural leather which has been individually hand nail tacked in place using antiqued studs, lastly hand dyed six times and antiqued to give it this one off cigar brown colour. These chairs have been on a journey as mentioned and they are true investment pieces, ready to serve the new owner for decades to come. Usually, I wouldn’t take dining chairs through such an expensive process however the carving to the legs is so sublime they warranted the treatment, I have never seen such beautiful Lion’s mains and terminating with hairy paws with recessed castors, these are simply put the finest dining chairs on the market anywhere in the world today you can buy. Dimensions Height:- 94.5cm Width:- 57cm Depth:- 74cm Seat height:- 50cm ABOUT THE CABINET MAKERS Hindley, Charles & Sons Berners Street & Oxford Street, London; cabinet makers, upholsterers and retailers (fl.c.1820-1892) Charles Hugh Hindley (b.1792- d.1871) was the son of Christopher, a merchant in Mere, Wiltshire. He moved to London with an elder brother to live with his uncle, who was possibly running the London branch of the Wiltshire business. In 1817 Charles joined the upholstery firm of Benjamin Merriman Nias at 32 Berners Street. Within a few years he bought the Nias business with a £1,000 investment from his family. Despite his business being described as a 'carpet warehouse' in London directories from 1820-1841, by the mid-1830s upholstery and cabinet work had joined his repertoire and he had taken on more showroom space next door at 31 Berners Street. Family records of the 1840s showed that individual custom-order business expanded to also ‘supplying established furnishing houses with goods on wholesale terms’. Jobs ranged from supplying Pentonville Prison with 100 hair mattresses and pillows, to altering spring roller blinds, to fulfilling private commissions with suites of parlour furniture. Hindley was the father of eleven children with three involved in the business: Charles Hugh (b. 1818), Frederick (b. 1820), and Albert Daniel (b.1822). Charles Hugh and Frederick joined the family firm about 1832, thus establishing the family partnership, Charles Hindley & Sons. Albert Daniel learned the carpet manufactory and trade in Kidderminster and eventually established a carpet manufactory in Liversedge, Yorkshire, supplying the family’s London store and others. In 1845 he patented an early tufted carpeting technique. Charles Hindley & Sons acquired the firm, Miles & Edwards in September 1844, including their premises at 134 Oxford Street. Both companies operated from this address until 1845 when Miles & Edwards was closed. The purchase of Miles & Edwards enabled Hindley & Co. to compete with other West End firms by offering everything from cabinet making and upholstery to painted decoration and interior design for the middle and upper class market. In a sample of 737 orders from October 1842-June 1845, six per cent of the clientele were upper and lower aristocracy with approximately seventy per cent gentry or middle class. The aristocratic clientele included the surnames of Hoare, Kirland, Drummond, Montefiore, Ashburton and Rothschild, and the Oriental Club at 18 Hanover Square (1824). Commissions were also executed for: Lady Fetherstonaugh at Uppark: bills dating 1852 and 1862 for furniture and curtains C B E Wright of Bolton Hall, Yorkshire: decorative wood panels The Earl of Dudley at Himley Hall, Staffordshire: a carved gilt wood centre table with mosaic top, dated 1845 and a bedroom suite (sold by Hampton & Sons, July 1924) Sir Clifford Constable at Burton Constable (1849) George Hammond Lucy at Charlecote Park: carpeting (19 December 1844) The Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle The Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle Lord and Lady Burton of Burton-on-Trent Sir William Eden of Windlestone Hall, Durham. Buckingham Palace: a small supply of Chintz wall covering for some rooms (1855) Surviving marked furniture by Hindley & Co. includes a stamped Regency kidney-shaped desk, veneered in yew and panelled with boxwood and ebony inlay, ornamented with finely-chased mounts and beadings, c.1830 [Connoiseur, November 1978], which is possibly the one illustrated in Gilbert (1996), fig. 498, and a walnut writing table with a raised set of drawers, 1840s, stamped C. Hindley & Sons, illus. (Gilbert (1996), fig. 497 and sold by Sotheby’s, 5 August 1981, lot 209. The staff at 134 Oxford Street comprised management, sales staff, designers, foreman, clerks, cabinet makers, chair makers, upholsterers, carvers, carpenters and French polishers. They also contracted tradesmen specialising in particular decorative and finishing techniques; such as Joseph Spong, a japanner, and William Stannard, a carver and gilder, who supplied significant orders, 1845-46. Stannard was also recorded in the stock book for ‘Repairing, Cleaning and Varnishing 18 Paintings [frames] £9.0.0’. Family records describe several employees: ‘a large and very ancient carpenter named Tomlinson… a cabinetmaker named Westbrook... [and] a foreman named Sorrel’. Charles Hindley & Sons showed a large Gothic sideboard at the Great Exhibition in 1851, inspired by Pugin (illustrated Microulis, Studies in the Decorative Arts (Spring/Summer 1998) p. 86) and they exhibited a Gothic bookcase and large sideboard at the 1862 International Exhibition, London (illustrated Microulis, Studies in the Decorative Arts (Spring/Summer 1998) p. 88). Both were elaborately carved pieces, described in the Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue as ‘evidence of sound judgment and advanced taste in the designer, and of able and skilful workmanship’. They also participated in the Building Trades Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1883 [The Furniture Gazette, 7 April 1883]. They exhibited Japanese leather papers at the Manchester Fine Art & Industrial Exhibition, 1882, and were awarded a silver medal for embossed leather wall hangings at the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883 [The Furniture Gazette, 18 November 1882 & 10 May 10 May 1884]. They also participated in the Workman’s Exhibition at Central Hall in Holborn, 1890 [The Furniture Gazette, 15 April 1890]. The designers did not sign their work but about fifteen different people were probably involved during the fifty-year period. One designer who worked in the late 1880s was J. Armstrong Stenhouse. He and the cabinet makers, G. R. Mackenzie, D. MacLennan and D. F. Lavach, as well as the carver, F. Lucas, worked on two Hindley exhibition pieces for the 2nd exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society, London An archive of 114 drawings (now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) was collated by Charles Albert Hindley (1863-1947), a grandson of the founder. These designs c.1844-1883 (some illustrated in ?Microulis, Furniture History?(2001), figs 1-16.), reflected the current trends of reinterpreted styles such as Gothic and Louis, and several seated furniture designs were labelled with specific commercial names such as the ‘Victoria Chair...