Chairs

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.

Pair of highly carved Asian slipper chairs from 1900.

Liberty and Co an Arts & Crafts nursing or bedroom chair with inlaid heart details and newly laid rush seat.

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...

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...

Liberty style. A fine Arts and Crafts oak bedroom chair with floral Pewter and Ebony inlays and further string inlays throughout. Professionally re-upholstered in a quality hide.

French antique wooden armchair made around 1900. Has a cane seat and nice sculpture in the backrest.

4 Antique chairs from Jacob & Josef Kohn, circa 1900. Some flaws.

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

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...

Liberty & Co Attributed. A good set of four English Arts and Crafts oak dining chairs with heart cut-outs to the headrest. They ha...

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...

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...

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

19th century pair of ladder back armchairs from the Lancashire region of England. They are made from oak and elm and are wonderfully comfortable. The have hand turned spindles in the...

Shapland and Petter. A good set of seven Arts & Crafts oak armchair's with shaped headrests, stylized cutouts to the side and back splats, and contoured comfortable seats with a good...

Pennsylvania House Furniture known for its meticulous attention to detail and craftsmanship opened their doors in Lewisburg PA in 1887 and...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of very important looking hand carved with giltwood accents occasional chairs These are very decorative side chairs, I’m sur...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of eight original, early Victorian circa 1840, hand carved Jacobean revival dining chairs...

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

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...

E A Taylor attributed, probably made by Wylie & Lochhead. A set of eight Scottish Arts & Crafts Glasgow school tall back oak dining chairs, with subtle tulip detail...

Top quality Arts and Crafts workmanship chairs, in near-mint condition. If you are looking for the best condition and materials antiques only then this set of four dining chairs cou...

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

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

Shapland and Petter. A set of six Arts and Crafts oak dining chairs with subtle shaped back slats and incised details to the square t...

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...

Shapland and Petter. Stamped with their design numbers under the seats. An unusual pair of English Arts & Crafts Ash side chairs with heart-shaped op...

1850 French adjustable metal dentist chair Fantastic French dentist chair, it has a wooden seat, fully adjustable, chair is in great vintage conditio...

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...

Arts & Crafts American oak side chair, C.1920 Hand carved - Custom made - Leather upholstery Measures: 19" wide x 16" deep x 18" high at the seat x 39" high at the back Good...

A set of six Spanish Isabelina style / Victorian period side chairs with upholstered seat and upper back. Covered in neutral fabric, they can be reupholstered to match any interior or design scheme. Standing sturdily on elegant cabriole legs, the dark wood furniture...

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 set of 1930’s Elm tub chairs made by G T Harris Ltd Cabinet makers of Northampton producing high quality arts and crafts furniture in the 1920’s to 1930’s Measures: Ht 85cm x wi...

Shapland and Petter attributed. An English Arts & Crafts oak dining chair with stylized floral cut-outs to the arms which follow through to the lower stretcher giving it more streng...

Liberty and Co Attributed. A set of six English Arts & Crafts oak dining chairs with fabulous elongated tops and stylized floral and heart cut-outs to the upper backs on square tape...

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

Quality Antique Victorian walnut ladies chair having a quality shaped carved back and raised on solid walnut turned reeded legs to the front and out swept back legs on original porce...

We are delighted to offer this lovely suite of six original Victoria Walnut framed cabriolet legged dining chairs with Claw & Ball feet and Shepherds crook curved arms Please note...

Great style and wonderful condition pair of semi-antique solid oak stools. Finding this rare pair of vintage stools was a treat and to have found them in this amazing condition made...

Quality antique Victorian walnut carved ladies chair having a quality solid carved walnut back with lovely shaped turned carved supports and raised ...

Shapland and Petter. A set of four Arts & Crafts dining chairs with stylised floral carved head rail and back splats, the front legs with gentle 'in and out' curving to all four fac...

19th Century mahogany corner chair with urn back slats, upholstered seat, three-pillar legs & cabriole leg with pad foot to the front.

Rare fully stamped Victorian 1840 hoop back Windsor chair High Wycombe. Beautiful patina, wonderful workmanship and remarkably comfortable. Very sturdy...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original Italian circa 1860 hand carved walnut throne armchairs with period upholstery A wonderfully decorative and super or...

Shapland and Petter. A good Arts and Crafts oak rush seated chair in the style of M H Baillie Scott with a lower heart cut-out to the back rest. A wide apron below the seat with subt...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of fully restored Victorian Chesterfield brown leather dining chairs These are a very important and substantial set of chai...

This modern Art Chair is made by JORDAN ARTISAN (Nijmegen, 1979). The Reconstruction chair is an Artwork made of Concrete, Rebar and EPS. Jordan h...

A Pair of Arts & Crafts Oak, back pierced hall chairs with re upholstered in Willow Bough Tomato Olive by Morris & Co from the Queen Square fabrics by Ben Pentreath...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of late Victorian Honduras Mahogany side chairs with ornately carved Lion’s Hairy paw feet ...

We are delighted to offer this lovely Colexfax & Fowler floral upholstered Victorian armchair with hand carved show frame A very good looking and well made chair, this is what's ...

A pair of Victorian carved mahogany stools, each of square form with a pierced frieze and raised on scrolling cabriole legs, the drop-in seats upholstered in woven horsehair. English...

Unusual antique Victorian mahogany music chair having a lovely shaped turned top rail with a newly reupholstered seat in a quality fabric standing on shape...

Complete your fancy luxury dining room by pairing your homeware with this Victorian chair with armrests for everyday use, featuring a wood frame painted in natural walnut finishing and silver leaf applications. Seating cushion...

Complete your elegant luxury dining room by pairing your home décor with this victorian high-end side chair by Modenese gastone, featuring a wood frame painted in ivory finishings and hand made gold leaf applications. Seating cushion...

Great design, wonderfully executed and truly comfortable desk chair from circa 1910. This striking but relatively small size Arts & Crafts desk chair is ideal for ladies or for not ...

This is a charming 19th century antique Victorian child’s chair with original painted hardwood. In wonderful original worn condition. ...

Liberty & Co. attributed. A near pair of Arts & Crafts mahogany armchair's. Both with stylized floral inlays and one with inlaid hearts. The straight arm...