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Number in Set: Single Piece
Place of Origin: British
Georgian Childs High Chair in Mahogany with Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A English Georgian mahogany child's high chair on a detachable one drawer stand. The chair having a ox blood leather seat with brass tacs, reeded scrolled arms on turned supports wit...
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19th Century Georgian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

English Queen Anne Oak and Leather Reading Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Queen Anne-style (19th Century) oak reading chair with brown leather upholstery and collapsible shelf.
Category

19th Century Queen Anne Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

English Silversmith's Chair from Sheffield, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English silversmith's chair, c.1920, from Sheffield, city site of a flourishing silver-smith trade and British Assay office location. This industrial high chair features a com...
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Early 20th Century British Chairs

Materials

Composition, Steel

English Black Lacquer Pagoda Armchair in the Chinese Chippendale Style
Located in London, GB
An armchair in the ‘Chinese Chippendale’ manner. The design for the frame of this chair is drawn from Plate XXVII in Thomas Chippendale’s ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Dire...
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20th Century Chinese Chippendale British Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

English Regency Upholstered Armchair with Painted and Gilt Wood Legs on Casters
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English early 19th century period Regency armchair features a new muslin upholstered curved back, seat with cushion and arms over four exquisite short painted legs with gilded accents. The front two legs are tapered and decorated with gilded stylized acanthus leaves with rosettes on the knees. The gilt accented seat rail leads the eye to the short saber legs supporting the back. The chair is raised on casters, allowing it to be moved easily. This elegant English Regency chair...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Muslin, Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood

19th Century English Papier Mâché Slipper Chair
Located in Water Mill, NY
19th century English papier mâché slipper chair with reversed painting of ruins on back. Ebonized and gilded with mother-of-pearl detailing. Hand cained.
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19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

English George I style Silvered Armchair, after a design by William Kent
Located in Troy, NY
A chair in the style of William Kent in wonderfully worn and decorative condition. For reference, a period pair of almost identical chairs is exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of...
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Early 18th Century George I Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Child's English Regency High Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
Period English Regency mahogany high chair with a table form base and detachable chair with 20th century leather seat.
Category

19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Library Chair
Located in New York, NY
Scottish Victorian high-backed chair with beautifully carved and detailed mahogany back splat, legs and stretcher. Fringed antique tapestry fabric...
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19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Black Lacquer Side Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Black lacquer side chair with mother-of-pearl inlay, well executed painted flowers and caned seat.
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19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

19th Century English Chestnut Comb Back Chair with Curved Arms and Long Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unusual late 19th English chestnut chair features a curved comb back with spindles and a scrolling top rail, resting on four block feet with pegged construction. The arms, curve...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood, Chestnut

Rare Tom Dixon Grab Chair Design EPS Chair Polystyrene Chair O-BASF Brutalist
By Tom Dixon
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A wonderful rare chair by Tom Dixon and manufactured by EPS 2006 "Grab Chair" Made from polystyrene, making the chair lightweight, however surprisingly robust and comfortable.  Stam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brutalist British Chairs

Materials

Polystyrene

Macintosh Style "Hill House" Ladderback Chair
Located in New York, NY
A Patinated Metal "Hill House" Ladderback Chair in the style of Charles Rennie Macintosch (1868-1928). Dealer: s138XX
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Late 20th Century Art Nouveau British Chairs

Materials

Metal

Primitive 19th century chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A verry original 19th century Welsh stick back chair. Made from elm with a solid one slab seat. Beautiful patina, primitive organic look but sturdy an...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

RARE and AMAZING CHAISE VOYEUSE England Circa 1860 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE and AMAZING CHAISE VOYEUSE England Circa 1860 in stained and carved oak decorated with two lions framing a phylactery, cambered legs with acanthus leaves and claw. Tapestry up...
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19th Century Renaissance Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Antique Leather Sedan Chair
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Arrive in style in this rare and remarkable 19th century luxurious English sedan chair entirely clad in tooled black leather decorated with brass tacks and featuring a brown leather ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Brass

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

Materials

Steel

STUNNING ANTIQUE CIRCA 1880 GOTHIC REViVAL OAK PUGIN STYLE CARVER ARMCHAIR
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning antique circa 1880 hand carved English oak carver armchair with period castors and upholstery ...
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1880s Gothic Revival Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Carved Oak Spinning Chair, Plant Stand, Scotland 1890, H711
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Carved Oak spinning chair, Plant stand, Scotland 1890, H711 Scotland 1890 Solid Oak Original finish Carved Shaped back with hand painted floral des...
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1890s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

1950s Evertaut Original Machinists Chair, with Foot Support, '2517'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s Evertaut Original Machinists Chair – With Foot Support (2517) 1950s Evertaut Original Machinists Chair – With Foot Support. In it’s heyday Evertaut was the British competitor to Tolix, Multipl’s and Fibrocit. This chair is one of their iconic designs developed for the growth of seating in workshops, telephone exchanges...
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1950s Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Steel

E Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau Six Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs
By Edward Barnsley
Located in London, GB
Edward Barnsley for the Rural Industries Bureau. A set of six oak Arts & Crafts style dining chairs with chamfered details to the backs and carved Acorns to the legs with leather dro...
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1950s Arts and Crafts Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair of C1930's Tan Fruitwood Plantation Leathered Armchairs
Located in Pewsey, GB
A Pair of Very Attractive Plantation Fruitwood c1900 Armchairs with scrolling arms upholstered in studded tan leather and professionally upholstered matching hessian backs.
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1930s Victorian Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fruitwood

Victorian Mahogany Framed Button Back Armchair
Located in Pewsey, GB
A Victorian Mahogany Framed Button Back Armchair recovered in a green linen with contrast buttons and a Colefax and Fowler Fushica patterned fabric on the arms and back legs leading ...
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1890s Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

English Elm and Oak Low Back Windsor / Captain's Chair, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An early 19th century solid elm and oak Windsor style low back captain's chair. Recently refinished and in excellent condition, sturdy and sound.  
Category

Early 19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm, Oak

Ant. Victorian Carved Walnut Parlor Chair Upholstered Seat, Scotland 1870, H694
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ant. Victorian carved walnut parlor chair upholstered seat, Scotland 1870, H694 Scotland 1870 Solid walnut Original finish Carved top rai...
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1880s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

2 Carved Oak Baroque Throne Chairs, Hall or Library Chair, Scotland 1910, H678
Located in Vancouver, BC
Pair of Carved Oak Baroque Throne chairs, Hall chairs, Library chair, Scotland 1910, H678 Scotland 1910 Solid Oak Original Finish Tall upholstere...
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1910s Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Oak

19th Century English Vernacular Childs Barbers Chair
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
A rare and unusual vernacular child's barbers chair in beech and pine. Out swept arms with chamfered supports, centred by a pierced reverse heart splat with composition akin to a 'smokers bow' chair. The perforated diamond motif seat cover has been added to a previously caned seat that increases and decreases in height on a good quality thread. The shapely out swept legs are united by a turned four way...
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Late 19th Century Country Antique British Chairs

Materials

Beech, Pine

English Primitive Scroll Back Oxford Chair
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
A wonderful scroll-back 'Oxford' style armchair in ash and birch. Of sculptural form and a rare, primitive example of the vernacular chair-making ...
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Early 19th Century Country Antique British Chairs

Materials

Ash, Birch

English Georgian West Country Settle Bench
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
A West Country vernacular settle in oak and pine. Of pegged construction with a raked back, scrolled arms, plank seat and legs with cuspate spandrels. A wonderful piece of cou...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak, Pine

Antique Victorian Carved Spinning Chair, Poker Work, Scotland 1880, H272
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian carved spinning chair, Poker Work, Scotland 1880, H272 Scotland 1880 Beechwood Original finish High back with cut out near top With flora...
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1880s Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Beech

Decorative Cast Aluminium White Flaky Paint Weathered Garden Chair Furniture
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A very decorative cast aluminium garden armchair with lovely flaky paint and weathered to perfection. The is a heavy cast frame, very well made and dates to circa 1940s when cast al...
Category

Early 20th Century Empire Revival British Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Pair Of Antique Nursing Chairs, Edwardian, Inlaid Walnut, Scotland 1910, H320
Located in Vancouver, BC
Pair of antique nursing chairs, Edwardian, inlaid walnut, Scotland 1910, H320 Scotland 1910 Solid Walnut And Veneers Original Finish Neo Classi...
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1910s Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Rodney Kinsman Vienna Chair Reupholstered in Mohair, United Kingdom, 1980
By Rodney Kinsman
Located in Madrid, ES
Chair designed by Rodney Kinsman with black lacquered metallic structure reupholstered in blue and yellow faux fur mohair.
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Metal

Mahogany English Carved Walnut Upholstered Crewel Work Armchair
Located in Wilson, NC
Mahogany English carved walnut upholstered crewel work armchair is carved with acanthus leaf and has shaped sides with bellflower and interlaced ribbon. ...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Walnut Framed Nursing Chair
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut nursing chair the foliate carved frame with needlepoint upholstered back and seat. All raised up on foliate carved squat cabriole legs and ceramic...
Category

19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

19thC English Carved Walnut Griffin Library Armchair
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1840 19thC English Carved Walnut Griffin Library Armchair - Having a shaped back with broad arms and carved griffin heads to the arms. Rexine Leath...
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1830s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Antique Elbow Chair, English, Victorian, Stick Back Windsor, Elm, circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair, an English, Victorian stick-back Windsor chair in elm dating to the late 19th century, circa 1880. Appealing color and a desirable aged patina Gra...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

Large George I Style Burgundy Leather Wing Armchair
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large George I style burgundy leather wing armchair, of typical shape and generous proportions with pepper-box arms set above cabriole front legs with scroll spandrels and outswept...
Category

1920s George I Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Leather

William IV Shaped Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A William IV shaped mahogany library chair of generous proportions. Reupholstered in our own workshops in distressed burgundy leather. Raised on turned legs and brass casters.
Category

1830s William IV Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Simon Hasan Chair
By Simon Hasan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Simon Hasan chair, boiled leather and stainless steel.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

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