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Place of Origin: British
The Grotto Chair
Located in Banbury, GB
An exceptional model Grotto chair, the scallop shell back to scallop shell seat connected with stylized dolphin arms. The chairs with specialist aged grot...
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2010s British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair Antique 17th Century William & Mary Oak Joined Back Stools Side Chairs 1690
Located in Portland, OR
A true pair of late 17th century William & Mary period oak joined back stools/side chairs, circa 1690. A rare pair of original late 1600's chairs from the joint reign of King William...
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1690s William and Mary Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

17th Century English Armchair
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome 17th century Armchair soundly constructed is richly stained oak. Wonderful carving detail. The seat height is 17 1/8". A terrific accent piece.
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17th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Industrial Factory Chairs By Evertaut Circa 1940s
By Evertaut
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial Factory Chairs By Evertaut Circa 1940s - Price is per chair (5 available) - Original green paint - Steel frames with Elm seats and back rests - Made by Evertaut - English...
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1940s Industrial Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Steel

Antique 1880 Arts & Crafts Metamorphic Library Steps Original Carpet Upholstery
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are  delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Arts & Crafts Victorian metamorphic library steps chair in oak with period upho...
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1880s Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
Victorian antique carved walnut chair having a beautiful carved detail to the top, shaped back with elegantly carved shaped arms with a se...
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Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Chair 18th Century England
Located in New York, NY
A chair made in England during the 18th century. Painted with classic medallion and a string of pearls.
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18th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Celeste Chair in White Wool Italian Fabric and Metal, by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Celeste chair plays with contrasting shapes, materials and textures. The circles and squares join to make a chair that has both substance and lightness. ...
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2010s Modern British Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique Mid-19th Century Lacquer Side Chairs with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in New Orleans, LA
If you appreciate lacquer and mother of pearl, these chairs may be just the ticket for you.
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19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

Mid 19th C. Rush Seated Ladder Back Chair. English, circa 1850
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very nicely appointed Victorian rush seated ladder back chair; English and mid 19th century. A little different with the fret back design,...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood

Pair of Georgian Hall Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Georgian mahogany hall chairs with a distinctive geometric form, including square backs with scalloped cut corners and oval back inserts retaining traces of historic surfac...
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1790s Georgian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Antique Dutch Mahogany Marquetry Arm / Desk Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
19th century antique Dutch mahogany marquetry arm / desk chair having a charming shaped top and shaped centre splat, shaped arms and shaped cabriole legs with claw and ball feet to t...
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19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Other

Howard Keith “Bambino” Chair for HK Furniture, England, 1950s
By Howard Keith
Located in Utrecht, NL
This Howard Keith “Bambino” armchair is a piece of history of a company, HK Furniture, and mid-century English design. By absorbing creative influences from abroad, but formulating a distinctive home-grown approach, Howard Keith was among the British designers to pioneer the use of new materials and manufacturing techniques, whilst maintaining links with the vernacular tradition. The Bambino chair...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Carved English Mahogany Corner Chair
Located in Wilson, NC
The scrolled arms of this corner chair are carved with arabesque leaves. The back crest rail is carved with a floral design in high relief. The back splats are pierced and have inter...
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1780s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Antique 19th Century English Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Armchair, circa 1880
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Baroque carved walnut throne chair, circa 1880. The chair having a carved crest with a shell motif to the center flanked by a pair of fi...
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1880s Baroque Revival Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of 8 Antique Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A lovely set of eight antique shield back dining chairs in the Sheraton style. They were made in England, and date from around the 19...
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1930s Sheraton Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Vernacular English Corner Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charming early 19th century English country corner chair in elm, ash and fruitwood, the compass back with scrolled arms and shallow back crest over unusual "Templar Cross" pierced ba...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

Gillows of Lancaster George 3rd Painted and Parcel Gilt Arm Chair
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Sherborne, GB
Untouched stunning Gillows of Lancaster and London George 3rd cream painted and parcel gilt arm chair, in its original warn through condition. This chair ha...
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Early 19th Century George III Antique British Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech, Giltwood, Paint

Circa 1900 English Double Bow Windsor Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1900 Windsor armchair made from oak. It having a double bow with a hooped spindle back and a central wheel splat flanked by spindles, over a saddled elm seat standing on front...
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Early 1900s George III Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm, Oak

19th century Regency Mahogany Chairs with Boulle Marquetry
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of early 19th century Regency mahogany chairs featuring inlaid Boulle marquetry and caned seats. These are museum quality and ...
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1810s Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Pair, Georgian Brighton Pavilion Carved Chinese Export Campaign Chairs
By Brighton Pavilion 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, likely Brighton Pavilion - Circa early 19th century. Offered is a very unique pair of Brighton Pavilion (attributed) campaign chairs. Featuring a fantastic faux bamboo cros...
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique British Chairs

Materials

Iron

Exceptionally Rare Original 17th Century Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 17th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair ...
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17th Century Charles II Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

19th Century Pair of Gothic Armchairs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of English armchairs in the gothic manner. They have wonderfully carved frames and are newly upholstered in linen with a double welt decoration. Seat measures 18.25...
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19th Century Gothic Revival Antique British Chairs

Materials

Linen, Oak

English Chippendale Style Mahogany Child's Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chippendale style child's chair with velvet seat. Wear consistent with age.
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1930s Chippendale Vintage British Chairs

Elegant Arts & Crafts 1900 Armchair or Chair Mid-20th Century Design Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Arts & Crafts in the style of Thonet Elegant and original 1900 armchair by English or Osterreich designer Original good condition Many sculptural wood waves effects Measu...
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20th Century Arts and Crafts British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Shapland & Petter Eight Arts & Crafts Oak Armchairs with Shaped Headrest & Seats
By Shapland & Petter
Located in London, GB
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...
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Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

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

An Unusual Pair of Hall Chairs
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of mid-nineteenth century mahogany hall chairs with diagonal back splats in Chinese taste, square seats, all supported on turned legs.
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Pair of Regency Black Painted Caned Chairs, 3 Pairs Available
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Richmond, London
A superbly decorative pair of side chairs, exquisitely hand-painted to simulate exotic timber and ornamented with neoclassical festive ribbons and garlands, with Greek key border to ...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Nick Crosbie for Inflate UK "Chair" Pair of Inflatable Cushion Chairs ca 1996-97
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Nick Crosbie for Inflate UK "Chair" Pair of Inflatable Cushion Chairs ca 1996-97 As much a piece of art as a piece of furniture, this pair of inflatable chairs was produced in Engla...
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1990s Modern British Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Queen Anne Wingback Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Queen Anne wingback chair in charcoal shearling fabric. England, c.1950s.
Category

Mid-20th Century British Chairs

Materials

Fabric

1 of 6 Solid Elm Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Countryhouse Furniture
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 6 lovely solid Elm hand sawn circa 1860 Windsor stick back armchair The Antique Windsor chair is a count...
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1860s High Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

Set of 4 Vintage Ladder Back Chairs, Irish, Carver, Seat, Art Deco, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of four vintage ladder back chairs. An Irish, mahogany carver and seat, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940. Resplend...
Category

Mid-20th Century British Chairs

Materials

Wood

A Victorian Jennens & Bettridge Black Lacquered & Gilt Decorative Hallway Chair
By Aaron Jennens & T.H. Bettridge
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Victorian Jennens & Bettridge Black Lacquered & Gilt Decorative Hallway Chair upon Cabriole Legs Decorative chair utilising the Victorian art form of papier mache & indochine. ...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer

Late 18th Century Welsh ‘Comb-Back’ Stick Back Chair
Located in London, GB
Late 18th Century Welsh ‘Comb-Back’ Stick Back Chair This is one for the purest of true folk-art furniture, In the form of a late 18th Century Welsh ‘comb-back’ stick back chair. U...
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1780s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Fine 19th Century English Walnut Tall Back Hall Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well made, sturdy and quite comfortable antique armchair with custom fabric treatment. The walnut hall chair with sloping tall back. The curved arms with scrolled ends and tur...
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19th Century Jacobean Antique British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Faux Bamboo Leather & Brass Folding Campaign Chair with Sling Arms Maison Jansen
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Maison Jansen Faux Bamboo Folding Campaign Chair Finished With Brass Studs & Red Leather Cushioned Seat And Brass Mounts 1950's
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Mid-20th Century Campaign British Chairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking and steadfast pair of early 19th century English Regency period armchairs with perfectly curved backs, columnar arm supports with ba...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Tufted Leather Reclining Easy Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian tufted black leather adjustable reclining easy chair with footrest
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather

Ebonized 19th Century Art & Craft Sussex Armchair
By Morris & Co.
Located in Weesp, NL
An original Arts & Crafts piece attributed to Morris & Co established in 1875. The turned wood frame is solid Ebonized beech. The chair will be shipped overseas in a custom made ...
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1880s Other Antique British Chairs

Materials

Beech

Unusual Antique Victorian Music Chair
Located in Suffolk, GB
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...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Yew

Height adjustable Industrial Working Sewing Chairs from Singer, England 1940
By Singer
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of rare and well preserved Singer sewing machine work chairs, England circa 1940. Cast iron leg, sprung and height adjustable backrests, height adjustable seats, all feet marked with Singer. Adustable Height from 75,5 cm to 87 cm, seat height from 43 - 55 cm. Singer The Corporation is an American...
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1940s Industrial Vintage British Chairs

Materials

Iron

Contemporary Tux Chair Special Edition in Navy Melton Wool with Legs in Brass
By Stuart Scott
Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
The Tux is our contemporary interpretation of the Classic Chesterfield. The deep buttoning and tailored detailing make this piece a personal favourite. Tux Chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern British Chairs

Materials

Brass

Antique English Arts & Crafts William Birch Liberty & Co. Elbow Chair
By William Birch
Located in London, GB
Antique English Arts & Crafts William Birch Liberty & Co. Elbow Chair. circa1890 Very good solid condition commensurate of age. Later replaced raffia seat.
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19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Raffia, Beech

Antique Gentleman's Drawing Room Armchair, English, Chippendale Taste, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's drawing room armchair. An English, mahogany elbow chair in Chippendale taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Presents wonderful Chi...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Wood

Beautiful Set Of Twelve Victorian Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this stunning set of twelve Victorian carved oak and upholstered dining chairs, late 19th century , including two elbow chairs , with channel moulded sho...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Late 18th Century Jacobean Style Hall Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A late 18th Century Jacobean style Hall chair in deeply stained Oak, peg construction, panel back, arch crest, turned arm supports and legs and traditional carved seat apron with inc...
Category

Late 18th Century Jacobean Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

Restored William IV Reclining Library Reading Brown Leather Armchair Footstool
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning 100% period correct William IV circa 1835 mahogany reclining library reading armchair with built in footrest This chair...
Category

1830s William IV Antique British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Wylie & Lochhead, M H Baillie Scott, an Arts & Crafts Glasgow School Oak Settle
By Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, Wylie & Lochhead
Located in London, GB
Wylie and Lochhead maker, after a design by M H Baillie Scott. A good Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak wing back settle, with stylized floral carved...
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1890s Arts and Crafts Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

19th Century Welsh Elm Primitive Wabi Sabi Stick Back Chair
Located in London, GB
A simple 19th century comb-back chair in sun-bleached elm. Beautifully patinated with traces of original paint and some small historic repairs which add to its charm. Welsh, c. 1850.
Category

19th Century Antique British Chairs

Materials

Elm

Victorian Clerk's High Chair or Kitchen Chair in Beach and Elm, English Ca. 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a late 19th century Clerk's Estate High Chair as used at a Clerk's Desk in the late Victorian period, circa 1880, now very useful as a kitchen chair at a breakfast bar...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Beech, Elm

ANTIQUE PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY JACOBEAN ENGLISH OAK CHAIRS FROM THE FILM HELLBOy
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of 17th century English oak hall or side chairs that were used in the 2004 film Hellboy and that have carved i...
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17th Century Jacobean Antique British Chairs

Materials

Oak

English Arts and Crafts Oak Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
English Arts and Crafts period armchair, the shaped crest over slatted back, the arms similarly slatted, standing on square legs on original brass and ceramic castors, the upholstere...
Category

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Chairs

Materials

Oak

19th Century E W Godwin Mahogany Bow Back Chair William Watt
By William Watt, Edward William Godwin
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An exceptional Bow back corner chair dating from the 1870s attributed to E W Godwin, probably made by William Watt. Very well constructed Bow chair with circular seat and bobbin turn...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Set of Six Antique English 19th Century Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs circa 1860
Located in London, GB
Set of six Antique English 19th century mahogany balloon back chairs, circa 1860 A good example of 19th century design. In very good...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Chinoiserie Queen Anne Style Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nicely detailed Queen Anne chair. Seat was originally can but now hard upholstered in new mohair. Strong and sturdy.
Category

Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique British Chairs

Materials

Mohair, Wood, Paint

Pair of Howard & sons slipper chairs
By Howard and Sons
Located in Stroud, GB
Pair of Howard and sons “marlborough” slipper chairs covered in china blue H&S monogrammed ticking, standing on tapered legs and stamped castors These are an excellent example of Howards most sought after slipper chairs, traditionally upholstered with siege de duvet...
Category

1890s Antique British Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Klismos Chairs
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
These chairs are made to order and can be any number as required but are quoted for here as a set of 12. A design developed by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, gaining popularity throughout the 4th century, the Klismos chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Regency British Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

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