British Chairs

A fine, early pair of Georgian oak hall chairs with turned legs and stretchers, and canted splat backs. These chairs date to the very beginning of the reign of George I and, as such...

An English oak hall chair from the mid-19th century, with pierced back, carved letters and wooden seat. Created in England during the 1850s, thi...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Victorian Salon nursing chair with ornately hand carved Rosewood frame and Satinwood &...

This is a finely carved 1760 English George III armchair. The George III period was named after the English monarch of the time. It was popular among the elite and mercantile class of people, due to its excellent material and intricate carvings. Due to the multiple King Georges, each George developed its own look. The George III period is also referred to as the Chippendale style. This period was often characterized by drawing on both the Rococo and Gothic styles. Pieces sported curves, arches, Chinese influences, and cabriole legs. This chair has been entirely carved out of mahogany; a premiere wood choice known for its durability, longevity, and rich coloring. The back has an elegant splat, a principal element of eighteenth-century English chairs. Splats are the center support for a chair’s open back and originated from the importation of Chinese Ming Dynasty chairs...

A very good pair of antique William & Mary joined oak side chairs, circa 1690 Each back with a pair of turned ball finials above a carved pierced crest rail, below are four narrow m...

Otherwise known as the Passmore armchair after the settlement they were most probably designed for at Tavistock place - this version exhibits all the attributes one would find from a...

A Good Set of Eight Side Chairs in the Georgian Gothick Manner Constructed in mahogany, which has been precisely carved; rising from square form blind fret carved chamfered legs and...

An Exceptional Quality Pair Of Mid 19th Century, Victorian Period,  Rosewood Library Armchairs Of Extremely Good Proportions, Having Attractive Sheperds Crook Shaped Arms Over Genero...

Louis XV crosse renverse style stool painted in a french grey with gold highlights.

We are delighted to offer for sale this rather interesting metal workers sexy Gothic dungeon throne armchair Well, where to begin, what an interestin...

Tom Dixon’s Crown Chair is a bold and innovative piece of design that showcases the British designer's pioneering approach to furniture. Produced in th...

This is a custom-made, English walnut Queen Anne style dining chair with an upholstered slip seat, scalloped apron and carved, cabriole legs. Small in stature, but great in comfort f...

Pair of Victorian library armchairs From the Naval & Military Club of St James. Constructed in oak, rising from turned and lobed front l...

Norman and Stacy attributed Arts & Crafts oak chair with a serpentine-shaped backrest making it very comfortable indeed, the seat with shaped supports below and unusual stylized stre...

Liberty & Co. attributed. A pair of Arts & Crafts mahogany armchairs with stylized floral inlays. Although I bought them separately, both armchairs have the no 1877 in hand writing...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian hand carved mahogany show frame library reading armchair A good looking well made and decorative show framed arm...

19th century English oak armchair upholstered in linen.

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...

A fine and original late 19th century maroon buttoned leather armchair. On turned front legs and typical squared back, all with their original brass castors. Areas of wear as you ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this nice vintage circa 1940s occasional carver armchair A nice piece that sits well in any setting. The arms are beautifully aged revealing the...

A set of x6 hand carved, Venetian style, dining chairs featuring tall backs and overall elegant proportions. The chairs are finished in a hand painted Gesso white patina which is dis...

Amazing pair of early 19th century English regency cock fighting chairs crafted from mahogany. The frames have a padded curved back supported by gracefully curved arms decorated with...

Hand made in Italy, low leather chair. Vegetable tanned hand made leather chair on a nickel plated steel base. Eight leather colors available. Cust...

Elegant pair of Late George III mahogany hall chairs in the manner of Gillow circa 1800

A fine pair of Regency hall / side chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, with carved scallop shell backs, panel seats, raised on reeded column legs. Circa 1820 English.

A mid 18th Century mahogany Gainsborough chair, of broad and low proportions, with shaped stop rail and magnificently carved arms depicting sabre toothed beasts, with carved lion mas...

Enki Elm Chair by Mythology Dimensions: D 44 x W 41.4x H 95 cm Materials: Elm, walnut. The Enki chair fuses unique artistry with masterful craftsmanship. The piece features a playfu...

Regency Style Faux Bamboo Rush Seat Elbow Chair In very good condition commensurate with age. Dimensions: H91/46 W58 D57

Sheraton period mahogany shield back hall chair circa 1780 with circular dished seat resting on elegant turned legs with lower stretcher, wonderful untouched condition, no breaks wit...

A stately pair of mahogany hall chairs with Minton tiles set into the backs. The solid mahogany with original well cared for finish. The tiles are scen...

Celeste chair plays with contrasting shapes, materials and textures. The circles and squares join to make a chair that has both substance and lightness. ...

A stunning pair of 19th Century well figured, mahogany hall chairs, finely hand carved with gorgeously rich patination and grain. The shaped and pierced shield back with exquisite m...

Late 19th century oak Monk's seat from England. When the top is up, it can be used for comfortable seating. The seat back has hand carved details for added interest. The seat can the...

English Charles II style caned and walnut armchair with vertically slatted back above S-scroll legs joined by a stretcher. (19th century & possibly with earlier elements).

An aesthetic movement chair By Lamb of Manchester designed by W.J. Estall Of unique elegance and design, the black ebonised chair fashioned in the...

English Sheraton mahogany cock fighting chair with flanking curvature arms, brass tacked leather, and resting on turned bulbous ringed legs with the original brass casters. Early 19t...

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...

With serpentine crest rail over a pierced splat, drop in seat, square legs and stretcher and foot rest. Raised on a base with square section legs.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely massive, original late Victorian Chesterfield club armchair with coil sprung frame and hor...

Ebonised wood fireside chair with a high back receiving an openwork headband, braced base and straw seating. England, 1900s

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...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, handmade made in England, circa 1860-1880 Victorian ornately hand carved English Oak Cockfig...

A Set of four George I walnut and marquetry side chairs: the splats inlaid with scallop shell, maskheads and strapwork on carved cabriole legs. After the ascent of the Hanovarian Ge...

A magnificent 19th-century mahogany arm chair crafted in the George II taste. From the pierced, intertwined ribbon back and duck-form armrests to the hairy ball-and-claw feet, the qu...

A most attractive and rare pair of high quality carved mahogany Chippendale period George III armchairs beautifully hand made with some fine and crisp details. This handsome pair of...

Hardy wingback chair by Dare Studio, 2011. Dimensions: H 125 x D 85 x W 76 cm. Materials: American black walnut legs, muirhead jade leather. Also available in European white oak...

Roly-poly chair raw London, 2018 Fiberglass. Measurements: 85cm W x 59cm D x 61 H cm 33.46 in W x 23,22in D x 25.40 H in Concept Her furniture ...

A pair of rare Regency mahogany hall chairs from the Bateson family of Belvoir Park, attributed to Seddon and Sons, each with an upright lyre shaped back with broad strapwork edging ...

Charming ‘Anglo Japanese’ ebonised tub chair in the style of E.W. Godwin. England c. 1870s Provenance: Fine Art Society, Bond Street, London 1980s, Priva...

Set of Six English Regency chinoiserie painted and gilt side chairs with floral gilt medallions, cane seats with silk upholstered cushions, ...

Unknown chair attributed by Gustav Stickley in good used condition.

19th century captain's chair from England. The chair is made from oak and has a seat made from elm. This type of chair was made for sitting for long periods of time and is very com...

A RARE VICTORIAN CAMPAIGN MAHOGANY AND LEATHER METAMORPHIC ARMCHAIR England, circa 1840-60; seat stamped "JOHNSTONE & JEANES / 67 NEW BOND ST / LONDON / 6572" Item # C103901 An extraordinary metamorphic armchair by the firm of Johnstone & Jeanes of London, this quality Campaign seating piece would almost certainly have been accompanied by a carrying case to ensure its safe transit, as most of these break-down chairs were designed to be brought out when needed and safely stored thereafter. By depressing small tabs...

A generous George III wing arm chair, the shaped deep-buttoned back with scrolling arms, reupholstered in distressed blue-black leather, raised on four ...

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...

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

1960's English Geoffroy Harcourt designed pair of swivel chairs. Gloss white base. Seat divided into three tufted sections. Original fabric in excellent condition. Very comfortable.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of four original Maple & Co. solid mahogany dining chairs These chairs are part of a suite These are a very well made set, ...