19th Century Chairs

A beautiful 19th century Louis XV Bergere upholstered in cotton velvet check and woven grasscloth. The painted surfaces have quite a few layers of chippy paint, which looks wonderful...

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

Unique piece Empire style parcel gilt and Ebonized armchair.

Morris & Co. A set of fourteen Arts & Crafts Queen Anne style mahogany dining chairs. There are no armchairs with this set but I do have a rush seat armchair available in the same style if required, and I could possibly locate another armchair given time. These were designed in the offices of Richard Norman...

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...

Bruce Talbert. Made by Gillows of Lancaster and London. A good quality set of six oak dining chairs with an upper and lower row of turnings and carved details above. As you can see...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Georgian circa 1800 original paint black lacquered Chinoiserie armchair What a piece! Based on the early George II chairs...

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

A pair of Late Empire birch armchairs, upholstered in red fabric and from around the 1840s, make a beautiful and period feature in any interior with their classic look and historic c...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original Victorian Poker work hall chairs depicting Regency Armorial Crested Lions A very good looking well made and decor...

Antique French Louis Philippe gold bronze and rosewood parlor chair with red and gold upholstery, Circa 1880.

Original state with a pleasant patine of age, perfectly cleaned and re-polished with shelack finish. New seat string.

Beautiful patina on this 19th century hand carved wooden chair from the Ivory Coast of Africa. This can also be used as a low side table. A piece of art. This chair was sourced in...

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

This antique pushchair is fully pliable. it's chair very well constructed with an iron under-brace and solid wood. It features four wheels and a full...

Thomas Jeckyll, made by Gillows of Lancaster. Aesthetic Movement. A rare set of ten oak dining chairs. This set are identical to the chairs Jeckyll designed for the industrialist Edward Green...

Beautiful set of four handmade Maple Tavern chairs that were made in Connecticut. They were purchased from an estate in Westport. They were owned by the s...

Set of four Neoclassical Chairs, Switzerland 19th century. These unique chairs are made of cherry wood. The slightly bent backrests are decorated with hand-carved decor. At the uppe...

Rare form of a fantastic original red painted child's chair, circa 1860s-1870s Original worn stencil back splash and signed in pencil Conn. on bottom seat fantastic as found condition.

Mid-19th Century French Oak Armchair with Velvet and Tapestry Upholstery Velvet upholstery with beautiful needlework tapestry on the back of the chair. French oak wood frame with na...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Particular and elegant chair with a solid and functional structure; the most interesting part of the chair is the elaborate and imaginative backrest with a harmonious and refined design; in the middle, there is precious woodwork, carved with skill and ability by a master cabinetmaker; the front legs have been meticulously turned to give them a light and proportionate shape, while the rear ones have a slightly curved square section; the seat top is removable and a wooden pin on the front crossbar allows the top itself to fit perfectly into its natural housing. The seat upholstery was replaced in ancient times and is in good condition (a bit of wear on the front, see photo) so we did not consider doing any restoration on the whole chair because its authentic look and slight imperfections make it really seductive and fascinating and attest its antiquity. The chair was handcrafted in Denmark in perfect Biedermeier style using African...

Suite of four Louis XV style giltwood cabriolet chairs. Comfortable curved round backrest carved with ribbons, supported on cabriole legs. Back and sea...

Four late 19th century Italian walnut chairs, a group of four Piedmontese chairs, solid blond walnut structure, in good condition, hi...

19th Century three Swedish Gustavian chairs with untouched originalpaint from Boden Norrbotten,Northern Sweden. Pleasent charming model with unusually fine hand carved urn in the ba...

Jacobean style side chair having a rectangular padded back and seat, raised on turned legs joined by stretchers. Great chair for a games table, accent chair, desk chair, boudoir or dressing room...

C. 19th century Cast iron / leather chair w/ a unusual adjustable back ( Nail Head Trim ) This is possibly an old dentist chair.

We delighted to offer this lovely highly decorative Chinese Chinoiserie hand painted occasional chair A very well made good looking ...

Pair of large late 19th century, French neoclassical water gilded, hand-carved walnut armchairs, with Tapestry upholstery.

A pair of 19th century English Regency ebonized armchairs with hand painted monogram. Natural pony hide seats in black and white. Measures: Arm height 25".

Beautifull Louis 15 style walnut cabriolet cabriolet from Louis-Philippe period. Its front legs are curved and end with casters. The armrests have volutes bringing a certain elegance...

Pair Antique French country carved walnut arm chairs, Circa 1800s.

Two French armchairs forming a pair, but could be used separately as an accent in your home. Frames are carved wooden sheep bones decorated with foliage s...

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...

19th century French Louis XV Style giltwood armchair newly upholstered in a black, white and gray wave fabric.

Extremely fine pair of decorative 19th Century Italian painted and parcel gilt armchairs of neo-classical design. Italian Late 19th C - Circa 1880. Oozing style these very attr...

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...

Set of Four 19th Century French Renaissance chairs are ideal for the wine room, game room, or as occasional seating throughout the home! The u...

This attractive pair of arm chairs were crafted in the early to mid 1800's in China. The majority of the original darker finish has been worn away through generations of use, leaving...

Charles Bevan attributed, for Gillows.  A good quality set of six English Aesthetic Movement oak dining chairs, with central upright to the back united by lower angular uprights wit...

We are delighted to offer this lovely hand made in England Regency circa 1810-1820 oak framed Gentleman’s tub armchair with Royal blue leather upholstery A very good looking and d...

8 Antique French Country Old World oak dining chairs. An exquisite and unique form with molded side panels featuring wheat carvings and acanthus blocked feet. Upholstered in a brown ...

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 very well-crafted American Centennial, Queen-Anne-style chair in mahogany with fiddle yoke-back, vase-shaped splat, cabriole front legs with padded Dutch feet, splayed back legs, a...

Pair of beautiful caned chairs in moulded and hand carved wood, which are resting on four arched legs and have silk cushions. The frame is elegantly finished in light beige. France,...

This fantastic undisturbed original red painted children's ladder back chair. The seat is a hand woven original seat.

Beautiful pair of Biedermeier era shovel chair, made circa 1825 with thick walnut and walnut veneer on spruce wood. The chair has been reupholstered in the traditional style with str...

Set of four Biedermeier chairs with upholstered seats and backrests with curved struts. The legs are slightly flared, and the seats are newly covered with a grey striped fabric.

Antique French gold leaf side chair, Circa 1880. This gold leaf side chair would make a nice addition to any room or vestibule.

A pair of early 19th century black painted Italian side chairs with finely painted, beautiful scenes on top back rails, turned Legs, and rush seats. Each chair with a different court...

Elegant and unusual form in a 19th century fruitwood French chair having rounded shape and open back with 3 gorgeous inlaid slats, each with a different decoration. There is meticulo...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period carved wooden lacquered elmwood armchair from the 19th century, with traditional auspicious motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this elm armchair features a straight, slightly in-curving back showcasing a splat carved with traditional motifs such as calligraphy, scholar's objects and foliage. Two curving arms come to rest on the wooden seat with recessed panel while the ensemble is raised on four straight legs connected to one another through aprons carved on three sides. Boasting a nice patina, this 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty elm...

We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptional set of six French oak with Embossed pressed brown leather upholster Henry II circa 1880 dining chairs with bronze dolphin handles A very rare and totally original set of Victorian dining chairs...

Pair of 19th century hand-painted ebonized Chinoiserie armchairs with cane backs and newly upholstered seats. Matching 20" x 20" square back pillows included.

Carved English oak hall chair has a plank seat carved with stylized floral arabesques on the edge. A center panel is carved with framed stylized leaves. The center cartouche has a carved lion which is framed by winged gargoyles...

Couch signed Jakob and Josef Kohn 19th Size 103 x 11cm8 x 50 good state of conservation.

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...

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