British Dining Room Chairs

Set of 8 spindle back ercol dining chairs. The chairs are beautifully crafted with an eye for details and are made of ebonized wooden frames. Timeless pieces that gives an antique/...

This listing is for a pair. There are three pairs available (set of six). A charming pair of English green painted and intricately decorated 'ribbon-back' chairs. Why we like them Their delicate and unusual shape, with boldly splayed back legs and intricate backs, alluding to 'The Sun King' Louis XIV, together with the rare, sumptuous green 'japanning', emblematic of the early neoclassical era in English interior design, make these superbly decorative chairs very attractive and desirable. This model with its distinct wheel-backs is very similar to a set of cartouche wheel-back chairs photographed by Edwin Smith in ‘The Balcony Room’ at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, in 1971. In 1774, Thomas Chippendale supplied 'green and white japanned' ‘Star back’ chairs for Paxton House, Scotland (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 271 and fig. 164). Henry Hill of Marlborough also used a similar pattern for chairs supplied to Thomas Mansel at Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, in 1778 (illustrated Lucy Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Volume II, Singapore, 2008, p. 628, fig. 394). Although displaying similarities with a number of other fine examples, a firm attribution for this pattern remains elusive and requires further research. A set of twelve...

This finely painted set of 8 chairs consists of six side, and two armchairs and are upholstered in a Scalamandre silk stripe. They feature Classically inspired painted landscapes an...

Set of four 19th century mahogany dining chairs with newly upholstered seats. Tapered legs to front. Neoclassical style. Carved column detailing. Marking to wood throughout, please s...

Set of 8 antique English mahogany dining chairs includes two armchairs are a splendid example of Old World craftsmanship utilizing exotic New World wood! Mahogany indigenous to Centr...

Each with tablet crest rail with rosewood banding and hand painted lunettes , above five spindles , light celadon leather seats ,raised on square tapered...

COMPRISING A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS AND FOUR SIDE CHAIRS , EACH WITH TABLET CREST RAIL WITH CARVED AND BRASS INLAY ,SCROLL SPLAT WITH BRASS ROSETTES , SABRE LEGS. BY HARDIMER AND CO ,SALI...

The rectangular top rail above three vertical pierced vase form splats and padded seats, flanked by swept arms, on square tapering legs joined by an H-stretcher Provenance: Mary ...

2 Neo-classical style chairs. Great carved details on the arms and seat base. Custom sabots in polished brass. These are upholstered in a champagne Mohair and trimmed with a matchi...