English Dining Room Chairs

A set of four British dining chairs from the 1950s, constructed from solid teak with upholstered leather seats. The design features a slightly curved backrest for ergonomic support, ...

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, ...

This beautiful set of antique Windsor dining chairs has developed a wonderful patina over the years. The chairs feature a spindled backrest and a beautifully shaped seat. They are no...

A rare set of twelve George III mahogany open arm chairs in the French Hepplewhite taste, each with a fully upholstered rounded back and padded cabriole arms, the shaped seat rail ra...

1950's Pel Tubular Grey Metal Dining Chairs - Large Quantity Available 1950's Pel Tubular Grey Metal Dining Chairs - Large Quantity Available. One of the ...

A set of 8 mahogany dining chairs upholstered in green leather with Chesterfield style buttoned backs. 2 carvers with arms, and 6 standard chairs without arms. Measures: Carver...

We are delighted to offer this lovely suite of eight original, early Victorian, hand carved Jacobean revival dining chairs with hand car...

A Fine Set of 14 William IV Period Dining Chairs From His Majesty's Ministerial Home Office Constructed from mahogany, the chairs with turned and tapering reeded front legs terminat...

- Attractive armchair injecting period character into any interior - Sturdy and suitable for regular use - This model of chair was made in plentiful numbers in the mid-17th century...

Beautiful armchairs from the 1970s made of solid oak with a wicker woven seat. Fit perfectly with the style of designers such as Charlotte Perriand and Charles Dudouyt. Comfortable a...

Each with a scroll-carved crestrail over a carved palmette splat and a drop-in seat. Raised on front and back saber legs. Armchairs: 33 ½" high, 22" wide, 19 ½" deep Side Chairs: 3...

Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer this important suite of museum quality, antique Colonial Rosewood Thomas Chippendale, fret work carved dining chairs Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide and covers London only for the UK and local Europe for the rest of the world, if you are outside of this area please send me your address and I will provide you with an accurate quote Where to begin, if you’re looking at this listing then the chances are you know exactly how significant this suite is, Thomas Chippendale was simply put, the most important furniture designer in history, these chairs are the only Colonial examples I have ever seen and in Rosewood no less, they weigh roughly three times more than a standard dining chair of the same style and size, they are very substantial The chairs are late 19th century circa 1880-1900, they are of course based on the original 18th century examples, the carving is exquisitely executed and the chairs look sophisticated and elegant from all angles The suite has been sympathetically restored to include a deep clean, hand condition wax and hand polish, the seat covers have been left as they are, they are ok, I can have them reupholstered for the cost price to anything the new owners wish Literature Two chairs illustrated in Tabellenbuch Holztechnik, Hamburg, 2013, p. 271. Exhibited Ten chairs on loan to Birmingham Museums circa 1985-2010 and exhibited at Aston Hall, Birmingham, where photographed in situ.. Dimensions Height:- 93cm Width:- 56cm Depth:- 53cm Seat height:- 47cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. Lot Essay These chairs are closely related to those in two recognised Chippendale commissions: Sir Gilbert Heathcote (d. 1785), 3rd Baronet for Normanton Hall, Rutland and William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries (4th Earl of Stair, 1699-1768) for Dumfries House, Ayrshire. THE RELATED CHAIRS The chairs are of identical decoration to the set of two armchairs and ten single chairs, circa 1765, formerly at Normanton Hall (1). In 1759, Sir Gilbert Heathcote (d. 1785), 3rd Baronet, succeeded to the vast inheritance established by his grandfather, also Gilbert, 1st Baronet (1652-1733), who was reputed to be ‘the richest commoner in England’ (2). The 3rd Baronet employed both Chippendale Senior and his son, Chippendale Junior, in the furnishing of his Palladian mansion, Normanton Hall in Rutland, and his London houses, 29 Grosvenor Square, London and Browne's House at North End, Fulham. Surviving Chippendale accounts, although incomplete, show that the firm was working periodically for members of the Heathcote family from 1768 to 1821. Most of the furniture listed in these accounts was intended for Browne’s House, although after 1798 when the family relinquished this residence some of the furniture was moved to Normanton Hall. The latter was sold in 1924, and any furniture not included in the Normanton Hall sale was taken to the Earl of Ancaster’s seat at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Chippendale’s earliest invoice for Sir Gilbert Heathcote records the acquisition in 1768 of ‘6 India Back and arm chairs Japand to imitate the Bamboe’, signifying how the family embraced the highly fashionable chinoiserie taste. Although the Normanton chairs cannot be conclusively identified in the extant Chippendale accounts, their form and ornamentation led Christopher Gilbert to suggest that they were possibly by Chippendale (3). The set of four mahogany chairs at Dumfries House have nearly-identical pagoda-form cresting rails and identical terminals but differ in the arrangement of the 'Chinese' paling in the backs and side panels. Although no documentary evidence for the Dumfries chairs survives, in their execution and sophisticated carving of the toprails, they are extremely close to Chippendale’s hand. Another near-set of closely related chairs is at Saltram House, Devon, where Chippendale worked between 1771-2; these dates are based on payments in John Parker's cash account book, and probably do not reflect a true picture of the entire commission as Parker often paid tradesmen by banker's draft (4). Comprising two armchairs and seven single chairs, this set, circa 1765, is made of padouk, and has been described by the National Trust as ‘Chinese Export’ (5). The set was returned to Saltram in 1951 having been accepted by H.M. Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951). Some of the chairs are currently on display in ‘The Chinese Chippendale Bedroom’. A further set of four padouk chairs of the Saltram pattern was almost certainly at Kenwood House, London; some of these are recorded in 18th century inventories drawn up by Lord Mansfield. This set was removed to Scone Palace, Perth, prior to the auction at Kenwood in 1922, and subsequently sold from ‘Scone Palace and Blairquhan: The Selected Contents of Two Great Scottish Houses’, Christie’s, London, 24 May 2007, lot 298. Another pair of padouk chairs of this model sold ‘The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller’, Christie’s, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 647 ($193,750 inc. premium). THE DESIGN Conceived in the Chinese manner expounded by William and John Halfpenny in Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1752), and Sir William Chambers in his Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils (1757), the pattern for this set of ‘Pagoda’ chairs relates to nine designs for ‘Chinese Chairs’ in the 1st edition of Chippendale’s Director (1754); the cabinet-maker describes these designs thus: Plates XXIII, XXIV and XXV are nine Chairs in the present Chinese manner, which I hope will improve that taste, or manner of work; it having yet never arrived to any perfection; doubtless it might be lost without feeling its beauty: as it admits of the greatest variety, I think it the most useful of any other. The sizes are all specified on the designs. The three last (No. XXV.) I hope will be well received, as there has been none like them yet made. The Georgian period witnessed the proliferation of such railed and pagoda-crested chairs in both the ‘picturesque’ Chinese tea pavilions of landscaped parks as well as in fashionable apartments hung with ‘India’ paper. The geometric ‘Chinese’ feet of these chairs are also found on a set of pedestals...

1960’s Original Upholstered Ben Dining Chairs – Good Quantity Available 1960’s Original Upholstered Ben Dining Chairs – Good Quantity Available. Ben chairs were originally produced i...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of lightly restored Victorian Chesterfield green Heritage leather dining chairs with ma...

"A set of 6 Victorian period, mahogany dining chairs, circa 1870. This set features attractively figured timbers with curved top rails, with an open back. Overstuffed upholstered sea...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of six Victorian Circa 1860 hand carved Walnut Claw & Ball feet dining chairs Please no...

Great set of 8 19th century English mahogany dining chairs. Two arm chairs and six side chairs. All in good condition. Upholstery has a few spots and could be redone or have covers m...

A set of six Hepplewhite style dining chairs with mahogany frames, dating from the late 19th century. Reupholstered and recovered in floral needlework tapestry. The moulded frames wi...

This is a wonderful set of Ladderback chairs. Made from English Oak, these chairs have a beautiful patina. The rush bottom seat accents the pa...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely exquisite suite of six original Sheraton Revival George Hepplewhite Bergère dining chairs with p...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of eight original, early Victorian circa 1840, hand carved Jacobean revival dining chairs...

Superb set of four late 19th Century English Victorian, mahogany hall chairs. With carved backs and painted central crests. Circa 1880.

A set of eighteen red walnut dining chairs attributed to Gillows. English, circa 1830. Each chair has a waisted balloon back, with incised foliage and panelled horizontal spla...

Made in the last quarter of the 19th century to the first quarter of the 20th century. All bench made ( hand crafted ) set of ten English mahogany dining chairs in the Sheraton style...

We are delighted to offer for sale this handmade original Victorian spoon or medallion back dining chair with original upholstery A good looking we...

Gordon Russell Broadway. Designed by W.H. Russell FSIA. A rosewood and mahogany 'Burford' dining suite, comprising of a low side board, with serpentine ...

Set of 6 antique regency quality mahogany dining chairs having a quality mahogany shaped top rail, two mahogany splats to the centre, upholstered drop in seats standing on elegant tu...

A Set of Eight Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs, Including a Pair of Elbow ‘Carver’ Chairs With curved bar top rails and ebonised star decoration and inlay, with drop on seats on sabr...

Beautiful set of four Chippendale style side chairs with a chippy painted finish. The chairs are nicely carved with a ball and claw foot. The back has a carved shell at top. Newly up...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of Victorian George Hepplewhite style Mahogany dining chairs from Spencer House which was built for the Spencer family between 1756-1766 for John, the first Earl Spencer, currently resides Charles Spencer the 9th Earl Spencer. I have various pieces from the last Spencer house sale, which is still owned by Lady Diana Spencer...

Set of Six Regency Brass Inlaid Faux Rosewood Dining Chairs - with bergere caned seats on front sabre legs - 18"w x 18"d x 34"h (18" to the seat)

A Set of Eight Late 19th / Early 20th Century Chippendale Style Dining Chairs Comprising of two arm and six side chairs...

Set of Eight English mahogany dining room chairs with carved shell intertwined quatrefoil splat backs, scrolled acanthus arms, removable l...

Gothic Revival; pine; wood; chairs; oak; 20th century; armchairs; dining chairs; dining room; england; folding seats; folding chairs; A set of six Gothic Revival armchairs, ideal ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this suite of six absolutely exquisite quality hand made in England Mahogany framed dining chairs after Gillows These chairs are honestly the fi...

1950s Dual Tubular Metal Grey Dining Chairs – Various Quantities Available 1950s Dual Tubular Metal Grey Dining Chairs – Various Quantities Available. One of the all time Classic Br...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite, highly collectable suite of circa 1900-1920 English Mahogany Thomas Chippendale style Gothic...

Early 19th Century set of eight (six plus two) Hepplewhite mahogany dining chairs.  The shield shaped backs carved with Prince of Wales feathers supported over upholstered seats rais...

A Fabulous Set of Four Antique English marquetry inlaid mahogany Sheraton Style, Edwardian period, diminutive side chairs with upholstered seats (some of the gimp around the seat is ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England James Burleigh Bosa oak kitchen table bench...

With a hint of the Grand Tour and a dash of Klismos style, a bow back dining chair of pleasing proportions. In mahogany with kick out back legs a...

A custom set of fourteen mahogany Chinese Chippendale cockpen dining chairs. A mid-18th century design, carved of mahogany with saddle seats and ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of eight lovely circa 1950-1960's English Country House pine dining chairs with nice heart...

This is a lovely set of 8 English cane seat dining chairs. They have wood carved features, cabriole legs, and cane seats. The wood coloring is a patin...

This set of 4 antique dining chairs from the mid-19th century is a fantastic addition for lovers of true antiques. They feature beautiful details, giving them their charming appearan...

A very good quality set of eight late 19th Century English Chippendale style dining chairs. Each with wonderful hand carved and pierced ribbon and tassel decoration to the backrest. ...

Mahogany chair with straw seat. With curved legs, a slightly arched rear and a saber-shaped front, the arms, also curved, end in a decorative curl. The backrest is low, with a strai...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage black leather chrome stud Gainsborough carver armchair with Thomas Chippendale style fret work carving A very good looking...

Fantastic set of 6 George II style side chairs from the late 19th century. Parcel gilt decoration, hand carved and gorgeous green velvet upholstery.

Set of 6 antique George III quality mahogany inlaid dining chairs consisting of 6 single chairs having a shaped top rail with satinwood inlay, 3 reeded splats to the back, newly reu...

The Eto Dining Chair is a simple, elegant and beautifully detailed dining or occasional chair with a legs made entirely from solid walnut. Shown here upholstered in Jim Thompson Ga...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and important suite of six original Victorian Walnut Eton College captains chairs each one carved with EC in the back rest A substantial find, I have never seen one of these let alone a suite of six, perfect for a gentleman’s club or the perfect height for luxury dining chairs In terms of the condition they are circa 1860, hand carved from solid slabs of walnut, they have traces of the original varnish which has worn away over the decades to reveal the glorious timber patina. They have various small repairs here and there as you would expect Dimensions Height 78cm, seat height 41cm Width 58cm Depth 61cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Eton college has been attended by some important people over the years to include Hugh Laurie, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. ... Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex...

Set of four English Chippendale walnut side chairs with acanthus carved rails, splat backs, removable needle point seats, and terminating on acanthus carved knees with claw and ball ...

Walter Cave attributed. A comfy pair of Arts & Crafts oak armchairs with curvaceous backs and subtle carved details to the arms.

A set of six 19th century rosewood dining chairs, with carved foliate backs, overstuffed seats raised on on cabriole legs. circa 1860.

George Montague Ellwood. Made by J S Henry. A rare set of eight Arts and Crafts oak dining chairs and two armchairs with throne like capped tops and wonderful full sweeping back supp...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of four vintage Chesterfield high back oxblood dining chairs...

Set of 4 antique George III quality mahogany dining chairs having a quality mahogany shaped top, carved mahogany splat to the centre, upholstered red leather seats standing on an ele...

These very handsome dining chairs will make a fine statement in your dining room!

Set of 8 Antique English Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, Circa 1890's.