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Regency Dining Room Chairs

REGENCY STYLE

Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.

Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.

George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.

Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.

Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.

Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Item Ships From: England
Style: Regency
Set of 8 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 8 antique Regency quality mahogany dining chairs consisting of 2 elbow chairs and 6 single chairs having a quality mahogany back with a carved rail to the centre, newly reupho...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Set of 8 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 8 antique Regency quality mahogany dining chairs consisting of a pair of elbow chairs and six single chairs, the elbow chairs having scrolled shaped open arms, figured mahogan...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Fine Quality Set of 8 Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality set of 8 antique regency mahogany dining chairs consisting of 2 carver chairs and 6 single chairs having a fine quality figured mahogany top rail with a reeded edge. Th...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Outstanding Quality Set of 8 Antique Regency Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality set of eight antique Regency carved rosewood dining chairs having magnificently carved rosewood top rails and carved rosewood shaped centre splats. Newly reuphols...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Set of 4 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Set of 4 antique regency quality mahogany dining chairs having a quality carved mahogany top rail, carved mahogany splat to the centre with a figured mahogany panel, newly reupholste...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Set of 6 19th century Regency mahogany dining chairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Set of 19th century regency mahogany dining chairs circa 1820. Good quality set of 6 regency dining chairs, made in fine mahogany. Carv...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Fabric, Mahogany

Outstanding Quality Antique Regency Set of 8 Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Regency set of 8 carved rosewood dining chairs having a magnificent quality carved rosewood shaped back with a carved centre splat, Bergere seats in perfe...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Antique set of 8 single and two arm mahogany dining chairs
Located in London, GB
A fine quality set of 8 single & 2 arm Dining Chairs in the style of Gillows of Lancaster, having green leather upholstered shaped backs with carved scroll & fan corners, above stuff...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set Of Six “Theodore Alexander” Leather Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We are delight to ofer for sell this beautiful set of Six “Theodore Alexander” leather dining chairs , timber is some kind of flamed mahogan...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Pair of Regency Mahogany Hall Chairs by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in London, GB
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, c. 1815 For a related mahogany hall chair see Susan E Stuart, Gillows of LANCASTER and LONDON 1730-1840, Antique Coll...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set of 6 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
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...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Regency Mahogany Set Of 8 Dining Chairs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine set of eight Regency mahogany dining chairs consisting six singles and two carvers having well figured top rails with carved decoration standing on elegant sabre legs. SHIPPI...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set Period Regency Dining Chairs Mahogany Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 8 (6 + 2) Regency Period Mahogany Dining Chairs. Please scroll through for more pix - this ships anywhere, please get in touch These Chairs are Raised Upon Typical Regency Tu...
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1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set of Six Regency Klismos Chairs, attributed to Gillows
Located in Richmond, London
A very fine and elegant Regency period set of SIX 'Klismos' side chairs after designs by Thomas Hope, the manufacture attributed to Gillows. England, circa 1810. Why we like them These superb quality, wonderfully stylish Klismos chairs correspond to a design published in Thomas Hope's ‘A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration' (1807), visible on the view of the Picture Gallery at the designer's own Duchess Street mansion in London. A particularly fine and rare design, very comfortable and of great scale and proportions, these super smart chairs...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Set Of Eight Georgian Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Set Of Eight Early 19th Century, Georgian, Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs, Consisting Of Six Singles And Two Armchairs, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Rails ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

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 English Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Wood

Beautiful Set Of Six William IV Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this amazing set of six William IV rosewood cane seat dining chairs, with squab cushion seats and standing on reeded tapering legs to the front and out s...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Hardwood

Set Regency Dining Chairs Cane Backs
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful Set of 15 Mahogany Regency Style Chairs. These Chairs stand Upon Crisply Ring Turned and Fluted Front Legs with Sabre Rear Legs. The Lift out Seat Cushions have Recently ...
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1920s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

SIX FINE ANTIQUE REGENCY 1820 BROWN LEATHER HARDWOOD CHESTERFIELD DiNING CHAIRS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of fully restored Regency Chesterfield tan brown Heritage leather dining chairs with fl...
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1820s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Hardwood

Fine Set of 6 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Library Chairs by Gillows
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine set of 6 antique regency quality mahogany library chairs by the prestigious furniture maker Gillows of Lancaster and London having a quality figured mahogany top rail with a ree...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Set Period Regency Dining Chairs Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 6 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs. Period Regency The Chairs are Raised Upon Ring Turned Front Legs with Swept Back Legs....
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1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set Regency Dining Chairs Mahogany Revival Swag Back
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 10 (8 + 2) mahogany Regency Revival dining chairs. Classic Regency swag back look on these chairs These chairs are raised upon ring turned and fluted front legs and sabre back...
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1920s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set of Four Regency Mahogany Caned Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A Set of Four Regency Mahogany Caned Dining Chairs On turned and tapering legs and accentuated back legs. Height: 85 cm, 33 1/2″ Width: 49.5 cm, 19 1/2″ Depth: 49 cm, 19 1/4″
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Cane, Mahogany

Set of Eight Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs, Incl. Pair of Elbow 'Carver' chairs
Located in London, GB
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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Six Important Antique Regency Leather Pollard Oak Chesterfield Dining Chairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare suite of fully restored Regency Chesterfield brown leather dining chairs wit...
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1820s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Oak

Eight Vintage Hardwood Fully Restored Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs 8
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of eight Regency style vintage fully restored Chesterfield aged cigar brown leather dining chairs in mahogany. An absolutely...
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20th Century French Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Hardwood

A Set of Eight Regency Mahogany Caned ‘Barrel Back’ Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A Set of Eight Regency Mahogany Caned ‘Barrel Back’ Dining Chairs On turned and tapering legs and accentuated back legs. Height: 84cm, 33″ Width: 48.5cm, 19″ Depth: 50cm, 19 3/4″
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Cane, Mahogany

Beautiful Set Of Six Regency Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this amazing set of six Regency rosewood dining chairs with upholstered seat , in lovely condition , circa 1820. Don't hesitate to contact me if you hav...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Hardwood

Set of Twenty Regency Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A Set of Twenty Regency Dining Chairs Each with a tablet top rail carved with anthemion on either side above a reeded horizontal splat and fluted uprights, on hessian covered seat, above turned and reeded tapering front legs. The overall design of this elegant set of dining chairs derives from designs for chairs in the Greek Revival style popularized by Thomas Hope in his Household Furniture and Decoration, published in 1807. This set of chairs was removed the Bath Assembly Rooms in Bath – a series of elegant reception rooms designed by Robert Wood in 1769 for public entertainment, such as card playing, taking tea, and dancing. During the Georgian and Regency period these rooms were the main hub of fashionable society, and Jane Austin...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Set Regency Dining Chairs Mahogany Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good Set of 8 (6 + 2) Mahogany Regency Bar Back Dining Chairs. Raised upon typical Regency Ring Turned Front Legs, the back legs being of a Sabre form. The Carvers having Shaped Ar...
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1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Beautiful Set Of Six Regency Hardwood And Brass-inlaid Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this fantastic Set of Six Regency hardwood and Brass-Inlaid Dining Chairs, early 19th century, recovered in cream silk damask, the acanthus-scrolled and ...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Brass

Nelson Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

SIX VINTAGE HARDWOOD FULLY RESTORED CHESTERFIELD OXBOOD LEATHER DiNING CHAIRS 6
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal house Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of six Regency style vintage fully restored Chesterfield aged Oxblood leather dining cha...
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20th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Leather, Hardwood

A Set of Eight Regency Polychrome-Painted And Parcel-Gilt Dining Chairs
By John Gee
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Set of Eight Regency Polychrome-Painted And Parcel-Gilt Dining Chairs. In the manner of John Gee. Comprising a pair of open armchairs and six side chairs. Each with cream painted ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Wood

Set Regency Dining Chairs Period Antique Brass Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 6 Regency Period Rosewood and Simulated Rosewood Dining Chairs. This Quality Set of Dining Chairs are Raised Upon Typical Regency Sabre Front and Back Legs. The Chairs Having Lift Out Seats Which Have Recent Been Reupholstered. The Backs of the Chairs Having a Central Fluted Roundel With Brass Inlays and Decorative Carvings. The Top Rail of the Chair Having a Central Hand Cut Brass Inlaid Decorative Panel...
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1980s Vintage Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Brass

Quality Set of Four Regency Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality set of four Regency antique mahogany dining chairs having a beautiful shaped flame mahogany top rail with a reeded edge and reeded centre rails. Newly reupholstered drop in s...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Other

Set of 12 Late Regency Period Dining Chairs, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality set of 12 late Regency period dining chairs, each with wonderful classical carved scrolling decoration to the back rests, upholstered seats, raised on turned tape...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Rosewood

Stunning Suite of Six Regency Hardwood Bergere Dining Chairs Velvet Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime suite of six original Regency circa 1810-1820 sabre leg dining chairs These are a very well made set, the frames are ornately carved...
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1810s English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Beautiful Set Of Six Regency Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this beautiful set of six Regency walnut dining chairs, each with carved top rail drop in seats and raised on turned tapered reeded front legs , in lovel...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Walnut

Antique Set of 8 Dining Chairs
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A handsome set of 8 Regency lyre back mahogany dining chairs with reeded legs; good large size - probably a little bit later in date than their design suggests The two arm chairs ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

12 Important John Gee 1779-1824 Original Regency Hardwood & Brass Dining Chairs
By John Gee
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare and important suite of twelve original John Gee 1779-1824 Regency bergère Rosewood with brass inlay dining chairs Where to start, these are as rare as they come, an original suite of John Gee chairs and twelve no less! They have rosewood frames, brass inlaid and period bergère seats with later mate removable cushions. I have included a brief history on John Gee below along with some of is later sales and so on Most likely if you are a collector and follower of fine furniture, you would have seen this design many times before, these are the originals, where it all began, the first edition period pieces by one of the great cabinet makers of the late 18th to early 19th century. The craftsmanship is as fine as they come In terms of the condition, they are all structurally sound, the finish is original and they haven’t been professionally restored so far as I can see. There are some small losses which is quite normal to the brass work and some punches to the bergère again consistent with age and use, they are after all, over 200 years old. We have deep cleaned hand condition waxed and hand polished them from top to bottom, I can have them fully, professionally restored for the cost price should the new owner wish, they can be made as gallery perfect as possible X2 Carver dimensions Height:- 84.5cm Width:- 52cm Depth:- 59cm Seat height:- 45cm X10 standard chair dimensions Height:- 84.5cm Width:- 46.5cm Depth:- 53cm Seat height:- 46cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Gee, John 49, Wardour Street, Soho, London; chair maker and turner (fl.1779–c.1824) Also listed as Gee & Sons (1809) and Gee, Thomas Ayliffe (1804– 09) In about 1779 John Gee replaced Thomas Ayliffe as partner to Benjamin Crompton, who had been Turner in Ordinary to George III since 1762. On 14 October 1787 Gee was sworn in as turner ‘jointly with Thos. Ayliffe his partner’, but his name, unlike Ayliffe's, does not appear in the Court and City Register until 1799. Ayliffe was the fourth member of his family to be a turner to the King, so Gee was probably the junior partner. In 1790 Lord Wilton bought chairs for the Music Room at Heaton Hall, Lancs. ‘2 June 1790 Aycliffe & Gees Bill for chairs etc. £49 8s.’. From 1799, when he is described as ‘Chair-maker, 49 Wardour Street, Soho’, Gee is listed in London directories. In 1803 he is called ‘Chairmaker & Turner to His Majesty’ and this title occurs regularly in entries up to 1823; in most directories, however, this appointment is omitted. Gee is also included in the list of master cabinet makers attached to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. The last directory listing for Gee is 1823–24. On 8 November 1804 Thomas Ayliffe Gee was appointed Turner in Ordinary to the King jointly with his father and briefly, in one directory of 1809 the firm is listed as ‘Gee & Sons, Turners & chair makers’. John Gee's name is shown in the Court and City Register until 1831, well after his apparent retirement. Charles Holme Bridges, who succeeded Gee at 49 Wardour St in 1824 received a royal warrant in 1822 but is first entered as a turner in the 1832 Register. Gee's productions have been identified through stamped marks: ‘J GEE’, ‘GEE’, l GEE’, ‘Jn. G’ and a crown, J within G, and ‘GEE WARDOUR ST’ have been noted. Certain chairs are stamped with initials: ‘RR’, ‘GL’, ‘GH’, ‘IT’ and ‘WG’ have been noted. These are probably the marks of individual chairmakers in Gee's employ. His seems to have been a substantial undertaking. The following summary list records chairs by Gee in the order of their emergence: Pride's of London, 1962, 6 chairs, painted trophies on green and brown background, stamped ‘J GEE’. Bearne's Sale Rooms, 1964, settee, 2 armchairs, 7 chairs, stamped ‘J GEE’; 8 chairs, brass inlay, stamped ‘J GEE’. Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1970, lot 80, 4 chairs, simulated rosewood, gilt, stamped ‘GEE’ and ‘RR’; Sotheby's, London, 23 October 1970, lot 170, 6 chairs, simulated rosewood and brass inlay, stamped ‘GEE’ and ‘GL’ (some only); Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1971, lot 192, 2 armchairs, ebonised and gilt, stamped ‘GEE’; Christie's, London, 20 January 1972, lot 64, 8 chairs, ebonised, stamped ‘I GEE’ and ‘GH’; Bearnes & Waycotts, 1974(?), armchair, painted. Christie's, London, 31 October 1974, lot 98, 3 chairs, gilt, one branded ‘Jn. G’ twice with crown, the other two branded with crown, and with trade label of Copworth Bros. & Harrison, 22 Old Bond Street, Carpet & Cabinet Manufacturer to Her Majesty; Pride's of London, 1975, 6 chairs, simulated rosewood and brass inlay. Temple Newsam House, Leeds, 1976, 2 armchairs, ebonised and painted, stamped J within G and ‘IT’. Mrs G. M. Douglas, Bath, 1978, 3 chairs, painted green, stamped ‘GEE WARDOUR ST’ and ‘WG’. Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1979, lot 277, 2 chairs, painted with flowers, one stamped ‘GEE’. Private House, Monmouthshire, 1985, 8 chairs, ebonised, all stamped ‘GEE’ and ‘IT’, and 2 settees, en suite, both stamped ‘GEE’ and (?) ‘WP’. SOANE MUSEUM, 4 plain splat back chairs...
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18th Century English Antique Regency Dining Room Chairs

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Rattan, Hardwood

Regency dining room chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Regency dining room chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage dining room chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency dining room chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dining room chairs, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Chesterfield, Kindel Furniture, and Leighton Hall Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for dining room chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $309 and tops out at $120,000 while the average work can sell for $4,472.

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