British Seating

Antique mahogany open arm desk chair having an attractive shaped top rail and carved splat to the centre, shaped mahogany open arms with a newly reupholstered...

A dramatic pair of large scaled barrel tub chairs with carved lion heads and realistic carved legs ending in paw feet. These extremely rare and stylish upho...

A fine Hepplewhite design shaped and upholstered back dining chair. The shaped upholstered back with reeded framing. The seat rail with fluted decoration. The tapered legs with reces...

Charming pair of late 19th-century English Victorian footstools featuring fine needlepoint upholstery with a scrollwork motif. The stools have a square-shaped pine frame that is soli...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale very rare, highly collectable Georgian circa 1780 sofa with ornately hand carved Claw & Ball legs that a...

A fine and well-drawn George II design country house library/drawing room wing chair. This chair is unusual in that it has extremely generous proportions. Classically upholstered and...

Channeling 1970s Italian glamour and decadence, our new Disco Footstool is a bold statement piece that blends luxury with clean, architectural geometry. Upholstered in a high-shine,...

A wonderful late 19th Century George I style wing armchair.  Covered in a luxurious rich green velvet. Sitting on cabriole legs and pad feet. A very comfortable English Country Hous...

18th century PERIOD Queen Anne walnut armchair from England made from walnut. This is a fantastic chair! The back of the chair is pierced ...

Shapland and Petter attributed, in the manner of M H Baillie Scott. A Glasgow School Arts and Crafts oak hall chair with stylized floral carving to the back.

This rare and finely crafted set of six Adams style dining chairs showcases timeless elegance with a striking ebonized finish and delicate hand-painted decoration. Featuring four arm...

A fine carved teak tennis bench. Exterior seat pads can be supplied if required. Seat pads upholstered in client’s own material. Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week...

An elegant Sheraton Revival parlor seat or settee in beech with satinwood inlay to the backrest and carved pierced uprights. The back rest is finished with a pair of raised turned f...

Wylie and Lochhead, after a design by M H Baillie Scott. A good Arts & Crafts Glasgow School panelled oak settle with central upholstered leather panel, ...

We delight to offer for sale this beautiful Victorian Satin Walnut bedroom small chair , in original condition . Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please h...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super comfortable Howard & Son's / Howard Chairs LTD sofa with the inside back left leg stamped Please...

Unusual 19th Century Windsor Arm Chair With Rush Seat.. Retains original patina, Great quality,, tight, Wonderful original patina.

Set of 4 Early 19th Century English Mahogany Hall Chairs with Lion Crest Detail. PRICE PER PAIR.

The Kent armchair is a testament to the artistry of form and fabrication. It embodies an elegant silhouette, drawing inspiration from the iconic elements of Italian 1950s design, inc...

La Plume is generous and inviting, with a focus on comfort unlike anything we’ve ever made before. All our armchairs are made with solid FSC European hardwood frames, which we guara...

Unusual antique Victorian mahogany music chair having a lovely shaped turned top rail with a newly reupholstered seat in a quality fabric standing on shape...

A good pair of antique carved mahogany Georgian Regency country house hall chairs, circa 1825. The chairs are made of the finest solid mahogany, the backs are very well carved with r...

English barber’s chair constructed of stained beech with adjustable headrest and reclining back mechanism. Upholstered seat and back with brass stud trim and exposed brass adjustment...

This rare seven-piece English Adams style parlor set is a remarkable example of neoclassical design, distinguished by exquisite paint decoration, fine craftsmanship, and refined symm...

Pair of Regency Library Chairs Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster These exceptional Regency mahogany bergere library arm chairs, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and crafted in En...

Antique English 19th Century walnut Framed Needlepoint Chair C.1830 Beautifully constructed with a carved walnut frame of a warm patination. Good solid construction with traditional ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian horse hair filled hand dyed green leather Chesterfield fully buttoned sofa A very goo...

Good pair of Regency style benches, the cane seat over molded rails, the reeded legs with palmette carved corners, the whole of good design and proportion. Ready as is or with your c...

17th century English oak joint stool / bench Jacobean style stool / bench Hand crafted English oak Measures: 18" wide x 12" deep x 16" high. The oak shows some distress...

Very fine George II mahogany open armchair of generous proportions, attributed to John Cobb and/or the St. Martin’s Lane Syndicate. With upholstered seat and back, the back having an...

A fine William Kent design carved teak or mahogany garden or hall bench. Each panelled back centred by a scrolling scallop shell crest above a mask with Vitruvian scroll frieze above...

Outstanding antique 19th century Victorian antique mahogany inlaid armchair having an unusual beautifully shaped top rail with a quality satinwood inlaid panel. It boasts a pretty he...

Exclusive Chesterfield sofa with ottoman in beautiful velvet / alkantara look.  

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original George Smith Signature Scroll arm sofa in brown leather with Scottish Tartan wool uph...

3-seat chesterfield sofa with button tufted detail, circa 1970. Exceptional quality. Double hand-stitching, and applied brass nailhead trim details. The ebonized composite orb feet h...

Liberty and Co. (attributed), an Anglo-Japanese walnut armchair with wavy arm supports and arms that follow through to the side stretchers.

This pair of 19th-century English stools is crafted in oak and presented with custom linen upholstery accented by evenly spaced nailhead trim. The square seats have a clean, tailored...

Stephen Webb for Collinson & Lock of London, attributed. A good quality English Renaissance Revival finely inlaid Mahogany button back uph...

A superb pair of modern angular club armchairs. High quality handmade beech frames and sprung seats. Newly upholstered in a premium brown / grey, soft, pure alpaca wool fabric. Fas...

A selection of six of our Stuart Scott Furniture finish samples: Oiled Oak Aged Oak Oiled Walnut Ebonised Oak Ebonised Walnut Black Lacquered Walnut Whit...

A pair of English Regency mahogany stools from the 19th century with large scrolling arms and legs, carved foliage and tiger style upholstered seats. Imbue your home with the disting...

A mid-18th Century Chippendale period mahogany Armchair having serpentine top-rail with pierced & carved central splat with setback moulded arms and drop-in seat supported on chamfer...

We are delighted to offer this stunning exceptionally rare and original Howard & Son's circa 1910-1920 Portarlington three seat large sofa with duvet padded arms and feather and fibr...

A large C19th oak hall bench, with arched back with pierced carving featuring intertwined trifold and quatrefoils, flanked by swept arms with scroll corbels and coronet capitals, rai...

The Shark Daybed is a signature made-to-order piece by Alexander and Jones, handcrafted in our Cotswolds studio, UK, from solid walnut with a cream bouclé upholstered mattress and bo...

A fine quality mahogany bergère armchair, retaining its original cane work throughout the back, sides and seat. The chair is raised on slender tapering front legs with outswept rear ...

Palma right High chair with solid mahognay wood structure, upholsterd and covered with high quality red velvet fabric and mahognay wood in brow...

An interesting chair with carved back and central coat of arms over an oval paterae. Slightly bowed seat with reeded seat rail raised on turned legs.

Morris and Co, a pair of mahogany ‘Saville’ armchairs designed by George Washington Jack, with carved details to the arms and wavy spindles below and ...

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

Superb pair of round, leaning modern club chairs, upholstered in pure Alpaca. High quality handmade beech frames and newly upholstered in a soft, ivory, premium 100% alpaca wool fab...

1970s, vintage armchair with footstool. Original black furniture leather, dark burgundy color wood. Original good condition: no smells,...

Regency mahogany bench, 19th century, 21" H x 28" W x 15" D

Queen Anne Style Walnut Three-Seat Sofa Item Code: S27-1143 A generously proportioned Queen Anne style three-seat sofa, dating from the early to mid-20th century. The sofa features a...

England, circa 1900 A pair of Regency style open chairs with painted decoration of cream and gold with sabre legs and finials to the seat rails. Height 90.00 centimetres. Height o...

Very good English lobster pot Windsor chair, having shaped crest over shaved spindles with bent yew wood continuous arm over deeply saddled elm seat and standing on pole lathe turned...

John Pollard Seddon. A rare Gothic Revival armchair with carved dogs heads to the arms, and inlaid dot details. This was probably made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co), New Bond Street London. Founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon They supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace. J P Seddon exhibited a similar style armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in Jeremy Coopers Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 showing the original drawing and 227 (a variation of this chair) image attached. There is another version illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last 2 images). Interestingly at one point Seddon's partner was E. W. Godwin, a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites and some of his pupils were Ford Maddox...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this museum quality, fully restored, hand dyed Cigar Brown leather Cornelius V Smith, Walnut & Satinwood captain's or directors armchair Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote, please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price. This chair is a good looking and well made original Victorian example, circa 1885, the frame is Walnut with Satinwood and Boxwood inlay, the leather is period, the seat platform is webbed and coil sprung, the chair rotates, this is one of the first swivel armchair models ever made so its quite privative by todays standards but in the Victorian era this was quite a novelty Condition wise, as mentioned this chair has been restored from the ground up, the leather upholstery has been washed back, hand dyed six times, antiqued, sealed waxed down and polish, tall the wood work has been deep cleaned and lightly French polished The base is stamped four times on each leg CVS for CORNELIUS V SMITH, below is a brief history of the great man and some of his work Dimensions: Height:- 92cm Width:- 55cm Depth:- 60cm Seat height:- 47cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask. Smith, Cornelius V. London; wholesale cabinet maker, upholsterer and frame maker (fl.1885-1891) Cornelius Smith was born in 1847 in Mile End, his father, George, a wine merchant. By 1885 is was recorded with showrooms and an upholstery workshop in Marshall’s Yard, Henry Street (sometimes Seaton Street), Hampstead Road and a frame making workshop in Charles Place, Drummond Street. He had the telegraphic address of ‘Cornelius, London’ [The Furniture Gazette, 1 December 1885]. When the lease on the Marshall Yard workshop expired in 1886 he moved to larger and more convenient premises at 64 Osnaburgh Street, with the entrance in Wybert Street, Munster Square, close to Portland Road Metropolitan Railway Station [The Furniture Gazette, 1 October 1886]. From 1887-9 his address was recorded as Vincent Works, 64 Osnaburgh Street and Wybert Street, Munster Square, London. Smith advertised in The Furniture Gazette from1 March 1886-1 March 1889, with some advertisements illustrated. One such article, published on 15 April 1891, described Smith as ‘the well known upholsterering manufacturer and art furniture maker, [who] in person is of middle height. He is a thorough man of business, and has a very pleasant manner. He has built up a reputation of which any man might be proud, and his business is one of the largest in the trade. His manager, Mr. T. E. Green, is equally well-known for his business tact and geniality of manner’. Smith’s specialised in stuffed-over chairs & couches, made with the use of every contemporary devise and of comfort, convenience and elegance. For example the 'Iddesleigh' settee, named after the Earl of Iddesleigh (late Sir Stafford Northcote), which was spring-stuffed, in saddle bags and covered in Utrecht or Genoa velvet. Another novelty was the 'Newlands' suite, the frames of mahogany or rosewood inlaid with suitable ornament, covered in fashionable silk velvet. Among the range of fancy chairs was the 'Minnie Palmer' with an elegant light frame inlaid with marquetry; the 'Irving' chair made in inlaid mahogany; the 'Mexican' lounge (settee) and the 'Randolph' corner chair. Smith’s workmanship and finish was highly praised [The Furniture Gazette, 1 August 1885; editorial and advertisement]. The Furniture Gazette, 1 February 1887, described the Osnaburgh premises, which had a depth of 250 ft. The front showroom displayed every type of cabinet made of walnut, rosewood or other choice woods, and inlaid with marquetry. Behind the showroom were the general counting office and the offices of Mr Smith and the manager. Then the individual workshops for cabinet makers, fitters, upholsterers, women sewers and French polishers. There were storerooms on the ground floor and upstairs more workshops. The main showroom displayed drawing and dining room suites, fancy chairs, stuffed-over goods, lounging and patent spring easy chairs, and fancy card and five o’clock tea tables. In adjoining buildings were the packing premises and time-keeper’s office. The 'Oscar' suite of armchairs and settee was illustrated in The Furniture Gazette, 1 February 1889, as was Smith’s patent ottoman box...

Victorian Antique Walnut Barley Twist Library Armchair with Cane Seat & Rear This stunning armchair is in very sound condition with no loose joints and has a wonderful patina. E...

Wimbledon-Furniture Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare original Victorian Howard & Son’s Berners street fully restored wingback...