British Seating

A late nineteenth century painted armchair attributed to Wright and Mansfield, with unusual painted decoration of slogans to the back, with delicately carved diamond form central bac...

Impressive large ‘Diplomat sofa in excellent condition. Designed by Howard Keith for HK Furniture in the 1970s. This exceptionally large and deep ‘Diplomat’ sofa finds itself at t...

English Chippendale style mahogany camel back roll arm settees with pink upholstery (20th century) pink sofa. Two priced each.  

Graceful pair of 1940s Club Chairs, newly upholstered in tan velvet and not used since. Minimalist wood feet. Rolled arms, generous depth and pitch, welting detail. Additional Di...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of vintage, William Morris flat top arm Chesterfield Bordeaux leather fully restored wingback...

We are delighted to offer for sale this hand made in England, George Smith Signature Standard arm style armchair with American flag Kilim seat cushion and black leather upholstery. ...

Rare pair of English 18th century Windsor armchairs from the Thames Valley Region, George III Period, with bow-backs having pierced and carved middle splats, cabriole front legs and ...

Originally realised for the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and inspired by Donald Judd and Børge Mogensen, Anodised Wicker marries industrially extruded and anodised aluminium with ha...

A pair of English Chinese Chippendale style iron side chairs from the mid 20th century with intricate backs, grey color, faux bamboo structure and new linen upholstery. Created in England during the Midcentury period, each of this pair of side chairs features a grey colored faux bamboo iron structure inspired by the Chinese Chippendale style. The slightly curving backs, made of a careful arrangement of geometric shapes, are flowing into the hind legs in a graceful manner. A rectangular seat, newly recovered with a neutral toned linen fabric, is resting above four splaying legs connected to one another through an H-Form cross stretcher strengthening the ensemble beautifully. With their Chinese Chippendale lines, sturdy iron material and exotic faux-bamboo influence, this pair of English side chairs...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning suite of near perfect condition Sherborn Upholstery brown leather Rise & Recliner armchairs wi...

A gorgeous, fine and very unusual pair of carved mahogany Regency large hall chairs in wonderful condition. Attributed to world-renowned Gillows of Lancaster and likely made around 1...

An English country pine chair from the early 19th century, with pierced back, scrolled arms and lift-top seat. This rustic country armchair features a simple pierced back, adorned wi...

Inspired by a hybrid interpretation of chairs by Pierre Jeanneret and Jean Prouvé, the Luna Dining Chair is lightweight, airy and, depending on the finishes selected, playful and col...

A stylish Aesthetic Movement ebonized armchair with sweeping side rail incorporating the upholstered armrests which are set back to accommodate those wonderful hoop dresses of the Vi...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale absolutely stunning vintage circa 1930's English Wingback armchair with removable Liberty's London Ianthe fa...

Square newly upholstered back and sides and seat with loose cushion. Arms splay out. Turned tapered reeded legs with casters.

Superb pair of modern club chairs , upholstered in pure Alpaca. High quality hand-made beech frames and newly upholstered in a brown/grey premium 100% alpaca fabric. Handmade in Engl...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely early Victorian mahogany carved library reading armchair which is part of a suite This chair...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1810-1820 Regency Turkey work pair of armchairs original period upholstery A very rar...

Each large scale with green tufted backs and seats with brass tacks. Down swept padded arms with spindle supports. Turned legs with casters. Estate of Bartlett Burnap. Palm Beach. ...

This is a 620 Chair, originally designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsoe in 1962. This particular example was produced in the UK and dates back to the 1980s. The chair shells are made from...

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...

Victorian Walnut Open Armchair With Serpentine Seat On Scroll Supports With Original Brass Castors With A Textured Patterned Upholstery Has it's original brown ceramic castors

A pair of George II design profusely carved mahogany library chairs with lion’s head arms, acanthus leaf scrolls and foliate cartouches. The cabriole ...

Pair of Regency painted ebonised beechwood and caned dining chairs, The head rails with rose and plume decoration, over central splats with lions head cartouche. Caned seats below...

An exceptional original Pieff Gamma red leather suite. Originally purchased from Harrods in the 1970s this is a one owner set of the highest quality. The Pieff Gamma range was not produced in large numbers so complete sets like these are rare to find. As with all Pieff furniture, they were made to last with high quality chrome bases and the very best leather. This red suite is a statement piece and will make a stunning addition to a stylish interior. In excellent original condition, some age related wear to the leather but no rips of tears. the chrome is also in excellent condition with only a few minor blemishes as is to be expected from this 50yr old piece. The Swivel bases work perfectly with newly fitted bearings. The Pirelli rubber seats...

We are delighted to offer for sale this set of 8 Restored Cromwellian Hand-dyed Whiskey Brown Leather Dining Chairs. Each exuding timeless charm and elegance. Crafted from high-qua...

Plush pair of hand carved English mahogany armchairs having gilt highlights and regal crown decoration at the top. Upholstery is amazing vintage scalamandre, to swoon over.

Embrace the timeless allure of English country charm with this exceptional pair of Vintage Rush Seat Sussex Lounge Chairs. Crafted from dark, rich wood and featuring classic spindle ...

Unique body, solid rosewood. Initials on the frame. Trapezoidal, profile-trimmed frame on strongly curved legs with applied Akkanthus, ending in plastically carved claw feet. High, b...

19th Century English Armorial Triangular Seat Hall Chair, ca. 1860

Late 19th century Edwardian style wooden armchair with rush seat, ca 1900 Manufactured in U.K. Beautiful English antique knitting chair with t...

Set of six elm spindle back dining chairs, the shaped backs with a carved central back splat. To the solid elm seats raised up on four turned legs united by stretchers. Dimensions He...

a Pair of Giltwood Louis XVI style chairs with Lyre back . Models inspired by george Jacob who was one of the best Master in the 18th century Paris...

A pair of Edwardian Antique Mahogany Oval based hall, side chairs. Original Olive green upholstery. Good condition H: 76 cm W: 52 cm Seat H: 37 cm D: 44 cm

A lovely oak framed and white castor deep seated and deep buttoned library chair, in very nice condition. 36" high 29" wide 34" overall depth 22" seat depth 14" seat height You are...

We are delighted to Present This Vintage Chocolate Brown Leather Two To Three Seater Sofa. Very good-looking sofa with all the cushions sewn into the sofa. We have deep clea...

Nice proportions and arched back, out scrolled arms raised on blind fret carved square legs and H-form stretchers. Original casters.

A mid C.19th, elm and ash framed, rush seated, Lancashire type, country elbow chair or carver armchair. This chair feature triple rows of turned spindles back, turned style uprights,...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rare original 19th century English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair circa 1850 with hidden ...

A rare and unique stool or bench attributed to the French design team of Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. Garouste and Bonetti are known for their original creations that are bold and dramatic and feature exquisite materials and craftsmanship. This rare creation demonstration is an exciting work of imagination and sensuosity while displaying beautiful materials and finishing. This post-modern object...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made in England vintage Bevan Funnell RRP £3799 Chesterfield Directors captains armchair ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely small vintage Thonet Rocking armchair with ebonised black frame and rattan seat Originally designed in the 1800s with elaborate curv...

Exclusive Set Of 8 Georgian Shield Back Dining Chairs In mahogany The set is consisting of six singles and two carvers all having ov...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Elegant Pale Blue Velvet Armchair. Discover Unique Treasures from a Luxurious Cobham Showroom Mansion! Explore our thoughtfully sele...

An English oak footstool from the 19th century with leather seat and turned legs. This English oak stool from the 19th century boasts a charming rustic appeal with its worn leather s...

A superb pair of modern round arm Danish-style armchairs. Handmade beech frames, sprung seat and newly upholstered in a premium, soft, pure alpaca wool fabric with solid oak feet. Fa...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning 19th century English Fruitwood Draftsman Artist bar stool with beautifully sculpted top Pleas...

An attractive set of 10 Hepplewhite style dining chairs from the 20th century, crafted in mahogany. Each chair features drop-in seats upholstered in a pinkish-red fabric, adding a to...

Pair of Victorian library armchairs From the Naval & Military Club of St James. Constructed in oak, rising from turned and lobed front l...

We are delighted to offer for sale this fully refurbished, George Smith Norris three seat sofa upholstered in Mulberry Flying Ducks linen which ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale one of two fully restored, deep seated, George Smith Signature Scroll Arm sofas with feather filled base cus...

A beautiful and unusual pair of antique Georgian Style carver armchairs. They were made in England, and date from around 1920’s period. The quality is outstanding, they are predom...

An industrial work stool by British seating company Evertaut. This example retains the original pitch pine seat and company badge logos at the base of the four splayed legs. In ori...

Rupert Griffiths. English Furniture Maker. Four Arts and Crafts style English oak cottage chairs with a sturdy tripod design, with through tenon and peg...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, handmade made in England, circa 1860-1880 Victorian ornately hand carved English Oak Cockfig...

The Carol chair is a new design just completed in autumn 2021. The chair is handmade in bent walnut with a seat of English walnut. "I wanted to create a chair with a lightweight fr...

Set of 6 Circa 1810 Regency Period Mahogany Chairs. This entirely hand-carved set consists of two armchairs and four side chairs. The top crest rails flair out into rondels while the...

A pair of English mahogany stools from the 19th century with turned legs resting on casters and upholstered seats. This exquisite pair of English mahogany stools features elegantly t...

This exceptional, Louis XVI style sofa/settee is hand carved in solid lime wood and can be customized to your requirements. This French design features finely carved details, includi...