British Seating

Antiques of London A stylish vintage brown heritage leather reading lounge armchair, designed with a relaxed, club-style silhouette and a richly aged character reminiscent of Hal...

An English bobbin stool crafted in the Jacobean revival taste, most likely dating to the early to mid-20th century. The stool features boldly turned bobbin legs joined by matching st...

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...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of very rare, William Morris & Co Edinburgh stamped, his & hers Library armchairs in grey linen These are a very rare...

A fine quality comb-back Windsor armchair retaining a rich color and patina. The solid, shaped backsplats are flanked by three spindles above and below the bowed arms. These spindles...

Dagmar design Blek ottoman A custom-made round ottoman with solid wood frame developed & produced at our workshops in London. These examples have frames in fumed and oiled oak ...

This pair of English stools dates to the 19th century and features a robust turned-wood construction characteristic of vernacular English furniture of the period. Each stool is raise...

This upholstered cube stool is part of the RIGOR Collection and is designed as a compact piece for side seating or interior layering. The design balances a soft upholstered seat with...

Description: A striking set of 8 x original Pieff dining chairs designed by Tim Bates, dating from the 1970s, featuring sculptural chrome-plated cantilever frames and distinctive or...

An early 19th century antique sculptural mahogany chaise lounge with turned wood stretchers and elegantly curved backrest. The heavy woven fabric is new and provides an additional p...

Period English Regency mahogany high chair with a table form base and detachable chair with 20th century leather seat.

A good quality late Victorian deconstructed tub chair. The reconditioned oak frame is raised on mahogany turned legs and finished with brass castors. The armchair has been fully re...

This fine quality and very handsome handmade English leather wing armchair features a ball and claw leg in the 18th century style. It has a butto...

A pair of mid 19th-century Oak Library armchairs in the manner of A.W.N. Pugin. Made in solid English Oak with wonderful original colour and patina , Gothic Revival throne-armchairs ...

Inspired by our Croft Dining Chair, the Croft Bar Stool was created to give the design versatility, allowing the piece to move seamlessly between the dining room and into the bar. ...

An early Ernest Race 'Neptune' chair. Beech plywood with the early brass fittings and webbing. Folds to an incredible 12cm Structurally sound with a lovely patina

PAIR of English Adam style (18/19th Cent) satinwood and cane back side chairs with painted panels (PRICED PER PAIR) (SEE ALSO: matching loveseat: 037850A, matching armchairs: 037850B)

Created solely out of teak branches these are fabulous and totally unique country house style garden seats of grand proportions. Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week...

Character rich faux bamboo and wood English antique hall chair. A great little extra chair for a special nook.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage circa 1960's, Chesterfield Cigar brown leather, fully restored wingback armchair...

This fine quality paint decorated English satinwood Adams cane armchair, circa 1920, is a superb example of early 20th-century craftsmanship inspired by the neoclassical designs of R...

A fine regency design Grand Tour inspired mahogany bench/hall seat of elegant proportions. Almost certainly designed by renowned Charles Heathcote Tatham. Please note we are current...

Pair of mahogany armchairs with gilded details 19th century black leather, England. A pair of armchairs made in England during the Regency period 19th century. Frame made in mahogany...

Dagmar Design - Karu lounge chair The Karu chair is a contemporary update of a classic design first produced in Finland by the Haimi Oy company in t...

English Regency mahogany settee with gilt carved dolphin arms & shells on back with beige upholstery (Estate of Edward James, W. Dean Park,...

Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman. Custom-made ottomans developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in Pierre F...

A low 19th century primitive elm milking stool raised on three stout legs. The stool would have been crafted using a hand operated lathe to achieve the rounded smooth surface to the...

An English brown leather wingback chair from circa 1930-1940 with brass nailhead trim, tapered legs in the front and saber legs in the back. Step into the epitome of classic comfort ...

Set of 6 English Regency style (19th Cent) black lacquered & gold decorated chairs with cane seat & back with painted panel. 4 side @ 20¬Ω"w x 20"d x 32¬Ω"h, & 2 arms.

19th-Century English Upholstered Armchair with Decorative Backrest We present you an armchair from the late 19th century of a delicate fo...

With rectangular but almost square drop in upholstered seat with molded seat frame raised on square section legs.

superb and rare 19th century elm bar stool. Superb stool that features a superb patina and a beautiful turned base. This stool is a timeless addition to any interior, whether placed ...

An elegant pair of square armed modern club chairs. High quality hand-made beech frames and newly upholstered in a dark brown / grey premium 100% alpaca. Fast shipping worldwide.

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...

Regency Style Walnut and Leather Arm Chair . Beautiful woodwork. Great condition. Small rip in leather seat, but is stable. Dimensions Arm height - 28.5 Seat height - 18.5 Seat dep...

RARE SET OF EIGHT BRITISH MODERNIST STITCHED-LEATHER AND CHROMED STEEL DINING CHAIRS Richard Young for Merrow Associates, United Kingdom, circa 1980 unmarked Item # 307HXK27A A rar...

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...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, very unique Heritage brown leather lounge armchair with rare hand hammered Aviator...

An elegant pair of square armed leaning club chairs. Hand-crafted beech frames and newly upholstered in a premium pure moahir fabric. Firm-ish seat. Fast shipping worldwide.

Pair of mahogany side chairs, having lyre backs encased in brasswork frame, to the bergere seat having a removable needle point cushion. All raised on slender fluted supports. Dimens...

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...

Pair of 18th Century English mahogany salon or library armchairs. In the Manner of John Linnell. Transitional English chairs with both Rococo and Neo-Classical design elements. In Co...

An exceptional teak garden chair model in both arms and singles. Exterior seat pads can be supplied if required. Seat pad would be upholstered in the client’s own material. Please n...

A Victorian Antique Mahogany Balloon Back Window Seat With Floral Upholstery & Splayed Legs Has been reupholstered in a floral material..

Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer this important suite of museum quality, antique Colonial Rosewood Chippendale style 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...

This elegant English Edwardian armchair, dating to circa 1890–1910, is a particularly decorative example of the period, combining finely worked walnut, traditional cane panels, and a...

This is the most unusual pair of chairs that I have ever bought (and I’m a chair addict). The auction house listed the chairs as Edwardian side chairs, but I don’t think they quite ...

19th Century Red Leather Library Tub Chair With Brass Stud Detailing & Reeded Front Legs from the The Oxford Library, Oxford, England. Other dimensions Height to arms 66cm Height...

Armchair Scuadra with structure in solid wood, Hand-crafted back rest in solid wood in antique gold finish. Covered with high quality velvet fabric in Tau...

SET of 4 of Outdoor English Victorian style white painted wire side chairs with scroll design seat and back (PRICE AS SET)

An English Turn of the Century barley twist stool from circa 1900 with zebra hide upholstery and X-Form cross stretcher. Immerse yourself in the unique blend of traditional English c...

Circa 1860 set of eight George III style dining chairs, English. Two arms and six sides. Carved mahogany in the Hepplewhite/Sheraton taste, produced in the English Sheraton Revival P...

This is is a nicely made chair. It's made in the Regency style. Its made of mahogany and the head rail is Rose carved. The seat has a bowed front. It has a scoop back for added back ...

A excellent quality early Victorian deep buttoned mahogany library chairs, lovely shape, in excellent overall condition. 41" high 25" wide 20" seat depth 17" seat height You are we...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Circa 1950's original Ernest Race Ba3 Brown leather uphol...

Set of Antique English Walnut Furniture From the Late 19th Century A set of English furniture richly inlaid with metal filigree and featuring...

A contemporary bench with geometrically shaped legs inspired by the designer Marcel Coard. Traditionally constructed in solid oak in either a dark, medium or light finish. Cushion ...

We delight to offer for sake this stunning set of ten walnut queen Anne style dining chairs , the back splats with painted shield shaped motifs, raised on paw feet, comprising two ca...

Elegant pair of Late George III mahogany hall chairs in the manner of Gillow circa 1800

George II style armchair the shaped wing back having outswept arms supported on carved cabriolet legs terminating in claw and ball feet united by turned stretchers. Dimensions Height...