Early Victorian Seating

Sn863, a fine set of six early Victorian solid rosewood chairs, having carved shaped top rail with decorative carved mid rail and new rush seats, standing on slim elegant turned and outswept leg with double stretchers. This set of antique chairs...

We are delighted to this stunning suite of six fully restored early Victorian circa 1840 mahogany framed brown leather dining chairs These are a very fine, highly decorative and e...

Series of 8 English chairs, made around 1910, chair with high back in carved solid mahogany, green leather upholstery.

COD-Z63 Pair of chairs in turned and gilded wood with upholstered seat with original embroidered fabric. Italy, early XX Century.

Victorian Walnut Childs Arm Chair in Red Velvet. The upholstery is fairly new with no pulls or staining. The walnut frame has age-appropriate wear and...

A fine slipper chair featuring balloon back with wide seat and on turned walnut front legs of the highest quality and attributed to Howard & Sons. English, Early Nineteenth Century ...

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 ...

Rare fully stamped Victorian 1840 hoop back Windsor chair High Wycombe. Beautiful patina, wonderful workmanship and remarkably comfortable. Very sturdy...

A large English carved and water gilded settee of fine quality, with shell crest, scrolled corners and decorated with English roses and foliage throughout. Newly upholstered in faux ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare circa 1850 hand made in Venice Italy carved Fruitwood rocking armchair depicting Sea horses, Cherubs, and gothic gargoyles...

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...

Pair Antique English Early Victorian Carved Walnut Armchairs, Circa 1840-1850.

We are delighted to offer for sale this rare original early Victorian circa 1840 hardwood piano stool with internal storage A very good looking collectable and rare stool. As you...

Stunning Antique Club/Library Chair with ottoman. Reupholstered in creamy white linen blend. Kept original horsehair padding. Carved mahogany trim with bird details on the arms. O...

Set of six antique Victorian quality carved mahogany dining chairs, having quality carved mahogany balloon shaped backs, newly reupholstered seats in a quality fabric, standing on sh...

We are delighted to offer this very nice early Victorian footstool with Gillows of Lancaster & London style turned mahogany legs A good looking and well made piece. These types of...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of early 19th century Prie Dieu chairs made with solid walnut frames and the original thatched sears A great pair of occasion...

A stunning, high-quality early Victorian period mid-19th-century carved and moulded mahogany frame upholstered armchair. It features a reclining, open, spoon-shaped back and scroll-e...

This stunning pair of Victorian hand-carved walnut ladies chairs are nothing short of breathtaking when you see them in an environment. They've spent the last 50 years of their lives...

We are delighted to offer this extremely rare suite of four early Victorian circa 1840-1860 hand carved dining chairs with ebonised and gold gilt frames which have been fully restore...

19th Century papier- mâché / paper mache chair with lacquer paint and a caned seat. The pierced slipper back form is beautiful with gilding design...

Fine quality antique Victorian set of six walnut dining chairs having a quality walnut carved pierced balloon back and newly reupholste...

Beautiful quality antique Victorian carved walnut ladies chair, having a quality carved walnut shaped back with beautiful floral and scroll detail, a newly reupholstered seat and bac...

A superb early 19th Century example of R W Winfield Iron Rocking Chair. History The firm of R.W. Winfield, one of the largest and most celebrated of English brassfounders, who ex...

This is an antique love seat. An English, walnut and textile duet bench or dog bed, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840. Beautifully...

A rare set of four 19th century mahogany hall chairs by Holland & Sons of London. The squared shield shaped backs each with a vacant recessed oval panel above solid seats, raised on ...

Early Victorian Mahogany & leather Desk Elbow chair Balloon Shaped Back With carved back Splat Scroll Open Elbows Brown Leather Drop in seat. recently covered Hexagonal & turned fron...

This is a small antique tabletop sampler. An English, faux rosewood and embroidered miniature stool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Delightfully naive sampler w...

Antique Pair of Victorian walnut side chairs having a lovely shaped walnut back and shaped splats to the centre, newly reupholstered in qu...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning early Victorian Porters barrel back armchair with fluted back This chair a real tour de force, is has ...

A set of 4 English elm broad arm windsor armchairs, 19th century. 26 inches wide by 26 ½ inches deep by 45 inches tall arm height 28 inches; seat height...

This lovely 19th-century oak hall bench or window seat offers both practicality and charm. Crafted around 1840, this solid oak seat features turned bolster ends and a solid moulded t...

very nice set of 6 chairs and two armchairs from the first part of the 19th century in solid mahogany from England The chairs and armchairs have been checked by our cabinetmaker and...

We are delighted to offer for sale this rare fully restored circa 1840 show framed Chesterfield tufted hand dyed brown leather library reading chair...

Outstanding quality set of eight antique Victorian mahogany Irish Chippendale style dining chairs, consisting of a pair of elbow ...

Excellent quality Victorian deep seated mahogany armchair with original castors, covered in wide stripe cream fabric, in lovely condition throughout. You are welcome to view this i...

A fine quality walnut stool with upholstered seat above turned and fluted inverted vase-shaped legs, terminating in carved bun feet. Decorated with ebonized, split beads and flutes t...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, fully restored Antique Victorian Irish Chesterfield captain...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of early Victorian hand carved in solid mahogany footstool stools These are a very high end luxurious pair of stools, they ha...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely fully restored Victorian reclining chaise lounge armchair A very good looking well made and except...

Lovely circa 1830s English black painted open armchair with decorative flower and leaf painted frieze to the back. The canning to the seat has been redone over time and is in good co...

19th Century walnut stool having a recently reupholstered grey coloured stuff over seat finished with a decorative scroll trim, the foliate carved arched edge on cabriole legs. Circa...

19th century English "Discipline" / posture chair Circa 1860. Diminutive tall stool type chair, made for a child to sit upright and straight. The two str...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare full restored circa 1840-1860 Harpists Muscians chair with hand dyed brown leath...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning restored Antique Victorian circa 1840-1860 hand carved occasional library chair with new hand ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning pair of antique English oak hand carved hall prayer chairs These are a very early Victorian pair, quite a primate by de...

A mid 19th century, early Victorian period burr maple nursing chair. The burr maple foliate carved frame, with leaves head carved cresting rail, with upholstered back and set in a qu...