George III Seating

Each very sturdy and wonderful generous scale with serpentine carved crestrail over a pierced splat with carving and drop in upholstered seat raised on cabriole legs with ball and cl...

English George III period wingback arm chair, c.1765-80. Raised on molded front legs & outswept rear legs. I-stretcher. The leather casters replaced in the 19th century with wood. 3...

A generous George III wing arm chair, the shaped deep-buttoned back with scrolling arms, reupholstered in distressed blue-black leather, raised on four ...

Seat height with cushion 21 inches. Unusually long with a carved serpentine crest-rail over four well carved open ribbon carved splats. Drop in upholstered seat with Scalamandre fabr...

Each with an upholstered seat, shaped back, and padded open armrest. With blind fretwork on the arms, and with square legs and a pierced H-stretcher.

With a serpentine carved crestrail and open carved splat. Drop in seat and square section legs and nice carved detail on the base of the seat rail. Corner spandrels. Carved scrolled ...

English mahogany camel back settee with flanking scrolled brass tacked arms, removable cushion, carved floral knees, and terminating on trifod splayed feet. Settee is upholstered in ...

Rectangular drop in seat and simple frame with Square section legs and H form stretcher.

18th century Georgian tufted green leather wing chair without scrolled wings and arms above a loose cushion on squared legs joined by an H-str...

A pair of English George III period burl walnut armchairs from the first half of the 18th century, with stamped initials, carved splats, eagle motifs, cabriole legs and claw-and-ball...

Magnificent Pair of George III Giltwood Armchairs, England, c. 1785, attributed to B. Harmer and based on a design by Thomas Sheraton. Green upholstery with carved gadroon crest rail...

A George III style library chair with carved mahogany arms, straight legs and shaped back. Upholstered in blue, pink and salmon ikat kilim design.

Pair of unusually long 7.5ft upholstered benches in the George III style, with rolled armrests and eight mahogany legs each.

Ex Mallett London provenance. With an arched back with central carved rosette. Pristine green silk damask upholstery. Loose cushion seat with loose cushion. Circular tapered fluted l...

An English George III style arm chair recently upholstered in Perrault in Thym; a rich silk and cotton Lampas fabric by Colony by Casa Luiza featuring bold florals and fruit. Secured...

An English oak armchair from the early 18th century with carved back, downswept arms and turned legs. This exquisite English oak armchair from the early 18th century exudes timeless ...

Three chair back with arms and caned seat raised on square tapered legs. the back splats with painted drapery design also musical trophies

We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite original fully restored hand dyed brown leather Chesterfield library armchair from the George III era circa 1780 A fantastic look...

A fine George III painted open armchair in the French Hepplewhite taste. The shield shaped back, serpentine seat and arm-rests upholstered. The chair frame with channeled detailing p...

Pair of English mahogany serpentine back lolling chairs with squared tampered splayed legs and connecting stretchers. Chairs are upholstered in white muslin, Late 18th Century.

Pair of George III Style Upholstered Wingback Arm Chairs, on ebonized claw and ball feet. 44.5" H x 27" W x 26" D; seat: 18.5 H. Provenance: From a Park Slope Estate.

Of very generous scale with arched upholstered back joined by leaf carved down swept arms ,upholstered seat and raised on carved cabriole legs ending on scroll feet. Clever and convi...

A shapely late 18th century George III Heppelwhite shield back carver chairs. Raised on square tapered legs and with elegantly shaped and carved arms. Structurally in good solid or...

Untouched stunning Gillows of Lancaster and London George 3rd cream painted and parcel gilt arm chair, in its original warn through condition. This chair ha...

A George III side chair of good, sturdy size. English, c.1760, mahogany. The wavy ladder back with Gothic open cut-work typical of Chippendale design. Stretchered, square molded legs with shaped decorative seat...

This product is a pair of English George III parcel gilt armchairs. These armchairs are classic and elegant pieces of furniture, perfect for adding a touch of sophistication to any l...

Rectangular brown leather top with brass tacking, raised on square section legs with box form stretcher. Estate of Douglas S Kramer. TV producer and art collector.

A rare set of twelve George III mahogany tablet-back dining chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and dating to circa 1790. Comprising two carver armchairs and ten side chairs, t...

Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer this important suite of museum quality, antique Colonial Gillows of Lancaster Attributed solid Rosewood dining chairs with ornately carved back splats 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, Gillows of Lancaster & London was simply put, one of the most important furniture designers in the history of England, 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 early 19th century circa 1810-1820, 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 fine, the timber has a wonderfully aged patina that is honestly sublime Dimensions Height:- 81cm Width:- 45cm Depth:- 50cm Seat height:- 44cm 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...

A fine quality window bench with scrolled ends. The show-wood portions of the ends are carved with a leaf motif terminating in a rosette at each end. The tapering, reeded legs end in...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime mid-18th century circa 1760 solid Yew & Oak Windsor stick back armchair Please ...

Early 19th century George III wing chair, the shaped back without scrolled wings and arms raised over squared leg joined with H stretcher termina...

In George III style; with serpentine upholstered seats in modern oyster horsehair. England, late 18th / 19th century

A pair of English George III mahogany hall chairs with later armorial decoration. From the collection of Ann Landers.

Four English style wing back chairs with tufted back, hand distressed leather brass nail head trim. Nice compact scale with great comfort. Sofa out of the same collection. Great Scal...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare totally original Herve Liege Belgium hand carved oak Wainscot oak armchair circa 1760 A very well made original piece, the chair ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made circa 1780 English Giltwood, hand carved armchair after Thomas Hope A very decorative and well made armchair, this pie...

A Set of Eighteen George III Style Dining Chairs After the design by George Hepplewhite Carved from mahogany, the set comprised of sixteen side chairs and two carvers, having taperi...

A fine and very rare set of four English late-18th century satinwood painted armchairs attributed to Seddon, Sons & Shackleton, ca 1790. Nb. It is not only quite difficult to find a...

A Set of Seven George III Walnut Dining Chairs, Great Exaggerated Details To The Carving. Priced Per Chair. 18th Century Height 38 x width 24 x depth 21 inches. Would look great ...

A Set Of Six George III Style Mahogany Leather Upholstered seat Dining Chairs. Fine carvings on back. Nail gead trims. Very good vintag...

A great quality set of 6, George III style leather upholstered dining chairs. Solid and supremely comfortable high back chairs with arched back, fully upholstered in burgundy colour ...

Pair of English mahogany Regency side chairs with scrolled carved splat backs, decorative reeding, and terminating on turned bulbous ringed legs. Early 19th Century. Chairs are uphol...

Four English oak ladder back armchairs or two pairs. Lovely deep rich color. Very comfortable. Rush seat in very sturdy good condition. Priced per chair.

A fine set of George III style chairs in carved mahogany. Two (2) armchairs and six (6) side chairs Dimensions: Height 41" 25 1/2" wide (acros...

George III Mahogany Corner Armchair, it’s carved backrest & carved eagle form arm rests raised on turned supports with pierced urn form back splats. With green silk slip seat raised ...

George III mahogany library chair, the shaped upholstered back with two upholstered arms having down-swept supports over upholstered seat, the square legs joined by box stretchers, t...

Late 18th-century set of six ladder-back dining chairs, shaped and pierced cresting and back rails, drop in upholstered seat cushion above square fluted front supports, joined by 'H'...

Pair of leather armchairs with wooden legs and stretcher. Done in the Chesterfield style. Beautiful Burgandy Leather appears to be original and slightly worn. Nail head detailing alo...

This is a good late 18th Century English Oak Stool, dished seat , glorious colour. Trying to find good genuine English Georgian stool is difficult as many have not survived and far ...

18th century George III wing chair, the shaped back without scrolled wings raised over out scrolling arms above ornately carved apron with centra...

This is an antique morning room elbow chair. An English, mahogany and walnut armchair with drop-in seat, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Appealing Chippendale taste with ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and exceptionally rare set of six totally original 18th century circa 1760 hand carved Dutch Elm Marquetry i...

19th century Gainsborough armchair, The square padded back above straight padded arms with unusual incised downswept supports. All upholstered i...

18th century Gainsborough armchair in the manner of Chippendale with ribbon carved apron supported by cabriole leg adorned with C-scroll m...

A large George III wing arm chair, the shaped deep-buttoned back with scrolling arms, reupholstered in distressed blue-black leather, raised on four cab...

A good quality pair of 18th century mahogany hall chairs, each with sheild back and an inset panel depicting a painted armorial above a carved wood Prince of Wales ploom. Wooden seat...

A superb pair of George III polychrome decorated open armchairs, attributed to Gillows, Circa 1785 in date. Each is superbly decorated with hand painted garlands, ribbon tied foliate trails, patera, bellflower pendants and demi-lune fan medallion. The chairs have shield shaped back with vertical medallion splats raised on square tapering front legs and splayed rear legs. They are beautifully upholstered in a cream floral patterned and buttoned fabric. Footnotes: A virtually identical mahogany open armchair, albeit one with carved rather than polychrome detailing to its frames, is illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Vol. I, 2008, Woodbridge, pl. 124, p. 165. A closely comparable design appears alongside, with the description: 'The five-splat chair...

Pair of antique George III quality mahogany side chairs having a mahogany shaped reeded top rail and centre splat upholstered seats in a quality fabric standing on elegant turned tap...

Stunning 18th C West Country oak bacon settle on an angled corner. Wonderful colour. 1760. Seat height is 18.5". Reference: 8212 Dimensions 77 inches (196 cm...