George III Seating

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...

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 ...

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 We are delighted to offer this stunning suite of museum quality, George III style Thomas Chippendale Chinese Pagoda to...

Featuring an intricate openwork lattice back, they honor the classic Chippendale style with graceful lines and exquisite detail. A solid wood frame with a rich stain and subtly curve...

Upholstered in rich, top-grain Tan Brown leather, its elegantly curved barrel back is adorned with deep button tufting, exuding timeless sophistication. Set on turned, tapered, and ...

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

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

A delightful George III English Hepplewhite style chair back hall sofa or bench. Retaining the original distressed paintwork. Circa 1780.

Pair of English mahogany scrolled medallion upholstered foot stools resting on the original ball feet. Stools are upholstered in white muslin. Early 19th Century

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...

A fine 19th Century George III period mahogany Hepplewhite tub chair in the French taste.

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.

These over-scaled chairs were said to have been designed by Chicago architect Sam Marx, but they were probably made by William Quigley, whose workshop ...

George III style mahogany dining chair with a serpentine side chair, with an interlacing trellis back, above a bowed upholstered seat, on chamfered legs. The original George III circ...

Each with a yellow velvet drop in seat with seat rail with carved C scrolls on the corners and saw tooth carved detail. With square section legs.

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...

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 ...

18th Century George II Irish mahogany stool of rectangular form, the stuff over upholstered and studded seat raised over ornately carved apron with centred grotesque masque flanked w...

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...

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...

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...

An 18th-Century English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair. The rectangular backrest has a subtly curved crest rail and is fully upholstered, extending into padded arms t...

Handsome pair of English library chairs with distressed leather. Great color and patina, very good condition and very comfortable. We have 6 available. Priced per chair...

A Beautiful 18th C. English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Armchair with Red Upholstery. With a serpentine shaped back and padded arms supported on carved molded downswept supports...

A Fantastic and Quite Well Constructed 19th-Century English George III Hand-Carved Mahogany Open Armchair. The rectangular backrest has a subtly curved crest rail and is fully uphols...

Sheraton form of large scale with carved arched back with three pierced splats, arms joining a brown leather seat, square tapered legs, stretchers.

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'...

Set of four George III dining chairs, likely 1775-1800.

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 ...

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 ...

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 stunning and exceptionally rare set of six totally original 18th century circa 1760 hand carved Dutch Elm Marquetry i...

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...

Beautiful pair of George III hand-carved mahogany dining chairs in the manner of George Hepplewhite. Both chairs have a shield-shaped lyre back with wheat ear decoration, square tapering legs, and cross stretchers. The solid hand-carved mahogany chairs are stained and lacquered. The set has two chairs with armrests and two without. The chairs were made in England around 1970 and they are stamped reprodux. Being a replica chair...

Antique George III quality child’s yew wood Windsor chair having a yew wood stick and hoop back, elm seat standing on yew wood turned legs united by a shaped stretcher A quaint e...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime mid-18th century circa 1760 solid Yew wood Windsor stick back armchair If you are loo...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

An 18th century lambing chair, great color and patination, nice accent piece or captains chair. Measures: 43.5" x 27" x 30". Would look good in a library or office

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.

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 ...

An assembled pair of George III Lancashire side chairs with ladder backs and rush woven seats. Great color and patination. Priced Per Chair. Would look great in library office or li...

A good quality pair of Adam influenced side chairs having carved foliate decoration to the splats. serpentine shaped seat with close nail upholstery, raised on a square section mould...

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

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...

A set of six George III style painted wheel-back side chairs with pierced circular backs formed by radiating splats centered by painted rosettes. The frames retain a light painted fi...

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...

A fantastic 18th century English George III ladder-back oak side chair with beautiful details including curved backsplats, a solid plank seat, trumpet...

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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...