antique furniture: chairs

Chairs are an item of furniture used primarily for seating purposes.A chair is a seat with four legs and a back to lean against. When you invite a large group for dinner, you have to make sure you find chairs for all of your guests. As opposed to a bench, couch, or sofa, a chair usually seats one single person. You might have wooden kitchen chairs and a comfortable, upholstered chair with arms for watching TV. Another kind of chair is the leader of an organization or group, and it's also a verb meaning to lead such a group: "I've been asked to chair the monthly meetings of the stamp collectors' club." The Old French root is chaiere, "seat or throne.
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  Pair of Oak Gothic Chairs

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1870. A pair of Gothic oak chairs stamped, ‘John Taylor & Son, Edinburgh’, the shaped top rail with a pierced back with gothic arches and chamfered fore edges, with a large stuff over seat...

  £550.00

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  Leather Bound Carolean Chair C.1810

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A Fine Leather Bound Carolean Chair, from the start of the Regency Period, circa 1810. This attractive chair has wonderful patination on the leather upholstery, in line with its age. The frame highlights some wonderful...

  £495.00

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• Carved Chippendale Style Chairs C.1790

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A fine pair of Chippendale Style chairs that were likely once part of an important and grand set of dining chairs, and today remain pleasing pieces of English furniture that would work well in many...

  £800.00

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• Carolean Tapestry Chair C.1780

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  This beautiful, 18th Century, Carolean Tapestry Chair is a wonderfully decorative piece. Richly upholstered with a hand-stitched tapestry cover depicting a floral motif, we were immediately captivated by its style and colour. The carving is...

  £545.00

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• Dutch Marquetry Chair C.1800

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A fine example of a Dutch Marquetry Chair. The frame and elegant splat back feature classic Dutch marquetry motifs including flowers and foliage, and the cabriole legs are carved to the knees. This chair is...

  £895.00

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• Charles I Wainscot Chair C.1625-1649

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A fine example of an Wainscot Chair, richly carved in beautiful English Oak. The piece has a rectangular back that features a rail of linked Arab save scrolls, above panel depicting a knot. Other carvings...

  £1,650.00

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• Elizabeth I Wainscot Chair C.1590

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A superb Elizabeth I, English Oak, Wainscot Chair. The back rest features a simple double panel design underneath a hand carved relief that stretches across the width of the chair. Leaf motifs and scrolls decorate...

  £2,500.00

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• William IV Mahogany Leather Chairs C.1830-1837

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A stunning pair of William IV Mahogany chairs with original black leather upholstery and beautiful swan carved supports. Period: William IV (1830 - 1837) Measurements: W62cm x D77cm x H124cm | W24.5in x D30in x H49in

  £4,500.00

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• Queen Anne Hallway Chair C.1710

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  Queen Anne Hallway Chair. Circa 1710. This stunning hallway chair boasts two lathed outer upright rear supports which flank the exquisitely carved tall centre back rest, where leaf patterns and motifs feature. Underneath the freshly...

  £995.00

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• Carved Italian Carolean Chair C.1690 - 1710

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A stunning statement hallway chair, carved from Italian walnut. This fabulous Italian chair, from the period of the Spanish Succession, boasts an intricate and decorative carving on the back support, and front stretcher panel, featuring...

  £1,795.00

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• William IV Mahogany Bedroom Chair C.1830

  cheltenham house antiques, broadway, united kingdom

  A sweet William IV mahogany Bedroom Chair, circa 1830. This charming mahogany Bedroom Chair features a balloon style back rest, sat over two squared rear legs, and two turned front legs on brass casters. Simple...

  £245.00

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• A Quality Pair of Qing Dynasty Throne Chairs

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1890. A pair of Qing Dynasty Hongmu Throne chairs, the shaped cresting rail with fine beading and pierced fret work, the profusely carved back with Chinese motif in the center and various foliate carvings...

  £2,750.00

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• Hand Painted Side Chair in Satinwood

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1890. A hand painted satinwood side chair, the oval back with a sunburst pattern of painted spars to a central painted panel of a lady after ‘Angelica Kauffman’, with all the facings painted with...

  £350.00

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• Victorian Walnut Horseshoe Shaped Desk Chair

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1890. A late Victorian moulded shaped leather upholstered horseshoe shaped desk chair., the curved and raised solid back braced by a pair of ribbed uprights with carved quarter brackets on each side, the curved...

  £875.00

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• Rustic pair of quality 19 th century Gothic pitch pine hall chairs

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1850. Rustic pair of quality 19thcentury Gothic pitch pine hall chairs. The arched backs with cut out Gothic-style decorations above the solid seats with chamfered corners above simple seat rails over vasiform front legs...

  £490.00

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• Set of Six Ash Ladder Back Dining Chairs

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1830. A set of 6 ash ladder back dining chairs, with a shaped and curved cresting rail, the shaped backs with 4 tapering rail, with woven marram grass seats, the upright at the back...

  £650.00

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• Pair of Side Chairs by ’Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh’

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  Circa 1920’s. A pair of mahogany and satinwood side chairs by ‘Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh’, with shaped cresting rail with a simple splat in book matched satinwood, the drop in upholstered seat held in...

  £300.00

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• Pair of Mahogany chairs from King Edward VII Coronation

  georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom

  A pair of mahogany chairs from King Edward VII coronation, which was held in August 1902, the pair with simple top rail, spar back and drop in marram grass seat with simple seat rails, resting...

  £400.00

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• Large and beautiful yew wood Windsor chair c1850

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Large and beautiful yew wood Windsor chair c1850 extremely good colour and condition with burr wood splats etc. Dimensions 116 cms high 76 wide and 70 deep

  £2,200.00

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• Wonderful yew Windsor chair excellent colour and patination 19th Century

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Wonderful yew Windsor chair excellent colour and patination 19th century broad arm and burr splats. Size 115cms high 68cms wide 57cms deep

  £2,200.00

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• Near Pair of Yew Wood Windsor Chairs with crinoline stretchers

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Near pair of yew wood Windsor chairs with crinoline stretchers and interesting splats. Size 110 cms high width across arms 58 cms seat 47 cms

  £1,950.00

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• Windsor Chair English c1840

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Windsor chair English c1840 in excellent condition with broad arms and very good colour. 116cms high 67cms across arms seat 47cms

  £1,200.00

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• C1700 French reclining chair walnut in good condition

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Height 125cm, width 63cm, depth 60cm

  £2,650.00

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• Small 17c oak child’s chair very well carved and on later sledge feet

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  68cm high x 37cm wide x 36cm deep

  £1,850.00

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• Pair of early 18c reupholstered Chairs

  peter bunting antiques, bakewell, united kingdom

  Pair of early 18c reupholstered chairs. In good usable condition

  £2,600.00

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