What counts as a bedroom chair?

Small, low or armless occasional seating made for bedrooms, dressing rooms and boudoirs, plus the light armchairs and salon chairs dealers place alongside them. In practice that means single side chairs and nursing chairs, upholstered button-back and spoon-back forms, small open armchairs and tub chairs, and pairs or sets of matching salon and side chairs.

Are these chairs usually sold in pairs?

Pairs are the natural unit. The word "pair" appears in 262 of 837 titles on Sellingantiques, and sets of three and four turn up often enough to pass without comment. Single chairs are common too, and a single unnamed Victorian or Edwardian side chair sits at the bottom of the range.

Which timbers turn up most?

Mahogany leads with 152 titles, followed by walnut at 125 and rosewood at 61. Oak appears in 22, and beech, satinwood, maple, pine, kingwood, goncalo alves and fruitwood each show up only occasionally. Frames are very often carved, inlaid, painted, ebonised or gilded.

How old are most of these chairs?

The dated field spans 1800 to 1940, with 296 of the 837 listings carrying a clean year. "Victorian" and "19th Century" between them outnumber every decade bucket. Where decades are given they cluster mid-to-late Victorian, with a solid Edwardian and 1900s block and a smaller 1920s group. Regency accounts for a few dozen.

Do French chairs appear under this heading?

Yes. "French" is in 84 titles, and the French, boudoir and giltwood group makes up about a tenth of the category. Gilt and giltwood titles, along with Louis-style descriptions, sit in this branch, and gilded or original-painted examples reach the top brackets.

What unusual forms show up in the archive?

The named forms run far past the plain bedroom chair: nursing, slipper, prie dieu, gossip, spinning, boudoir, corner, tub, hall, cocktail and window seat all appear. Chairs made for children are a small but persistent thread, from single childs' chairs to a pair of French gilded and painted children's salon chairs. Two one-offs: a chair fitted with a trouser press, and an "antique five-legged bedroom chair". Each appears once.

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Small, low or armless seating made for bedrooms and dressing rooms, from plain single side chairs to hold clothes to upholstered nursing and slipper chairs built low enough to sit and dress in.

19th century

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Late 19th Century Ebonised and Decorated Shield Back Open-arm Armchair

From Blank Canvas Antiques

£790

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Antique Armchair by Hindley & Sons, Oxford Street, London.

19th century

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Antique Armchair by Hindley & Sons, Oxford Street, London.

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,895

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Victorian Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Nursing Chair

19th century

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Victorian Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Nursing Chair

From Affordable Old Furniture

£450

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Early 20th Century French Louis XV Style Painted Cane Armchairs Circa 1910

From Whites Antiques

£1,900

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1900 - 1920

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Art Nouveau Inlaid Occasional Chair

From John Howkins Antiques

£375

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Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Side Chair

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Side Chair

From London City Antiques

£875

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A Mahogany Victorian Music/dressing Table Armchair

19th century

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A Mahogany Victorian Music/dressing Table Armchair

From Pendle Antiques

£385

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Late C19th /Early C20th George III Style Carved Mahogany Salon Armchair.

1900 - 1920

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Late C19th /Early C20th George III Style Carved Mahogany Salon Armchair.

From M Lees and Sons

£950

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19th century

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Pair French Empire Chairs

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£1,295

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1900 - 1920

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French Walnut Painted Arm Chair

From French Lavender Antiques and Interiors

£365

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The most expensive antique bedroom chairs ever sold on Sellingantiques were a pair of small bedroom chairs by a named London maker, sold in December 2025.

19th century

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Pair of Button Back Armchairs

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£1,850

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Quality Antique Victorian Walnut Carved Side Chair

19th century

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Quality Antique Victorian Walnut Carved Side Chair

From London City Antiques

£795

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Gilt Walnut Bedroom Chairs

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£395

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Lovely English Painted and Silver Gilt Chair

19th century

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Lovely English Painted and Silver Gilt Chair

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£595

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19th century

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Pair Aesthetic Movement Chairs Bruce J. Talbert C1870

From Shaun King Antiques

£1,950

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19th century

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Pair of Victorian Inlaid & Marquetry Chairs

From Brookside Antiques

£295

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Antique Bedroom Chairs

Late 19th Century Ebonised and Decorated Shield Back Open-arm Armchair

Antique Armchair by Hindley & Sons, Oxford Street, London.

Victorian Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Nursing Chair

Pair of Early 20th Century French Louis XV Style Painted Cane Armchairs Circa 1910

Art Nouveau Inlaid Occasional Chair

Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Side Chair

A Mahogany Victorian Music/dressing Table Armchair

Late C19th /Early C20th George III Style Carved Mahogany Salon Armchair.

Pair French Empire Chairs

French Walnut Painted Arm Chair

Pair of Button Back Armchairs

Quality Antique Victorian Walnut Carved Side Chair

Pair of Gilt Walnut Bedroom Chairs

Lovely English Painted and Silver Gilt Chair

Pair Aesthetic Movement Chairs Bruce J. Talbert C1870

Pair of Victorian Inlaid & Marquetry Chairs

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