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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Antique Five-legged Bedroom Chair

From Kontrast Antiques

£895

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19th century

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Pair of Mid C19th French Gilt-wood Salon Armchairs in the C18th Louis XVI Style.

From M Lees and Sons

£1,100

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19th century

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Pair of Mid C19th Lacquered Papier-mâché Bedroom Chairs in the Manner of Jennens and Bettridge.

From M Lees and Sons

£700

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19th century

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Pair of 19th Century Hall Chairs.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£115

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Victorian Button-back Upholstered Tub Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Button-back Upholstered Tub Armchair

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£650

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Tapestry Bedroom Chair Probably by Gillows.

19th century

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Tapestry Bedroom Chair Probably by Gillows.

From Kontrast Antiques

£695

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Nursing Chair

From Affordable Old Furniture

£350

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Attractive Antique Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Fireside Nursing Chair

19th century

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Attractive Antique Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Fireside Nursing Chair

From Abacus Antiques

£245

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19th century

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Antique Gothic Rosewood Prie Dieu Chair

From Rams Head Antiques

£465

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19th century

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Pair of Oak Gothic Chairs

From Georgian Antiques

£550

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About 89 antique bedroom chairs are listed on Sellingantiques each year, and 181 different dealers have handled them - one of the widest dealer bases for a single seating type.

19th century

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Antique Carved Walnut Ladies Chair

From London City Antiques

£1,085

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Victorian Bedroom Armchair in the Manner of Godwin.

19th century

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Victorian Bedroom Armchair in the Manner of Godwin.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£165

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Victorian/edwardian Mahogany Upholstered Tub Armchairs

From Y Not Antiques

£925

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1900 - 1920

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Wheeler Mahogany Gossip Chair

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£175

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Edwardian French Upholster Arm Chairs

From Ruby Antiques

£485

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Early Gothic Revival Solid Rosewood Nursing Chair

19th century

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Early Gothic Revival Solid Rosewood Nursing Chair

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£980

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Antique Bedroom Chairs

Antique Five-legged Bedroom Chair

Pair of Mid C19th French Gilt-wood Salon Armchairs in the C18th Louis XVI Style.

Pair of Mid C19th Lacquered Papier-mâché Bedroom Chairs in the Manner of Jennens and Bettridge.

Pair of 19th Century Hall Chairs.

Victorian Button-back Upholstered Tub Armchair

Tapestry Bedroom Chair Probably by Gillows.

Victorian Mahogany Framed Nursing Chair

Attractive Antique Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Fireside Nursing Chair

Antique Gothic Rosewood Prie Dieu Chair

Pair of Oak Gothic Chairs

Antique Carved Walnut Ladies Chair

Victorian Bedroom Armchair in the Manner of Godwin.

Pair of Victorian/edwardian Mahogany Upholstered Tub Armchairs

Wheeler Mahogany Gossip Chair

Pair of Edwardian French Upholster Arm Chairs

Early Gothic Revival Solid Rosewood Nursing Chair

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