What's the difference between a carver and a side chair?

The carver has open arms and heads the table. The side chairs in the same set have none. Sets are listed with that split built into the title, most often as 6+2 or 8 (6+2), meaning six armless singles and two carvers.

Are carvers usually sold singly or in pairs?

Both turn up in quantity. Pair appears in 354 titles, and near-identical descriptions run as singles and as pairs right through the range. Dining sets that include one or two carvers make up a large block of the listings too, rather than standalone chairs.

What wood are they made from?

Mahogany leads, mostly in the Georgian and Regency taste. Oak, elm, walnut and ash account for a separate country-chair population. At the upper end you'll see figured mahogany, faded mahogany, burr walnut, satinwood and yew named in the wording. Beech and bentwood chairs sit at the other end.

How old are antique carver chairs?

The dated listings run from 1700 to 1950, with 550 carrying a clean year. A few sampled pieces reach further back, including a laburnum armchair given as c.1680 and Derbyshire back stools of the same date. "19th Century" is the largest single bucket. Georgian and Regency are used as style brackets as much as dates, and sampled pieces labelled that way carry circa dates from 1780 to 1830 elsewhere in the title.

Is a Windsor chair a carver?

An armed Windsor does the same job, and 119 titles in this category use the word. It's a turned stick-built chair with a solid seat, commonly elm. Back forms named here include wheelback, comb back, bow back and lath back. Yew-wood Windsors are the country timber that consistently reaches the upper part of the range.

Do carver chairs carry maker's names?

Some do. Titles turn up with Stamped, Labelled, with makers stamp or Attributed to, and that lifts a piece. No single workshop name recurs across the category, though. The named work is scattered, one listing at a time.

Home > Chairs > Carver Chairs > Page 54

Antique Carver Chairs

967 items · page 54 of 61

← Page 54 of 61 →

A carver is the open-armed chair that heads a dining set, named for the person who carved the joint at table.

A Set of Seven Ash and Elm Windsor Chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

A Set of Seven Ash and Elm Windsor Chairs

From Chequers Antiques

£865

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

Set of Six Queen Anne Style Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

Mahogany Arm Chair with Finely Carved Decoration

19th century

Save

Mahogany Arm Chair with Finely Carved Decoration

From A and B Antiques

£595

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

A Very Unusual Late Georgian Porters/masonic Chair

18th century

Save

A Very Unusual Late Georgian Porters/masonic Chair

From Pendle Antiques

£985

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

Regency Pair of Mahogany Elbow / Armchairs

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£1,850

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

Antique Mahogany Armchair

From The Antique Shop

£325

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

Set of 12 (Twelve) Chippendale Dining Chairs

From Walton House Antiques

£9,250

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

18th century

Save

18th Century Mahogany Desk Chair

From James Ribbons Antiques

£575

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Armchair

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£650

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

Wheel Back Windsor Armchair

From James Reeve (Quinneys of Warwick)

£250

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

The most expensive carver chairs ever sold on Sellingantiques were a set of ten Regency mahogany dining chairs, eight singles and two carvers, in December 2021.

1900 - 1920

Save

A Pair of Birch and Elm Armchairs

From Pendle Antiques

£420

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

Antique Elm & Beech Ladderback Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£350

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

1900 - 1920

Save

Antique Elm Ladderback Carver Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£380

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

Set of 8 Hepplewhite 18th Century Style Dining Chairs

From A Brookes

£6,775

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

A Pair of Armorial Gothic Oak Hall Chairs with Arms

From Moxhams Antiques

£3,450

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

19th century

Save

Good 19th Century Set of 14 Chippendale Style Dining Chairs 2 Carvers 12 Singles

From A Brookes

£11,250

3+ MONTHS AGO

chairs

← 1 ... 52 53 54 55 56 ... 61 →

Antique Carver Chairs

A Set of Seven Ash and Elm Windsor Chairs

Set of Six Queen Anne Style Mahogany Dining Chairs

Mahogany Arm Chair with Finely Carved Decoration

A Very Unusual Late Georgian Porters/masonic Chair

Regency Pair of Mahogany Elbow / Armchairs

Antique Mahogany Armchair

Set of 12 (Twelve) Chippendale Dining Chairs

18th Century Mahogany Desk Chair

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Armchair

Wheel Back Windsor Armchair

A Pair of Birch and Elm Armchairs

Antique Elm & Beech Ladderback Armchair

Antique Elm Ladderback Carver Armchair

Set of 8 Hepplewhite 18th Century Style Dining Chairs

A Pair of Armorial Gothic Oak Hall Chairs with Arms

Good 19th Century Set of 14 Chippendale Style Dining Chairs 2 Carvers 12 Singles

Add keywords to the filter

Price

Era

Period

Style

Material

Origin

Stock Location

Recently Added

Online Payments

Categories