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.

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

Antique Fruitwood Chippendale Style Armchair

19th century

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Antique Fruitwood Chippendale Style Armchair

From Penderyn Antiques

£450

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19th century

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Philip Clissett Rare 19th Century Antique Country Armchair

From Miles Griffiths Antiques Ltd

£795

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19th century

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Pair of Mahogany Open Armchairs

From William Carr Antiques

£1,250

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1900 - 1920

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Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£4,500

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1900 - 1920

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Set of Eight Walnut High-back Cane Dining Chairs

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,845

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19th century

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Quality Set of 12 Victorian Oak Dining Chairs

From Georgian Antiques

£4,750

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Georgian Mahogany Desk Chair in Tapestry Fabric

18th century

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Georgian Mahogany Desk Chair in Tapestry Fabric

From TallBoy Interiors

£1,395

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Arts & Crafts English Oak and Rush Seat Armchair

19th century

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Arts & Crafts English Oak and Rush Seat Armchair

From TallBoy Interiors

£795

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Open Armchair C.1880

19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Open Armchair C.1880

From MebleinUK

£225

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19th century

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Beautiful Mahogany Lyre Back Elbow Chairs C.1890

From Webberley Antiques

£600

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The largest thing to pass through Sellingantiques in this category is a suite of forty-two matching giltwood dining chairs. Sets of ten, twelve and fourteen are the usual top end.

18th century

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Fine Quality Set of 10 ( 8 Singles+ 2 Armchairs ) Early C19th Late George III Period Mahogany Dining Chairs.

From M Lees and Sons

£3,850

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1920 - 1940

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Set of Eight Hepplewhite Style Mahogany Lyre Back Dining Chairs, Circa 1930

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£850

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Yew Wood Windsor Armchair

From Walton House Antiques

£595

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18th century

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George III Antique Chair

From Penderyn Antiques

£350

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19th century

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Fine Mahogany Armchair

From Ropeworks Antiques

£785

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1900 - 1920

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Set of Ten Mahogany Armchairs by Alfred Allen of Birmingham

From Martlesham Antiques

£5,950

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Antique Carver Chairs

Antique Fruitwood Chippendale Style Armchair

Philip Clissett Rare 19th Century Antique Country Armchair

Pair of Mahogany Open Armchairs

Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

Set of Eight Walnut High-back Cane Dining Chairs

Quality Set of 12 Victorian Oak Dining Chairs

Georgian Mahogany Desk Chair in Tapestry Fabric

Arts & Crafts English Oak and Rush Seat Armchair

Antique Victorian Mahogany Open Armchair C.1880

Beautiful Mahogany Lyre Back Elbow Chairs C.1890

Fine Quality Set of 10 ( 8 Singles+ 2 Armchairs ) Early C19th Late George III Period Mahogany Dining Chairs.

Set of Eight Hepplewhite Style Mahogany Lyre Back Dining Chairs, Circa 1930

Early 19th Century Yew Wood Windsor Armchair

George III Antique Chair

Fine Mahogany Armchair

Set of Ten Mahogany Armchairs by Alfred Allen of Birmingham

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