What does 6+2 mean in a chair listing?

It's set notation: six side chairs plus two carvers, the carvers being the armchairs. You'll also see 8+2 and "10 plus 2 carvers" written out in full. The notation recurs through the upper half of the range, because sets with carvers sit above sets without.

Are these 18th century or later copies?

Both, in roughly equal measure. Titles divide almost evenly between chairs called period or Georgian and chairs called style, design, manner, taste or revival. Dealer-entered dates run from 1750 to 1930, and the decade buckets cluster heavily around the revival: the 1900s, 1920s, 1890s and 1880s all carry substantial numbers. A century label alone rarely tells you which end of that 180-year span a chair sits at.

How large do the sets get?

Past the domestic norm. Beyond the usual sixes and eights, the archive holds sets of ten, twelve and fourteen, and one set of twenty-one. Those larger sets occupy the highest sampled prices. Fours are common too, and singles and pairs are the most frequent form after dining sets.

What is a Gainsborough chair?

A broad upholstered open armchair with padded arms. The term appears in 36 titles, eighteen of them as "mahogany gainsborough". It shows up repeatedly among the highest-priced examples, alongside library and wing armchairs.

How often do these come up for sale?

Around 103 come to market in a year on Sellingantiques, and 203 different dealers have listed them. That makes it one of the widely traded chair patterns on the site, which is why set sizes, timbers and period claims vary as much as they do.

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Q: Which timber is most common?

Mahogany, by a wide margin. It's named in 603 of 1,030 titles, and "mahogany dining" alone accounts for 130. Oak, elm, walnut, fruitwood, satinwood, rosewood and japanned or painted finishes all appear, but in small numbers. The country listings are where the native timbers gather.

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English chairs carved in an 18th-century London pattern-book idiom, pierced or ladder splat backs on square or cabriole legs, made for dining rooms, libraries and studies over nearly two centuries.

18th century

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Wonderful Georgian Side Chair

From Wayne Long Antiques and Interiors

£295

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Library Armchair 19th Century

From Heavenly Antiques

£695

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Superb Quality Early 20th Century George II Style Mahogany Gainsborough Leather Open Armchair

1920 - 1940

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Superb Quality Early 20th Century George II Style Mahogany Gainsborough Leather Open Armchair

From LVS Decorative Arts

£3,250

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18th century

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Georgian Generous Wing Back Armchair Wingback Chair 18th Century. C1780

From CJ Antiques

£1,500

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19th century

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Walnut Side Chair - 19th Century

From Fairford Barn Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Pair of Edwardian Mahogany Chippendale Revival Open Armchairs / Elbow Chairs

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£395

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18th century

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Set of Four Antique Georgian Chippendale Mahogany Dining Chairs C.1780

From Founders Antiques

£795

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19th century

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Antique Set of Six 19th Century Oak Dining Chairs

From Penderyn Antiques

£1,095

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Edwardian Mahogany Chippendale Desk Chair

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Mahogany Chippendale Desk Chair

From Antique Furniture Direct

£195

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Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Armchair C.1780–1800 Painted Distressed Desk Chair

18th century

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Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Armchair C.1780–1800 Painted Distressed Desk Chair

From Leeds Antiques

£295

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Mahogany is close to a default in these titles on Sellingantiques, though oak, elm, walnut, fruitwood, satinwood, rosewood and japanned finishes all turn up.

18th century

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Mid-18th Century English Walnut Side Chair with Pierced Splat Back, C.1740–1760

From Leeds Antiques

£295

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Georgian Armchair on Hipped Cabriole Legs

18th century

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Georgian Armchair on Hipped Cabriole Legs

From Tom Scott Antiques

£1,850

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1900 - 1920

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Wheelers of Arncroach: Set of Ten Dining Chairs

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£1,250

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1900 - 1920

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Set of Eight Irish George II Style Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,445

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of Eight 6 Singles 2 Carvers English

From London City Antiques

£3,650

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Irish Mahogany Chair Circa 1770 with 19th Century Copy.

18th century

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Irish Mahogany Chair Circa 1770 with 19th Century Copy.

From Fairford Barn Antiques

£1,995

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Antique Chippendale Chairs

Wonderful Georgian Side Chair

Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Library Armchair 19th Century

Superb Quality Early 20th Century George II Style Mahogany Gainsborough Leather Open Armchair

Georgian Generous Wing Back Armchair Wingback Chair 18th Century. C1780

Walnut Side Chair - 19th Century

Pair of Edwardian Mahogany Chippendale Revival Open Armchairs / Elbow Chairs

Set of Four Antique Georgian Chippendale Mahogany Dining Chairs C.1780

Antique Set of Six 19th Century Oak Dining Chairs

Edwardian Mahogany Chippendale Desk Chair

Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Armchair C.1780–1800 Painted Distressed Desk Chair

Mid-18th Century English Walnut Side Chair with Pierced Splat Back, C.1740–1760

Georgian Armchair on Hipped Cabriole Legs

Wheelers of Arncroach: Set of Ten Dining Chairs

Set of Eight Irish George II Style Mahogany Dining Chairs

Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of Eight 6 Singles 2 Carvers English

Irish Mahogany Chair Circa 1770 with 19th Century Copy.

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