What is the difference between a library and desk chair?

In these listings, very little. Desk chair appears in 221 titles and office chair in 54, and dealers use both labels for the same open-arm and upholstered forms. Titles like "19th century mahogany desk or library chair" show the overlap plainly. Read the description and the photographs for the form rather than relying on the label.

Which wood is most common?

Mahogany, by a wide margin. It is named in 586 of 1,648 titles, with oak at 189, walnut at 134 and rosewood at 59. Other timbers surface only once or twice across the samples, among them ebony, yew, elm, ash, birds-eye maple, teak and pollard oak.

How old are most of these chairs?

The dated field runs from 1750 to 1930, but only 582 listings carry a clean year. The rest sit under style labels: 19th Century for 489, Victorian for 184, Regency for 158, Georgian for 61. Where decades are given they cluster mid to late 19th century, with the 1880s and 1850s strongest. There is a real early-20th-century tail as well, taking in Edwardian examples and 1930s oak and leather armchairs.

Do library chairs come in pairs?

Often. Pair appears in 336 titles, one in five, and sets of four, six, eight and ten have all passed through. Those matched groups, particularly with Regency or Georgian dates, hold the top of the range.

What is a metamorphic library chair?

A chair built to convert into a set of library steps, so one piece of furniture serves as seat and ladder. Sixty-nine titles use the term. Several are catalogued simply as library steps and side chair. They form a small but steady seam within the category, and they sit well up the range.

Are named makers common in this category?

No. Gillows is the only name to clear three dealers, appearing from ten dealers across twelve mentions. Even then it often reads as "attributed to" or "in the manner of" rather than a stamped or labelled piece. The great majority of library chairs are sold on form, timber and date alone.

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A library chair is an open-arm or deep upholstered armchair made for reading and desk work, the sort of seat a 19th-century library or study needed.

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Lovely 19th Century Wing Arm Chair in the Queen Anne Manner C. 1850

From Webberley Antiques

£860

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19th century

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19th Century Brown Leather Button Wing Armchair, C1890

From Anthony Short Antiques

£2,400

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19th century

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A Victorian Oak Open Arm Armchair

From Robert Dee

£145

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19th century

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Superb Quality Rare Pair of Late 18th Century French Directoire Style Walnut Open Armchairs

From LVS Decorative Arts

£3,850

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Antique Regency Mahogany & Caned Library Bergère Armchair

19th century

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Antique Regency Mahogany & Caned Library Bergère Armchair

From Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables

£1,950

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19th century

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Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Armchairs

From Walton House Antiques

£575

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19th century

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Antique Regency Mahogany Desk Chair

From London City Antiques

£1,050

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19th century

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Large Country House Armchair 19th Century

From Hunt Gather Antiques

£685

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Antique Victorian Gothic Revival Solid Oak Desk Chair

19th century

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Antique Victorian Gothic Revival Solid Oak Desk Chair

From Marylebone Antiques

£975

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19th century

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George IV Bergère Armchair

From William Carr Antiques

£1,250

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The oldest library chair a dealer has put a year to on Sellingantiques is an Irish walnut example of about 1750. The latest dated are 1930s oak and leather.

19th century

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A Victorian Mahogany Library Chair

From Robert Dee

£145

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Bergere Chair

From Midwinter Antiques

£895

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19th century

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Victorian Upholstered Chair

From Deva Antiques

£485

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An Early Victorian Gentleman's Armchair.

19th century

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An Early Victorian Gentleman's Armchair.

From John Hubbard Antiques

£570

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A 18th Century Style Walnut & Leather Arm Chair

19th century

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A 18th Century Style Walnut & Leather Arm Chair

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£1,850

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19th century

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A Pair of Victorian Walnut Upholstered Arm Chairs

From Antiquus

£425

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Antique Library Chairs

Lovely 19th Century Wing Arm Chair in the Queen Anne Manner C. 1850

19th Century Brown Leather Button Wing Armchair, C1890

A Victorian Oak Open Arm Armchair

Superb Quality Rare Pair of Late 18th Century French Directoire Style Walnut Open Armchairs

Antique Regency Mahogany & Caned Library Bergère Armchair

Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Armchairs

Antique Regency Mahogany Desk Chair

Large Country House Armchair 19th Century

Antique Victorian Gothic Revival Solid Oak Desk Chair

George IV Bergère Armchair

A Victorian Mahogany Library Chair

Bergere Chair

Victorian Upholstered Chair

An Early Victorian Gentleman's Armchair.

A 18th Century Style Walnut & Leather Arm Chair

A Pair of Victorian Walnut Upholstered Arm Chairs

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