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.

Pair of Georgian Revival Leather Gainsborough Chairs

1900 - 1920

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Pair of Georgian Revival Leather Gainsborough Chairs

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,895

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19th century

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Rare Set of Four Exceptional Quality Victorian Oak Captain’s Chairs

From Georgian Antiques

£3,190

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Regency Mahogany Bergère Library Armchair

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Bergère Library Armchair

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,195

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Antique Country House Captain's Chair, English, Smoker's Bow, Edwardian, C.1906

1900 - 1920

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Antique Country House Captain's Chair, English, Smoker's Bow, Edwardian, C.1906

From London Fine Antiques

£845

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19th century

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Pair of Antique Gillows Style Mahogany Armchairs

From D and A Binder Ltd

£1,920

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19th century

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Mahogany Bergère Armchair

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,545

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Victorian Oak Framed & Leather Upholstered Club Elbow Chair

19th century

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Victorian Oak Framed & Leather Upholstered Club Elbow Chair

From Blue Boar Antiques

£1,475

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Antique Victorian Ebonised Revolving Armchair

19th century

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Antique Victorian Ebonised Revolving Armchair

From Heavenly Antiques

£295

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1900 - 1920

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Country House Wingback Armchair

From Hunt Gather Antiques

£725

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19th century

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19th Century Gillows Armchair

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£3,950

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The most expensive library chairs ever sold on Sellingantiques were a pair of Regency Gillows of Lancaster mahogany library armchairs, in January 2024.

19th century

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Mid 19th Century Mahogany Desk Armchair.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£195

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1920 - 1940

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Set of Six Oak Cross-frame Armchairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£650

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19th century

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19th Century Howard Style Open Armchair

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£1,200

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1900 - 1920

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Sheraton Revival Club Chair

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£595

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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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1900 - 1920

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Set of 4 Antique Edwardian Oak Captains Chairs Smoker’s Bow Desk Armchairs C1910

From Lincoln Restorations

£1,165

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Antique Library Chairs

Pair of Georgian Revival Leather Gainsborough Chairs

Rare Set of Four Exceptional Quality Victorian Oak Captain’s Chairs

Regency Mahogany Bergère Library Armchair

Antique Country House Captain's Chair, English, Smoker's Bow, Edwardian, C.1906

Pair of Antique Gillows Style Mahogany Armchairs

Mahogany Bergère Armchair

Victorian Oak Framed & Leather Upholstered Club Elbow Chair

Antique Victorian Ebonised Revolving Armchair

Country House Wingback Armchair

19th Century Gillows Armchair

Mid 19th Century Mahogany Desk Armchair.

Set of Six Oak Cross-frame Armchairs

19th Century Howard Style Open Armchair

Sheraton Revival Club Chair

Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Library Armchair 19th Century

Set of 4 Antique Edwardian Oak Captains Chairs Smoker’s Bow Desk Armchairs C1910

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