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 Fine Quality Early 20thc Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs in the George II Style

1900 - 1920

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Pair of Fine Quality Early 20thc Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs in the George II Style

From LVS Decorative Arts

£13,500

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19th century

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Mid 19th Century Howard & Sons Armchair

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£4,250

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19th century

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19th Century Oak & Leather Wingback Armchair

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£975

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Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

19th century

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Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

From William Rand Antiques

£1,100

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Edwardian Upholstered Armchair

From Penderyn Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Early Victorian Rosewood Armchair

From Ropeworks Antiques

£485

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English Edwardian Antique Leather Armchair – Very Comfortabl

1900 - 1920

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English Edwardian Antique Leather Armchair – Very Comfortabl

From Miles Griffiths Antiques Ltd

£795

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Regency Mahogany Caned Bergère Library Chair 1830c

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Caned Bergère Library Chair 1830c

From The Real Wood Furniture Company

£6,750

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19th century

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Pair of 19th Century Oak Woven Leather Armchairs, C1880

From Anthony Short Antiques

£2,800

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1920 - 1940

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A Fine Pair of Art Deco Armchairs

From Poirot Art Deco

£3,250

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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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Oak Gothic Aesthetic Movement Library Chair Steps

From Baggott & Co.

£1,250

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Queen Anne Style Upholstered Desk Armchair.

1900 - 1920

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Queen Anne Style Upholstered Desk Armchair.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£230

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19th century

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William and Mary Walnut Library Chair

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£1,295

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19th century

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A Victorian Library Armchair

From Jeckyll & Co

£120

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19th century

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Pair of Carved Mahogany & Leather Library Armchairs

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£3,650

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A Large George IV Rosewood Library Chair

19th century

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A Large George IV Rosewood Library Chair

From John Carroll Antiques ltd.

£5,500

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Antique Library Chairs

Pair of Fine Quality Early 20thc Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs in the George II Style

Mid 19th Century Howard & Sons Armchair

19th Century Oak & Leather Wingback Armchair

Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

Antique Edwardian Upholstered Armchair

Early Victorian Rosewood Armchair

English Edwardian Antique Leather Armchair – Very Comfortabl

Regency Mahogany Caned Bergère Library Chair 1830c

Pair of 19th Century Oak Woven Leather Armchairs, C1880

A Fine Pair of Art Deco Armchairs

Oak Gothic Aesthetic Movement Library Chair Steps

Queen Anne Style Upholstered Desk Armchair.

William and Mary Walnut Library Chair

A Victorian Library Armchair

Pair of Carved Mahogany & Leather Library Armchairs

A Large George IV Rosewood Library Chair

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