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.

Regency Carved Mahogany Upholstered Armchair

19th century

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Regency Carved Mahogany Upholstered Armchair

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,850

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Quality Antique Oak & Leather Desk Chair / Arm Chair

1900 - 1920

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Quality Antique Oak & Leather Desk Chair / Arm Chair

From Driscolls Antiques Ltd

£695

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Regency Mahogany and Leather Library Armchair

19th century

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Regency Mahogany and Leather Library Armchair

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£2,750

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19th century

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Regency Library Armchair

From Millers Antiques

£1,250

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An Unusually Large Regency Bergere Chair

19th century

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An Unusually Large Regency Bergere Chair

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£4,850

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19th century

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A William IV Leather Library Chair

From Christine Kavanagh Antiques

£1,850

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Large Mid Victorian Oak Open Arm Upholstered Barley Twist Armchair.

19th century

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Large Mid Victorian Oak Open Arm Upholstered Barley Twist Armchair.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£295

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18th century

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Georgian 18th Century Wing Back Mahogany H Stretcher Chair Framed Linen Upholstered Easy Reading Library Wingback Open Elbow Occasional Easy Tub Armchair.

From CJ Antiques

£1,495

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French Louis XVI Style, Bergere Library Chair.

19th century

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French Louis XVI Style, Bergere Library Chair.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£5,500

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1900 - 1920

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Walnut Library Armchair / Desk Armchair

From Brookside Antiques

£495

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Some library chairs turn over into a set of library steps. Sixty-nine have come through the archive, a few catalogued simply as "library steps & side chair".

19th century

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19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Gainsborough Armchair

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£5,800

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19th century

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19th Century English Oak Leather Library Chair

From Jake Wright Antiques Ltd.

£2,950

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19th century

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An English Ebonised Reclining Library Armchair, Mid-19th Century

From Jeckyll & Co

£280

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19th century

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Pair of Scottish Victorian Mahogany Armchairs

From Georgian Antiques

£1,700

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Leather Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Leather Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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19th century

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Gentlemans Victorian Open Arm Chair

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£560

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Antique Library Chairs

Regency Carved Mahogany Upholstered Armchair

Quality Antique Oak & Leather Desk Chair / Arm Chair

Regency Mahogany and Leather Library Armchair

Regency Library Armchair

An Unusually Large Regency Bergere Chair

A William IV Leather Library Chair

Large Mid Victorian Oak Open Arm Upholstered Barley Twist Armchair.

Georgian 18th Century Wing Back Mahogany H Stretcher Chair Framed Linen Upholstered Easy Reading Library Wingback Open Elbow Occasional Easy Tub Armchair.

French Louis XVI Style, Bergere Library Chair.

Walnut Library Armchair / Desk Armchair

19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Gainsborough Armchair

19th Century English Oak Leather Library Chair

An English Ebonised Reclining Library Armchair, Mid-19th Century

Pair of Scottish Victorian Mahogany Armchairs

Victorian Mahogany Framed Leather Armchair

Gentlemans Victorian Open Arm Chair

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