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 Regency Period Mahogany Sliding Library Armchairs

19th century

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Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Sliding Library Armchairs

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£29,500

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Lovely Victorian Mahogany Captains Desk Chair.

19th century

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Lovely Victorian Mahogany Captains Desk Chair.

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£750

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Heavily Carved Walnut Library Chair with Original Leather Covering

19th century

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Heavily Carved Walnut Library Chair with Original Leather Covering

From David Griffith Antiques

£2,450

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Superb Quality William IV Rosewood Library Chair Attributed to Gillows

19th century

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Superb Quality William IV Rosewood Library Chair Attributed to Gillows

From Stuart Nicolson Antiques

£975

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1900 - 1920

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A Walnut and Leather Arm Chair

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£1,250

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1900 - 1920

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An Antique Pair of Walnut Library Chairs C1920

From Castleforge Antiques Ltd

£395

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19th century

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A Pair of Antique Upholstered Armchairs

From Deva Antiques

£985

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19th century

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Antique Open Armchair - Black Calico.

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,295

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19th century

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19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Gainsborough Armchair

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£5,800

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

From Affordable Old Furniture

£450

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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".

Victorian J Foot & Son Metamorphic "Burlington" Mahogany Framed Library Chair

19th century

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Victorian J Foot & Son Metamorphic "Burlington" Mahogany Framed Library Chair

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£3,750

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19th century

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Superb 19th Century Gothic Revival Golden Oak Button Leather Library Armchair

From Y Not Antiques

£2,000

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Superb Library Buttoned Leather Armchair

1920 - 1940

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Superb Library Buttoned Leather Armchair

From The Antique Shop

£1,685

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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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Regency Mahogany and Leather Daws Library Chair.

19th century

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Regency Mahogany and Leather Daws Library Chair.

From Deja Vu St Leonards

£2,200

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19th century

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William 1v Mahogany Bergere Chair

From Park Lodge Antiques

£1,950

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Antique Library Chairs

Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Sliding Library Armchairs

Lovely Victorian Mahogany Captains Desk Chair.

Heavily Carved Walnut Library Chair with Original Leather Covering

Superb Quality William IV Rosewood Library Chair Attributed to Gillows

A Walnut and Leather Arm Chair

An Antique Pair of Walnut Library Chairs C1920

A Pair of Antique Upholstered Armchairs

Antique Open Armchair - Black Calico.

19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Gainsborough Armchair

Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

Victorian J Foot & Son Metamorphic "Burlington" Mahogany Framed Library Chair

Superb 19th Century Gothic Revival Golden Oak Button Leather Library Armchair

Superb Library Buttoned Leather Armchair

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

Regency Mahogany and Leather Daws Library Chair.

William 1v Mahogany Bergere Chair

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