How many side chairs are listed each year?

Around 279 side chairs and sets appear on Sellingantiques in a year, and 311 different dealers have handled them. That is one of the widest dealer spreads in any category on the site. Because so many dealers stock them, the mix stays broad rather than settling into one look or one price band.

What set sizes turn up?

Fours and sixes are the ordinary units, with eights close behind. Six appears in 171 titles, four in 142 and eight in 82. Above that, the archive has produced tens, twelves, fourteens, fifteens and sixteens, and at the very top a matching suite of forty-two giltwood chairs. Singles and pairs are just as much part of the category, and 950 titles say "pair".

Are these all English?

English chairs dominate, and Scotland is unusually well represented for a region, with Edinburgh-attributed chairs, Northern Isles joined chairs and Scottish hall chairs recurring. Beyond that the origins wander. Dutch and Italian marquetry and walnut, Portuguese rosewood, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss Alpine escabelles, Tyrolean folk chairs, Chinese Qing hardwood, Burmese padouk and Anglo-Indian teak all appear, most only once or twice.

What dates do dealers give?

The dated field runs from 1700 to 1960, with 907 listings carrying a clean year. Much of the dating is broad: 19th Century accounts for 522 entries and 18th Century for 220. Reign labels are applied loosely alongside decade buckets. The samples include a chair called Victorian with c.1840 in the title, and a George III mahogany hall chair also given as c.1840.

Which timbers are most common?

Mahogany leads with 791 titles, then walnut at 351, oak at 328 and rosewood at 169. Mahogany and dining appear together in 238 titles. Country chairs bring in elm and ash, and simulated finishes turn up too, most often paint imitating rosewood or bamboo on Regency chairs.

Do unusual one-off chairs come up?

They do. Metamorphic library steps that convert to a side chair, a Black Forest carved bear hall chair, a pair of solid brass chairs and a papier mâché chair inlaid with mother of pearl have each surfaced once. Welsh and Scottish spinning chairs are in the same bracket. The earliest things recorded are a set of farthingale chairs given as c.1640-60 and a Carolean caned walnut pair of c.1670-90.

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A side chair is a single seat without arms, made to stand back against a wall and be brought forward for dining, writing or sitting in a hall or bedroom.

Pair of Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Side Chairs

19th century

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Pair of Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Side Chairs

From W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd

£2,450

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18th century

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Superb Pair of George II Mahogany Chairs.

From Holmes Antiques

£2,800

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Set of Six Carved Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£2,250

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19th century

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Antique Regency Set of 12 Mahogany Dining Chairs Including 2 Carvers

From London City Antiques

£10,500

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1900 - 1920

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Unusual Set of 8 Quality Antique Decorated Faux Birds Eye Maple Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£3,150

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19th century

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Superb Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Carved Burr Walnut Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£3,950

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs Set of 5 C.1870

From MebleinUK

£499

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19th century

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Set of Four Walnut Chairs Circa 1880

From Fairford Barn Antiques

£545

3 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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A Set of Four Gothic Hall Chairs in English Oak

From Ebury Trading

£1,700

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19th century

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Antique Set of 10 English Regency Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£5,850

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About 279 side chairs and sets are listed on Sellingantiques each year, and 311 different dealers have handled them - one of the widest dealer spreads on the site.

19th century

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Set of 6 Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£1,885

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19th century

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Superb Quality Set of Six Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£2,250

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Arts & Crafts Reclining Armchair After Philip Webb C.1910

1900 - 1920

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Arts & Crafts Reclining Armchair After Philip Webb C.1910

From Collinge Antiques

£1,195

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19th century

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Antique Spindle-back Slipper Chair

From The Antiques Hound

£595

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19th century

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Set of Six Regency Gonçalo Alves Chairs

From Mark Jones Antiques

£2,250

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Irish William 1v Mahogany Hall Chair, Att Strahan & Co Estate Sale Label C1830s

19th century

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Irish William 1v Mahogany Hall Chair, Att Strahan & Co Estate Sale Label C1830s

From Gilt and Gesso

£295

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Antique Side Chairs

Pair of Chippendale Style Carved Mahogany Side Chairs

Superb Pair of George II Mahogany Chairs.

Antique Victorian Set of Six Carved Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs

Antique Regency Set of 12 Mahogany Dining Chairs Including 2 Carvers

Unusual Set of 8 Quality Antique Decorated Faux Birds Eye Maple Dining Chairs

Superb Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Carved Burr Walnut Dining Chairs

Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs Set of 5 C.1870

Set of Four Walnut Chairs Circa 1880

A Set of Four Gothic Hall Chairs in English Oak

Antique Set of 10 English Regency Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs

Set of 6 Antique William IV Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

Superb Quality Set of Six Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

Arts & Crafts Reclining Armchair After Philip Webb C.1910

Antique Spindle-back Slipper Chair

Set of Six Regency Gonçalo Alves Chairs

Irish William 1v Mahogany Hall Chair, Att Strahan & Co Estate Sale Label C1830s

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