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.

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Early 19th Century Set of Six Ash & Elm Spindle Back Chairs of Superb Patina

From LVS Decorative Arts

£1,650

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1900 - 1920

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4 Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Bedroom Chairs.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£185

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19th century

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Fine Set of 6 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Library Chairs by Gillows

From London City Antiques

£2,850

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1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Chair

From Poirot Art Deco

£1,450

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Antique Victorian Ebonised Aesthetic Movement Low Salon Chair C.1880

19th century

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Antique Victorian Ebonised Aesthetic Movement Low Salon Chair C.1880

From Founders Antiques

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18th century

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Antique Set of 6 Mahogany Dining Chairs | 18th Century | Af-6311

From ActFurniture LTD

£625

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19th century

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Set of 14 Oak Victorian Dining Chairs

From Nicholas Little Antiques

£2,500

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Early 20th-century Dinco Penny Chairs

From Steven Swann Antiques

£245

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Set of 4 Ebonised & Gilt Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£1,185

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19th century

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Antique Pair Victorian Carved Walnut Side Chairs

From London City Antiques

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One-offs from the archive include metamorphic library steps that convert into a side chair, a Black Forest carved bear hall chair, and a pair of solid brass chairs.

1900 - 1920

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Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£4,500

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1900 - 1920

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Set of Eight Walnut High-back Cane Dining Chairs

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,845

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19th century

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Quality Set of 12 Victorian Oak Dining Chairs

From Georgian Antiques

£4,750

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A Scottish George III Solid Birch 'Fan Back' Chair, Edinburgh C.1800

18th century

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A Scottish George III Solid Birch 'Fan Back' Chair, Edinburgh C.1800

From Jeckyll & Co

£125

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18th century

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18th Century English Oak Shield Back Hall Chair

From TallBoy Interiors

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18th century

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Irish Red Walnut Side Chair Circa 1750

From Fairford Barn Antiques

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Antique Side Chairs

Early 19th Century Set of Six Ash & Elm Spindle Back Chairs of Superb Patina

4 Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Bedroom Chairs.

Fine Set of 6 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Library Chairs by Gillows

Art Deco Chair

Antique Victorian Ebonised Aesthetic Movement Low Salon Chair C.1880

Antique Set of 6 Mahogany Dining Chairs | 18th Century | Af-6311

Set of 14 Oak Victorian Dining Chairs

Pair of Early 20th-century Dinco Penny Chairs

Antique Victorian Set of 4 Ebonised & Gilt Dining Chairs

Antique Pair Victorian Carved Walnut Side Chairs

Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

Set of Eight Walnut High-back Cane Dining Chairs

Quality Set of 12 Victorian Oak Dining Chairs

A Scottish George III Solid Birch 'Fan Back' Chair, Edinburgh C.1800

18th Century English Oak Shield Back Hall Chair

Irish Red Walnut Side Chair Circa 1750

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