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.

Set of Eight Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs

1900 - 1920

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Set of Eight Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs

From Rawlings Antiques

£795

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19th century

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Set of 8 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£680

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19th century

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A Pair of Scottish Regency Mahogany Grecian Side Chairs, C.1820

From Jeckyll & Co

£195

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1940 - 1960

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Antique Retro Pair of Bentwood Bistro Dining Chairs – Quality Thonet Yugoslavia

From Prior and Willis

£556

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19th century

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A Pair of Round Seat Nursing Chairs

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,500

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19th century

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Pair of Howard and Sons Bedroom Chairs

From Kontrast Antiques

£5,250

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19th century

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Set of Four Kitchen Dining Chairs C.1880

From Collinge Antiques

£695

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19th century

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Set of Six Mahogany Dining Chairs of Good Shape and Detail

From John Beazor Antiques

£1,150

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Antique Edwardian Leather and Mahogany Caned Armchair

1900 - 1920

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Antique Edwardian Leather and Mahogany Caned Armchair

From Marylebone Antiques

£1,250

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1900 - 1920

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Set of 10 (8+2) Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,995

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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 4 19thc Dining Chairs

From Millers Antiques

£195

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19th century

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Victorian Harlequin Set of Six Elm and Ash Thames Valley Kitchen Chairs

From Wessex Antique Bedsteads

£850

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Set of 10 Regency Style Dining Chairs | Two Carvers | Af-6044

From ActFurniture LTD

£1,250

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1940 - 1960

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French Wrought Iron and Brass Shell Detailed Set of Six Dining Chairs

From Colton Antiques

£2,400

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19th century

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A Pair of Arts and Crafts Pugin Style Hall or Library Chairs

From Elmgarden

£1,750

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1920 - 1940

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Set of 8 Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Athey Antiques

£850

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Antique Side Chairs

Set of Eight Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs

Set of 8 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs.

A Pair of Scottish Regency Mahogany Grecian Side Chairs, C.1820

Antique Retro Pair of Bentwood Bistro Dining Chairs – Quality Thonet Yugoslavia

A Pair of Round Seat Nursing Chairs

Pair of Howard and Sons Bedroom Chairs

Set of Four Kitchen Dining Chairs C.1880

Set of Six Mahogany Dining Chairs of Good Shape and Detail

Antique Edwardian Leather and Mahogany Caned Armchair

Set of 10 (8+2) Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs

Set of 4 19thc Dining Chairs

Victorian Harlequin Set of Six Elm and Ash Thames Valley Kitchen Chairs

Antique Set of 10 Regency Style Dining Chairs | Two Carvers | Af-6044

French Wrought Iron and Brass Shell Detailed Set of Six Dining Chairs

A Pair of Arts and Crafts Pugin Style Hall or Library Chairs

Set of 8 Mahogany Dining Chairs

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