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.

Antique Set of 6 Chinese Rosewood Dining Chairs | Two Carvers | Af-6561

1900 - 1920

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Antique Set of 6 Chinese Rosewood Dining Chairs | Two Carvers | Af-6561

From ActFurniture LTD

£625

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19th century

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Set of 6 Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs Re-upholstered C1860

From Lincoln Restorations

£1,250

6 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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True Set 6 Windsor Barback Country Kitchen Chairs

From Courtyard Antiques

£1,475

6 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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A Fine Set of Ten Oak Cromwell Style Dining Chairs

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,850

7 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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Pair Scottish Laburnum Side Chairs

From Nethermill Antiques

£350

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19th century

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Set of Six Rosewood Dining Chairs C.1830

From Collinge Antiques

£1,295

7 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Set of 12 Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs – 10 Dining Chairs & 2 Carvers

From London City Antiques

£4,450

7 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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Antique Victorian English Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of 8 Carvers Newly Upholstered

From London City Antiques

£3,850

7 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Set of 8 Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£3,395

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19th century

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Outstanding Quality Pair of Antique Regency Carved Mahogany Hall Chairs

From London City Antiques

£2,250

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Regional types are named with real precision in titles: Ormskirk, Dales, Thames Valley, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire chairs have all passed through Sellingantiques.

Antique Mahogany Upholstered Carver Armchair C.1890

19th century

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Antique Mahogany Upholstered Carver Armchair C.1890

From MebleinUK

£310

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Dining Chairs Set of 6 M. D. Miller & Sons Nottingham C.1910

From MebleinUK

£555

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1900 - 1920

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Elm and Ash Set of Four Chairs

From Gaylords Antiques

£595

8 DAYS AGO

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18th century

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Set of Four Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Style Country Chairs

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£375

8 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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Antique Set of Six Quality Regency Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£2,450

8 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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Outstanding Set of 6 Victorian Antique Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£2,650

8 DAYS AGO

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Antique Side Chairs

Antique Set of 6 Chinese Rosewood Dining Chairs | Two Carvers | Af-6561

Set of 6 Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs Re-upholstered C1860

True Set 6 Windsor Barback Country Kitchen Chairs

A Fine Set of Ten Oak Cromwell Style Dining Chairs

Pair Scottish Laburnum Side Chairs

Set of Six Rosewood Dining Chairs C.1830

Antique Set of 12 Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs – 10 Dining Chairs & 2 Carvers

Antique Victorian English Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of 8 Carvers Newly Upholstered

Set of 8 Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

Outstanding Quality Pair of Antique Regency Carved Mahogany Hall Chairs

Antique Mahogany Upholstered Carver Armchair C.1890

Antique Dining Chairs Set of 6 M. D. Miller & Sons Nottingham C.1910

Elm and Ash Set of Four Chairs

Set of Four Georgian Mahogany Chippendale Style Country Chairs

Antique Set of Six Quality Regency Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs

Outstanding Set of 6 Victorian Antique Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs

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