What is a balloon back chair?

It's a dining or side chair with a rounded, waisted open back. The shape appears on 452 titles, which makes it the only back pattern common enough to count as a type of its own. Mahogany is the usual timber, and walnut examples turn up as well.

How large do Victorian dining sets get?

Fours and sixes are the common sizes, with pairs and singles running below them. Eights, tens and twelves appear regularly. The largest single lot recorded on Sellingantiques is a set of 22 oak chairs, which also sits at the top of the range.

Which timbers were used?

Mahogany leads by a wide margin at 1,637 titles, followed by walnut, oak, elm, rosewood, ash and beech. Elm, ash and beech belong to the country and Windsor chairs. Yew is the rarest timber that recurs, almost always on Windsor armchairs.

Are all chairs labelled Victorian actually Victorian?

The dated field runs from 1700 to 1960 across the 2,394 listings that carry a clean year, so a handful of pieces fall well outside the reign, with samples given as 1800, 1920, 1930 and 1940. Dealers also apply the label to chairs dated c.1840 and c.1900. It works as shorthand for a style and a broad period rather than a fixed span.

What unusual forms turn up in this category?

One-offs surface now and then: a sedan armchair, a cock fighting chair, a metamorphic library chair that opens into steps, a lambing chair, a Burmese padouk harpist's chair and a rise-and-fall music chair each appear once. Iron shows up too, in iron-framed button back armchairs, a steel and leather rocker and cast iron garden chairs.

How many come up for sale each year?

Around 672 a year, listed by 356 different dealers over time. That makes Victorian chairs one of the most widely stocked things on Sellingantiques. Roughly a third of listings are multiples rather than single chairs.

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Victorian chairs are the seat furniture of 19th-century British homes: dining sets, upholstered armchairs, hall and desk chairs, made in quantity for houses that were multiplying.

Amazing Set of 16 Mahogany Dining Chairs

1900 - 1920

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Amazing Set of 16 Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£14,750

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Antique Glastonbury Chair, Welsh Oak, Gothic Revival Elbow Seat, Victorian, 1880

19th century

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Antique Glastonbury Chair, Welsh Oak, Gothic Revival Elbow Seat, Victorian, 1880

From London Fine Antiques

£985

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19th century

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Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Hall Chairs

From Lee Hawkins Antiques & Interiors

£650

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Pair of Howard & Sons Walnut Open Armchairs

From Country House and Eastern Interiors

£7,500

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19th century

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Howard and Sons Armchair

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£5,800

3+ MONTHS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Antique Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Dining Occasional Chairs Cabriole

From Lincoln Restorations

£265

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Pair of Claw & Ball Feet Brown Leather Walnut Club Armchairs

From Royal House Antiques

£7,000

3+ MONTHS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Bamboo Hall Bench with Cane Seat

From Andros Antiques

£565

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Pair Victorian Walnut Salon Chairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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19th century

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Victorian Leather Tub Library Chair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£690

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Gillows is the name that turns up from the most dealers on Sellingantiques in this category, ahead of Holland & Sons and John Taylor & Sons of Edinburgh.

Antique Thonet 1895 Bentwood Child's Rocker Rocking Chair Perfect for Doll

1900 - 1920

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Antique Thonet 1895 Bentwood Child's Rocker Rocking Chair Perfect for Doll

From Skippings Fine Arts

£300

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1920 - 1940

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Bridgewater Style Armchair

From Claire Langley Antiques

£1,450

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Nursing Chair

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£495

3+ MONTHS AGO

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C19th Walnut Petit Point Upholstered Armchair

19th century

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C19th Walnut Petit Point Upholstered Armchair

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£325

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Antique Hampton and Sons Tub Chair - Woodstock Style

19th century

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Antique Hampton and Sons Tub Chair - Woodstock Style

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,295

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19th century

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6 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Brookside Antiques

£595

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Amazing Set of 16 Mahogany Dining Chairs

Antique Glastonbury Chair, Welsh Oak, Gothic Revival Elbow Seat, Victorian, 1880

Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Hall Chairs

Pair of Howard & Sons Walnut Open Armchairs

Howard and Sons Armchair

Pair of Antique Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Dining Occasional Chairs Cabriole

Antique Victorian Pair of Claw & Ball Feet Brown Leather Walnut Club Armchairs

Bamboo Hall Bench with Cane Seat

Pair Victorian Walnut Salon Chairs

Victorian Leather Tub Library Chair

Antique Thonet 1895 Bentwood Child's Rocker Rocking Chair Perfect for Doll

Bridgewater Style Armchair

Victorian Walnut Nursing Chair

C19th Walnut Petit Point Upholstered Armchair

Antique Hampton and Sons Tub Chair - Woodstock Style

6 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

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