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.

Victorian Ebonised Mahogany Upholstered Showood Tub Shell Back Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Ebonised Mahogany Upholstered Showood Tub Shell Back Armchair

From Y Not Antiques

£395

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19th century

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Set of Four Edwardian Mahogany Dining Chairs

From Affordable Old Furniture

£350

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19th century

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Antique Set Six Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs

From The Antique Shop

£1,385

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19th century

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Pair of Late 19thc Queen Anne Style Mahogany Side Chairs

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,250

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19th century

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Set of Four Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Dining Chairs, Circa 1870

From WelshAntiques

£180

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19th century

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Yew Wood High Windsor Chair C 1850

From Wickersley Antiques

£750

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of 3

From MebleinUK

£319

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Quality Victorian Carved Rosewood Side Chair

19th century

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Quality Victorian Carved Rosewood Side Chair

From London City Antiques

£1,295

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Mahogany Elbow Chairs in the Manner of E.w. Godwin

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,275

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19th century

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Pair of Victorian Chairs

From witchantiques.com

£825

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Balloon back is the only back pattern named often enough to count as a type on Sellingantiques, on 452 titles - more than shield, spoon and bar backs together.

19th century

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19th Century Walnut Bobbin Armchair

From Henry Fowler Antiques

£1,750

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Antique Slipper Chair in Vintage Mulberry Linen

19th century

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Antique Slipper Chair in Vintage Mulberry Linen

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£1,600

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Victorian Walnut Show Frame Open Button Back Upholstered Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Walnut Show Frame Open Button Back Upholstered Armchair

From Y Not Antiques

£450

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19th century

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Pair of Mid-19th Century Armchairs

From Pearse Lukies Antiques Ltd

£2,800

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19th century

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Rare Pair of Oak Art Nouveau Chairs, Circa 1890

From WelshAntiques

£380

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19th century

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Set of 4 Mahogany Vase Splat Back Dining Chairs with Drop in Seats and Turned Legs

From Y Not Antiques

£575

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Victorian Ebonised Mahogany Upholstered Showood Tub Shell Back Armchair

Set of Four Edwardian Mahogany Dining Chairs

Antique Set Six Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs

Pair of Late 19thc Queen Anne Style Mahogany Side Chairs

Set of Four Victorian Upholstered Mahogany Dining Chairs, Circa 1870

Yew Wood High Windsor Chair C 1850

Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Dining Chairs Set of 3

Quality Victorian Carved Rosewood Side Chair

Pair of Mahogany Elbow Chairs in the Manner of E.w. Godwin

Pair of Victorian Chairs

19th Century Walnut Bobbin Armchair

Antique Slipper Chair in Vintage Mulberry Linen

Victorian Walnut Show Frame Open Button Back Upholstered Armchair

Pair of Mid-19th Century Armchairs

Rare Pair of Oak Art Nouveau Chairs, Circa 1890

Set of 4 Mahogany Vase Splat Back Dining Chairs with Drop in Seats and Turned Legs

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