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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Antique Victorian 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.

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Ash Childs Windsor Chair

From A Brookes

£745

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A Fine Pair of Antique Desk Chairs by George Bartholomew & Co.

From Culvertons

£1,875

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Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Side Chairs

From London City Antiques

£895

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Pair of 19th Century Hall Chairs.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£115

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Walnut Framed Folding Steamer Deck Chair

1900 - 1920

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Walnut Framed Folding Steamer Deck Chair

From Shackladys Antiques

£575

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19th century

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Pair of Victorian Lion Carved Oak Library Chairs

From The Antique Furniture Company

£2,900

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Antique Spoon Back Armchair Buttoned and Covered in Brown Velvet.

19th century

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Antique Spoon Back Armchair Buttoned and Covered in Brown Velvet.

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,495

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19th century

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Large Victorian Barrel Back Armchair

From AJD Antiques

£1,800

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19th century

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Mid C19th Imposing Oak Throne Chair

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£1,750

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Good Set of 6 Victorian Dining Chairs

From Antiquus

£375

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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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Antique Gothic Rosewood Prie Dieu Chair

From Rams Head Antiques

£465

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19th century

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George Morant Set of Four Gothic Revival Oak Side Chairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£3,400

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1920 - 1940

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Pair of 1930'S Victorian Style Walnut Armchairs

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,400

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19th century

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A Magnificent Set of Four Rosewood Dining / Hall Chairs

From Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors

£900

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Antique Spoon Back Elbow Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Early Victorian, 1840

19th century

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Antique Spoon Back Elbow Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Early Victorian, 1840

From London Fine Antiques

£2,450

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19th century

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Antique Corner Armchair - Squab Seat.

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,995

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Ash Childs Windsor Chair

A Fine Pair of Antique Desk Chairs by George Bartholomew & Co.

Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Side Chairs

Pair of 19th Century Hall Chairs.

Walnut Framed Folding Steamer Deck Chair

Pair of Victorian Lion Carved Oak Library Chairs

Antique Spoon Back Armchair Buttoned and Covered in Brown Velvet.

Large Victorian Barrel Back Armchair

Mid C19th Imposing Oak Throne Chair

Good Set of 6 Victorian Dining Chairs

Antique Gothic Rosewood Prie Dieu Chair

George Morant Set of Four Gothic Revival Oak Side Chairs

Pair of 1930'S Victorian Style Walnut Armchairs

A Magnificent Set of Four Rosewood Dining / Hall Chairs

Antique Spoon Back Elbow Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Early Victorian, 1840

Antique Corner Armchair - Squab Seat.

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