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.

Set of Six Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs

19th century

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Set of Six Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£950

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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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19th century

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Victorian Oak Desk Chair

From Ropeworks Antiques

£590

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19th century

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Pair Victorian Carved Golden Oak Shield Back Side/hall Chairs Cabriole Legs

From Y Not Antiques

£495

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A Very Good Yew Windsor Chair by Gabbitass of Worksop C 1840

19th century

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A Very Good Yew Windsor Chair by Gabbitass of Worksop C 1840

From Wickersley Antiques

£990

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19th century

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Antique Woodstock Style Tub Armchair.

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,095

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Carved Armchair

From FB Antiques

£375

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19th century

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Eight 19th Century Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs

From Limited Editions

£1,050

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Country House Antique English Windsor Chair

19th century

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Country House Antique English Windsor Chair

From Driscolls Antiques Ltd

£595

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19th century

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Victorian Carved Oak Corner Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£390

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Around 672 Victorian chairs are listed on Sellingantiques each year, from 356 different dealers, making them one of the most widely stocked things on the site.

19th century

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Mid C19th Imposing Oak Throne Chair

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£1,750

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19th century

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Kitchen Chair

From Gaylords Antiques

£295

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A Victorian Beech and Elm Windsor Type Armchair

19th century

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A Victorian Beech and Elm Windsor Type Armchair

From Robert Dee

£115

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1900 - 1920

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Howard and Sons Easy Armchair.

From Country House and Eastern Interiors

£3,000

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Re-leathered Swivelling Ships Chairs

From David Griffith Antiques

£4,350

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Mahogany Framed Leather Open Armchair

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£2,750

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Set of Six Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs

A Magnificent Set of Four Rosewood Dining / Hall Chairs

Victorian Oak Desk Chair

Pair Victorian Carved Golden Oak Shield Back Side/hall Chairs Cabriole Legs

A Very Good Yew Windsor Chair by Gabbitass of Worksop C 1840

Antique Woodstock Style Tub Armchair.

Victorian Walnut Carved Armchair

Eight 19th Century Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs

Country House Antique English Windsor Chair

Victorian Carved Oak Corner Armchair

Mid C19th Imposing Oak Throne Chair

Kitchen Chair

A Victorian Beech and Elm Windsor Type Armchair

Howard and Sons Easy Armchair.

Pair of Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Re-leathered Swivelling Ships Chairs

Mahogany Framed Leather Open Armchair

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