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.

Antique English Pair of Victorian Dining Chairs - Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Office Occasional Salon (Circa 1860)

19th century

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Antique English Pair of Victorian Dining Chairs - Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Office Occasional Salon (Circa 1860)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs

From Beech and Springs Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Antique Set of 4 Victorian Carved Walnut Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£1,485

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19th century

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Victorian Wing Back Armchair

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,350

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19th century

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Set of 12 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£10,850

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Set of 10 Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£4,850

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19th century

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Unusual Antique Victorian Music Chair

From London City Antiques

£575

10 DAYS AGO

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Antique Swivel Library Chair in Oak C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Antique Swivel Library Chair in Oak C.1900

From The Old Cinema

£845

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Library Armchair. Buy One and Get One Free.

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Library Armchair. Buy One and Get One Free.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£145

10 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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A Set of Eight Antique 19th Century Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

From W H Barker Antiques

£395

10 DAYS AGO

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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.

1900 - 1920

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Solid Mahogany Revolving Desk Armchair.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£285

10 DAYS AGO

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Gillows Victorian Carved Golden Oak Desk Chair Attributed to Bruce James Talbert

19th century

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Gillows Victorian Carved Golden Oak Desk Chair Attributed to Bruce James Talbert

From Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables

£1,450

10 DAYS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Wing Armchair

From Millers Antiques

£250

11 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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C19th Mahogany Tub Chair C 1870

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£295

11 DAYS AGO

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C19th Walnut Spoon Back Open Armchair Circa 1870

19th century

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C19th Walnut Spoon Back Open Armchair Circa 1870

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£295

11 DAYS AGO

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19th century

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Antique Set of 8 Victorian Mahogany Shield Back Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs Carvers Original Tan Leather

From London City Antiques

£3,450

11 DAYS AGO

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Antique English Pair of Victorian Dining Chairs - Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Office Occasional Salon (Circa 1860)

Set of Four Rosewood Dining Chairs

Antique Set of 4 Victorian Carved Walnut Dining Chairs

Victorian Wing Back Armchair

Set of 12 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs

Antique Victorian Set of 10 Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs

Unusual Antique Victorian Music Chair

Antique Swivel Library Chair in Oak C.1900

Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Library Armchair. Buy One and Get One Free.

A Set of Eight Antique 19th Century Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

Solid Mahogany Revolving Desk Armchair.

Gillows Victorian Carved Golden Oak Desk Chair Attributed to Bruce James Talbert

Wing Armchair

C19th Mahogany Tub Chair C 1870

C19th Walnut Spoon Back Open Armchair Circa 1870

Antique Set of 8 Victorian Mahogany Shield Back Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs Carvers Original Tan Leather

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