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.

Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

19th century

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Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

From William Rand Antiques

£1,100

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19th century

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A Victorian Library Armchair

From Jeckyll & Co

£120

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs – Set of Four

From London City Antiques

£1,385

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19th century

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Rosewood Carved Showwood Armchair

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£375

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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19th century

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Garden Seat

From French Lavender Antiques and Interiors

£595

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19th century

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Antique Wooden Dining Chairs C1880 Set of 2

From MebleinUK

£289

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Antique Old Saxon Armchair, English, Oak, Turner's Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

19th century

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Antique Old Saxon Armchair, English, Oak, Turner's Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,095

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Superb Late Victorian Wing Back Arm Chair

19th century

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Superb Late Victorian Wing Back Arm Chair

From Sturmans Antiques

£1,295

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19th century

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Late C19th Solid Oak Desk Chair

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£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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A Quality Set of Six Victorian Rosewood Dining Chairs with Duck Egg Blue Needlepoint Seats

From Junk Antiques & Interiors

£1,400

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19th century

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Set 6 Comb Back Windsor Country Kitchen Dining Chairs

From Courtyard Antiques

£1,175

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Antique Turner's Armchair, English, Oak, Old Saxon Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

19th century

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Antique Turner's Armchair, English, Oak, Old Saxon Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,245

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19th century

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Two Late Victorian Cane Seated Chairs

From Robert Dee

£105

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Caistor Windsor Nursing Rocking Chair C 1880

19th century

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Caistor Windsor Nursing Rocking Chair C 1880

From The Real Wood Furniture Company

£575

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19th century

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Mid 19th Century Howard & Sons Armchair

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£4,250

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Superb Early Victorian Rosewood Library Desk Chair

A Victorian Library Armchair

Antique Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs – Set of Four

Rosewood Carved Showwood Armchair

Victorian Mahogany Framed Upholstered Fireside Armchair

Garden Seat

Antique Wooden Dining Chairs C1880 Set of 2

Antique Old Saxon Armchair, English, Oak, Turner's Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

Superb Late Victorian Wing Back Arm Chair

Late C19th Solid Oak Desk Chair

A Quality Set of Six Victorian Rosewood Dining Chairs with Duck Egg Blue Needlepoint Seats

Set 6 Comb Back Windsor Country Kitchen Dining Chairs

Antique Turner's Armchair, English, Oak, Old Saxon Chair, Elbow Seat, Victorian

Two Late Victorian Cane Seated Chairs

Caistor Windsor Nursing Rocking Chair C 1880

Mid 19th Century Howard & Sons Armchair

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