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.

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Mid 19th Century Rocking Chair with Leather Seat

From Graham Pickett

£145

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Antique Victorian Folding Campaign Chair C.1890

19th century

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Antique Victorian Folding Campaign Chair C.1890

From Founders Antiques

£645

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1900 - 1920

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Mahogany & Leather Elbow Desk Chair

From John Howkins Antiques

£425

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19th century

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A Set of Six Late Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs

From Robert Dee

£150

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Antique English Georgian Thomas Chippendale Single One Mahogany Office Desk Dining Chair (Circa 1870)

19th century

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Antique English Georgian Thomas Chippendale Single One Mahogany Office Desk Dining Chair (Circa 1870)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£345

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Antique Victorian Style Upholstered Rocking Chair C1880

19th century

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Antique Victorian Style Upholstered Rocking Chair C1880

From MebleinUK

£480

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19th century

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Victorian Oak Hall Chair

From Antiques Decorative

£290

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19th century

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Oak Desk Chair Circa 1880

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£395

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19th century

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Elm Windsor Chair

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£495

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19th century

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Pair of Aesthetic Design Victorian Mahogany Hall Chairs

From S and S Timms Antiques Ltd

£1,850

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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.

1900 - 1920

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A Lovely Welsh Oak Spinning Chair

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£395

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Upholstered Armchair

From Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd

£850

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19th century

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19th Century 'P' Arm Armchair

From Claire Langley Antiques

£1,450

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1900 - 1920

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Set of 6 Mahogany Sabre Legged Dining Chairs

From Heydays Antiques

£385

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19th century

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Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

From London City Antiques

£3,450

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Windsor Low Back Armchair in Yew & Elm, C1860

19th century

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Windsor Low Back Armchair in Yew & Elm, C1860

From The Real Wood Furniture Company

£850

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Mid 19th Century Rocking Chair with Leather Seat

Antique Victorian Folding Campaign Chair C.1890

Mahogany & Leather Elbow Desk Chair

A Set of Six Late Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs

Antique English Georgian Thomas Chippendale Single One Mahogany Office Desk Dining Chair (Circa 1870)

Antique Victorian Style Upholstered Rocking Chair C1880

Victorian Oak Hall Chair

Oak Desk Chair Circa 1880

Elm Windsor Chair

Pair of Aesthetic Design Victorian Mahogany Hall Chairs

A Lovely Welsh Oak Spinning Chair

Late 19th Century Upholstered Armchair

19th Century 'P' Arm Armchair

Set of 6 Mahogany Sabre Legged Dining Chairs

Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs

Windsor Low Back Armchair in Yew & Elm, C1860

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