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.

Matched Set of Eight Mahogany Kitchen Dining Chairs

19th century

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Matched Set of Eight Mahogany Kitchen Dining Chairs

From Prior and Willis

£2,096

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19th century

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19th Century Elm Child’s Commode Chair

From Thakeham Furniture

£720

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Chair

From Heydays Antiques

£180

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19th century

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Victorian Ebonised Chair

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£495

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Early 19thc Rosewood Button Back Upholstered Armchair

19th century

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Early 19thc Rosewood Button Back Upholstered Armchair

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,350

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19th century

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Victorian Elm Kitchen Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£690

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1900 - 1920

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6 Irish Dining Chairs.

From Cavers Antiques

£265

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19th century

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Antique Quality Ash and Elm Windsor Chair 19th Century

From Prior and Willis

£836

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19th century

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Rosewood and Needlepoint Pair of Chairs

From Youlls Antiques

£350

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19th century

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Leather Armchair

From Ropeworks Antiques

£595

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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 Set 12 French Walnut & Black Leather Upholstered Dining Chairs 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£5,500

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19th century

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Victorian Oak Desk Chair

From Ropeworks Antiques

£590

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18th century

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Three Antique Oak Hall Chairs

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£690

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19th century

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Set of 15 Walnut Dining Chairs

From Georgian Antiques

£4,750

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19th century

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6 Victorian Dining Chairs.

From Cavers Antiques

£275

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19th century

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French Leather Chair 19th Century

From Mark Davis Antiques

£1,150

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Antique Victorian Chairs

Matched Set of Eight Mahogany Kitchen Dining Chairs

19th Century Elm Child’s Commode Chair

Victorian Walnut Chair

Victorian Ebonised Chair

Early 19thc Rosewood Button Back Upholstered Armchair

Victorian Elm Kitchen Armchair

6 Irish Dining Chairs.

Antique Quality Ash and Elm Windsor Chair 19th Century

Rosewood and Needlepoint Pair of Chairs

Leather Armchair

Antique Set 12 French Walnut & Black Leather Upholstered Dining Chairs 19th C

Victorian Oak Desk Chair

Three Antique Oak Hall Chairs

Set of 15 Walnut Dining Chairs

6 Victorian Dining Chairs.

French Leather Chair 19th Century

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