What is the most common type?

A Victorian upholstered walnut chair, single or in a pair. Victorian appears in around 910 titles, and pair in 827. Within that group the balloon back and the nursing, salon or parlour chair are the types dealers name most often, with carved frames noted in 440 titles.

How many walnut chairs come up in a year?

About 296 are listed on Sellingantiques in a year, and 299 different dealers have handled them. That is close to one dealer for every listing a year, so no single shop sets the tone of the field.

Are dining sets common in this category?

Dining appears in 498 titles, roughly a sixth of the category, with dining chairs in 474 of them. Sets of six lead the counts at 125 titles, then four at 85 and eight at 56. Runs of ten, twelve, fourteen and sixteen are the largest lots to pass through, and they sit at the top of the range.

Which armchair forms turn up?

Wing, open arm, bergere, library and desk chairs. Armchair and armchairs together account for around 1,095 titles, about a third of the field. Wing is the most named form at 190 titles, 103 of them as wing armchair. Bergere accounts for 50, and open appears in 154. French salon pieces are often called fauteuil rather than open armchair.

Why do so many listings just say 19th Century?

Because loose labels outnumber precise ones. "19th Century" covers 585 listings and "Victorian" 490, more between them than every decade bucket combined. Where a decade is given it usually falls between 1850 and 1900, with a separate 1920s group of 218. The dated field as a whole runs 1700 to 1940.

Do unusual forms appear?

Now and then, with no companion in the archive: a metamorphic child's high chair, chair-steps, a folding campaign chair with bone buttons, a caquetoire, a sgabello, a savonarola, a prie-dieu. Damascus and Syrian X-frame armchairs with mother-of-pearl or nacre-shell inlay sit at the same edge of the category. "Red walnut" also turns up as a description on a small handful of Georgian pieces.

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Seating framed or veneered in walnut, from low nursing chairs and carved side chairs to wing armchairs and long dining runs, with the walnut usually left showing around upholstery, cane or leather.