What's the difference between a daybed and a chaise longue?

In these listings, very little. Dealers use daybed, chaise longue, sofa, settee and couch for the same kind of long upholstered seat, and often stack two or three of the words into one title. Strictly, a chaise longue has a back and one raised end. The category term daybed covers single-ended, double-ended and reclining forms alike.

Which timbers were used for the frames?

Mahogany leads, named in 32 of 143 titles, with rosewood in 15. Walnut, oak, birch, teak and ebonised frames all appear in smaller numbers. Simulated rosewood turns up in a few Regency and George IV titles: cheaper timber grained and stained to imitate the figure of the real wood.

How old are most of these?

The dated field runs from 1800 to 1930, but only 34 listings commit to a clean year. The label 19th Century alone accounts for 55 entries, placing them within a hundred-year span and no closer. Where decades are given they cluster in the middle and later 19th century. Two Swedish painted settle benches and a Gustavian settee reach back to the 18th century, the earliest in the archive.

Are French daybeds common in this category?

They're a minority. Thirteen titles say French, covering bergère caned sofas, an Empire mahogany sofa, a Louis XVI style carved giltwood daybed, a Napoleon III piecrust chaise and a duchesse brisée. The French share is smaller among pieces currently for sale than across the archive as a whole.

Do daybeds come up often for sale?

Around 16 come to market on Sellingantiques in a year, and 68 different dealers have listed one. The typical dealer has handled a single example rather than kept a stock of them. That spread is why titles vary so much in wording from one listing to the next.

What does a listing mean by frame only?

Three listings offer the show-wood frame on its own, or describe the piece explicitly as for re-upholstery. The seat is there; the covering is not. At the other end, nine titles name the covering and little else: velvet, damask, floral linen, striped silk, green leather.

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A long upholstered seat on a polished show-wood frame, made with one raised end, or both, for reclining rather than sitting upright.

19th century

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19th-century Anglo-indian / Ceylonese Hardwood & Cane Sofa | Antique Daybed

From Colton Antiques

£1,650

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Mid 19th Century Chaise Longue Frame C19th

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£895

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

Antique English Victorian Rosewood Upholstered Chaise Longue / Day Bed / Settee / Couch by H. Goodall & Sons of Newcastle (Circa 1860)

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Rosewood Upholstered Chaise Longue / Day Bed / Settee / Couch by H. Goodall & Sons of Newcastle (Circa 1860)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£1,975

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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19th Century Holland & Sons Chaise Longue

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£2,400

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Antique Victorian C.1860 Walnut Chaise Longue – Elegant 19th Century Seating

From Prior and Willis

£1,956

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Regency Scroll End Settee/sofa

From Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd.

£5,950

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

Regency Mahogany Country House Hall Sofa.

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Country House Hall Sofa.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£495

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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19th Century Louis XVI Painted Caned Bergère Sofa, C1880

From Anthony Short Antiques

£3,400

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Large Early Victorian Carved Rosewood Framed Chaise Longue.

19th century

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Large Early Victorian Carved Rosewood Framed Chaise Longue.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£265

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Mid 19th Century Country House Chaise Lounge

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£1,995

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

Around sixteen daybeds are listed on Sellingantiques each year, and sixty-eight dealers have listed one - most have handled a single example rather than a stock.

19th century

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Antique 19th Century Mahogany Scroll Arm Sofa – Fine Quality

From Prior and Willis

£3,496

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Kidney Sofa / Chaise Longue - 19th Century.

From Kontrast Antiques

£795

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Antique Chaise Longue - Blue Damask

From Kontrast Antiques

£595

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

1920 - 1940

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Islamic Settee Couch Boulle Inlay Seat

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,995

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

19th century

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Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£795

3+ MONTHS AGO

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19th century

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Napoleon III Piecrust Chaise

From Nikki Page Antiques

£1,350

3+ MONTHS AGO

sofas

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Antique Daybeds

19th-century Anglo-indian / Ceylonese Hardwood & Cane Sofa | Antique Daybed

Mid 19th Century Chaise Longue Frame C19th

Antique English Victorian Rosewood Upholstered Chaise Longue / Day Bed / Settee / Couch by H. Goodall & Sons of Newcastle (Circa 1860)

19th Century Holland & Sons Chaise Longue

Antique Victorian C.1860 Walnut Chaise Longue – Elegant 19th Century Seating

Regency Scroll End Settee/sofa

Regency Mahogany Country House Hall Sofa.

19th Century Louis XVI Painted Caned Bergère Sofa, C1880

Large Early Victorian Carved Rosewood Framed Chaise Longue.

Mid 19th Century Country House Chaise Lounge

Antique 19th Century Mahogany Scroll Arm Sofa – Fine Quality

Kidney Sofa / Chaise Longue - 19th Century.

Antique Chaise Longue - Blue Damask

Islamic Settee Couch Boulle Inlay Seat

Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

Napoleon III Piecrust Chaise

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