Although you might think that a dining chair is a relatively simple and uninspiring type of chair, you would be wrong. Instead, the humble dining chair is a seat that has evolved over 400 years incorporating countless tiny innovations to bring you an item that is light, strong and comfortable. The first chairs we would recognise as dining chairs emerged during the middle of the 17th Century and prior to this everyone except for the head of the household would sit on simple solid wood stools around the table.
As eating etiquette took off in the 18th Century the Mahogany dining chair was further refined and simplified with padding, upholstery, elegant splat backs, hidden blocks on the joints for strength and fine tapered or carved legs. During the 19th Century as adjustments were made in the form to better suit our sitting posture and ensure the dining chair was strong yet light and easy to move around. As the 20th Century progressed the form of a dining chair was turned entirely on its head as new materials including steel tubing and plastics allowed us to fundamentally change the form of a chair. Of course old staples such as Oak continued to be used as well.
At LoveAntiques we have one of the best selections of Antique and Vintage dining chairs anywhere on the internet all from trusted antique dealers around the UK.
Rawlings Antiques
Set of 6 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 695
London City Antiques
Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 2,950
Wickersley Antiques
Good Set of 4 Georgian Dining Chairs
£ 490
Old Painted Furniture
Early 19th Century Mahogany Country Dining Chairs
£ 345
London City Antiques
Superb Quality Set of 8 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 5,850
Superb Quality Set of 8 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 5,850
London City Antiques
£ 1,285
Antique 20th Century Set of 8 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs in Walnut
£ 1,285
ActFurniture LTD
£ 425
ActFurniture LTD
Attractive 20th Century Set of 6 Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 385
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set of 8 Tudor Style Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 1,695
£ 685
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Pair of Carved Hall Chairs in Oak
£ 265
£ 685
£ 485
Antique 20th Century Set of 6 Chippendale Style Dining Chairs in Mahogany
£ 485
ActFurniture LTD
Pear Tree Antiques
A Set of Seven ( Possibly 14) Oak Jacobean Style Dining Chairs
£ 595
Barnaby's of Battle
Set of 4 Ercol Fleur de Lys Windsor Chairs Nice Condition
£ 450
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set of 6 Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 285
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set of 6 Ladder Back Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 425
Holmes Antiques
Fine Set of Six Late 18th Century Chippendale Chairs
£ 1,900
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 8 Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 5,650
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 6 Mahogany Hepplewhite Revival Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
Camden Antiques
Set of 8 19th Century Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,750
£ 1,175
Superb Set of Six 19th Century Antique Carved Mahogany Ladderback Dining Chairs
£ 1,175
Artsonline.org.uk
Beresford Antiques Ltd
Edwardian Set of Six Mahogany Dining Chairs Circa 1910
£ 495
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 6 Regency Period Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,850
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Pair of 19th Century Yew & Elm Windsor Chairs
£ 1,620
London City Antiques
Set of 6 Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,950
Beresford Antiques Ltd
Set of Four Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 495
Whites Antiques
Set of 4 Original Painted Cane Seated Regency Chairs
£ 1,095
London City Antiques
Unusual Set of 8 Quality Antique Decorated Faux Birds Eye Maple Dining Chairs
£ 3,150
Unusual Set of 8 Quality Antique Decorated Faux Birds Eye Maple Dining Chairs
£ 3,150
London City Antiques
£ 9,500
Stunning Quality Antique Mahogany Extending Dining Table & 10 Chairs
£ 9,500
Hawkins Antiques
Hingstons Antiques
Set of 6 William IV Bar Back Dining Chairs
£ 895
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 8 (6 + 2) Regency Period Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
Kernow Furniture
19th Century Mahogany Carver Chair
£ 285
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Set of Six Rosewood Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 1,450
£ 2,450
Stunning Set of Ten Carved Mahogany Chippdendale Style Dining Chairs
£ 2,450
Hawkins Antiques
£ 1,900
Sovereign Antiques
Dining Chairs, Set of Six Victorian Mahogany Chairs
£ 695
£ 110
£ 449.99
£ 110