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As a native species across most of Europe and the Americas, Oak has long been used for chair making. Before comfy dining chairs became popular in the 18th Century, early oak chairs were either simple pegged stools or heavy and well carved ‘thrones’ for the master of the house to sit in. Over time, these 17th and early 18th Century armchairs have acquired a beautiful warmth of patina that make them almost sculptural in our modern airy homes. Although oak chairs continued in production through the Georgian and Victorian periods, it was during the Arts & Crafts Movement that the timber really earned the recognition it deserved. Here beautiful hand cut chairs were either left in their natural light oak colour or stained to mimic centuries-old oak. For people looking to purchase antique oak then there are naturally a wide variety of designs out there to choose from. When oak chairs were high class objects they have often been richly decorated with carvings or inlays, and when oak was seen as furniture for the lower classes and servants, then it has often left in simple crisp utilitarian form. Kitchen chairs in oak remain popular today as well as Oak dining chairs. Antique Oak Desk chairs often possess a lovely industrial feel. Today while we naturally admire the tones of older early Oak, it is usually perfectly acceptable for later pieces to be stripped or cleaned back to give a lighter and pleasing honey brown tone.
At LoveAntiques we have a large and impressive selection of Antique Oak chairs for sale as well as vintage examples which pay homage to the older styles.
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Primitive 19th Century Chair
£ 600
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Set 3 Arts & Crafts Country Chairs
£ 750
D & J Hunt Antiques Ltd
A Lovely Arts & Crafts Oak 3 Seater Panelled Church Pew to Wax / Paint
£ 595
A Lovely Arts & Crafts Oak 3 Seater Panelled Church Pew to Wax / Paint
£ 595
D & J Hunt Antiques Ltd
£ 679
Kernow Furniture
Small Antique Armchair
£ 325
Kernow Furniture
Pair 17th Century Style Wainscot Chairs
£ 995
Holmes Antiques
Early 17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
£ 2,600
artsncraftsfurniture
A Pair of Retro Armchairs
£ 175
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Orkney Chair in the Liberty Style
£ 990
Georgian Antiques
Carved Victorian Child’s Highchair
£ 900
£ 385.55
£ 235.55
£ 1,250
London City Antiques
Set of Six Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 3,685
Walton House Antiques Ltd
18th Century Welsh Oak Child's Armchair
£ 275
£ 680
Harmony Antiques
Pair Of Antique French Armchairs
£ 695
£ 289.99
Carse Antiques
Georgian Scottish Laburnum Wood Chair
£ 200
Carse Antiques
Georgian Oak Ladder Back Rocking Chair
£ 250
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Victorian Oak Office Chair
£ 350
£ 535
£ 1,675
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Fabulous Pair of 19th Century Bleached Oak Corner Chairs
£ 1,650
Fabulous Pair of 19th Century Bleached Oak Corner Chairs
£ 1,650
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Georgian Antiques
Charles II High Back Chair
£ 600
Hingstons Antiques
Set of 8 Cromwellian Style Dining Chairs
£ 2,250
Alain Michel Antiques
17th Century Children Wainscot Armchair
€ 2,200
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Victorian Oak Framed Elbow Chair
£ 1,395
£ 900
London City Antiques
Large Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Throne Armchair
£ 1,125
Elmgarden
Set of 6 Edwardian Oak Dining Chairs
£ 995
Founders Antiques
Mid Century Brutalist X-frame Oak Desk Chair / Elbow Chair
£ 275
Founders Antiques
Mid Century Brutalist X-frame Oak Desk Chair / Elbow Chair
£ 275
Holmes Antiques
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
£ 1,450
Harry Raine Antiques
Set of Six Oak Ladder Back Dining Chairs
£ 345
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Set 8 (6x2) Oak Farmhouse Dining Chairs
£ 1,950
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Set of 8 Oak Country Farmhouse Dining Chairs
£ 1,650
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Swedish Leather Armchair
£ 775
£ 3,450
£ 310
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