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.
Prior & Willis Antiques
Antique c.1825 Fine Quality Set of 8 Mahogany Dining Chairs (6+2) – 19th Century
£ 3,496.50
Antique c.1825 Fine Quality Set of 8 Mahogany Dining Chairs (6+2) – 19th Century
£ 3,496.50
Prior & Willis Antiques
Prior & Willis Antiques
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Dining Chairs – Fine Quality Set of 8 (6+2)
£ 3,496.50
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Dining Chairs – Fine Quality Set of 8 (6+2)
£ 3,496.50
Prior & Willis Antiques
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Rosewood and Leather Armchairs by Andrew Milne
£ 2,200
£ 385.55
Vintage Art Deco Oak Dining Chairs / Tapestry Seats / Set of Four 1930-1940
£ 385.55
MebleinUK
Hingstons Antiques
Set of 12 Hepplewhite-style Ladder-back Dining Chairs
£ 1,685
London City Antiques
Antique Victorian Set of Four Quality Mahogany Balloon-back Dining Chairs
£ 1,385
Antique Victorian Set of Four Quality Mahogany Balloon-back Dining Chairs
£ 1,385
London City Antiques
Antiques-Interiors
Burr Walnut & Walnut Dining Table & Eight Chairs Ref H-228
£ 1,295
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Set of Six William IV Period Dining Chairs
£ 845
Timeless Furniture UK
Victorian Set of Six Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 325
London City Antiques
Antique Victorian Quality Set of 4 Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,485
Timeless Furniture UK
Vintage Set of Four Honey Oak Dining Chairs
£ 275
London City Antiques
Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
£ 4,500
Quality Set of 12 Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
£ 4,500
London City Antiques
London City Antiques
Antique Set of Six Quality Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,450
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 6 Mahogany Chippendale Style Irish Dining Chairs
£ 1,275
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 10 Regency Style Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1900
£ 3,675
artsncraftsfurniture
Limed Oak Chairs
POA
artsncraftsfurniture
Arts & Crafts Chairs
POA
FB Antiques
Set of 6 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 595
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Fourteen Bleached Mahogany Chairs C19th Century
Kernow Furniture
Single Georgian Style Mahogany Dining Chair
£ 125
Kernow Furniture
Set 5 Georgian Style Stained Beech Dining Chairs
£ 595
FB Antiques
Set of 10 Regency Style Dining Chairs
£ 595
£ 7,250
Lascombe Interiors
Set Of 8 Hand Stained Leather Dining Chairs
£ 3,675
£ 255
£ 399.99
£ 495
FB Antiques
Set Six Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 625
London City Antiques
Set of 4 Antique George III Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,485
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Good Quality Set Of 14 Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,650
Millers Antiques
Pair Robert Adam Style Chairs 19thc
£ 350
Millers Antiques
Set of 8 Leather Seated Dining Chairs
£ 650
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Set of 6 Dining Chairs in Walnut
£ 775
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Four Vintage Italian Chiavari Dining Chairs in Solid Brass
£ 1,450
Set of Four Vintage Italian Chiavari Dining Chairs in Solid Brass
£ 1,450
Marylebone Antiques
MebleinUK
Set of 4 Oak Dining Chairs c.1930
£ 399.99
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Set of 6 Dining Chairs in Mahogany
£ 625
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set of 4 Oak Dining Chairs
£ 425
Fedw Hir Antiques
Pair Of Antique Victorian Mahogany Quality Balloon Back Side Chairs
£ 260
