Antique Carver Chairs
A Carver chair is commonly known as a dining chair with arms and is usually found at the head (and now also foot) of the table. There are several theories about how this useful chair got its name with some attributing it to an example owned by John Carver (c1576-1621), founder of the Massachusetts Colony in the US. Others simply see it as a reference to the role of the head of the table who usually ‘carves’ the meat. Whatever the true origin of the name, Carver chairs were notably grander than the surrounding dining chairs not only with beautiful arms but also slightly taller backs.
During the age of Mahogany, Carvers would sport very refined pierced backs, slender tapering legs and out swept arms. By the Victorian age the fashion for excess led Carvers to become ever more fanciful and over-upholstered with ornate turnings and needlework. The Art Deco Period finally swept away those ideals and in its place the humble Carver was a paired back refined chair which gently embraced the sweeping curves of modernity. Today the Carver can be found in use far away from the dining table, either as a desk chair, bedroom chair or spare hall chair. Whichever spot you place it you can rely on the fact that antique and vintage Carver chairs will be well made (usually or Mahogany, Oak, Elm or Beech), appealing and able to withstand and serve the people they are intended for.
At LoveAntiques we have an impressive and ever-changing range of antique and vintage Carver chairs for all your seating needs.
Thakeham Furniture ltd
Fine Pair of Georgian Mahogany Carver Chairs
£ 2,550
artsncraftsfurniture
Edward Barnsley Chairs
POA
Campbell Vintage
19th Century Primitive Stick Back Windsor Armchair
£ 840
Tony Youll Antiques
Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs in Original Paint
£ 795
Harmony Antiques
Set of French Os De Mouton Dining Chairs with Carvers
£ 595
The Antique Shop
Antique Set of Six Oak Padded Back Dining Chairs
£ 435
The Antique Shop
Antique Set of Eight Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 825
The Antique Shop
Antique Set of Oak Cromwellian Style Dining Chairs
£ 565
Reillys Antiques
Antique Edwardian Carver Chair
€ 345
Mercia Interiors
Minature Pair of Carver Chairs
£ 795
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Antique Windsor Bar Back Carver Chair
£ 225
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Antique Stick Back Windsor Chair
£ 395
Wickersley Antiques
Fine Pair of Regency Period Carver Chairs Henry Maxwell
£ 1,650
Stalham Antique Gallery
Mahogany Carver Chair with 'Shepherds Crook' Arms
£ 325
Stalham Antique Gallery
Very Good George III Carver Chair
£ 325
Courtyard Antiques
Large Farmhouse Windsor Armchair
£ 295
Courtyard Antiques
Stickback Windsor Armchair
£ 285
Stalham Antique Gallery
Lovely Country Made Child’s Carver Chair
£ 60
Campbell Vintage
Early 1900's Stick Back Elbow Chair With Bobbin Details
£ 320
£ 2,000
Treehouse Antiques
Carved Oak Hunting Lodge Armchair
£ 295
£ 1,450
Antique and Unique
Oak Shakespeare Style Chair
£ 325
Prior & Willis Antiques
Regency Mahogany Elbow / Carver / Desk Chair
£ 795
Prior & Willis Antiques
Georgian Mahogany Elbow / Carver / Desk Chair c.1815
£ 795
Pear Tree Antiques
Set of Six Carved Mahogany Chippendale Style Chairs
£ 760
artsncraftsfurniture
Ebonised Chair c.1890
£ 445
Fontaine Decorative
George III Elbow Chair
£ 295
The Antique Shop
Pair of Antique Mahogany Carver Chairs
£ 650
The Antique Shop
Set of 8 Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Dining Chairs c.1920
£ 1,650
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 10 (8 + 2) Mahogany Regency Bar Back Dining Chairs
£ 3,250
£ 425
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Armchairs
£ 1,525
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Pair of George III Mahogany Carver Chairs
£ 700
Stalham Antique Gallery
Antique Mahogany Carver Chair
£ 325
Youngs Antiques
Harlequin Set of Four Mendlesham Chairs
£ 2,500
Youngs Antiques
Fine 18th Century Comb Back Windsor Chair
£ 950
Bridport Antiques
Six Hepplewhite Design Mahogany Chairs
£ 495
Sunnyside Antiques
Elm Country Chair
£ 335
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique Queen Anne Style Mahogany Carver Armchairs
£ 950