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 of 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.
Elmgarden
Large Roomy Bentwood Carver Chair
£ 275
Courtyard Antiques
19th Century Oxford Windsor Barback Armchair
£ 345
Town House Traders Ltd
Set of 8 Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 460
Camden Antiques
19th Century Mahogany Armchair / Desk Chair
£ 195
Harmony Antiques
Set of Six 1940's French Dining Chairs for Re-upholstery
£ 595
Courtyard Antiques
Large Decorative Windsor Armchair
£ 395
Gorseway Antiques
William IV Mahogany Desk Chair
£ 495
Marylebone Antiques
Set of 10 Antique Mahogany Chippendale Carver Dining Chairs
£ 3,750
Mercia Interiors
Lovely Pair of Carver Hall Chairs
£ 595
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Victorian Mahogany Carver Armchair / Desk Chair
£ 475
Mercia Interiors
Regency Mahogany Desk Chair
£ 495
Antique and Unique
Arts and Crafts Shakespeare Chair
£ 695
Mabel Rose Interiors
Victorian Windsor Style Armchair
£ 295
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
19th Century Fruitwood & Elm Windsor Chair
£ 620
Courtyard Antiques
19th Century Windsor Stickback Armchairs
£ 259
Mercia Interiors
Cromwellian Carver Chair
£ 995
Prior & Willis Antiques
Antique Fine Quality Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Elbow Carver Dining Chairs
£ 1,895
Antique Fine Quality Pair of 19th Century Mahogany Elbow Carver Dining Chairs
£ 1,895
Prior & Willis Antiques
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Georgian Style Mahogany Desk Chair c.1910
£ 595
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique French Walnut Salon Chairs
£ 1,250
Harmony Antiques
Pair of French Dining Carver Armchairs
£ 345
Tony Youll Antiques
18th Century Hepplewhite Armchair
£ 495
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Armchair / Desk Chair
£ 574
Antique and Unique
Antique Ladder Back Carver Chair
£ 169
London City Antiques
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Armchair
£ 895
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Lovely Pair of French Fauteuil Armchairs
£ 650
The Antique Shop
Antique Quality Mahogany Leather Library Desk Chair
£ 784
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Antique Bar Back Windsor Carver Chair
£ 245
Fabulous Finds Antiques
Large Oak Arts & Crafts Carver Desk Chair
£ 230
artsncraftsfurniture
Edward Barnsley Carver Chairs
POA
JMR Antiques Ltd
Fabulous 18th Century Windsor Armchair
£ 895
The Antique Shop
Antique Walnut Carver Desk Armchair
£ 645
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique Chippendale Revival Mahogany Carver Armchairs
£ 1,250
artsncraftsfurniture
Edward Barnsley Chairs
POA
The Antique Shop
Antique Set of Six Oak Padded Back Dining Chairs
£ 435
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
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