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.
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set Of 4 Barley Twist Dining Chairs In Oak
£ 425
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Set Of 8 Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
£ 439.99
Timeless Furniture UK
Set of Seven Reproduction Regency Style Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 365
Georgian Antiques
A Quality Set of 8 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 3,750
London City Antiques
Large Rare Suite of 42 Matching Louis XVI Style Giltwood Dining Chairs with Silk Damask Upholstery
£ 32,000
Large Rare Suite of 42 Matching Louis XVI Style Giltwood Dining Chairs with Silk Damask Upholstery
£ 32,000
London City Antiques
Millers Antiques
Set 4 Scottish Georgian Chairs
£ 480
Billy Hunt and Co
Set 6 Mid Century Teak Dining Chairs by McIntosh
£ 635
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Four Danish Rosewood and Leather Dining Chairs by Arne Wahl Iversen
£ 2,750
Set of Four Danish Rosewood and Leather Dining Chairs by Arne Wahl Iversen
£ 2,750
Marylebone Antiques
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Ten Vintage Danish Rosewood Dining Chairs by Ole Wanscher
£ 8,750
Set of Ten Vintage Danish Rosewood Dining Chairs by Ole Wanscher
£ 8,750
Marylebone Antiques
Timeless Furniture UK
Victorian Set of Six Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 365
Alain Michel Antiques
Set of 4 Mahogany & Inlaid Dining Chairs - 19th Century
€ 1,400
Bentleigh Antiques Limited
Gordon Russell Dining Table & 8 Chairs Marwood Room Rosewood - Number 1 of 200
£ 2,895
Gordon Russell Dining Table & 8 Chairs Marwood Room Rosewood - Number 1 of 200
£ 2,895
Bentleigh Antiques Limited
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Vintage Italian Chiavari Dining Chairs in Solid Brass
£ 295
Marylebone Antiques
Vintage G Plan Redford Dining Table & Chairs
£ 850
£ 459.99
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Eight Danish Vintage Dining Chairs
£ 1,650
CES Home & Garden Limited
Vintage William Lawrence G-plan Dining Table & 4 Chairs - Delivery Available - 0348
£ 895
Vintage William Lawrence G-plan Dining Table & 4 Chairs - Delivery Available - 0348
£ 895
CES Home & Garden Limited
Camden Antiques
Set of 10 Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,450
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Set of Six Georgian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 895
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Edwardian Set Of 6 Dining Chairs In Oak
£ 825
Church Street Antiques
Regency Mahogany Dining Suite
£ 4,850
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Dining Table With 6 Dining Chairs In Oak
£ 1,495
Elmgarden Antiques
Anglo Indian Raj Table & 10 Chairs, Metal Decoration
£ 5,750
Gaylord Antiques
Mahogany Single Carver Chair
£ 450
Gaylord Antiques
Set Of Six Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,850
Millers Antiques
4 Matched Regency Chairs
£ 350
Timeless Furniture UK
Victorian Set of Four Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 295
Founders Antiques
Set of Four Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1880
£ 545
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Fine Quality Set of 8 Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 1,250
Timeless Furniture UK
Vintage Set of Four Oak Dining Chairs
£ 295
£ 2,650
6 Antique Lancashire Dining Chairs, English Beech, Carver, Seat - Edwardian c.1905
£ 2,650
London Fine Ltd
Penderyn Antiques
Antique Set of Six Country Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,150
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set of 6 Leather Dining Chairs in Oak
£ 625
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Set Of 6 Ash Windsor Dining Chairs
£ 825
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Eight Vintage Bentwood Thonet Dining Chairs
£ 1,100
Philip Hunt Antiques
A Superb Set of Twelve Mahogany Prince of Wales Style Dining Chairs,
£ 4,650
A Superb Set of Twelve Mahogany Prince of Wales Style Dining Chairs,
£ 4,650
Philip Hunt Antiques
Wilsford Antiques
Set of Ten Regency-style Chairs
£ 1,400
LT Antiques
Set Of 8 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,850
Timeless Furniture UK
Vintage Set of Four Oak High Back Barley Twist Dining Chairs
£ 285
