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.
Antique Set of Six Quality Victorian Rosewood Balloon Back Dining Chairs
£ 2,650
London City Antiques
Outstanding Quality Set of 10 Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 5,850
London City Antiques
Set of Six Danish Teak ‘ingrid’ Dining Chairs by Niels Koefoed
£ 1,650
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Set of 8 Victorian Mahogany Shield Back Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs Carvers Original Tan Leather
£ 3,450
London City Antiques
Fantastic Quality Set of Six Antique Regency Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,495
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Vintage Solid Oak Windsor Dining Chairs / Set of Four / Classic English Farmhouse Chairs c.1960
£ 299.99
MebleinUK
Set of Four Danish Vintage Teak and Leather Dining Chairs by Arne Vodder
£ 1,750
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Eight Vintage Danish Teak and Leather Dining Chairs by Ole Wanscher
£ 4,650
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Six Upholstered Mahogany Dining Chairs with Pierced Splat Backs (2 Carvers & 4 Side Chairs)
£ 365
Timeless Furniture UK
Antique Burr Walnut Queen Anne Style Dining Table and Eight Chairs
£ 4,950
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Set of Four Mahogany Bar Back Dining Chairs with Sabre Legs
£ 1,385
London City Antiques
