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.
Harry Raine Antiques
Good Quality Set of Six Oak Panel Back Dining Chairs
£ 550
Harry Raine Antiques
Set of Eight Classic English Oak Windsor Chairs (6 + 2)
£ 875
Hingstons Antiques
Set of 8 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1875
artsncraftsfurniture
Morris Chairs by Philip Webb
£ 600
£ 695
Windsor House Antiques
An Attractive Set of 8 (6+2) Chippendale Design Ladder Backed Chairs
£ 1900
An Attractive Set of 8 (6+2) Chippendale Design Ladder Backed Chairs
£ 1900
Windsor House Antiques
Kernow Furniture
2 X Victorian Occasional Chairs
£ 345
Kernow Furniture
6 Edwardian Dining Chairs
£ 545
Kernow Furniture
Set of 4 Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 475
Kernow Furniture
4 Antique Balloon Back Dining Chairs
£ 345
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 8 (6+2) Georgian Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1890
£ 3295
Set of 8 (6+2) Georgian Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1890
£ 3295
Prior & Willis Antiques
£ 1850
Set of 8 Antique Dining Chairs, English, Oak, Carver, Seat, Edwardian c.1910
£ 1850
London Fine Ltd
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 8 (6+2) Georgian Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2795
£ 1695
Set of 4 Antique Chippendale Revival Chairs, English, Elbow, Armchair, Victorian
£ 1695
London Fine Ltd
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 6 Queen Anne Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1900
£ 1695
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 6 Victorian Elm Kitchen Dining Chairs 19th Century
£ 1495
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Rare Long Set 10 French Parisian Dining Chairs
£ 1950
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 8 (6+2) Georgian Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1910
£ 3295
Set of 8 (6+2) Georgian Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs c.1910
£ 3295
Prior & Willis Antiques
Kernow Furniture
4 Antique Balloon Back Dining Chairs
£ 595
Prior & Willis Antiques
Set of 6 Victorian Thonet Bentwood Beech Kitchen Dining Chairs Early 20th Century
£ 1595
Set of 6 Victorian Thonet Bentwood Beech Kitchen Dining Chairs Early 20th Century
£ 1595
Prior & Willis Antiques
Pear Tree Antiques
Set of Six Carved Mahogany Chippendale Style Chairs
£ 760
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Set of 6 Bleached Oak Farmhouse Dining Chairs
£ 900
Sussex Antiques and Interiors
Pretty Set of 6 French Dining Chairs
£ 900
Driscolls Antiques Ltd
Quality Georgian Mahogany Set of Four Antique Dining Chairs
£ 695
Windsor House Antiques
Set of Six George III Period Spindleback Chairs
£ 1200
Rettendon Antiques
Set of Six Victorian Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 495
Georgian Antiques
Dining Chairs - Exhibition Quality Adam Style
£ 6500
Millers Antiques
Set of 4 Dining Chairs Attributed to Gillows
£ 850
Courtyard Antiques
Set of 4 Windsor Country Kitchen Chairs
£ 640
Marylebone Antiques
Set of 8 Antique Georgian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2750
LC Antiques
Set of 8 Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 495
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Set of 4 Antique Aesthetic Style Dining Chairs
£ 275
Windsor House Antiques
Most Attractive Set of 8 (6+2) Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Chairs of Classical Form
£ 3000
Most Attractive Set of 8 (6+2) Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Chairs of Classical Form
£ 3000
Windsor House Antiques
Mabel Rose Interiors
Set of Six Oak Dining Chairs
£ 345
Georgian Antiques
Set of 8 Georgian Style Dining Chairs
£ 3750
£ 375
£ 475
1900's Set of 6 Mahogany Chippendale Style Dining Chairs With Pop Out Seats
£ 475
Pughs Antiques
£ 650
Pughs Antiques
1900's Quality Set 6 Hoop Back Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 525
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Antique Set of 8 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 4250