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.
London City Antiques
Superb Quality Set of 6 Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,250
London City Antiques
Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,885
Penderyn Antiques
Set of Four Antique Oak & Leather Dining Chairs
£ 595
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Set of 6 Regency Ebonised Rope Twist Trafalgar Chairs
£ 1,250
Set of 6 Regency Ebonised Rope Twist Trafalgar Chairs
£ 1,250
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Wickersley Antiques
Rare Set of 8 Victorian Dining Chairs 2 Carvers
£ 1,395
Georgian Antiques
Set of 8 Solid Oak Dining Chairs
£ 850
London City Antiques
Set of Eight Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 3,650
Set of Eight Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 3,650
London City Antiques
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Set of Six Attractive Fruitwood Dining Chairs
£ 565
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 6 Mahogany Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Set of Eight Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,850
Rawlings Antiques
Set of 6 Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 475
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 6 Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 995
artsncraftsfurniture
Period Oak Chair
£ 125
artsncraftsfurniture
Pair of Chippendale Oak Chairs - Possibly Welsh
£ 450
Millers Antiques
Four 18th Century Dining Chairs
£ 950
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
1930s Walnut Veneer Dining Table & Chairs
£ 2,250
Hogarths Gallery
Superb Set of Six William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 695
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Set of Four Dining / Kitchen or Side Chairs
£ 1,450
Marylebone Antiques
Set of 6 Antique William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,650
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
A Set of Six Spindle Back Oak Chairs
£ 1,250
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
A Set of Eight Oak Dining Chairs
£ 575
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 4 Irish Mahogany Regency Dining Chairs
£ 895
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 8 Antique Victorian Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 3,850
Camden Antiques
Set of 4 Bleached Country Kitchen Chairs
£ 525
Hingstons Antiques
Set of 8 Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs
£ 1,975
Courtyard Antiques
Set of 4 Worksop Windsor Chairs
£ 620
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Antique Set of 8 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 4,250
Fine Quality Antique Set of 8 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 4,250
London City Antiques
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 2,485
Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 2,485
London City Antiques
Sunnyside Antiques
George III Mahogany Side Chairs
£ 695
Merchant House Antiques
8 Country Chairs
£ 1,295
Harmony Antiques
Set of Six French Oak Os De Mouton Dining Chairs
£ 445
Oakfield Gallery
Georgian Chippendale Period Set of Six Dining Chairs c.1770
£ 825
Marylebone Antiques
Art Deco Burr Walnut Dining Table & Cloud Back Chairs by Epstein
£ 8,995
Art Deco Burr Walnut Dining Table & Cloud Back Chairs by Epstein
£ 8,995
Marylebone Antiques
Kernow Furniture
Set of 4 Oak Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 385
Kernow Furniture
Set of 4 Continental Carved Oak Chairs
£ 345
Kernow Furniture
Set 6 Carved Oak Continental Dining Chairs
£ 995
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Harlequin Set of 8 Ash & Elm Kitchen Dining Chairs
£ 1,295
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Set of Six Regency Period Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 1,450
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Set of Eight 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,450
Set of Eight 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,450
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Millers Antiques
Set of Four 19th Century Dining Chiars
£ 475