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As a native species across most of Europe and the Americas, Oak has long been used for chair making. Before comfy dining chairs became popular in the 18th Century, early oak chairs were either simple pegged stools or heavy and well carved ‘thrones’ for the master of the house to sit in. Over time, these 17th and early 18th Century armchairs have acquired a beautiful warmth of patina that make them almost sculptural in our modern airy homes. Although oak chairs continued in production through the Georgian and Victorian periods, it was during the Arts & Crafts Movement that the timber really earned the recognition it deserved. Here beautiful hand cut chairs were either left in their natural light oak colour or stained to mimic centuries-old oak. For people looking to purchase antique oak then there are naturally a wide variety of designs out there to choose from. When oak chairs were high class objects they have often been richly decorated with carvings or inlays, and when oak was seen as furniture for the lower classes and servants, then it has often left in simple crisp utilitarian form. Kitchen chairs in oak remain popular today as well as Oak dining chairs. Antique Oak Desk chairs often possess a lovely industrial feel. Today while we naturally admire the tones of older early Oak, it is usually perfectly acceptable for later pieces to be stripped or cleaned back to give a lighter and pleasing honey brown tone.
At LoveAntiques we have a large and impressive selection of Antique Oak chairs for sale as well as vintage examples which pay homage to the older styles.
Hingstons Antiques
Victorian Leather Reading Chair
£ 2,250
The Sitting Place
Set of 4 Victorian Bruce Talbert Design Dining Chairs
£ 745
CS & T Ornate Objects & Furniture
Spanish Brutalist or Primitve Mid Century Tri Legged Chair
£ 395
Spanish Brutalist or Primitve Mid Century Tri Legged Chair
£ 395
CS & T Ornate Objects & Furniture
Stalham Antique Gallery
Vintage Office Chair in Oak with a Revolving Movement
£ 225
Alain Michel Antiques
Set of 4 Lorraine Chairs 18th Century in Oak
€ 1,100
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Antique Continental X-Frame Carved Oak Throne
£ 495
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Good Set Six French Country Kitchen Dining Chairs
£ 895
Harmony Antiques
Pair Of Antique French Armchairs
£ 695
Georgian Antiques
Large Scottish Oak Desk Chair
£ 800
Georgian Antiques
Neat Sized Oak-framed Orkney Chair
£ 1,250
Victoria Antiques
Timeless Early 20th Century Oak Swivel Desk Chair
£ 250
Oakfield Gallery
Oak Turners Chair c.1880
£ 325
LT Antiques
Set of 10 Oak & Leather Dining Chairs
£ 2,450
Penderyn Antiques
Antique Oak Wainscot Armchair
£ 650
Antique Furniture Direct
Edwardian Oak Tub Chair / Desk Chair
£ 195
Kernow Furniture
Antique Victorian Corner Chair
£ 385
Planet Antiques
Set of 6 Stunning Victorian Chairs
£ 700
artsncraftsfurniture
Cotswold School Table & Chairs
POA
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Superb Set of Eight Oak & Ash Kitchen Dining Chairs
£ 995
Billy Hunt
Charming Pair of 1930s Oak Barrel Chairs
£ 490
Harry Raine Antiques
Set of Four Oak Rush Seated Ladder Back Chairs
£ 225
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Victorian Oak Library Chair
£ 645
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique Arts and Crafts Side Chairs by William Birch
£ 575
Paul Watson Antiques & Interiors Norfolk
Fine Set 6 Art Deco Oak Dining Chairs Circa 1930s
£ 1,250
Fine Set 6 Art Deco Oak Dining Chairs Circa 1930s
£ 1,250
Paul Watson Antiques & Interiors Norfolk
Kernow Furniture
6 x 1930s Oak Dining Chairs
£ 545
Kernow Furniture
Pair of 1930s Oak Carver Chairs
£ 375
Kernow Furniture
William Birch Arts & Crafts Oak Carver Chair
£ 675
£ 1,075
£ 365
Victoria Antiques
Unusual Pair of Limed Oak Arts & Crafts Armchairs.
£ 650
Casnewydd Antiques
Dining Chairs Arts & Craft Style
£ 960
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Super Pair of French Upholstered Armchairs c.1880
£ 1,295
£ 365
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
1930s Danish Art Deco Oak Armchair in Green Wool
£ 480
Penderyn Antiques
Set of Three Antique Oak Farmhouse Chairs
£ 495
Lee Wright Antiques Ltd
Late 18th Century English Oak Corner Chair
£ 1,850
Avego Antiques and Collectibles
Pair of Side Chairs c.1900
£ 150
Planet Antiques
Set of 6 North Staffordshire Railway Chairs
£ 2,500
The Old Yard
Late 17th C. Oak Hall Chair
£ 350
£ 2,450
Fabulous Pair Early 20thc Carolean Style Black Leather Wing Armchairs
£ 2,450
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