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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.
Marylebone Antiques
Pair of Antique Swedish Leather Club Armchairs
£ 2,500
Harry Raine Antiques
Windsor Armchair
£ 320
£ 1,495
Antique Turner's Chair, English Oak, Warwick, Old Saxon, Elbow Seat, Victorian
£ 1,495
London Fine Ltd
£ 1,595
Antique Turner's Chair, English, Oak, Old Saxon, Elbow Seat, Victorian, C.1900
£ 1,595
London Fine Ltd
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Gillows Victorian Carved Golden Oak Desk Chair Attributed to Bruce James Talbert
£ 750
Gillows Victorian Carved Golden Oak Desk Chair Attributed to Bruce James Talbert
£ 750
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Trade Antiques
Gothic Hall Chair Country Oak Height 4 ft 2 Inch 1850
£ 1,485
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Antique Victorian Pair of Ladies and Gentlemen’s Red Gothic Revival Oak Chairs
£ 550
Antique Victorian Pair of Ladies and Gentlemen’s Red Gothic Revival Oak Chairs
£ 550
Knight Fine Antiques & Collectables
Debenham Antiques Ltd
Late 19th Century Carved Oak Arts & Crafts Armchair
£ 1,195
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Fine Quality Set of 8 Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
£ 665
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
18th Century Salt Box Chair with Sliding Panel
£ 545
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Super Set Eight French Dining Chairs
£ 1,295
Timeless Furniture UK
Pair of Antique Carolean-style Oak Chairs
£ 275
Antique Furniture Direct
A 17th Century Oak Chair
£ 145
Timeless Furniture UK
Ecclesiastical Style Oak Side Chair
£ 165
Timeless Furniture UK
Vintage Set of Six Oak Ladder Back Dining Chairs – Including Two Carvers
£ 285
Vintage Set of Six Oak Ladder Back Dining Chairs – Including Two Carvers
£ 285
Timeless Furniture UK
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Reversible Tilt Back Railway Or Chapel Bench
£ 460
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Leather and Oak Side / Desk Chair
£ 475
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Victorian Gothic Revival Solid Oak Desk Chair
£ 1,150
£ 385.55
Vintage Art Deco Oak Dining Chairs / Tapestry Seats / Set of Four 1930-1940
£ 385.55
MebleinUK
Alain Michel Antiques
19th Century Windsor Oak Armchair
€ 700
London City Antiques
Antique Victorian Quality Set of 4 Carved Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,485
London City Antiques
Antique Pair of Quality Carved Oak Side / Hall Chairs
£ 885
artsncraftsfurniture
Arts & Crafts Chairs
POA
Kernow Furniture
Antique Carved Oak Corner Chair
£ 295
The Old Yard
Victorian Swivel Tilting Office Chair
£ 395
Alain Michel Antiques
Pair of English Windsor Armchairs
€ 1,100
Kernow Furniture
Pair Georgian Style Wing Back Armchairs
£ 1,895
Founders Antiques
Antique Victorian Oak Vernacular Side Chair c.1850
£ 385
Timeless Furniture UK
Early 20th Century Oak Framed Hump Back Side Chair
£ 265
Barnaby's of Battle
Antique Oak Framed Library Armchair with Green Upholstery
£ 175
Holmes Antiques
17th Century Yorkshire Oak Wainscot Chair
£ 1,900
Holmes Antiques
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
£ 2,200
Fedw Hir Antiques
Antique Rustic Childs American Gothic Style Rocking Chair
£ 125
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 20th Century Good Quality Set Of 14 Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,650
Harry Raine Antiques
Pair of Oak Ladder Back Rush Seated Armchairs
£ 160
Harry Raine Antiques
Pair of Oak Rush Seated Ladder Back Armchairs
£ 160
Harry Raine Antiques
Pair of Oak Ladder Back Rush Seated Armchairs
£ 160
Fedw Hir Antiques
Antique Childs Chair with Floral Upholstery
£ 145
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Pair of Early 20th Century Office Desk Chairs
£ 410
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