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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.
Pair of 18th-century Georgian Oak & Elm Corner Chairs – Antique Elbow Armchairs
£ 590
artsonline.org.uk
Antique Set of 4 Jacobean Style Oak Dining Chairs | Barley Twist | AF-6884
£ 425
ActFurniture LTD
Rare Long Set of 14 (12 Side and 2 Carvers) Oak-framed Newly Leather Upholstered Dining Room Chairs
£ 8,750
Georgian Antiques
Vintage Small Rustic Oak Bench | Splayed Legs & Through Tenons | AF-6866
£ 425
ActFurniture LTD
Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Morris Reclining Armchair | Bobbin Turned | AF-6809
£ 585
ActFurniture LTD
Vintage Set of Four Oak Ladder Back Dining Chairs - Bentwood Style
£ 275
Timeless Furniture UK
Antique Jacobean Style Oak Refectory Dining Table & Six Chairs
£ 1,545
CS & T Ornate Furniture
Hall Chair Stunning Unique Antique Carved Oak Castle Wainscot Style Hall Armchair
£ 475
Richardsons Antiques
Antique Early Oak Furniture 17th Century Charles 1 Joined Wainscot Armchair - English
£ 1,475
Mark Seabrook Antiques
Antique Charming Low Oak Chair with Bobbin Legs & Bobbin Side Supports
£ 185
Fedw Hir Antiques
Edwardian Oak Revolving Desk Chair with Shaped Arms & Turned Spindles
£ 685
Hingstons Antiques
Antique Victorian Set of Six Carved Oak Barley Twist Dining Chairs
£ 2,250
London City Antiques
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