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 8 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 5,850
Superb Quality Set of 8 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 5,850
London City Antiques
London City Antiques
Set of 4 Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 1,485
Georgian Antiques
Set of 12 Scottish Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 8,000
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 8 Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 5,650
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 8 Pretty Victorian Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 3,450
Penderyn Antiques
Set of Four Antique Oak Farmhouse Chairs
£ 695
Marylebone Antiques
Set of Ten Danish Vintage Teak Dining Chairs
£ 1,950
London City Antiques
Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 2,950
London City Antiques
Set of 4 Antique Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,485
London City Antiques
Antique Set of Six Victorian Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 2,685
Philip Hunt Antiques
Set of 16 (14 + 2) Mahogany Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
£ 6,450
£ 545
The Antique Shop
Set of Eight Antique Jacobean Style Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 1,365
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Good Set of Regency Dining Chairs
£ 1,150
London City Antiques
Fine Set of 10 Antique Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 6,485
£ 399.99
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Wonderful Set of Four Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,085
London City Antiques
Outstanding Quality Set of 10 Antique Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 6,450
Outstanding Quality Set of 10 Antique Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 6,450
London City Antiques
£ 499.99
Antique Carver Oak Dining Chairs / Set of 6 / Barley Twist Detail / Late 19th Century
£ 499.99
MebleinUK
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Outstanding Quality Set of Eight Antique Mahogany Irish Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
£ 5,495
Outstanding Quality Set of Eight Antique Mahogany Irish Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
£ 5,495
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
London City Antiques
Unusual Set of 8 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 3,950
Unusual Set of 8 Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 3,950
London City Antiques
Kernow Furniture
4 Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs
£ 185
London City Antiques
Fine Set of 8 Antique George III Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 4,850
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Quality Set of Six Antique Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 1,845
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Wonderful Set of Six Antique Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 1,895
Wonderful Set of Six Antique Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 1,895
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Alain Michel Antiques
Set of 6 Oak French Chairs
€ 1,300
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
Stunning Set of Eight Antique George III Mahogany Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 4,200
Stunning Set of Eight Antique George III Mahogany Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 4,200
Unique Antiques By Emma Jade
The Antique Shop
Antique Set Six Rosewood Victorian Dining Chairs
£ 1,385
London City Antiques
Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
Fine Quality Set of 6 Antique Rosewood Brass Inlaid Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
London City Antiques
Philip Hunt Antiques
Wonderful Set of 8 (6 + 2) Regency Rosewood / Simulated Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
Wonderful Set of 8 (6 + 2) Regency Rosewood / Simulated Dining Chairs
£ 2,750
Philip Hunt Antiques
The Antique Shop
Antique Set Four Country Oak Dining Chairs
£ 565
Penderyn Antiques
Set of Eight Antique George III Welsh Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
Penderyn Antiques
Set of Eight Antique George III Welsh Oak Dining Chairs
£ 1,250
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Set of 6 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs c.1900
£ 950
Kernow Furniture
10 Victorian Oak & Leather Dining Chairs
£ 895
London City Antiques
Quality Antique Set of 6 Victorian Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,650
Quality Antique Set of 6 Victorian Carved Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,650
London City Antiques
London City Antiques
Set of 6 Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Dining Chairs
£ 2,850
Georgian Antiques
Rare Set of 14 Regency Mahogany Dining Chairs
£ 9,750
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Matched Set of Six Elm & Beech Windsor Chairs
£ 995