British Seating

Liberty and Co. attributed. An Arts & Crafts walnut armchair with extending uprights to the back and floral inlays to the backrest roundels with an array of stretchers below the seat...

This set of two carved mahogany chairs was crafted by the inimitable and famed Thomas Chippendale. The yellow upholstered seats complement the deep mahogany beautifully, creating an ...

A fantastic antique leather stool. This is in the classic Chippendale style, it was made in England and dates from around the 1920-1930’s period. It is of super quality and is a ver...

An amazing primitive and naive vernacular 'Hedge' chair, also termed Famine chair, that dates from the 1800s and originates from England. The piece sits ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Regency style, Hand carved Flamed Mahogany Chaise Lounge with solid English Brass, Lions Hair...

English oak settle hall bench, 18th c. This bench features scrolling foliate carved crest, over paneled back, curved arms on turned supports, removable seat cushion above hinged seat...

Liberty and Co. A Moorish high-back walnut armchair with elongated turned finials and triangular upper supports to each side pierced with Moorish device...

A very fine example of an early 19th century English daybed by the celebrated firm Waring & Gillows, dating to circa 1830. This distinguished piece showcases the elegant craftsmanshi...

A pair of George III Hepplewhite period hall chairs of a good original colour and patina; the oval backs with centres finely decorated with gilded griffins and laurel wreaths on a pa...

Handcrafted Leather sling easy lounge chair. Constructed from select solid white English Ash (American black walnut is also available) with custom English bridle leather sling seat a...

Liberty and Co. London. An elegant English Aesthetic Movement walnut ladder back side chair. The last three images are from: A Pictorial Dictionary ...

An English oak stool from the 19th century, with barley twist base, rectangular block joints and new linen upholstery and brass nailhead trim. Created in England during the 19th cent...

Late 19th century English Georgian set of 4 ladder back dining chairs, shaped and pierced cresting and back rails, suede leather upholstered seat cushion above square fluted front su...

Lambs of Manchester A Set of Four Aesthetic Movement Oak Dining Chairs with carved and part ebonised details, professionally reupholstered in a quality matt black leather.

Dagmar design Blek ottoman A custom-made round ottoman with solid wood frame developed & produced at our workshops in London. These examples have frames in fumed and oiled oak ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super comfortable, Timothy Oulton Balmoral, over sized Heritage brown leather sofa with two feather fil...

Dimitri Omersa was a Yugoslav-British designer best known for his iconic leather animal-shaped poufs. The first leather pig was made in 1927 for Liberty of London by "Old Bill," usin...

Set of Four Ercol Candlestick Dining Chairs Mid Century (Lucian Ercolani, c.1950s–60s) A charming and authentic Set of Four Ercol Candlestic...

George Edmund Street. A Gothic Revival oak armchair, designed for the Judges for The Royal Courts of Justice in Fleet St (London's High Court). With spiral carved finials and further spiral carving to the front legs. With a subtle flowing design below the arms and shallow carved floral decoration to the back of the arms. This armchair is ready for upholstery, the horse hair back is designed for button back upholstery. In 1868 G E Street's design won the competition to build The Royal Courts of Justice. Queen Victoria opened the Royal Courts in December 1882 after eleven years of construction. The building instantly became an awe-inspiring landmark in the heart of London’s Fleet Street. We have two more Judges armchairs...

We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, super low Mid Century Modern designer restored brown leather sofa What a sofa! This has to be the coolest sofa I have e...

An elegant pair of modern lounge chairs. Handmade in England. Beech frames, sprung seat and newly upholstered in a premium, soft, pure yellow gold mohair fabric. Fast shipping wo...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this pair of super comfortable and very stylish Harris Tweed brown leather footstools that can be used as si...

The Esmerelda Sofa is a refined statement piece. It’s upholstered in cream fabric, with a rich tone and plush texture. Sleek legs lend a contemporary edge, balancing classic opulence with modern design. Generously proportioned with deep seat and back cushions, the Esmerelda is very comfortable, making it as inviting as it is striking. This piece enhances any space - from a grand living room to a more intimate setting. Exclusively available at Rehaus, the Esmerelda Sofa by Robert Langford...

Diminutive 19th century Welsh pine settle/ bench with great colour and a lovely small size. 1820. Seat height: 16.5-inches Code: 8952 Dimensions: W: 36" (91.4 cm) H: 48" (121.9...

A very good quality mid-19th century mahogany stool, of diminutive proportions, having attractive needlework drop in seat to frame with elegant carved decoration, raised on cabriole ...

E G Punnet attributed. Probably made by William Birch and retailed by Goodyers of Regent Street. An Arts and Crafts oak wing back hall armchair using flat sided construction. With fl...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely suite of six original Gothic revival English oak Victorian dining chairs circa 1890 A very decorative and well made set, each chair ...

A beautiful and stylish pair of Art Deco walnut and leather carver armchairs. They were made in England, they date from the 1930’s. The quality is superb, they are beautifully craft...

An Edwardian period garden bench. The wrought iron "straps" are hand riveted and the arms and legs are forged in a scroll design with a worn painted finish.

Liberty and Co Attributed. A set of six English Arts & Crafts oak dining chairs with fabulous elongated tops and stylized floral and heart cut-outs to the upper backs on square tape...

A classic set of six Yew and Elm wood English Windsor chairs. Dating at mid 18th - early 19th century, 1760 -1810. In remarkable antique condition with very minor variations in detai...

Chair Human in solid natural wood in bianco finish, with 2 polished brass feet.

With serpentine upholstered back and square seat with typical down swept arms. Square section legs . H- stretcher and brass casters.

A Lovely Matching Pair of Victorian Floral Embroidered Low Footstools With Wood Carved Bases Set On Four Foot Pads.

This is an antique turner’s chair. An English, oak John Starkey 'Warwick' style elbow seat, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. A charming and distinctive example inspir...

Set of 6 Circa 1810 Regency Period Mahogany Chairs. This entirely hand-carved set consists of two armchairs and four side chairs. The top crest rails flair out into rondels while the...

English Charles II oak 'Derbyshire' side chair with 2 arched horizontal splats above a plank seat & turned legs joined by stretchers (17th Century and Later).  

Morris armchair. Arts & Crafts. United Kingdom, Circa 1900 Backrest inclination adjustable by rack system. Beech wood structure In good condition. Reupholstered a few years ago wi...

Our Signature Lantern installation piece is based around a serpentine shape and built with enduring quality and sustainability in mind. More often than not, spaces are created to fit a budget and life span which can prove to be a very disposable approach to a project. In this case, our client and I designed our Lantern sofa to represent longevity and the highest level of crafting. The piece shown will endure for generations and age in a way which is unlike any other piece of furniture. The leathers will patinate perfectly. The frame is fully 8-point-hand-tied loose coil sprung and horse tail...

With rectangular but almost square drop in upholstered seat with molded seat frame raised on square section legs.

Classical form with raised curved arms with fan carving. Rectangular seat and molded seat rail and saber legs with reeded carving. Ending on casters.

An early 20th century burgundy red leather chesterfield slipper chair with deep buttoned back and seat with leather arm supports, with solid mahogany frame. The burgundy red leather ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely fully restored vintage Chesterfield tufted hand dyed rocking armchair M25 only for the UK and...

English oak joint stool with a beveled edge around the top, following down to a scalloped and hand carved decorated apron, over turned and spla...

We are delighted to offer this lovely pair of antique Georgian circa 1760 carver armchairs A very good looking and well made pair, these are a his and hers pair so ever so slightl...

Remarkable pair of guest chairs from the coronation of George VI. Each featuring a hand-stitched royal monogram surmounted by a crown. The chairs are initialed on the bottom with the 1937 coronation...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of fully restored George Smith Whiskey brown Georgian style Occasional or desk armchairs RRP £10,400 for the pair. A true mas...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Fishpools Brown Heritage Leather Sofa. This beautiful Fishpools Heritage sofa is a must-have for any h...

Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer this important suite of museum quality, antique Colonial Rosewood Thomas Chippendale, fret work carved dining chairs Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide and covers London only for the UK and local Europe for the rest of the world, if you are outside of this area please send me your address and I will provide you with an accurate quote Where to begin, if you’re looking at this listing then the chances are you know exactly how significant this suite is, Thomas Chippendale was simply put, the most important furniture designer in history, these chairs are the only Colonial examples I have ever seen and in Rosewood no less, they weigh roughly three times more than a standard dining chair of the same style and size, they are very substantial The chairs are late 19th century circa 1880-1900, they are of course based on the original 18th century examples, the carving is exquisitely executed and the chairs look sophisticated and elegant from all angles The suite has been sympathetically restored to include a deep clean, hand condition wax and hand polish, the seat covers have been left as they are, they are ok, I can have them reupholstered for the cost price to anything the new owners wish Literature Two chairs illustrated in Tabellenbuch Holztechnik, Hamburg, 2013, p. 271. Exhibited Ten chairs on loan to Birmingham Museums circa 1985-2010 and exhibited at Aston Hall, Birmingham, where photographed in situ.. Dimensions Height:- 93cm Width:- 56cm Depth:- 53cm Seat height:- 47cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. Lot Essay These chairs are closely related to those in two recognised Chippendale commissions: Sir Gilbert Heathcote (d. 1785), 3rd Baronet for Normanton Hall, Rutland and William Crichton-Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries (4th Earl of Stair, 1699-1768) for Dumfries House, Ayrshire. THE RELATED CHAIRS The chairs are of identical decoration to the set of two armchairs and ten single chairs, circa 1765, formerly at Normanton Hall (1). In 1759, Sir Gilbert Heathcote (d. 1785), 3rd Baronet, succeeded to the vast inheritance established by his grandfather, also Gilbert, 1st Baronet (1652-1733), who was reputed to be ‘the richest commoner in England’ (2). The 3rd Baronet employed both Chippendale Senior and his son, Chippendale Junior, in the furnishing of his Palladian mansion, Normanton Hall in Rutland, and his London houses, 29 Grosvenor Square, London and Browne's House at North End, Fulham. Surviving Chippendale accounts, although incomplete, show that the firm was working periodically for members of the Heathcote family from 1768 to 1821. Most of the furniture listed in these accounts was intended for Browne’s House, although after 1798 when the family relinquished this residence some of the furniture was moved to Normanton Hall. The latter was sold in 1924, and any furniture not included in the Normanton Hall sale was taken to the Earl of Ancaster’s seat at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Chippendale’s earliest invoice for Sir Gilbert Heathcote records the acquisition in 1768 of ‘6 India Back and arm chairs Japand to imitate the Bamboe’, signifying how the family embraced the highly fashionable chinoiserie taste. Although the Normanton chairs cannot be conclusively identified in the extant Chippendale accounts, their form and ornamentation led Christopher Gilbert to suggest that they were possibly by Chippendale (3). The set of four mahogany chairs at Dumfries House have nearly-identical pagoda-form cresting rails and identical terminals but differ in the arrangement of the 'Chinese' paling in the backs and side panels. Although no documentary evidence for the Dumfries chairs survives, in their execution and sophisticated carving of the toprails, they are extremely close to Chippendale’s hand. Another near-set of closely related chairs is at Saltram House, Devon, where Chippendale worked between 1771-2; these dates are based on payments in John Parker's cash account book, and probably do not reflect a true picture of the entire commission as Parker often paid tradesmen by banker's draft (4). Comprising two armchairs and seven single chairs, this set, circa 1765, is made of padouk, and has been described by the National Trust as ‘Chinese Export’ (5). The set was returned to Saltram in 1951 having been accepted by H.M. Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951). Some of the chairs are currently on display in ‘The Chinese Chippendale Bedroom’. A further set of four padouk chairs of the Saltram pattern was almost certainly at Kenwood House, London; some of these are recorded in 18th century inventories drawn up by Lord Mansfield. This set was removed to Scone Palace, Perth, prior to the auction at Kenwood in 1922, and subsequently sold from ‘Scone Palace and Blairquhan: The Selected Contents of Two Great Scottish Houses’, Christie’s, London, 24 May 2007, lot 298. Another pair of padouk chairs of this model sold ‘The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller’, Christie’s, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 647 ($193,750 inc. premium). THE DESIGN Conceived in the Chinese manner expounded by William and John Halfpenny in Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1752), and Sir William Chambers in his Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils (1757), the pattern for this set of ‘Pagoda’ chairs relates to nine designs for ‘Chinese Chairs’ in the 1st edition of Chippendale’s Director (1754); the cabinet-maker describes these designs thus: Plates XXIII, XXIV and XXV are nine Chairs in the present Chinese manner, which I hope will improve that taste, or manner of work; it having yet never arrived to any perfection; doubtless it might be lost without feeling its beauty: as it admits of the greatest variety, I think it the most useful of any other. The sizes are all specified on the designs. The three last (No. XXV.) I hope will be well received, as there has been none like them yet made. The Georgian period witnessed the proliferation of such railed and pagoda-crested chairs in both the ‘picturesque’ Chinese tea pavilions of landscaped parks as well as in fashionable apartments hung with ‘India’ paper. The geometric ‘Chinese’ feet of these chairs are also found on a set of pedestals...

Primitive Sawhorses England, 1900 Primitive trestle benches made of pine, each unique and stamped with maker's mark. 42”w x 18.5”d x 20.5”h Ref. PRIM876

A set of four single stem swivel chairs, with the original green vinyl upholstery. Standing on four prong steel splayed feet with all rubber tips intact. Size Width 44cm x depth 5...

Bring charm, craftsmanship, and a touch of British wit to your interior with this mid-century leather rhinoceros, attributed to Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie & Fitch. Handcrafted in...

A smart and very well made antique deep buttoned leather Chesterfield sofa. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is superb, this is a great size, i...

A Fine English Oak Joint Stool, 18th Century having carved floral decoratio Provenance: Private Old Victoria Collection. Dimensions: Height: 44cm. Width: 45cm. Depth: 28cm.

Chair Okawa with structure in solid mahogany wood hand carved and in black satin finish. With upholstered seat covered with fabric Agra high quality fabric. Available with other fabr...

An English oak bench from the 19th century, with spool turned legs, leather upholstery, nailhead trim and brass feet. Created in England during the 1...

This elegant English loveseat, in the refined style of Art Nouveau, is a true testament to the taste and craftsmanship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The two seats are fr...

We are excited to present this vintage cigar brown hand-dyed leather camel back chesterfield two seater sofa. A very classic design with a lovely...

Newly upholstered 19th Century English chesterfield sofa. With buttoned ticking and hessian seat. Circa 1870.

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning fully restored hand dyed aged brown leather two-seat sofa This sofa is just about as fine as you find anywhere, it has ...