Antique Chair in Oak - A Charles II  c.1675  oak chair - Late Seventeenth Century Country Walnut Chair
Mid-seventeenth century chair in oak, with elaborately carved back, c.1650.
The earlier seventeenth century forms of chair were not dissimilar from this, with the exception of the elaborate winged scrolls on the uprights. Earlier chairs tended to be simpler, [...]

A mahogany Hepplewhite Chair - A Country Hepplewhite Design Chair - Georgian Chair
A mahogany Hepplewhite chair of pleasing proportions. The arms show the more restrained curves of the late 18th century although the seat, legs and stretchers are still bold and firm in proportion.
A Country Hepplewhite design chair of a type most frequently found [...]

Chippendale Mahogany Armchair - A Chippendale ‘Ribbon’ Back Chair - Walnut pre-Chippendale Chair
Walnut pre-Chippendale chair of c. 1740-50. Cabriole legs with scroll and leaf on knee, ending in pad feet. Top rail and upright meet in elegant scroll. Pierced splat designed to give four tapering uprights. Drop-in seat.
A chair of some quality even if possibly [...]

Country Chair of c. 1800 -  Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut
A very simplified country chair of c. 1800. The design owes something to Sheraton in the tapering front legs and squared style of the back. The two horizontal rails are very [...]

Windsor Chair with High Back - A Child’s Windsor Chair with the Gothic Arched Back - Windsor Chair of the 19th Century
WINDSOR CHAIRS
Windsor chairs or stickback chairs as they are more properly called, were probably first made in the early part of the 19th century. Principally they were a cheap form of seating usefulfor public [...]

Antique 17th-18th Century Walnut Chair  - William and Mary Period Walnut Armchair - A Queen Anne Period Country Walnut Chair - George II Period Mahogany Chair Furniture
Late 17th century walnut chair with velvet upholstery. Shaped stretchers and carved bulbs on legs.
Quality of execution of legs and stretchers
Late 17th century - William and Mary period - [...]

Antique Dining Walnut and Mahogany Chairs, Regency, Victorian and George III Elbow Armchairs
A SET OF SIX WALNUT DINING CHAIRS, mid 18th century
Each with a pierced vase split and drop-in seat, on cabriole legs terminating in trifid feet.
A SET OF EIGHT EBONISED AND DECORATED ELBOW CHAIR
Each silver-painted with floral sprays and interlaced ovals with lozenges, [...]

CHAIRS  Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and after : 1860-1930
The reader is not going to be bored by another harangue on the differences between the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau. That is done frequently throughout other sections of the book. Most of the chairs here will be known loosely as ‘art nouveau’ by [...]

American Chairs About 1790-1810
Mahogany armchairs in Hepplewhite style, Massachusetts, about 1790-1810.
The publication of Robert Adam’s neo-classical designs was delayed by the War of Independence, but by 1790, those of Hepplewhite and Sheraton were available and being interpreted by chair makers, notably John Aitken of Philadelphia (where the Journeyman Cabinet and Chairmakers’ Book of Prices appeared [...]

CHAIRS: VICTORIAN BALLOON-BACKS
1840-1885
The most familiar Victorian chair, made in various forms and for a variety of rooms, long after its rococo or ‘Old French’ style was generally unfashionable. The rounded seat and waisted back reflected contemporary
dress fashion.
The majority with slender cabriole legs flowing down from serpentine seat rails and ending in neat, slightly pointed French-type, [...]