6 dealers for vintage & antique chairs
Cunningham White’s
If Windsor chairs have you at hello, look no further than Cunningham White’s regular hauls. The Devon- based store specialises in Windsor chairs and there are often exceptional West Country pieces in stock. Particularly special is a very rare ‘continuous arm’ Windsor chair, c1820, made in the South Devon village of Yealmpton and offered for £2,500. cwantiques.co.uk; @cunningham_whites
Dean Antiques
In last month’s issue, we were swooning over the Arts and Crafts pieces in the inventory at Dean Antiques. This month it’s the chairs. Barrel- backs and wingbacks? Check. Bobbin chairs? Check. Regency faux bamboo? Check. A 1940s shellback armchair in rich red velvet? Sure is. Always worth a snoop. deanantiques.co.uk; @deanantiques
Georgian Antiques
In the five-storey warehouse of this antiques store in Edinburgh there are chairs, chairs and more chairs. You can take your pick from the dozens of dining chair sets. Then there are beautiful early and mid 20th- century Orkney chairs, not to mention rocking chairs, desk chairs, bedroom chairs, and hall chairs. georgianantiques.net; @georgianantiques
Miles Griffiths Antiques This is a great mine for antique chairs in North Yorkshire. When we looked, among the many chairs on offer was a reclining
Heal’s armchair, 1915, for £895, an unusual spindle- back Shropshire armchair dated to 1820 and offered for £595, and an 18th- century Welsh primitive fireside chair, priced at £1,250. milesgriffithsantiques.co.uk; @miles.griffiths.antiques
The One Off
Chair Company
All upholstered chairs, the collection of The One Off Chair Company run by Claire Langley includes everything from 19th- century buttoned tub chairs and 1980s Colefax & Fowler slipper chairs to Victorian wing chairs and French fauteuils. theoneoffchaircompany.com; @theoneoffchaircompany
Ralfes Yard
Exquisite chairs are regularly offered by this Somerset- based business. But you have to be quick. A gorgeous 19th- century Chinese Jichimu ‘Official’s Hat’ armchair sold instantly when it was listed recently. Other chairs include Howard & Sons, Regency dining, 18th- century Gainsboroughs, a bobbin nursing chair, and even a cathedral pew. ralfesyard.com; @ralfesyard