Collection: Antique Dining Chairs

A specialist collection of antique dining chairs personally sourced and hand-picked by three generations of the Hawkins family since 1960. Browse sets of Georgian mahogany Chippendale and Hepplewhite style dining chairs, Victorian carved walnut salon chairs, and French giltwood fauteuils — each set and individual chair individually selected from our Barry, South Wales showroom. Every antique dining chair for sale in our collection is personally sourced and comes with free UK mainland delivery.

Antique dining chairs offer a quality of construction and material that modern equivalents simply cannot match — crafted from Cuban mahogany, walnut, and fruitwoods no longer commercially available, and built by hand to standards that mass production has never approached. A set of Georgian mahogany Hepplewhite shield-back chairs, with their original drop-in seats and characteristic tapered legs, represents English cabinetmaking at its most refined. A set of Victorian carved walnut balloon-back chairs brings a different character — richer, more robust, the carving crisp and deeply modelled.

Sets of six or eight antique dining chairs in consistent condition are considerably rarer than single examples — and significantly more valuable. When we find a matched set, we describe it carefully: the number of chairs, the consistency of condition across the set, the upholstery, and any variation between examples. We also carry pairs and individual carvers that complement larger sets.

If you are looking to buy antique dining chairs in the UK, you are purchasing directly from specialists. We describe condition accurately — frame integrity, seat condition, and any restoration clearly stated. White-glove delivery is included to the UK mainland. We actively source sets of antique dining chairs on behalf of clients — tell us the number, period, and style you need and we will search on your behalf.

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Why Collectors Choose Hawkins Antiques

Three generations of expertise, carefully sourcing and delivering exceptional British and French antique furniture since 1960.