A Victorian dining or drawing room chair, the quintessential symbol of the Victorian era. The back upright is waisted just above the seat, widening to a rounded curve at the top rail, forming a balloon shape. The chairs were popular from the 1830s until the end of the 19th century. British balloon back chairs were usually made from mahogany or walnut, while the Australian version was made in cedar or sometimes Huon pine. They were made in a multitude of variations, as anyone who has tried to find a matching chair to a set, can attest.

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Unusual Australian 'Dunbar Shipwreck' chair, with balloon back,…

Unusual Australian 'Dunbar Shipwreck' chair, with balloon back, the centre splat carved in the form of an anchor and entwined feather, above a caned seat on turned legs, height 85 cm note: Information provided from the Estate of Sir Thomas Gordon, then…

An antique English mahogany balloon back dining chair with…

An antique English mahogany balloon back dining chair with tapestry upholstery, and footstool, circa 1875, the chair 88 cm high

A pair of antique Australian cedar balloon back dining chairs,…

Antique Australian Cedar Dining Chairs (19th Century)

A pair of antique Australian cedar balloon back dining chairs, 19th century,

A pair of mahogany Victorian lady's and gentleman's chairs, mid…

Mahogany Rococo Chairs with Olive Velvet Upholstery

A pair of mahogany Victorian lady's and gentleman's chairs, mid 19th century the pair with rococo showframes, floral carved crest, buttoned balloon backs, serpentine stuffover seats and raised on short cabriole legs with decorated knees, upholstered olive…

A pair of Queen Anne/George I walnut side chairs, early 18th…

Queen Anne Walnut Side Chairs with WF Initials

A pair of Queen Anne/George I walnut side chairs, early 18th century, with vasiform splats, drop in balloon seats and cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet, both chairs stamped with initials WF, probably journeyman's marks, to rear of seating…

Two Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, late 19th century,…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

Two Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, late 19th century, the balloon back chairs with carved back rail over sprung upholstered seats, one serpentine fronted with cabriole legs, one plain fronted on turned front supports, with matching upholstery.…

A pair of Victorian balloon back chairs, 19th century, the…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian balloon back chairs, 19th century, the circular backs with curved mid rail, stuffover serpentine seats upholstered in bottle green sateen with a flower brocade pattern motif, raised on turned tapering fluted legs. Height 88 cm, width…

A Victorian balloon back chair, later 19th century In the…

Victorian French-style Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian balloon back chair, later 19th century In the French manner with a shaped, lobed back, a pierced and carved mid rail, a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on channel grooved cabriole legs terminating in elegant points, upholstered in red…

Three Victorian balloon back mahogany chairs, circa 1860s In…

Victorian Balloon Back Mahogany Chairs

Three Victorian balloon back mahogany chairs, circa 1860s In the French manner, each with a curved mid rail with a foliate motif in relief to Serpentine stuffover seats, shaped aprons above fine cabriole legs, covered in brocade damask, one in pale pink…

A pair of Queen Anne/George I walnut side chairs and a…

Queen Anne Walnut Chairs and Footstool Set

A pair of Queen Anne/George I walnut side chairs and a conforming foot stool, early 18th century, with vasiform splats, drop in balloon seats and cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet, the footstool on pad feet, the footstool 46 cm high, 52 cm…

A pair of Victorian balloon back side chairs

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian balloon back side chairs

A Victorian balloon back side chair. Height 104 cm, width 66 cm,…

Victorian Balloon Back Side Chair

A Victorian balloon back side chair. Height 104 cm, width 66 cm, depth 74 cm

An antique ebonized balloon back chair with mother of pearl…

Antique Ebonized Mother of Pearl Chair (1845)

An antique ebonized balloon back chair with mother of pearl inlay, circa 1845, 85 cm high

Pair of antique balloon back chairs

Antique Balloon Back Chairs Pair

Pair of antique balloon back chairs

A Victorian balloon backed chair, circa 1880, with carved back…

Victorian Balloon Backed Chair, 1880

A Victorian balloon backed chair, circa 1880, with carved back and chair rail on upholstered sprung seat and turned tapering legs, height 89 cm, width 46 cm depth 53 cm

A Victorian balloon back mahogany occasional chair, with a…

Victorian Balloon Back Chair with Gros-Pointe Tapestry Seat

A Victorian balloon back mahogany occasional chair, with a gros-pointe tapestry seat, on casters

A pair of Victorian walnut side chairs, each with a moulded and…

Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Side Chairs

A pair of Victorian walnut side chairs, each with a moulded and carved balloon back above the upholstered seat, on cabriole front supports, height 89 cm, width 47 cm, depth 56 cm

Three Victorian rosewood balloon back dining chairs horizontal…

Victorian Rosewood Balloon Back Dining Chairs Set

Three Victorian rosewood balloon back dining chairs horizontal splats on cabriole legs

Victorian walnut nursing chair leaf carved balloon back…

Walnut Balloon Back Nursing Chair with Floral Tapestry Upholstery

Victorian walnut nursing chair leaf carved balloon back upholstered in hand worked floral tapestry

Pair of Victorian balloon back dining chairs, with curved,…

Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs (Pair)

Pair of Victorian balloon back dining chairs, with curved, carved and pierced backs, above an over covered shaped seat, raised on cabriole legs (2)

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, mid 19th…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, mid 19th century, Solid substantial chairs with aged patina, having acanthus carved mid rails centred with geometric motifs, stuffover serpentine seats upholstered in floral and cream cotton and raised on…

A delicate Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century,…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chair

A delicate Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, the circular back with an open work foliate and ribbon carved crest, a floral embellishment to the mid rail, with a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on channel grooved cabriole legs,…

Victorian balloon back dining chair and stained beech single…

Victorian Balloon Back and Stained Beech Chair Set

Victorian balloon back dining chair and stained beech single chair

A Victorian balloon back walnut dining chair, 86 cm high

Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Dining Chair

A Victorian balloon back walnut dining chair, 86 cm high

A pair of antique English carved walnut balloon back dining…

Antique Balloon Back Dining Chairs with Green Upholstery

A pair of antique English carved walnut balloon back dining chairs with green and check upholstered seats, 19th century

Pair Victorian walnut balloon back side chairs with scroll…

Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Side Chairs with Cabriole Legs

Pair Victorian walnut balloon back side chairs with scroll moulded vertical splats on cabriole legs

Pair French salon balloon back side chairs, on fluted tapering…

French Salon Balloon Back Chairs on Tapering Legs

Pair French salon balloon back side chairs, on fluted tapering legs

Three mahogany balloon back chairs

Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs Set of Three

Three mahogany balloon back chairs

Two Victorian mahogany occasional balloon back chairs, 19th…

Pair of Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

Two Victorian mahogany occasional balloon back chairs, 19th century, both of rounded form with carved details, one with a padded and studded back to a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on turned and ribbed legs and toupie feet, the other open backed…

A Victorian pine balloon back chair, 19th century, of petite…

19th Century Petite Pine Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian pine balloon back chair, 19th century, of petite proportions having an oval back with curved supports to the spoon shaped seat above turned and tapering legs united by stretchers, height 83 cm, width 40 cm, depth 48 cm.

Pair of carved balloon back chairs

Carved Balloon Back Chair Set

Pair of carved balloon back chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany chairs in the French manner, circa…

Victorian French-style mahogany chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany chairs in the French manner, circa 1850, balloon back chairs with carved mid rails, serpentine stuffover seats with pale tapestry weave fabric and raised on tapering French cabriole legs, height 83 cm, width 46 cm, depth 51 cm

Pair of mahogany balloon back dining chairs

Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs Pair

Pair of mahogany balloon back dining chairs

Pair of rosewood balloon back chairs

Rosewood Balloon Chairs Pair

Pair of rosewood balloon back chairs

A pair of Victorian walnut balloon back side chairs, with…

Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Side Chairs with Foliate Carvings

A pair of Victorian walnut balloon back side chairs, with carved foliate detail to the crests.

Pair Victorian balloon back dining chairs, with leaf and scroll…

Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs with Carved Details

Pair Victorian balloon back dining chairs, with leaf and scroll carved top rails and splats on cabriole legs

Three balloon back dining chairs with rose tapestry upholstery.

Rose Tapestry Balloon Back Dining Chairs

Three balloon back dining chairs with rose tapestry upholstery.

A pair of Victorian cedar balloon back chairs and a Chippendale…

Victorian Cedar Chairs and French Style Stool with Damask Upholstery

A pair of Victorian cedar balloon back chairs and a Chippendale style, stool, 19th century and after, petite chairs in the French manner with relief carved crests and mid rails, serpentine stuffover seats and raised on cabriole legs with pointed toes, and…

Pair of cedar balloon back chairs

Cedar Balloon Back Chair Pair

Pair of cedar balloon back chairs

Antique armchair & a balloon back chair

Vintage Seating: Armchair & Balloon Back Chair

Antique armchair & a balloon back chair

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, 19th century,…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, 19th century, the waisted chairs with a small relief carved roundel to the mid rail, a serpentine seating rail and raised on slender baluster ribbed legs, the stuffover seats well upholstered in teal…

Victorian walnut balloon back grandfather chair, traditional…

Victorian Floral Balloon Back Grandfather Chair

Victorian walnut balloon back grandfather chair, traditional form upholstered in button back floral dralon

A pair of finely carved Victorian walnut side chairs, 19th…

Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Side Chairs

A pair of finely carved Victorian walnut side chairs, 19th century, beautifully carved balloon back chairs with sinuous entwined knots and vegetal motifs, stuffover serpentine seats and cabriole legs, with cream blush damask upholstery, height 90 cm,…

A pair of Victorian balloon back dining chairs, carved backs,…

Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs in Red and Ivory

A pair of Victorian balloon back dining chairs, carved backs, turned stretcher base and legs, upholstered in a light red and ivory fabric.

A pair of Victorian walnut dining chairs, 19th century, balloon…

Victorian Walnut Dining Chairs with Floral Upholstery

A pair of Victorian walnut dining chairs, 19th century, balloon backed with floral crests and decoratively carved splats, the velvet upholstered seats with floral motifs, raised on carved cabriole legs, 90 cm high

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back pale blue upholstered…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs with Blue Upholstery

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back pale blue upholstered chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany pale green upholstered balloon…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs with Green Upholstery

A pair of Victorian mahogany pale green upholstered balloon back chairs

Pair of Louis XVI style Parcel-gilt armchairs, early 20th…

Louis XVI Style Armchairs with Cream Linen Upholstery

Pair of Louis XVI style Parcel-gilt armchairs, early 20th century, each with balloon back, covered in a cream linen upholstery (2), height 96 cm

A Victorian balloon back chair, carved shaped back and cabriole…

Victorian Balloon Back Chair Reupholstered in Mulberry Home Fabric

A Victorian balloon back chair, carved shaped back and cabriole legs, reupholstered in Mulberry home fabric, height 90 cm

Pair of antique balloon back chairs (2)

Antique Balloon Back Chair Pair

Pair of antique balloon back chairs (2)

Early Victorian Brazilian rosewood balloon back chair circa 1840

1840 Brazilian Rosewood Balloon Back Chair

Early Victorian Brazilian rosewood balloon back chair circa 1840

A mahogany upholstered balloon back chair

Mahogany Balloon Back Chair with Upholstery

A mahogany upholstered balloon back chair

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, 19th century,…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, 19th century, the waisted chairs with carved cabochon medallions to the mid rails and raised on turned and reeded legs to the front, splayed to the rear and well upholstered in mauve, gold and bronze…

A pair of carved walnut balloon back armchairs, the top rail…

Carved Walnut Armchairs with Angel and Stripe Upholstery

A pair of carved walnut balloon back armchairs, the top rail carved with an angel, upholstered in green and cream stripe fabric, on cabriole legs.

Miniature antique style balloon back chair, 45 cm high.

Antique-style Miniature Balloon Back Chair (45cm)

Miniature antique style balloon back chair, 45 cm high.

Pair of 19th century walnut balloon back chairs

19th Century Walnut Balloon Back Chairs Pair

Pair of 19th century walnut balloon back chairs

A Victorian walnut balloon back chair, later 19th century, in…

Victorian French-style Walnut Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian walnut balloon back chair, later 19th century, in the French manner with a shaped, waisted back, a pierced and carved crest and a similarly embellished mid rail, a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on channel grooved cabriole legs…

Antique walnut balloon back chair, with tapestry upholstered…

Walnut Balloon Back Chair with Tapestry Seat

Antique walnut balloon back chair, with tapestry upholstered seat

Pair of ornately carved balloon back chairs

Carved Balloon Back Chairs

Pair of ornately carved balloon back chairs

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, mid 19th century, the…

Victorian Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, mid 19th century, the chair with a shaped plain frame and a dipped crest, a gently pulvinated straight seating rail with a drop in seat and raised upon slender turned and ribbed baluster legs, upholstered in a…

A single Victorian balloon back chair

Victorian Balloon Back Chair

A single Victorian balloon back chair

Two similar Victorian balloon back chairs with cabriole legs,…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs with Cabriole Legs

Two similar Victorian balloon back chairs with cabriole legs, 86 cm high

A matching pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, each:…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs - Matching Pair

A matching pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, each: 86 cm high

A single balloon back chair with cabriolle legs

Balloon Back Chair with Cabriolle Legs

A single balloon back chair with cabriolle legs

A pair of Victorian balloon back occasional chairs. second half…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian balloon back occasional chairs. second half 19th century, of delicate form, each with waisted circular backs with a fluted motif to the frame and a small flower motif to the mid rail above a serpentine stuffover seat upholstered in a…

A Victorian balloon back occasional chair. second half 19th…

Victorian Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian balloon back occasional chair. second half 19th century, the chair with a waisted and circular open back with pierced and relief carved foliate motifs to the midrail above a serpentine stuffover seat and raised on cabriole legs with a shell or…

Victorian balloon back chair

Victorian Balloon Chair

Victorian balloon back chair

Vintage balloon back chair with cane seat

Vintage Cane Seat Balloon Chair

Vintage balloon back chair with cane seat

A pair of upholstered Victorian chairs, later 19th century, the…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of upholstered Victorian chairs, later 19th century, the buttoned balloon back chairs with serpentine stuffover seats raised on curvaceous legs; upholstered in cream jacquard. Height 89 cm. Width 49 cm. Depth 58 cm

A Victorian mahogany chair, second half 19th century, in the…

Victorian French-style Mahogany Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian mahogany chair, second half 19th century, in the French manner, the balloon back chair carved and pierced with knots and leaves to the midrail above a stuffover serpentine seat with a shaped apron and curvaceous legs; not upholstered. Height…

A mid 19th century mahogany balloon back chair with cabriole…

Mahogany Balloon Back Chair with Cabriole Legs

A mid 19th century mahogany balloon back chair with cabriole legs and upholstered seat. Height 85 cm

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, the…

Mahogany Balloon Back Chair with Floral Crest

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, the chair with a framed tablet back and a small carved flower carved crest above a serpentine seat and raised on slender knopped and fluted legs; upholstered in a dusky red linen weave. Height 90 cm.…

A balloon back mahogany chair in the French manner, later 19th…

French-style Mahogany Balloon Back Chair

A balloon back mahogany chair in the French manner, later 19th century, the chair with a sinuous pierced frame encircling a padded tablet back, a stuffover seat with a serpentine profile, a curved apron and slender cabriole legs, splayed to the rear;…

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, in the…

Victorian Floral Carved Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair, 19th century, in the French manner with a circular floral carved back to a button padded seat with a serpentine profile and raised on cabriole legs, upholstered in sage green velvet. Height 90 cm. Width 48 cm.…

Pair of vintage balloon back chairs

Vintage Balloon Back Chairs Pair

Pair of vintage balloon back chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, c.1870's. The…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, c.1870's. The chairs have turned front legs with upholstered seats. Height 87 cm

Pair of early balloon back chairs,

Early Balloon Back Chairs Pair

Pair of early balloon back chairs,

Pair of balloon back dining chairs with floral upholstery

Floral Upholstered Balloon Back Dining Chairs

Pair of balloon back dining chairs with floral upholstery

A pair of Louis XV style walnut chairs, circa 1880, the…

Louis XV Style Walnut Chairs with Rocaille Crests

A pair of Louis XV style walnut chairs, circa 1880, the delicate curvaceous balloon back chairs each with a rocaille carved crest, scrolled side supports to serpentine stuffover seats, shaped relief carved aprons above cabriole legs with scroll feet and…

Pair of Victorian balloon back chairs

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs

Pair of Victorian balloon back chairs

A Victorain mahogany balloon back chair

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Chair

A Victorain mahogany balloon back chair

A pair of Victorian mahogany chairs, late 19th century, of…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian mahogany chairs, late 19th century, of typical balloon back form with a foliate scroll crest and a shaped midrail with a relief carved medallion, a stuffover seat covered in cafe au lait velvet above a lightly engraved apron and…

A pair of walnut balloon back upholstered side chairs c.1880.…

1880 Walnut Balloon Back Side Chairs

A pair of walnut balloon back upholstered side chairs c.1880. The chairs are decorated with carved back rails and cabriole legs with scrolling feet. Height 88 cm

Pair of Victorian carved balloon back salon chairs with…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs with Cabriole Legs

Pair of Victorian carved balloon back salon chairs with cabriole legs

Carver Chair: Early 20th century balloon back reproduction…

Floral Tapestry Carver Chair

Carver Chair: Early 20th century balloon back reproduction carver chair with floral tapestry seat.

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs similar to the…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs with Faults

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs similar to the above. Some faults.

Pair of Victorian style balloon back chairs, with scroll carved…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs with Carved Splats and Reeded Legs

Pair of Victorian style balloon back chairs, with scroll carved splats and turned reeded front legs

Pair of mahogany balloon back chairs, with turned reeded front…

Mahogany Balloon Back Chairs with Reeded Legs

Pair of mahogany balloon back chairs, with turned reeded front legs

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair with wool needlework…

Victorian Balloon Back Chair with Needlework Seat

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair with wool needlework seat and turned front legs

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair with wool needlework…

Victorian Needlework Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian mahogany balloon back chair with wool needlework seat and turned and vertically lobed front legs

A Victorian mahogany chair, 19th century, the waisted shaped…

Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Chair

A Victorian mahogany chair, 19th century, the waisted shaped balloon back chair with a pierced scroll and foliate splat to a serpentine stuffover seat upon fluted cabriole legs with scrolled feet; upholstered in a cream self patterned floral fabric.…

A pair of Victorian rosewood chairs, circa 1880s, the balloon…

Victorian Rosewood Balloon Back Chairs

A pair of Victorian rosewood chairs, circa 1880s, the balloon back style chairs with waisted back with a channel feature to the frame, the crest with restrained arched embellishments, the mid rail conforming, a stuffover seat with a shaped apron with a…

A pair of petite pale mahogany balloon back chairs, English,…

Mahogany balloon back chairs, English 19th century

A pair of petite pale mahogany balloon back chairs, English, 19th century

Two Victorian balloon back mahogany chairs, circa 1860s, the…

Victorian Balloon Back Mahogany Chairs, 1860s

Two Victorian balloon back mahogany chairs, circa 1860s, the petite chairs, one with a pierced crest and a pierced scroll mid rail, the other with a serpentine crest above a shaped mid rail, with stuffover seats, shaped aprons above fine cabriole legs and…

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, later 19th…

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs with Leopard Print Upholstery

A pair of Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, later 19th century, the back with a central pierced decorative splat in the form of a crossed oval knot above a shaped seat and apron with foliate carved cabriole legs and upholstered in leopard print…

A pair of walnut chairs in the Louis XV manner, late 19th…

Walnut Louis XV Chairs, Late 19th Century

A pair of walnut chairs in the Louis XV manner, late 19th century. The balloon back chairs having matching carved and pierced foliate motifs to the crest and mid rail sections above a stuffover seat with a shaped apron and cabriole legs, sabre style to…