A wooden chair usually without arms, with a wooden seat and an upright shaped back, sometimes including a carved family crest. They were placed in the entrance halls of large houses and are exceedingly uncomfortable and present day purchases are for decorative rather than practical use. Suggestions that they were purposely made uncomfortable, to discourage the servants from sitting down on the job, are probably exaggerated. Hall chairs were designed by Chippendale among others, and the general style continued for at least the next century.

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A pair of English Regency hall chairs, finely carved mahogany…

Regency Hall Chairs with Handpainted Crests

A pair of English Regency hall chairs, finely carved mahogany with handpainted panel crests, circa 1810,

Australian Colonial cedar hall chair, c. 1830, the shaped back…

1830 Australian Colonial Cedar Hall Chair

Australian Colonial cedar hall chair, c. 1830, the shaped back with scrolled moulded edge and a carved shield, above a plain rectangular seat and rail, raised on ring turned and octagonal faceted tapering legs, height 93 cm. Provenance: The Keith Okey…

Pair of hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the…

19th Century Gothic Revival Oak Hall Chairs

Pair of hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the strawberry hill, Gothic revival style, height 138 cm

A pair of George III mahogany crested hall chairs, English 18th…

George III Mahogany Hall Chairs, 18th Century English

A pair of George III mahogany crested hall chairs, English 18th century

Thwaites Colonial Australian pair of cedar hall chairs,…

Mid 19th Century Cedar Hall Chairs from Melbourne

Thwaites Colonial Australian pair of cedar hall chairs, Melbourne, mid 19th century, 98 cm high

Two hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the…

19th Century Gothic Revival Oak Hall Chairs

Two hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the strawberry hill, Gothic revival style, carver chair and standard chair, height 138 cm

Pair of Australian Colonial cedar hall chairs, c. 1850, each…

Pair of Colonial Cedar Hall Chairs, c.1850

Pair of Australian Colonial cedar hall chairs, c. 1850, each with a circular carved cut-out shield back, above a plain rectangular shaped seat, raised on turned and carved tapering legs (2), height 89 cm. Provenance: Merchant of Welby, Mittagong, NSW.…

A Louis XV style carved giltwood salon suite, 19th century,…

19th Century Louis XV Giltwood Salon Suite

A Louis XV style carved giltwood salon suite, 19th century, comprising a canape, a pair of fauteuil and a pair of salon chairs, each with a floriate carved crest rail centred by a shell anthemion, upholstered in cream floral satin, length of back of the…

A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs, of sgabello type,…

George III Mahogany Hall Chairs with Carved Backs

A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs, of sgabello type, each with a relief carved cartouche shaped back, on shaped seat and supports, height 97 cm

A pair of Louis XVI style hall porter's chairs; each with a…

Louis XVI Style Hall Porter's Chairs

A pair of Louis XVI style hall porter's chairs; each with a domed top and upholstered wings, the buttoned back above a padded seat with moulded black painted frame on cabriole legs. Height 152 cm, width 77 cm, depth 75 cm (approx)

Pair of hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the…

Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival Oak Hall Chairs

Pair of hall chairs late 19th century English oak, in the strawberry hill, Gothic revival style, height 138 cm

Australian Colonial cedar hall chair, c. 1860, the waisted back…

Australian Colonial Cedar Hall Chair, c. 1860

Australian Colonial cedar hall chair, c. 1860, the waisted back carved with acanthus leaves and a central raised shield panel, over a plain trapezoidal seat with curbed front, above a moulded seat rail, raised on ring turned front legs and saber back legs…

A fine pair of carved cedar hall chairs, Australian circa 1835,…

A fine pair of carved cedar hall chairs, Australian circa 1835, 47 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 88 cm high

Robert Prenzel (1866-1941), a pair of blackwood carved hall…

Gothic Renaissance Blackwood Hall Chairs by Robert Prenzel

Robert Prenzel (1866-1941), a pair of blackwood carved hall chairs, in Gothic Renaissance style, the back panels depicting winged demons each holding a shield. The solid wood seats carved with Art Nouveau flowers set upon a base carved with dolphins.…

Rare pair of New Zealand Colonial plain & mottled kauri hall…

Maori motif hall chairs with burr totara backs

Rare pair of New Zealand Colonial plain & mottled kauri hall chairs solid burr totara panel backs with fine Maori motif carved arched top rails, the solid seats on turned supports, all lightly carved

A pair of early Colonial Australian cedar hall chairs with…

Early Colonial Australian Cedar Hall Chairs

A pair of early Colonial Australian cedar hall chairs with finely carved shell backs and applied roundels, New South Wales origin, circa 1840, 87 cm high. Provenance: The Windeyer family, New South Wales.

An American rosewood, ebonised and tortoiseshell inlaid hall…

Cottier & Co American Rosewood Hall Chair, circa 1900

An American rosewood, ebonised and tortoiseshell inlaid hall chair by Cottier & Co, circa 1900, of ancient Roman design the panelled back inlaid with an anthemion and scrolling tendrils, the seat flanked by scrolls and above a confirming inlaid apron, the…

A rare and unusual carved whalebone and caned armchair,…

Whalebone and caned armchair, 1830

A rare and unusual carved whalebone and caned armchair, probably American, circa 1830, the shaped top rail surmounted by four whale teeth above a plain cross splat and five hand carved spindles, the arms with curved rests and spindle supports (four…

An important pair of George II carved giltwood library chairs,…

George II Giltwood Library Chairs with Acanthus Carvings

An important pair of George II carved giltwood library chairs, each with serpentine crest to back above padded arms and seat, elaborately carved with accanthus leaves and coin motifs throughout, supported by cabriole legs with similar decoration and…

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstatte carver chair from the Gallia…

Hoffmann's Carver Chair from Gallia Apartment, Vienna (1913)

Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstatte carver chair from the Gallia apartment in Vienna, circa 1913. 90 cm high, 60 cm across the arms Josef Hoffmann (1870?1956) attended the Academy of fine Arts in Vienna and studied architecture under Otto Wagner (one of…