A tall chair designed especially for children sitting at the table. There are several varieties. One of the most interesting, though uncommon, versions is the small elbow chair standing on a low table, to which it is attached by thumbscrews. A bar across the front prevents the child from falling out and when not in use the piece can be dismantled and used as a separate table and chair. These versions date from the early 19th century and a few Australian made examples have survived.

Most chairs, however, were similar in design to standard parlour chairs, though with longer legs and a cross piece for the child to put its feet on. As a rule, most 19th century high chairs were made to stand at normal table-height and the separate fold-up tray was not introduced until towards the end of the century. There are some quite remarkable high more...

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A child's vintage timber chair with decoupage decoration, early…

A child's vintage timber chair with decoupage decoration, early to mid 20th century, 74 cm high, 27 cm wide

A vintage child's rocking horse, a dappled grey steed with hair…

A vintage child's rocking horse, a dappled grey steed with hair mane and tail, with bridle, saddle and stirrups on a rocker mechanism, 107 cm high, 130 cm wide, 45 cm deep

Victorian childs Windsor high chair, traditional stick back…

Traditional Victorian Child's Windsor High Chair with Footrest

Victorian childs Windsor high chair, traditional stick back form with footrest to the front

George III mahogany childs winged rocking commode chair,…

George III Winged Rocking Commode Chair in Mahogany

George III mahogany childs winged rocking commode chair, pierced top and arms and hinged seat

An Jacobean style joined oak childs chair, early 20th century,…

Jacobean Style Oak Child's Chair, Early 20th Century

An Jacobean style joined oak childs chair, early 20th century, the shaped cresting rail relief carved with foliate scrolls and beads punchwork embellishment, the back composed of five bobbin-turned spindles, with shaped arms and plank seat, raised on…

A small fruitwood childs chair, French mid 19th century, with…

French 19th Century Child's Fruitwood Rush Seat Chair

A small fruitwood childs chair, French mid 19th century, with rush seat, 70 cm high 36 cm wide

An English oak child's panel back armchair, early 18th century,…

18th Century Child's Oak Armchair with Initials TH

An English oak child's panel back armchair, early 18th century, the shaped top rail flanked by turned finials above the plain panelled back and open arms, on turned supports, the top rail incised with the initials TH, 71 cm high, 44 cm wide, 46 cm deep,…

English Arts & Crafts oak leather covered childs tub chair…

Oak Child's Tub Chair with Leather and Studs

English Arts & Crafts oak leather covered childs tub chair scroll frame with decorative stud work (signs of borer back leg)

Antique American metamorphic childs highchair with turned wood…

Metamorphic Child's Highchair with Potty Chair Beneath

Antique American metamorphic childs highchair with turned wood back to chair, removable lid with enamel potty chair beneath, on mechanical base, height 95 cm, extended.

A Thonet bentwood and cane child's platform rocking chair,…

Thonet Child's Bentwood Rocking Chair with Cane Seat

A Thonet bentwood and cane child's platform rocking chair, Thonet (Vienna), with second version paper label (1881-1919), the child sized bentwood and cane platform rocker armchair, with caned seat and arched back, retaining under the seat part of the…

Edwardian fancy childs push chair woven chair on elm frame

Edwardian Woven Child's Push Chair on Elm Frame

Edwardian fancy childs push chair woven chair on elm frame

Parker lounge chair and ottoman 90 cm wide, 95 cm deep, 92 cm…

Parker Lounge Chair and Ottoman Set

Parker lounge chair and ottoman 90 cm wide, 95 cm deep, 92 cm high chair dimensions

A child's antique turned timber chair, 19th century, 72 cm high,…

19th Century Child's Timber Chair

A child's antique turned timber chair, 19th century, 72 cm high, 33 cm wide

A charming George III ash Windsor stick back child's chair,…

George III Ash Windsor Child's Chair

A charming George III ash Windsor stick back child's chair, circa 1800, a country chair with a fine mellow patina, having a hooped back, a dished seat and raised on splayed turned legs. Provenance: horn Antiques, Cheshire, 1998, height 49 cm, width 41 cm,…

Two bentwood child's rocking chairs, c. 1900, with cane seats…

Bentwood Child's Rocking Chairs with Cane Seats, c. 1900

Two bentwood child's rocking chairs, c. 1900, with cane seats and backs (2) approx., height 62 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Judith Hoyle, Newcastle

Antique ladder back child's chair with hand caned seat, 95 cm…

Antique Caned Child's Chair, 95cm High

Antique ladder back child's chair with hand caned seat, 95 cm high

A Victorian metamorphic mahogany & rattan high chair, height 90…

Victorian Mahogany High Chair with Rattan

A Victorian metamorphic mahogany & rattan high chair, height 90 cm

A Continental timber painted child's chair, height 73 cm

Painted Timber Child's Chair

A Continental timber painted child's chair, height 73 cm

An Australian cedar childs chair on table, converts to two…

Convertible Australian Cedar Child's Chair and Table

An Australian cedar childs chair on table, converts to two pieces possibly two apprentice pieces, height 90 cm

An elm child's Windsor chair 46 x 30 x 73 cm.

Elm Windsor Chair for Children

An elm child's Windsor chair 46 x 30 x 73 cm.

A child's folding potty chair, Australian blackwood with…

Antique Australian Blackwood Folding Potty Chair

A child's folding potty chair, Australian blackwood with fiddleback splats, circa 1910, 58 cm high

Late Victorian mahogany child's high chair, with caned back and…

Victorian Child's High Chair with Caned Back and Seat

Late Victorian mahogany child's high chair, with caned back and seat, x-form stretcher on square stand with sabre legs

Early 20th century Chinoiserie child's armchair 64.5 cm wide,…

Chinoiserie Child's Armchair

Early 20th century Chinoiserie child's armchair 64.5 cm wide, 64.5 cm high

Antique ebonised child's chair with mother of pearl seat and…

Ebonised Child's Chair with Mother of Pearl and Caned Seat

Antique ebonised child's chair with mother of pearl seat and hand caned seat, 84 cm high

A pair of 19th century elm children's chairs, shaped seats,…

Elm Children's Chairs with Slat Back and Square Legs

A pair of 19th century elm children's chairs, shaped seats, slat back, square section legs and stretcher base. 34 cm x 31 cm x 71.5 cm.

Australian Arts & Crafts child's chair c. 1936, the…

1936 Australian Arts & Crafts Child's Chair

Australian Arts & Crafts child's chair c. 1936, the cartouche-shaped back carved with central medallion enclosing monogram and flanked by two dragons, with paper label to back. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

A primitive child's high chair of bamboo form with hand woven…

Bamboo high chair with wicker seat

A primitive child's high chair of bamboo form with hand woven wicker seat

A 19th century Dutch marquetry child's high chair, in mahogany,…

Dutch Marquetry Child's High Chair with Under-Seat Pot Frame

A 19th century Dutch marquetry child's high chair, in mahogany, with catch-all platform cupboard and pull out under-seat pot frame, upholstered in Chinese silk brocade fabric, 120 cm high

French oak child's chair, 92 cm high

French Oak Child's Chair - 92cm High

French oak child's chair, 92 cm high

A George II style walnut child's chair, 19th century with a…

George II Style Child's Chair, 19th Century

A George II style walnut child's chair, 19th century with a vase shaped central splat, the solid seat raised on cabriole legs. Provenance: Purchased Jonn Dunn Antiques, September 1994

Victorian stained beech folding childs chair, of Elizabethan…

Victorian Caned Child's Folding Chair with Elizabethan Design

Victorian stained beech folding childs chair, of Elizabethan design with scroll moulding to the top, turned baluster supports, caned back and seat

Two Victorian children's chairs 34 cm wide, 86 cm high and 35…

Pair of Victorian Children's Chairs

Two Victorian children's chairs 34 cm wide, 86 cm high and 35 cm wide, 69 cm high

Musical child's chair 19th century. Black forest style. With…

Black Forest Musical Child's Chair

Musical child's chair 19th century. Black forest style. With Sprung seat. Containing wind up music box. Height 71 cm

An oak child's rocking chair

Tiny Oak Rocker

An oak child's rocking chair

A child's high and low chair, Tasmanian blackwood, late 19th…

19th Century Tasmanian Blackwood Child's High/Low Chair

A child's high and low chair, Tasmanian blackwood, late 19th century, 99 cm high

Louis XV style childs chair walnut with foliate carvings, and…

Walnut Child's Chair with Floral Tapestry Upholstery

Louis XV style childs chair walnut with foliate carvings, and floral tapestry upholstery, height 68 cm

An early 19th century child's Windsor stick-back high chair, in…

19th Century Windsor High Chair with Old Repairs

An early 19th century child's Windsor stick-back high chair, in ash and elm, removable foot rest absent. Old repairs, height 97 cm.

A mahogany & rattan Victorian high chair, height 101 cm

Victorian Mahogany & Rattan High Chair

A mahogany & rattan Victorian high chair, height 101 cm

A black metal red upholstered childs rocking chair 53 x 78 x 40…

Black Metal Red Rocking Chair for Kids

A black metal red upholstered childs rocking chair 53 x 78 x 40 cm.

Child's cane chair width 40 cm, height 54 cm

Child's Cane Chair: 40x54 cm

Child's cane chair width 40 cm, height 54 cm

Childs mounted chair cedar, c1860, Angaston, with green leather…

Antique Cedar Child's Chair with Green Leather Upholstery

Childs mounted chair cedar, c1860, Angaston, with green leather upholstery

Antique balloon back child's chair with hand caned seat, black…

Antique Balloon Back Child's Chair with Mother of Pearl Inlay

Antique balloon back child's chair with hand caned seat, black japanned finish and mother of pearl inlay, 79 cm high

A Victorian mahogany child's chair, the balloon back with…

Victorian Child's Cane Chair

A Victorian mahogany child's chair, the balloon back with slender struts, Wycombe cane seat, cane legs with turned stretcher to the front. Width 33 cm, depth 26 cm, height 89 cm.

Anglo-Indian mahogany child's chair, early 19th century, carved…

Antique Mahogany Child's Chair with Carvings and Cane Seat

Anglo-Indian mahogany child's chair, early 19th century, carved arms and supports, with caned seat, raised on turned reeded legs, height 59 cm. Provenance: William F. Bradshaw, Woollahra

Child's high chair Germanic, c1860, oak, mounted, on a…

Germanic Oak High Chair on Biedermeier Stool

Child's high chair Germanic, c1860, oak, mounted, on a Biedermeier stool

A beech child's high chair with rush seat, French, early 20th…

French Beech High Chair with Rush Seat (10 words)

A beech child's high chair with rush seat, French, early 20th century, seat 56 cm high

Victorian child's chair, with triple hoop back and mother of…

Victorian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Child's Chair

Victorian child's chair, with triple hoop back and mother of pearl inlay, circa 1860, 71 cm high

Late Victorian inlaid child's chair, 76 cm high

Victorian inlaid child's chair

Late Victorian inlaid child's chair, 76 cm high

Child's oak high chair, early 20th century, height 94 cm

Early 20th Century Oak High Chair for Children

Child's oak high chair, early 20th century, height 94 cm

A high-low child's chair, 99 x 35 x 57 cm

Adjustable Child's Chair - 99 x 35 x 57 cm

A high-low child's chair, 99 x 35 x 57 cm

Victorian oak childs high chair 99 cm

Victorian Oak Child's High Chair - 99cm

Victorian oak childs high chair 99 cm

An Edwardian child's trestle based rocker, early 20th century,…

Edwardian Trestle Rocker with Padded Seat and Back

An Edwardian child's trestle based rocker, early 20th century, a spindle and bobbin styled rocker with a sprung rocking trestle base, with a padded seat and back. Height 75 cm. Width 42 cm. Depth 56 cm

An early beechwood child's chair with cane seat, circa 1840, 65…

Antique Child's Beechwood Chair with Cane Seat

An early beechwood child's chair with cane seat, circa 1840, 65 cm high

An Edwardian pressed back high chair, early 20th century, with…

Edwardian Pressed Back High Chair with Cast Iron Wheels

An Edwardian pressed back high chair, early 20th century, with a shaped back with finials and spindles, the hinged armrests with a small table attached, a perforated seat and footrest with shaped 'X' form legs united by spindle stretchers; with cast iron…

A carved provincial pine childs chair, English, 16/17th century

17th Century English Carved Child's Chair

A carved provincial pine childs chair, English, 16/17th century

Two upholstered child's chairs & ottomans, with cowboy pattern…

Cowboy Chairs & Ottomans for Kids

Two upholstered child's chairs & ottomans, with cowboy pattern covers

A pair of English oak childs chairs

English Oak Child's Chairs

A pair of English oak childs chairs

An Australian cedar childs chair, C.1840

Antique Australian Cedar Child's Chair, c.1840

An Australian cedar childs chair, C.1840

Child's table & chairs with music theme, in the window of…

Melodic Kids' Set at Hermes Window

Child's table & chairs with music theme, in the window of Hermes initially

Vintage children's table and 4 chairs

Vintage Kids Table & Chairs Set

Vintage children's table and 4 chairs

Retro childs 'Cone' style colourful woven nylon upholstered…

Colorful Woven Nylon Chair on Iron Frame

Retro childs 'Cone' style colourful woven nylon upholstered chair on an iron frame

Antique childs red upholstered folding chair, approx. 74 cm x…

Antique Red Folding Child's Chair

Antique childs red upholstered folding chair, approx. 74 cm x 66 cm

Antique French childs fruitwood high chair

French fruitwood high chair for children

Antique French childs fruitwood high chair

Victorian child's chair, 61 cm high

Victorian Child's Chair - 61cm High

Victorian child's chair, 61 cm high

A Georgian childs Windsor armchair, the arched back flanked by…

Georgian Child's Windsor Armchair

A Georgian childs Windsor armchair, the arched back flanked by turned splats with out-swept arms, having solid seat on turned tapering supports. 66 cm high. Provenance: John Dunn Antiques, Malvern. Receipts dated1973

Child's black vinyl egg chair, rasied on a four point base

Black Vinyl Egg Chair on Four-Point Base for Kids

Child's black vinyl egg chair, rasied on a four point base

A 19th century elm country child's chair, with four rough hewn…

Elm Country Child's Chair with Bar Back and Shaped Arms

A 19th century elm country child's chair, with four rough hewn legs, bar back with one slat and shaped arms. 30 cm x 26 cm x 46.5 cm