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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Victorian Japanned mahogany shield back hall chair 19th century,…

Victorian Japanned Shield Back Hall Chair

Victorian Japanned mahogany shield back hall chair 19th century, height 87 cm, later steel brackets attached to rear of chair

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.…

A Victorian cast iron hall chair, later 19th century, with a…

Victorian Cast Iron Hall Chair

A Victorian cast iron hall chair, later 19th century, with a triangular pierced crest above a floral backplate to a solid seat, impressed with a basket weave type design, raised on mock turned legs with, cross stretchers, faint registration number to rear…

A walnut Renaissance revival hall chair, 19th century, in the…

19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Hall Chair

A walnut Renaissance revival hall chair, 19th century, in the Italian taste, profusely carved and pierced to the high back with, pendant symbolic fruits, scrolls and a pair of putti in high relief and centred with a cabochon shield, ornate scrolling arms…

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,

A pair of Victorian oak hall chairs, vase form splat back,…

Victorian Oak Hall Chairs with Vase Back Design

A pair of Victorian oak hall chairs, vase form splat back, solid seats raised on turned legs. 44 cm x 35 cm x 109 cm.

A heavy oak Victorian hall chair, solid seat with a…

Victorian Oak Hall Chair with Carved Back

A heavy oak Victorian hall chair, solid seat with a decoratively carved flat back, turned front legs with stretcher base. 42 x 47 x 102.5 cm.

A pair of mahogany orange velvet upholstered hall chairs

Mahogany Velvet Hall Chairs

A pair of mahogany orange velvet upholstered hall chairs

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…

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.…

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…

An Anglo-Indian rosewood hall chair, circa 1920, the high…

Rosewood Hall Chair with Exotic Bird Carvings

An Anglo-Indian rosewood hall chair, circa 1920, the high square back chair with a central panel enclosed by a relief carved, frame with peacock and other exotic birds and flanked by square section rope, twist pillars with finials, a cane seat above…

A Spanish polychrome medieval style hall chair, 20th century,…

Spanish Polychrome Medieval Style Hall Chair, 20th Century

A Spanish polychrome medieval style hall chair, 20th century, 135 cm high

Pair of hall chairs mid Victorian English, mahogany with,…

Victorian Mahogany Hall Chairs with Armorial Carvings

Pair of hall chairs mid Victorian English, mahogany with, armorial carved backs, and spandrel carvings

Pair of hall chairs Renaissance revival, English carved oak,…

Renaissance Revival Oak Hall Chairs with Cherub Decoration

Pair of hall chairs Renaissance revival, English carved oak, with button back, cherub & spandrel decoration, studded velvet upholstery

A pair of Victorian Gothic revival mahogany hall chairs, 19th…

Victorian Gothic Revival Hall Chairs

A pair of Victorian Gothic revival mahogany hall chairs, 19th century richly carved rectangular backs with ring and scroll motifs to the crest heraldic style lions in profile to the splats and raised on legs with pronounced carved knops, height 118 cm,…

A Victorian oak hall chair, with arched, panelled back, solid…

Victorian Oak Hall Chair with Arched Back

A Victorian oak hall chair, with arched, panelled back, solid seat and turned front legs.

A Victorian oak hall chair, the carved panelled back with swan…

Victorian oak hall chair with swan neck pediment

A Victorian oak hall chair, the carved panelled back with swan neck pediment, solid seat and tapering square section front legs.

A Continental fruitwood hall chair, plain shaped seat with…

Continental fruitwood hall chair with inlaid and carved back

A Continental fruitwood hall chair, plain shaped seat with inlaid and carved back, turned legs and stretcher base, conforming carved apron to base of seat. 44.5 cm x 36 cm x 111 cm.

A Victorian oak hall chair with carved and pierced decoration,…

Victorian Oak Hall Chair with Carved Decoration

A Victorian oak hall chair with carved and pierced decoration, arched back, solid seat, turned and spiral twist front legs.

A Federation hall chair with shield back inscribed 'Advance…

Federation Cedar Chair with 'Advance Australia' Inscription

A Federation hall chair with shield back inscribed 'Advance Australia', cedar, late 19th century 45 cm across the seat

Hall chairs pair of cedar, early Victorian, with lyre shaped…

Victorian Cedar Lyre-Back Hall Chairs

Hall chairs pair of cedar, early Victorian, with lyre shaped backs, turned front legs

Hall chair made by Andrew Brodie, Unley c1935, English oak,…

Andrew Brodie's Caned Oak Hall Chair with Thistle Carving

Hall chair made by Andrew Brodie, Unley c1935, English oak, stretcher base, thistle decorative carving, caned back in carved frame, tapestry seat, original condition, makers label to back (plaque Affixed)

Two Victorian mahogany Gothic revival hall chairs, each with an…

Victorian Gothic Mahogany Hall Chairs with Carved Details

Two Victorian mahogany Gothic revival hall chairs, each with an elaborately carved back and apron, raised on carved cabriole legs

A Gothic revival hall chair, 19th century, upholstered in a…

Gothic Revival Hall Chair with Barley Twist Details

A Gothic revival hall chair, 19th century, upholstered in a chocolate brown woollen fabric. The whole nicely decorated with barley twist arm rests and legs, rasied on castors

A pair of Gothic revival hall chairs, the ebonised frames,…

Gothic Revival Hall Chairs in Ebonised Frame and Red Velvet

A pair of Gothic revival hall chairs, the ebonised frames, elaborately carved with foliate scrolls. Upholstered set and back rest in red velvet

A well carved 19th century Jacobean style hall chair.

19th Century Jacobean Hall Chair

A well carved 19th century Jacobean style hall chair.

George IV mahogany hall chair, c. 1820, in the manner of…

George IV Mahogany Hall Chair, c. 1820, Gillows Style

George IV mahogany hall chair, c. 1820, in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, back carved with a scallop shell and C-scrolls, on sabre legs, height 80 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

A late Victorian Gothic inspired walnut hall chair, the back of…

Victorian Gothic Walnut Hall Chair

A late Victorian Gothic inspired walnut hall chair, the back of arcaded shape with cruciform piercing.

A Victorian oak hall chair, the solid back with arched top rail…

Victorian Oak Hall Chair with Egret Crest

A Victorian oak hall chair, the solid back with arched top rail framing an heraldic shield painted with an egret crest above a Latin motto.

Regency period beech and ormolu mounted hall chair with caned…

Regency Beech Hall Chair with Ormolu Mounts

Regency period beech and ormolu mounted hall chair with caned seat, circa 1815

A vintage oak hall chair, high decorative back with wheat…

Vintage Oak Hall Chair with Decorative Features

A vintage oak hall chair, high decorative back with wheat sheath spindles, rush woven feet, decorative features to front stretcher, turned legs and conforming stretcher base. 42 cm x 112 cm

A pair of continental oak and red upholstered Renaissance style…

Renaissance Hall Chairs with Red Upholstery

A pair of continental oak and red upholstered Renaissance style hall chairs. 106 cm high, 75 cm wide.

A French Louis XIII cotton reel and floral upholstered hall…

Louis XIII Floral Hall Chair

A French Louis XIII cotton reel and floral upholstered hall chair. 97 cm high, 51 cm wide.

Mid 19th century Rococo oak hall chair

Rococo Oak Hall Chair - 19th Century

Mid 19th century Rococo oak hall chair

A pair of Victorian oak hall chairs, 88 cm high by 41 cm wide,…

Victorian Oak Hall Chairs - Elegant and Timeless

A pair of Victorian oak hall chairs, 88 cm high by 41 cm wide, and 37 cm deep

Hall chair, English late Victorian, mahogany, carved back with…

Victorian Mahogany Hall Chair with Carved Back

Hall chair, English late Victorian, mahogany, carved back with fluted legs

Hall chair, late Victorian, English, mahogany carved foliate…

Victorian Hall Chair with Carved Foliate Back

Hall chair, late Victorian, English, mahogany carved foliate back, with cedar base, Combined parts

A pair of oak hall chairs, English, 18th century

18th Century English Oak Hall Chairs

A pair of oak hall chairs, English, 18th century

A Colonial cedar hall chair

Colonial Cedar Hall Chair

A Colonial cedar hall chair

An Edwardian hall chair, carved owl decoration, orange…

Owl Carved Hall Chair with Orange Upholstery

An Edwardian hall chair, carved owl decoration, orange upholstery

A rare Bermuda 'Chippendale' hall chair, circa 1780, with…

Bermuda Chippendale Hall Chair, 1780

A rare Bermuda 'Chippendale' hall chair, circa 1780, with pierced flat back splat and drop in seat on cabriole front legs with ball and claw feet, of pegged and joint construction, 54 cm wide, 57 cm deep, 104 cm high

Rare pair of antique French carved oak Gothic hall benches (2)

Antique French Gothic Oak Hall Benches (Pair)

Rare pair of antique French carved oak Gothic hall benches (2)

A Regency mahogany hall chair

Regency Mahogany Hall Chair

A Regency mahogany hall chair

A mid-Victorian mahogany hall chair, in original condition

Victorian Mahogany Hall Chair in Original Condition

A mid-Victorian mahogany hall chair, in original condition

A William IV mahogany hall chair, in original condition

Original William IV Mahogany Hall Chair

A William IV mahogany hall chair, in original condition

A pair of high-back hall chairs with upholstered seats, carved…

High-Back Hall Chairs with Carved Panels and Caned Backs

A pair of high-back hall chairs with upholstered seats, carved centre panel with original caned back, fluted turned front legs

A pair Continental carved mahogany hall chairs c.1900, the…

Continental Carved Mahogany Hall Chairs, c.1900

A pair Continental carved mahogany hall chairs c.1900, the backs decorated with carved putti mask, griffons, scrolls and acanthus leaves, height: 99 cm Provenance: Ex Claude de Bernarles, Cottesloe Civic centre

Cedar hall chair. Early 20th century, carved in the Art Nouveau…

Art Nouveau Cedar Hall Chair

Cedar hall chair. Early 20th century, carved in the Art Nouveau style

Ornately carved English oak lift seat hall chair

Carved Oak Hall Chair with Lift Seat

Ornately carved English oak lift seat hall chair

A pair of high-back hall chairs with upholstered seats, carved…

High-Back Hall Chairs with Carved Panels and Upholstered Seats

A pair of high-back hall chairs with upholstered seats, carved centre panel with original caned back, fluted turned front legs

An oak shield back hall chair, English 19th century

English Oak Shield Back Hall Chair (7 words)

An oak shield back hall chair, English 19th century

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…

19th century cedar hall chair

Cedar Hall Chair from 19th Century

19th century cedar hall chair

A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs, by Thomas and G…

George III Mahogany Hall Chairs by Seddon, London (1820)

A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs, by Thomas and G Seddon, London, English, circa 1820. Provenance: Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney

An impressive imposing walnut and pink upholstered hall chair.…

Walnut and Pink Upholstered Hall Chair

An impressive imposing walnut and pink upholstered hall chair. 155 cm high.

An upholstered Victorian hall chair

Victorian Upholstered Hall Chair

An upholstered Victorian hall chair

An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair

High Back Arts & Crafts Hall Chair

An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair

An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair

Craftsman Hall Chair

An Arts & Crafts high back hall chair

A Queen Anne hall chair

Queen Anne Hall Chair

A Queen Anne hall chair

A Georgian shield back mahogany hall chair, early 19th century,…

Georgian Mahogany Hall Chair with Gadroon Decoration

A Georgian shield back mahogany hall chair, early 19th century, of refined proportions with gadroon decoration to the crest above a recessed medallion to the centre back and a leaf border in low relief to a shaped flat seat and raised on slender tapering…

A continental ornately carved oak hall chair

Ornate Oak Hall Chair

A continental ornately carved oak hall chair

A Louis XIV style carved leather upholstered hall chair

Louis XIV Carved Leather Hall Chair

A Louis XIV style carved leather upholstered hall chair

Pair Victorian oak hall chairs, c.1860's. Height 86 cm

Victorian Oak Hall Chairs (Pair)

Pair Victorian oak hall chairs, c.1860's. Height 86 cm

Hall chairs. Pair of late 19th century Continental Empire style…

Pair of Empire Mahogany Hall Chairs

Hall chairs. Pair of late 19th century Continental Empire style mahogany

Rustic hall chair, with pegged joins

Pegged Rustic Hall Chair

Rustic hall chair, with pegged joins

A pair of carved cedar hall chairs, 19 th century

19th Century Cedar Hall Chairs with Carvings

A pair of carved cedar hall chairs, 19 th century

An 18th century walnut framed hall chair, with a foliate and…

18th Century Walnut Hall Chair with Upholstered Seat

An 18th century walnut framed hall chair, with a foliate and fleur de lis crest above an upholstered back and seat

A pair of Charles II oak hall chairs, each with a cane inset…

Charles II Oak Hall Chairs with Crown Motif Crest Rail

A pair of Charles II oak hall chairs, each with a cane inset back and seat beneath a Crown motif crest rail and barley twist supports, above conforming twist turned legs and cross-stretchers

A pair of oak shield back hall chairs, 19th century, the pale…

19th Century Oak Shield Back Hall Chairs

A pair of oak shield back hall chairs, 19th century, the pale honey toned chairs with shaped backs having squared shoulders with a foliate crest, a central recessed shield with generous relief carved acanthus leaf embellishments to squared seats with…

A late Victorian oak hall chair. Late 19th century, the square…

Late Victorian Oak Hall Chair

A late Victorian oak hall chair. Late 19th century, the square back chair with an arched relief carved crest, a carved full width panel and two shaped pierced sections below, the seat supported on ring turn knopped front legs united by a squared stretcher…

A Victorian walnut panel back hall chair. second half 19th…

Victorian Walnut Hall Chair

A Victorian walnut panel back hall chair. second half 19th century, the square backed chair with a relief carved ribbed motif to the frame, with finials, spindles, ribbed spandrels and a central panel with a carved roundel, the squared seat supported on…

A late Victorian oak tile back hall chair. Late 19th century,…

Late Victorian Oak Hall Chair with Stylised Rose Tile

A late Victorian oak tile back hall chair. Late 19th century, the square back chair with a swan neck pediment and a row of short spindles above a central sepia toned stylised rose tile, the square form seat supported on ring turned legs, splayed to the…

A rare George III mahogany hall chair with bronze framed…

George III Hall Chair with Prince of Wales Insignia

A rare George III mahogany hall chair with bronze framed insignia of the Prince of Wales feathers, c.1810

2 x oak hall chairs with barley twist decoration

Barley twist oak hall chairs

2 x oak hall chairs with barley twist decoration

A Victorian mahogany shield back hall chair, the back with a…

Victorian Shield Back Hall Chair

A Victorian mahogany shield back hall chair, the back with a combination of overlaid shields with furled carvings, plain seat raised on tapering turned legs

A pair of French Louis XIV style hall chairs with twist…

French Louis XIV Twist Hall Chairs

A pair of French Louis XIV style hall chairs with twist decoration

A pair of red upholstered hall chairs

Red Hall Chairs with Upholstery

A pair of red upholstered hall chairs

A pair of French Louis XVI hall chairs

French Louis XVI Hall Chairs

A pair of French Louis XVI hall chairs

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…

Late Victorian hall chair with carved and spindle back and…

Victorian spindle back hall chair

Late Victorian hall chair with carved and spindle back and turned front legs

A pair of George III flower-head form mahogany and satinwood…

George III Flower Hall Chairs, 1820

A pair of George III flower-head form mahogany and satinwood hall chairs, English, circa 1820

Pair of cedar hall chairs-mid 19th. Century

Mid-19th Century Cedar Hall Chairs Pair

Pair of cedar hall chairs-mid 19th. Century

Pair of Victorian hall chairs, the back with carved fruit, each…

Victorian Fruit Carved Hall Chairs with Inlaid Seats

Pair of Victorian hall chairs, the back with carved fruit, each with wooden inlaid seat on turned legs

Pair of early 20th century south East Asian, japanned bamboo…

Japanned Bamboo Hexagonal Hall Chairs (Pair)

Pair of early 20th century south East Asian, japanned bamboo hexagonal design hall chairs, approx 93 cm high (2)

Pair Victorian mahogany hall chairs with bow fronts

Victorian Bow-Front Hall Chairs

Pair Victorian mahogany hall chairs with bow fronts

An Edwardian rosewood Sheraton style hall chair c.1910. The…

Rosewood Sheraton Hall Chair with Marquetry Inlay

An Edwardian rosewood Sheraton style hall chair c.1910. The chair is decorated with boxwood and marquetry inlay to the back with an upholstered velvet seat. Height 84 cm

An Edwarian hall chair with fine marquetry inlay

Marquetry Hall Chair: Elegant Edwardian Inlay Design

An Edwarian hall chair with fine marquetry inlay

A pair of Spanish walnut hall chairs, ornately carved with a…

Spanish Walnut Hall Chairs with Ornate Carvings

A pair of Spanish walnut hall chairs, ornately carved with a vase shaped splat, on S scrolled legs with a stretcher

Pair of antique French carved walnut high back hall chairs (2)

Antique French Walnut High Back Hall Chairs (Pair)

Pair of antique French carved walnut high back hall chairs (2)

A pair of Victorian carved oak hall chairs with applied shields…

Victorian Oak Hall Chairs with Shields and Cabriole Legs

A pair of Victorian carved oak hall chairs with applied shields and cabriole legs.

Victorian rococo style shield back hall chair

Victorian Rococo Shield Back Hall Chair

Victorian rococo style shield back hall chair

A pair of unusual bone inlaid walnut hall chairs, Italian,…

Italian Bone Inlaid Walnut Hall Chairs, 1881

A pair of unusual bone inlaid walnut hall chairs, Italian, circa 1881, 107 cm high, 32 cm wide

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

An Australian bentwood and ply hall chair late 19th / early…

Australian Bentwood Hall Chair, 19th/20th Century

An Australian bentwood and ply hall chair late 19th / early 20th century