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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Regency mahogany hall chair, c. 1820, a shaped back carved with…

Regency Mahogany Hall Chair, c. 1820, Hand-Painted Camellia Decoration

Regency mahogany hall chair, c. 1820, a shaped back carved with scrolls, back decorated with hand painted camellia, on fluted front legs and back sabre legs, height 84 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Two antique Australian cedar hall chairs, 19th century

19th Century Australian Cedar Hall Chairs - Antique Pair

Two antique Australian cedar hall chairs, 19th century

A pair of cedar hall chairs, Australian circa 1880, 46 cm wide,…

1880 Australian Cedar Hall Chairs, Pair - 46x93 cm dimensions

A pair of cedar hall chairs, Australian circa 1880, 46 cm wide,93 cm high

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

1835 Australian Cedar Hall Chairs, Carved Pair, Fine Quality

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

Pair of English Gothic revival oak hall chairs, c. 1860, in the…

Gothic Revival Oak Hall Chairs, c. 1860, Provenance Sydney

Pair of English Gothic revival oak hall chairs, c. 1860, in the manner of Pugin, parcel-gilt decoration, with close nailed upholstered seats (2), height 92 cm, width 42 cm, depth 43 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques, Sydney

George Debney (attributed) antique Australian cedar hall chair…

Antique Cedar Hall Chair with Finely Carved Centurion Legs

George Debney (attributed) antique Australian cedar hall chair with shield back and finely carved centurion skirt legs, 19th century, 91 cm high

Two mahogany hall chairs, carved with acanthus leaves and…

Mahogany Hall Chairs with Diana's Coat of Arms

Two mahogany hall chairs, carved with acanthus leaves and scrolls, the backs decorated with coat of arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (2), height 100 cm. Provenance: David Jones, Sydney. Private Collection, Sydney

A fine pair of Australian cedar hall chairs with rococo scroll…

Australian Cedar Rococo Hall Chairs, Circa 1860

A fine pair of Australian cedar hall chairs with rococo scroll carved back rests and applied central shield, the curved and reeded front chair rail terminating with accentuated cabriole legs, N.S.W. Origin, circa 1860. 92 cm high, 48 cm wide

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.

A pair of mahogany shield back hall chairs, 18th century, each…

18th Century Mahogany Shield Back Hall Chairs

A pair of mahogany shield back hall chairs, 18th century, each with a polychrome armorial roundel, with bow front seats and raised on square section legs, with spade feet to the front, 94 cm high. Provenance: The contents of musk farm, Mossgreen 1 June…

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

Pair of antique cedar hall chairs, 42 cm wide, 37 cm deep, 86…

Antique Cedar Hall Chairs (One Leg A/F)

Pair of antique cedar hall chairs, 42 cm wide, 37 cm deep, 86 cm high one chair front leg a/f

A Victorian mahogany hall chair, bearing the Douglas of…

Victorian Mahogany Hall Chair with Douglas Crest

A Victorian mahogany hall chair, bearing the Douglas of Tilquhillie family crest, the reeded back panel bearing a beautifully carved family crest, above a seat with a rounded front, standing on turned front legs, 83 cm high, 44 cm wide, 39 cm deep.…

An Australian cedar hall chair, 19th century, the back panel…

19th Century Cedar Hall Chair with Relief Carvings

An Australian cedar hall chair, 19th century, the back panel relief carved with a scrolling foliate design and fleur de lys finials, 96 cm high, 45 cm wide, 41 cm deep. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, 2005

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

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…

An Australian cedar hall chair with carved shield back, circa…

Carved Cedar Shield Back Hall Chair (1875)

An Australian cedar hall chair with carved shield back, circa 1875, 94 cm high

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…

An Australian cedar hall chair, circa 1880

1880 Australian Cedar Hall Chair

An Australian cedar hall chair, circa 1880

Pair of 19th century cedar hall chairs on turned front legs

Cedar Hall Chairs with Turned Legs

Pair of 19th century cedar hall chairs on turned front legs

Pair early 19th century Tasmanian cedar hall chairs measure 88…

Van Diemens Land Hall Chairs

Pair early 19th century Tasmanian cedar hall chairs measure 88 cm high. Other Notes: Known as the Van Diemens Land chairs in the Beauchamp family

A pair of Victorian kauri hall chairs, with ornately carved…

Victorian Kauri Hall Chairs with Ornate Carvings

A pair of Victorian kauri hall chairs, with ornately carved backs and fluted front legs. Provenance: From the Speights brewers homestead.

Pair of 19th century cedar hall chairs with shaped backs

19th Century Cedar Hall Chairs with Shaped Backs

Pair of 19th century cedar hall chairs with shaped backs

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.…

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…

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

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

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 Colonial cedar hall chair

Colonial Cedar Hall Chair

A Colonial cedar hall chair

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

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

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

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…

Pair of cedar hall chairs-mid 19th. Century

Mid-19th Century Cedar Hall Chairs Pair

Pair of cedar hall chairs-mid 19th. 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

A pair of Victorian cedar hall chairs, circa 1870s, having a…

Victorian Cedar Hall Chairs

A pair of Victorian cedar hall chairs, circa 1870s, having a shaped and arched back with scroll motifs and a central foliate flourish, an applied armorial shield to the back above a plain seat and raised upon turned and tapering legs, splayed to the rear.…

An Australian Federation cedar rail-back hall chair/clerk's…

Trefoil Cedar Hall Chair with Compartment Seat

An Australian Federation cedar rail-back hall chair/clerk's chair with trefoil motif side panels and compartment seat.

Victorian cedar hall chair

Victorian Cedar Hall Chair

Victorian cedar hall chair

A pair of antique French oak hall chairs in the Gothic manner,…

Antique French Gothic Oak Hall Chairs

A pair of antique French oak hall chairs in the Gothic manner, latter half 19th century, each with a back with crocket finials above a central panel relief-carved with tracery within a pointed ogee arch, the tapering seat with bevelled edge carved with a…

A pair of antique French oak hall chairs in the Gothic manner,…

Antique French Gothic Oak Hall Chairs

A pair of antique French oak hall chairs in the Gothic manner, latter half 19th century, each with a back with crocket finials above a central panel relief-carved with tracery within a pointed ogee arch, the tapering seat with bevelled edge carved with a…