Antique Victorian Chairs
Although chairs from the William IV and Victorian periods may lack the style and elegance of earlier chairs, they are often very well made. The best examples, with elegant French style cabriole legs, are classics of English design.
Single chairs were essential in the drawing room for accommodating the wide skirts worn by ladies at that time, and consequently the seats were often slightly narrowed at the sides, with serpentine fronts. The French rococo style was popular for the boudoir and bedroom during the early Victorian period, often executed in walnut, gilded or painted soft woods, or papier maché.