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Sports / Camping Chairs View all items >A Windsor chair is a wood chair whose back and sides consist of multiple thin, turned spindles that are attached to a solid,its straight legs splay outward and its back reclinesIt is not a "high style" piece of furniture, often made byEvidence of hand planing is normally found under the seat of chairs made by hand. The Windsor originated in England early in the 18th century, and was first common around the town of Windsor. The withes and bowed shapes that formed the spindles and back wee turned and cut originally near Windsor, hence the name. They were painted green and used as garden chairs. "Windsor Chairs are believed to have originated in 18th Century England during the reign of King George III. Legend has it, the King discovered the chair while foxhunting. stumbled upon a cottage during a thunderstorm where he found a plain chair, known as a "stick chair," that had spindles for its back and
As the story goes, King George ordered his carpenters to construct these "stick chairs" for Windsor Castle. known as Windsor chairs." - Ashlan Chairs (May 2011) One reason for their sturdiness was that parts were made of green wood, which later shrank until the joints were tight. "English Windsor makers used only woods available to them: seats usually were made of elm, turned parts were made of beech, and bent arms were made of ash and yew." - Gummel Chair Works (May 2011) It's certain that the Pilgrims brought Windsor chairs to New England in 1620. In North America, the Windsor chair form was first used in Philadelphia where the chair became hugely popular around the time of the Revolution. If the Windsor chair developed in England, its form was perfected in America. main design difference between the English and American versions is the use of a splat (that middle piece in the back of the chair) in British between the rods of the back.
a wheel-like feature in the center splat. Colonial craftsmen eliminated the central splat featured in the original chair's back. slenderized the splats and legs, and developed, for some models, the 'continuous arm' - that is, the chair arms and back rim are made of a single, bent piece of wood. strengthened the chair while giving it a light, airy appearance. Windsors come in a variety of styles, including armchairs, side chairs, rockers, and writing chairs. There are even Windsor settees. The spindled backs come in several heights and shapes too, and Windsors are usually identified by that feature: "low back," "comb back," and "bow back." " chairs were made mostly in ; Windsors had a short at the end of the leg. the carved decorative groove that follows the back rim of the seat. Sometimes the use of a particular wood identified the chair with anFor example, you could fairly safely bet that any Windsor with a came from ." - Gummel Chair Works (May 2011)
In the early 20th Century Wallace Nutting was the most famous builder of Windsor chair reproductions. Windsors are all-wood chairs with interlocking parts that were delicately turned Fresh-cut oak, chestnut and hickory, which were flexible and could be turned or steam bent while still green, were used for spindles and bent parts. The solid was shaped to fit the body. Seats were scooped for comfort. If a chair was designed to have the seat covered with leather (and padding below the leather), the seat would beAfter 1860, more than one piece of wood was used for the seatKnots that fell out were replaced by another piece of wood cut to fill the hole. Easily carved poplar and soft pine were used for seats Legs were turned, set at an angle, and reinforced by turned stretchers. Birch and maple were used for legs. Legs were originally cabriolelater they were made of turnings. Ring-and-vase turnings were typicalThe larger the turnings, the better the quality.
Birch and maple were commonly used for the arm posts. The chair’s handholds often were carved into decorative knuckles. Early chairs made in America usually have stretchers connecting the front and back legs and a cross stretcher connecting the two side stretchers, creating what is known as an "H" stretcherBirch and maple were commonly used for undercarriage turnings, including stretchers . desirable (and more expensive). Bamboo turnings were typical from about 1790-1850. Ears were sometimes scrolled. Since different woods had contrasting colors and grains, the chairs were usually painted solid green, red, black, yellow, or white; such paint also protectedAfter painting, varnish was often applied. Sometimes varnish was mixed with the paint before application. Chairs with original paint are much more highly prized (and more expensive). "Most chairs made up to and around 1780 were originally paintedDuring the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century to mid