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Skip to main content Skip to accessibility help House by John Lewis Design Project by John Lewis ercol for John Lewis Says Who for John Lewis Sitting Firm for John Lewis Solid Oak and veneer Mixed wood with Oak £0 - £50 (6) £50 - £100 (18) £100 - £150 (8) £150 - £200 (31) £200 - £250 (27) £250 - £300 (22) £300 - £350 (21) £350 - £400 (9) £400 - £600 (16) £600 - £800 (2)Windsor chair makerI can't think of anything more satisfying than building Windsor chairs in the traditional manner. Each chair involves many aspects of wood working. From cutting timber, splitting, shaping, steam bending, carving, turning, finishing, and painting. Each piece of the process would not be possible without the straightest, clearest logs and sharpest tools, there is never a dull moment.The smell of white oak steaming and the ribbons of maple flying over my shoulder when turning, the sound of a drawknife and glass surface it produces.
All fellow chair makers know what I mean. There is a passion about this process that can't be duplicated in any factory. Each chair takes my upmost attention. I have learned from many great chair makers and have trained side by side with many of the country's greatest woodworkers, too many to list. I'll never quit learning and love to teach as well. I think it is very important to keep this craft alive for the next generation. Table Lamps and Bedside LightsLowest Prices GuaranteedWe'll beat any lowerprice by 20%* Buy With ConfidenceAll products are backed by our 100% Quality Guarantee Have It Home SoonerFast Home Delivery or pick up in-store Brosa Designer Furniture Sale Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Windsor Wing Back Armchair - Classic Cream View All 8 Colours Windsor Wing Back Armchair - Cloud Grey Windsor Wing Back Armchair - French Beige Windsor Wing Back Armchair - Moss Green Marion Wing Back Armchair - Classic Cream
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View All 30 Colours Helene® Velvet Accent Chair - Putty Beige with Brown Legs Helene® Velvet Accent Chair - Putty Beige with Black Legs Helene® Velvet Accent Chair - Amethyst Purple with Natural Legs Betty Rocking Chair - French Beige View All 15 Colours Betty Rocking Chair - Heron Grey Betty Rocking Chair - Cloud Grey Betty Rocking Chair - Stone Grey Saffron Armchair - Porcelain Blue View All 7 Colours Saffron Armchair - Classic Cream Saffron Armchair - Moss Green Saffron Armchair - Stone Grey Charles Wing Back Armchair - Heron Grey Charles Wing Back Armchair - Cloud Grey Charles Wing Back Armchair - Stone Grey Charles Wing Back Armchair - Night Black Amelia Armchair - Classic Cream Amelia Armchair - French Beige Amelia Armchair - Cloud Grey Amelia Armchair - Stone Grey View All 7 Colours A Windsor chair is a chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the chair-back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes, in contrast to standard chairs, where the back legs and the uprights of the back are continuous.
The seats of Windsor chairs were often carved into a shallow dish or saddle shape for comfort. Traditionally, the legs and uprights were usually turned on a pole lathe. The back and sometimes the arm pieces (if arms are present) are formed from steam bent pieces of wood. It is not clear when the first Windsor Chairs were made.[1] It is known that, as early as the 16th century, wheelwrights started coping out chair spindles in the same way they made wheel spokes.[2] The design was probably a development of West Country, Welsh and Irish 'stick-back' chairs, but the evidence on origin is not certain.[1] It is thought that the first Windsor chair made its appearance in the county of Buckinghamshire, where the main centre of production eventually moved to High Wycombe.[1] The first Windsors were of the comb-back variety.[1] By the 18th century steam-bending was being used to produce the characteristic "bow" of the Windsor chair.[2] The first chairs made this way were shipped to London from the market town of Windsor, Berkshire in 1724.
[2] There is speculation that the chair derives its name from the town of Windsor, which became the centre for the trade between the producers and the London dealers.[1] Thus the name "Windsor Chair" is more about the style of chair than where it was made, with many diverse forms of Windsor chair being made worldwide. English settlers introduced the Windsor chair to America, with the earliest known chairs being imported by Patrick Gordon who became lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 1726. There is speculation that the first American Windsor chair, based on the traditional British design, was made in Philadelphia in 1730. There are about seven distinctive forms. Sack-back Windsor Armchair also known as a double Windsor Comb-back Windsor writing chair Ricker Fanback Windsor side chair Lyman Mower Windsor side chair It is common to find American Windsors made in the 18th century that contain three different species of wood. Pine, bass or tulip poplar are common for the seat.
Non ring porous hardwoods such as Maple are stiff and make crisp turnings, and were used for the undercarriage. Ring porous species such as Oak, ash, and hickory all rive (split) and steam bend nicely. These woods are also straight grained and flexible and thus work well for slender parts such as the spindles. The seat of a Windsor chair is an essential part since it provides the stability to both the upper and lower portions. The thickness of the seat allows the legs to be anchored securely into their respective tapered sockets, providing the undercarriage with strength and stability.[5] A timber that will provide the strength and stability whilst also allowing it to be shaped, in order to achieve the desired look and feel, requires a strong durable timber, with interlocking grain, to provide the right characteristics.[5] English Windsors typically have elm seats because its interlocking grain gives good cross-grain strength that resists splitting where holes are placed close to the edge of a seat.
[5] There are no real satisfactory alternatives to elm although other woods have been tried, for example, oak and ash in Britain and various types of pine in the USA.[5] Because of elm's strength compared to pine, tulip poplar or bass, English Windsor chair seats are usually not as thick as American Windsors. The English Windsor chair seats are not saddled (or dished) as deeply as their American counterparts- partly because of elm's relative strength, and partly because elm is comparatively more difficult to sculpt than the softer woods chosen by American chair makers. The legs are splayed at angles fore-and-aft (rake) as well as side-to-side (splay) to provide actual and visual support of the person sitting. 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" stretcher assembly. A common misconception about this assembly is that the stretchers hold the legs together in order to keep them from pulling apart.
In the traditional Windsor design, the wedged tenon joint which joins each leg to the seat is strong enough in itself to prevent the legs from creeping outward. The stretcher system actually pushes the legs apart to retain the necessary tension which reduces slack. "Through-holed and wedged" is one of the primary means of joining Windsor chair parts. A cylindrical or slightly tapered hole is bored in the first piece, the matching cylindrical or tapered end of the second piece is inserted in the hole as a round tenon, and a wedge is driven into the end of this tenon, flaring it tight in the hole. The excess portion of the wedge is then cut flush with the surface. This supplies a mechanical hold that will prevail when the glue fails. In general, early Windsor chair joints are held together mechanically, making glue a redundant detail in their assembly. Assembling wedged tenon joints Driving the spindle home Driving the wedge into the tenon Completed wedges, awaiting trimming