The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. The chairs are similar, but the English chair legs are less splayed and only the English chair has a ...
The Bonhams Skinner auction at which this chair sold listed it as a Harvard University Windsor chair, bringing together two icons of colonial America. Harvard University, originally called the New ...
Q: We believe we have a fan back Windsor chair. We inherited it from our grandparents. It has black paint that is flaking and worn, but the chair itself is sturdy and sound. Can you provide us with ...
The Bonhams Skinner auction where this chair sold listed it as a Harvard University Windsor chair, bringing together two icons of colonial America. Harvard University, originally called the New ...
One thing is missing from a Windsor-style chair that is on display at the Westmoreland Historical Society’s education center. “This is really very primitive. There’s no nails,” said Joanna T. Moyar, ...
The Windsor chair was introduced in England in the late 17th century, and it was about 50 years later, circa 1730, that the first American Windsor chairs were made in Philadelphia. The American makers ...
My husband and I are curious about a chair that has been in his family for many years. As you can see from the photographs, it appears to have its original finish and the seat is original. Is the ...
With its durable saddle seat and spindle-constructed back, the Windsor chair is a particularly recognizable design. From its rural English origins in the early 18th century, prolific iterations on the ...
DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: I recently bought this rocking chair at a consignment shop in north Georgia. I paid $98. Attached was a note reading, "1820-1860 probably New England." It is pegged and has a ...