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How do you identify a Windsor chair?
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To identify a Windsor chair, look at how it was made. On authentic pieces, the bentwood back frames are assembled with slender wooden spindles that are plugged into drill holes in the sculpted seat, which was usually made of elm and slightly sunken or dish-shaped for the sitter’s comfort. The chairs have wooden legs that splay outward to provide stability, and unlike other chair designs, the back legs have no connection to the chair back. Shop a range of Windsor chairs on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
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American Windsor bench, c. 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Windsor bench with carved mahogany arms and mixed woods. The bench has a birch crest rail supported
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Craftsman Benches
Materials
Birch, Mahogany, Pine
Amish Made Rockford Style Oak Windsor Bench
Located in Charlotte, NC
A handcrafted Windsor bench in the Rockford style by Amish craftsmen. Solid oak, bowback, cattail
Category
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Benches
Materials
Oak
Antique American Federal Baltimore Painted Spindled Windsor Bench Settee 1820
Located in Portland, OR
Fine & rare antique American half-spindled Federal period painted & stenciled Windsor bench/settee
Category
Antique 1820s American American Colonial Benches
Materials
Pine
Laurel Settee, Modern Walnut Windsor Style Bench
By Carter Ellis
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A clean modernization of a Classic Windsor bench, this settee features sculpted legs and slats
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Settees
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Laurel Settee, Modern Windsor Style Bench in Blackened Ash
By Carter Ellis
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A clean modernization of a Classic Windsor bench, this settee features sculpted legs and slats
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Settees
Materials
Wood, Ash
Early George Nakashima Conoid Bench c. 1964
By George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
inspiration for the bench lies in the large-scale Windsor benches created in America and England during the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Hickory, Rosewood, Walnut
