Early 19th Century Welsh Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An absolutely wonderful Welsh comb-back Windsor chair dating from the late 18th to early 19th Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Welsh Chairs
Materials
Elm
Comb Back Windsor Chair
18th Century Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century primitive Lincolnshire comb back armchair. Constructed primarily from ash with a pierced Gothic splat and thick elm seat. The chair shows traces of its original green pa...
Category
Antique 1760s English Country Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
Unusually Tall Comb-Back Windsor Chair in Mahogany
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A mahogany comb-back Windsor armchair with shaped and fretted backsplat. The front legs are a graceful cabriole shape ending in pad feet. Connected to the splayed, turned back legs b...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Windsor Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Comb-Back Windsor Chair on Turned Legs
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A fine quality comb-back Windsor armchair retaining a rich color and patina. The solid, shaped backsplats are flanked by three spindles above and below the bowed arms. These spindles...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Windsor Chairs
Materials
Beech, Elm
Small Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Cirencester, GB
We sourced this late 19th Century Windsor Chair from The Old House, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Made from elm and oak this chair is in excellent structural condition with a lovely n...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Country Chairs
Materials
Elm, Oak
19th Century Fine English West Country Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A beautiful 19th century English ash and oak scallop-back Windsor chair with outward facing arms supported by inverted stretchers, turned legs connected by a bentwood stretcher and a...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Country Windsor Chairs
Materials
Oak
19th Century Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare early 19th century Windsor chair with a low comb back and widened armrest.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Rare 18th c. Lobster Pot Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
So called "lobster pot" Windsor chairs are essentially comb back windsor chairs, but rather than flaring at the crest, they are pinched inward in the shape of traditional lobster tra...
Category
Antique 1790s English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm
Lincolnshire Windsor Chair Comb Back Chair Antique 1840 Early Victorian 1800s
Located in London, GB
Most likely made by either Camm of Grantham or Marsh of Sleaford, this is unstamped as some of theirs were, but is undoubtedly a Lincolnshire Comb Back Windsor chair by a master-craf...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Birch
18th century Comb back Ash and Elm windsor chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a lovely quality, all original 18th century Ash and Elm comb back windsor. We found this in the boarders and absolutely love the design.
Category
Antique 18th Century Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
1950s Baumritter Maple Comb Back Windsor Armchair
By Baumritter
Located in Germantown, MD
A midcentury Baumritter Maple Comb Back Windsor Armchair in very good vintage condition. Very sturdy. Measures 23.5" in width, 27" in depth and stand 41" Tall. Seat height is 17" and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Windsor Chairs
Materials
Brass
Refinished Nichols and Stone Maple Comb Back Maple Windsor Armchair
By Nichols & Stone
Located in Germantown, MD
A newly refinished set of maple comb back Windsor armchairs by Nichols and Stone.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple
Mid-Century Nichols and Stone Maple Comb Back Maple Windsor Armchair
By Nichols & Stone
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century maple comb back Windsor armchairs by Nichols and Stone. Measures 23.5" w x 21"D x 32.25"H.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Maple
Mahogany Windsor Chair
$1,244
Mahogany Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
High Comb Back Windsor Arm Chair. An attractive Windsor chair featuring a tall, six-spindle high comb back supporting a curved top (comb) rail.
Category
Antique 19th Century British Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Windsor Comb Back Captain's Chairs, Set of 16 in Alder, Ash & Elm, c1900
Located in Chipping Norton, GB
A true set of 16 generously proportioned and extremely comfortable Windsor style comb back captain’s chairs with 'scroll over' ends to the arms, in ash, alder and elm c1900, from Lan...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Furniture
Materials
Ash, Elm
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Comb Back Windsor Chair
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Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Derbyshire, GB
Light construction ash and elm 18c windsor.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
Large English West Country Comb Back Windsor Chair, 18th Century, Provincial
Unavailable
H 40.16 in W 23.63 in D 22.05 in
Large English West Country Comb Back Windsor Chair, 18th Century, Provincial
Located in Totnes, GB
An exceptional large 18th century West Country comb back Windsor chair with thick shaped elm slab seat supported by four egg and reel turned legs, united by a tapered H stretcher.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Country Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm, Yew
English Comb-Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Stamford, CT
A primitive ash comb-back Windsor chair from West Country England.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Child's Size Comb-Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Litchfield, CT
American. Probably Philadelphia, ca. 1785 - 1800 Mixed woods: poplar, hickory and ash. Fine condition, minor repairs to where the turned stile meets the crest. A rare form for a c...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Colonial Jamaican Mahogany Windsor Comb-Back Armchair
Located in Tring, GB
This comb-back windsor armchair is currently one of only two recorded examples of their form known to have been made in colonial Jamaica.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Jamaican American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Colonial Jamaican Mahogany Windsor Comb-Back Armchair
Located in Tring, GB
This comb-back windsor armchair is currently one of only two recorded examples of their form known to have been made in colonial Jamaica.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Jamaican American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Primitive 18th Century Comb Backed Windsor Armchair
Located in London, GB
Solid Ash and Elm with Traces of Historic Painted Surface British, Probably Welsh, c.1770 37” high x 22 ½” wide x 15” deep A delightful classic primitive comb backed Windsor of ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Windsor Chairs
18th Century New York Comb Back Writing Arm Windsor Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
New York comb back writing arm Windsor, having curved serpentine crest rail (Ash), the ears with carved volutes joined to a seven-spindle (Ash or Hickory) back pierced through the me...
Category
Antique 1790s American American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Maple, Poplar
Two Rare Colonial Jamaican Windsor Comb-Back Armchairs
Located in London, GB
These comb-back Windsor armchairs are currently the only recorded examples of their form known to have been made in colonial Jamaica.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jamaican Windsor Chairs
Pair of Rare Windsor Jamaican Comb Back Mahogany Chairs, circa 1820s
Unavailable
H 40.16 in W 18.9 in D 17.72 in
Pair of Rare Windsor Jamaican Comb Back Mahogany Chairs, circa 1820s
By Francis Trumble
Located in London, GB
It is these Trumble chairs that were the pattern for the Jamaican Windsor chair and the comb back Windsor we have here.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Jamaican American Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
18th Century Scottish Elm and Birch Comb Back Windsor Armchair
Unavailable
H 41.34 in W 23.63 in D 25.6 in
18th Century Scottish Elm and Birch Comb Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Tadcaster, GB
This is a beautiful quality and color 18th century windsor comb back armchair. The color of the wood is superb with plenty of original wear that makes this a very attractive piece. I...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Scottish Folk Art Windsor Chairs
Materials
Birch, Elm
Green-Painted Comb-Back Windsor Side Chair
Located in New Hope, PA
A New England comb-back Windsor side chair featuring an original green-painted finish accented with yellow striping and foliate decoration on the crest.
Category
Antique 1790s American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ash Comb Back Windsor Chair, circa 1760
Located in Culver City, CA
Ash Comb Back Windsor Chair, circa 1760. Made of ash wood.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash
Comb Back Windsor Chair, England, circa 1800
Located in Culver City, CA
Comb Back Windsor Chair, England, circa 1800 Comb back with shaped ears to the top rail, seven spindles on the back with scroll arms and simple legs.
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Primitive Windsor Chairs
Vintage Brace Comb Back Windsor Chair - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Brace Comb Back Windsor Chair - Pair This pair of comb baked chairs display spiraled wings and carved legs.
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Classical Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th century Yew wood comb back Windsor chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is an exceptional late 18th century comb back Windsor chair made from Yew wood. The colour and design makes this hugely attractive.
Category
Antique 18th Century Windsor Chairs
Materials
Yew
18th Century Ash and Elm Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very well made and totally original 18th century Ash and Elm comb back Windsor chair. One of my favourite designs as it fits perfectly into so many interiors.
Category
Antique 18th Century Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Culver City, CA
England, circa 1770.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Windsor Chairs
English Fruitwood Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual English early 19th Century fruitwood Windsor comb back armchair, the simple crest over seven flared spindles, the lower comb over curved arms supported by curved spindles ove...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Windsor Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Thames Valley Comb Back Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very Fine English Thames Valley Windsor comb back side chair, having a shaped crest over solid vasiform back splat flanked by two spindles and flat upright and braced by an additiona...
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
English 18th Century Vernacular Elm & Ash Comb-Back Windsor Chair
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H 35.44 in W 22.45 in D 16.93 in
English 18th Century Vernacular Elm & Ash Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1750 English 18thC Vernacular Elm & Ash Comb-Back Windsor Chair sku 1505 W57 x D43 x H90 cm Seat height 40 cm.
Category
Antique 18th Century Armchairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
George III Walnut and Sycamore Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
An exceptionally fine and rare walnut and sycamore comb-back Windsor chair, from the Thames Valley region.
Category
Antique 1760s English Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George III Yew and Elm Thames Valley Comb-Back Windsor Chair
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H 39 in W 26 in D 18 in
18th Century George III Yew and Elm Thames Valley Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
The exceptional and rare yew and elm comb-back Regional Windsor chair of large scale from the Thames Valley region, circa 1760.
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
19th Century English Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 19th century English ash and oak comb-back Windsor chair with out-turned arms supported by inverted stretchers, turned legs connected by a bentwood stretcher, and a solid...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Country Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash, Oak
A Set of 3 18th Century Windsor Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
two windsor chairs in oak, three spoke and sawn splats with nicely turned supports, solid grooved seats resting on turned legs and stretchers together with a fine comb-back windsor c...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Oak, Elm
Stunning 18th Century Welsh Vernacular Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 18th century Welsh vernacular comb-back Windsor chair of simple design with well-worn out-turned arms, a solid plank seat with through pegged legs, and traces of the origi...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Rustic Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm
Comb Back Primitive Windsor
Located in Greenwich, CT
A unique primitive windsor chair with curved and eared comb-back crest rail over outs wept arm bow with slab elm seat standing on stick legs.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Folk Art Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm
19th Century Comb Back Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Culver City, CA
Comb back Windsor arm chair, hand carved seat, bentwood arms.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
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Comb Back Windsor Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the comb back windsor chair you’re looking for. Each comb back windsor chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and elm. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer comb back windsor chair, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A comb back windsor chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Folk Art and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one comb back windsor chair that is appealing in its simplicity, but Hugh Shields produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Comb Back Windsor Chair?
A comb back windsor chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,355, while the lowest priced sells for $425 and the highest can go for as much as $14,900.
Finding the Right Windsor-chairs for You
Today, antique and vintage Windsor chairs serve as timeless, elegant seating no matter what your interior design preferences might be. Given their long history and versatility, they’re definitely among the chairs you should know when furnishing your new house or apartment.
The Windsor chair originated in the early 1700s in the English town of Windsor. Their 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. According to legend, the Windsor gained popularity after King George III took shelter in a cottage and was invited to sit on one. He was so charmed by the humble design that he had copies made for Windsor Castle.
With the arrival of the 1730s, Windsor chairs made their way to the American colonies. A handful of Windsor chairs are said to have appeared in Philadelphia by the late 1720s, owing to Pennsylvania lieutenant governor Patrick Gordon’s fondness for the seat. Colonial furniture makers sometimes painted their Windsor chairs, which were crafted from a variety of woods such as thick pine, ash or birch. The types of Windsor chairs made in America included chairs with the bentwood bow backs that characterized the English originals as well as other types of chair backs, such as rounded sack backs, backs with tall extensions and more.
Windsor style seating, which includes side chairs, rocking chairs and more, is synonymous with lightness, durability and comfort. These chairs were attractive for their portability and gracefully simple form, which rendered the furnishings versatile. Windsor chairs were frequently used in the gardens of 18th-century country homes, where tea would be served or musical entertainment took place for a modest-sized party. Today, Windsor chairs complement various furniture styles and are a practical seating choice whether you’re outfitting your entertainment room or seeking patio furniture for meals in the great outdoors.
Not all of us have the space for a sumptuous Chesterfield armchair or wingback chair — the adaptable, admirable Windsor chair, alternatively, makes for an ideal accent chair in your living room, while a Windsor bench is a surefire finishing touch to elevate any entryway or foyer. And whether you’re mixing and matching seats for the dining table or in the market for a more streamlined look, consider the Windsor chair for either plan. Find a collection of antique and vintage Windsor chairs on 1stDibs today.
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