Set of 6 Early c.19th English Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs, Crinoline Stretchers
Located in Leeds, GB
Matched Set of Six Early 19th Century English Yew & Elm Windsor Armchairs with Crinoline Stretchers, c.1820–1840 A fine matched set of six early 19th century English yew and elm Win...
Elm, Yew
$3,887 / set
Set Windsor Chairs - 8 Farmhouse Kitchen Chair
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a set of 8 Windsor chairs made from the finest English yew. The set of 8 consists of two arm chairs and six side chairs. These are the traditional and much loved Wind...
Oak
English late 18th century George III “Gothick” Yew wood Windsor Chair
Located in Troy, NY
Decorative, rare Yew Wood and Elm Windsor chair, probably made in the Thames Valley, at the end of the 18th century, George III style, with exceptional color and very good condition,...
Yew, Elm
English Yew Wood Hoop Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English yew wood and elm windsor hoop back or double bow armchair, the shaped back splat with honeysuckle pattern, the front arm supports with bold turnings over shaped seat, th...
Elm, Yew
$2,850 / set
Set Of Four English Yew wood Windsor Armchairs
Located in Essex, MA
Very sturdy chairs with tree cutout in splats. Crinoline stretchers.
Elm, Oak, Yew
19th Century English Windsor Rocking Chair
Located in Nantucket, MA
English Yew wood Windsor rocking chair with carved and pierced splat back, saddle seat, and nicely turned legs.
Yew
Antique Victorian Quality Yew Wood Broad Arm Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Victorian Quality Yew Wood Broad Arm Windsor Chair Antique Victorian Windsor armchair in yew wood featuring a broad arm, turned spindles, and saddle seat. Classic English d...
Wood
Mid-19th Century Victorian Yew Wood & Elm High-Back Windsor Armchair
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A mid-19th century Victorian Windsor armchair, constructed principally from yew wood, with an elm seat and elm rear legs. The chair has a high horseshoe-shaped back with stick uprig...
Elm, Yew
Late 19th/Early 20th Century English Thames Valley Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This turn-of-the-20th-century English Thames Valley Windsor chair is where rural grit meets high-drama design. A bold reinterpretation of an 18th-century original, this version swaps...
Elm, Yew
$984Sale Price|20% Off
Yew Wood Low-Back Windsor Armchair, North East Yorkshire England Circa 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality Country Windsor arm chair with a low back, made in England and attributed to a North east Yorkshire maker, in the mid-19th century, or possibly earlier. ...
Elm, Fruitwood, Yew
English Broad Arm Windsor Chair
Located in Savannah, GA
An early Victorian yew, elm and ash broad arm Windsor chair. Great original surface. Underside signed G.G. Barker. Likely George G. Barker & Co. importers in Wilmington, NC, circa...
Wood
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair, the contoured saddle seat with a rich grained elm, the rest crafted from yew, turned baluster legs joined by a a crinoline stretcher,...
Yew
19th Century Low-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming mid-19th century English low back Windsor chair is a testament to the craftsmanship and enduring style of the era. The chair features a distinctive bent yew wood crest ...
Elm, Yew
Harlequin Set of Six 19th Century Wheel Back Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Superb harlequin set of six 19th Century Thames Valley wheel back dining chairs. Constructed from ash, yew and elm. Wonderful craftsmanship and fantastic colour. English, Circa 1840.
Ash, Elm, Yew
Draught-Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A yew wood and elm Windsor armchair with crinoline stretcher, turned legs, and three splats with a central "draught" motif. The shaped arms are supported by a smaller version of the ...
Elm, Yew
Rare Early 19th Century Child's Windsor Armchair
Located in Middleburg, VA
Rare Child's Windsor Armchair. Made predominantly of yew wood and ash with a figured elm seat. Simple turned legs over "Crinoline" shaped stretchers. Beautiful color and a deep patin...
Wood, Ash, Elm, Yew
$2,401Sale Price|30% Off
Antique 19th Century Yew & Elm Windsor Armchair or Carver Elbow Chair
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique 19th Century Yew & Elm Windsor Armchair or Carver Elbow Chair – Fine Quality An antique 19th-century Windsor armchair crafted from yew and elm, full of age, character, and pa...
Wood, Elm, Yew
Rare 18th c. Lobster Pot Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very good English lobster pot Windsor chair, having shaped crest over shaved spindles with bent yew wood continuous arm over deeply saddled elm seat and standing on pole lathe turned...
Elm
Two 19th Century English Windsor Dining Armchairs, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
Two complementary antique English Windsor dining armchairs with wonderful aged wood patina. Chairs are hand carved with crinoline stretcher, body of the chair is beautifully figured ...
Yew
Unavailable
H 30 in W 84 in D 48 in
Modern Bespoke English Oval Oak Trestle Dining Table Crossbanded with Yewwood
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful modern bespoke English trestle dining table constructed of hand-planed oak with a crossbanded border of yew wood around the perimeter from England.
Oak, Yew
English Bow-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century rustic English bow-back Windsor chair; yew wood, bentwood and spindle back, pierced centre splat, turned supports for arms, bodged seat. *Typical of the chairs made in...
Yew
Unavailable
H 35.5 in W 23.5 in D 20 in
Assembled Set of Eight English Yew & Elm Wood Windsor Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1840; North East Midlands. Each with a low hoop back with stylized fleur-de-lis pierced fretted top splat with two extra piercings and two shaped frets in lower splat; the armr...
Windsor Armchair, English Broad-Arm High-Back Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Windsor Armchair, English Broad Arm High back Seat depth - 18"
Yew
Unavailable
H 35.75 in W 21.5 in D 16 in
Early 19th Century Yew Wood Prior Low Hoop Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
A superb example of an early 19th century (circa 1830) yew wood Prior low hoop back Windsor armchair of excellent patina (color) probably from the Thames Valley area. This armchai...
Elm, Yew
Unavailable
H 37 in W 24 in D 21 in
Mid-19th Century Well Matched Set of Six Yew Wood Low Back Windsor Armchairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A well matched set of six mid-19th century (circa 1840) yew wood low back Windsor armchairs, five of the chairs matching with one very similar additional chair all of superb patina f...
Yew
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. Fl...
Ash, Elm, Yew
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Antique English Georgian High Windsor Armchair, the contoured saddle seat with a rich grained elm, the rest crafted from yew, turned baluster legs joined by a crinoline stretcher, a ...
Elm, Yew
Windsor Chair
Located in Honiton, Devon
Wonderful early 20th century yew and elm Windsor chair with a crinoline stretcher English, circa 1910, the main body of the chair is beautifully figured yew, the seat is a sing...
Antique English Victorian Large High-Back Windsor Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Antique English Victorian large high-back Windsor armchair, crafted of yew, ash and elm, a fir-tree pierced shaped splat, the scroll-ended arms on baluster turned front supports, elm...
Wood
Double Bow Back Windsor Armchair
Located in London, GB
With decorative shaped and pierced splat and crinoline stretcher, solid yew wood and elm, English, circa 1840. Measures: 46" high x 21.5" wide x 14.5" deep. A Cl...
English Round Yew Dining Table Made in England
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning round yew wood dining table that is marked made in England. Fabulous condition, no leaves, sits up to 10 depending on chairs.
Yew
19th Century English Yew Wood Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic mid-19th century English yew wood Windsor armchair with a tall bentwood hoop back, bentwood arms, many turned spindles and legs, a solid plank saddle seat, and a wonderfu...
Yew
English Yew Wood Low Back Windsor Arm Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming English provincial yew wood and hickory windsor arm chair with a saddle seat, the splat back centered by a star, the legs joined by a crinoline stretcher. Circa 1840. Old ...
Hickory, Yew
English Nineteenth Century Double-Bow Yew Windsor Chair
Located in London, GB
An English nineteenth century double-bow Yew wood Windsor chair, with saddle seat and crinoline stretcher, constructed in various native timbers, likely made in Lincolnshire c.1850.
Elm, Yew
English Yew Wood Narrow Arm High Back Windsor Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
An excellent quality English yew wood narrow arm Windsor chair, the elaborate wavy pierced back splat over an elm saddle seat, supported on turned legs connected with crinoline stret...
Elm, Yew
19th Century Yew and Elm Windsor Chair
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Yew and Elm Windsor chair, with saddle-shaped seat and H-shaped stretcher English, c. 1830
Elm, Yew
Yew Wood Broad Arm High Back Windsor Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good English yew wood broad arm high back Windsor chair with a Christmas tree splat, the hickory seat supported on well-turned legs joined by single stretcher, circa 1840-1860.
Yew
Yew Wood and Elm High Back Windsor Arm Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English yew wood and elm high back Windsor arm chair, the wavy pierced back splat above a saddle seat over turned legs joined by a crinoline stretcher. Circa 1850. Fine color and...
Yew, Elm
Yew wood Windsor armchairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of English yew wood broad arm Windsor armchairs. Circa 1850.
Yew, Elm
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H 39 in W 22 in D 19 in
Early 19th Century Yew Wood English George III “Bow Back” Windsor Armchair
Located in Middleburg, VA
Rare Early 19th Century Yew Wood English George III “Bow Back” Windsor Armchair. Fine quality, elegant proportions and extremely comfortable. Rich patination and deep lustrous colo...
Yew
English Windsor Chair
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English Windsor chair featuring a bowed top rail and pierced splat back, with solid seat on turned stretcher.
Yew
19th Century Yew Windsor Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and good quality mid 19th century high back yew wood Windsor armchair having elegant Christmas tree type pierced splat and well figured elm seat raised on turned le...
Elm, Yew
English Oak and Yew Wood Gothic Revival Windsor Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
English Georgian period style Gothic revival chair made in the mid to late 19th century. The length below is for the seat width. The widest point is from the back leg to the other ...
Sold
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. England Attributed to John Pitt and Richard Hewitt. ...
Elm, Yew
Large English Bow-back Windsor Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
English Bow-back oak and yew wood Windsor chair. This is one of two chairs available. Photos of the other chair are available upon request.
Oak, Yew
Yew Wood Broad Arm High Back Windsor Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality English yew wood broad arm high back Windsor chair with a Christmas tree splat the hickory seat supported on well-turned legs joined by single stretcher, circa 1840-18...
Assembled Set of 8 Yew Wood Lowback Windsors
Located in San Francisco, CA
An assembled set of 8 English yew wood and elm lowback windsor armchairs with crinoline stretchers armchairs.
Yew, Elm
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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