Late 18th Century Thames Valley Rocking Windsor Chair
Located in Batley, GB
A wonderful late 18th century Thames Valley Windsor rocking chair. Large in scale with a wind slab seat and arm rests.
Ash
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.
Elm, Yew
18th Century Thames Valley Yew Wood Windsor Armchair
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A super large example of a thames valley yew wood windsor armchair by Prior of Uxbridge stamped twice on the edge of the seat. The back splat with prince of wales feathers, the front...
Yew
18th Century Thames Valley Yew Wood Windsor Armchair
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A great example of an 18th century Thames valley yew wood and elm cabriole leg windsor armchair, with a pierced back splat Good colour and patina.
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.
Ash, Elm, Yew
English late 18th century George III “Gothick” Yew wood Windsor Chair
Located in Troy, NY
An example is illustrated in ‘The English Regional Chair’ and is attributed to London/Thames Valley, and a similar chair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, although made of Yew wo...
Yew, Elm
Antique 19th Century Thames Valley English Gothic Windsor Chair
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique 19th Century Thames Valley English Gothic Windsor Chair,,, carved seat,, pierced back.
Wood
Pair of George III Period Yewwood and Elm Windsor Armchairs
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
Attributed to the Prior Family of Staines, Thames Valley. Lit: See Windsor Chairs by Michael Harding Hill, Rear cover, pages 100 & 110.
Elm, Yew
Thames Valley Windsor Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale elm Thames Valley windsor chair, the spindle back centered by a pierced splat the saddle seat above turned legs joined by an "H" stretcher.
Elm
Thames Valley Windsor Chair
By Edwin Skull
Located in Greenwich, CT
This chair is virtually identical to one formerly in Skull's collection (Illustrated pg 44, Figure TV11, The English Regional Chair, by Bernard Cotton) itself one of the earliest win...
Ash, Elm
18th Century English Thames Valley Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine mid-18th century Thames Valley yew wood Windsor armchair, the hoop back with fret work splat, over crook supported continuous arm, the nicely saddled elm seat with vivid gr...
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...
Elm, Fruitwood
Thames Valley Windsor armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and unusually large scale 18th century Thames Valley ash and elm comb back Windsor armchair.
Ash, Elm
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H 35.5 in W 15 in D 14 in
20th Century Set of 12 Thames Estuary Prior Style Wheel Back Windsor Chairs
Located in Billingshurst, GB
20th century set of 11 and one carver chair Thames Estuary Prior style wheel back windsor chairs.
Wood
Thames Valley Brace Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Brace back English Windsor chairs are fairly uncommon, although the practice was widely popular in American Windsor chair making.
Other
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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
Both of the chairs are from the Thames Valley and are of similar proportions as the chair offered.
Elm, Yew
Thames Valley 18th Century Windsor Armchair
Located in Culver City, CA
Wonderful form, solid construction
Wood
18th c. English Thames Valley Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charming late 18th Century English Thames Valley "hoop back" Windsor armchair in ash and elm, the hoop with 10 supporting spindles and the continuous arm with crook supports and fain...
Ash, Elm
18th Century Thames Valley Comb Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Wonderful colour and patina to this rare English country chair. C. 1790
Ash, Beech
Early 19th Century English Thames Valley Windsor Armchair
Located in London, GB
In good usable condition with minor movement to the joints as one often finds with such chairs.
Elm, Yew
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H 19.3 in W 15.56 in L 19.3 in
Sublime Suite of Eight circa 1840 English Windsor Thames Valley Dining Chairs 8
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime suite of eight original early Victorian circa 1840 Thames valley Elm diming chairs A very collectable and quintessentially English...
Elm
Mid 18th Century Thames Valley Comb Back Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine mid 18th Century Thames Valley comb back windsor armchair, the shaped crest rail with rounded ears, over central balustrade silhouette shaped splat, flanked on either side ...
Elm, Beech, Fruitwood, Ash
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H 41 in W 22.5 in D 21 in
English Thames Valley Nineteenth Century Windsor Armchair with Hickory Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English Thames Valley Windsor armchair of typical form with a pieced vasiform central splat terminating at the curved crest rail, the elm saddle seat supported on turned legs join...
Elm, Hickory
George III Walnut and Sycamore Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Further reading: There is a similar chair in the Victoria & Albert Museum labelled Richard Hewett and a further by Pitt and Hewett in the Wycombe chair museum, both chairs are from t...
Walnut
Pair of 18th c. English "Gothick" Windsors
Located in Greenwich, CT
Important pair of 18th century English Thames Valley "Gothick" Windsor chairs in yew wood, fruit wood and elm.
Yew, Elm, Fruitwood
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H 40.56 in W 25.2 in D 18.12 in
Pair of 18th Century George II Gothic Yew and Elm Windsor Armchairs, circa 1760
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
The period examples always incorporate yew, the prized timber for Windsor chairs. An identical yew chair with an elm seat is illustrated in The English Regional Chair and is attribut...
Elm, Yew
18th C English High Back Thames Valley Vase Splat Windsor Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century Thames Valley fruitwood and elm Windsor armchair having a boldly shaped crest, beautifully shaped center backsplat, and nicely saddled seat on turned legs. It has won...
Fruitwood, Elm
Fine Pair of Thames Valley Windsor Armchairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The chairs are from England, the Thames Valley.
Ash, Yew, Elm
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H 40.95 in W 22.45 in D 21.26 in
Pair of Early 19th Century Thames Valley Yew Tree Windsor Armchairs
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A wonderful pair of yew tree Windsor armchairs with draft back splats, superb color and patination.
Yew
19th Century English Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome 19th century English ash and beech comb-back Windsor chair from the Thames Valley, with out-turned arms supported by inverted stretchers, wonderfully turned legs connected...
Ash, Beech
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H 40.16 in W 27.17 in D 23.23 in
Thames Valley Fruitwood and Elm Windsor Chair, Early 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A definitive collectors primitive chair - and certainly an exemplar and rare chair of it's type and age.
Elm, Fruitwood
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H 9 in W 11.5 in D 8.75 in
Mid 19th Century Country Milking Stool or Stand Solid Sycamore English, Ca 1840
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Similar leg forms to this occur on chairs from the Thames Valley and the Chilterns area of England - See; The English Regional chair by Bernard Cotton, published by The Antique Colle...
Sycamore
Early 19thC Thames Valley Windsor Chair
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
An ash and elm Thames valley Windsor chair with pierced splat back.
Ash
Set of 12 Antique Thames Valley Windsor Chairs
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Set of 12 antique Thames Valley Windsor chairs This set of 12 antique Thames Valley Windsor chairs were made circa 1860 To find a set of 12 chairs of this type is very rare.
Ash, Elm
Early Thames Valley Windsor Wheel Back Chair c. 1800
Located in Heathfield, GB
An early and very beautiful Thames Valley Windsor wheel back chair with a fantastic colour and well developed patina and in excellent original condition throughout.
Elm
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