Antique 19th Century Windsor Farmhouse Maple Thumb Back Dining End Side Chair

Six antique Glenister primitive elm dining chairs from Wycombe England. Circa 19th Century. The Thomas Glenister Company Temple End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; chair maker (b. 1837-c.1891) Glenister’s was founded by Daniel Glenister, a High Wycombe publican, who allowed those who ran up tabs which they could not settle to instead make chairs in lieu of payment. Soon, the sale of chairs became more profitable than the primary business and in the 1841 census he lists his occupation as a chair manufacturer, supporting the theory that the business began in 1839. In the 1851 census Daniel Glenister is listed as having 50 employees. Thomas was the son of the chair maker, Daniel Glenister. He was apprenticed to Treacher’s furniture factory and then joined his father in business which traded as Daniel Glenister and Son from at least 1861. In the 1860s his brother-in-law Charles Gibbons joined the business and the firm became Glenister and Gibbons for a few years. In 1873 Thomas took the Moody and Sankey order for 19,300 public hall chairs for Moody’s Mission. This was a mission undertaken by the American evangelists Ira Sankey and Dwight Moody, holding public gatherings in British towns and cities. The chairs were simple wooden-seated models, made in a few weeks by contracting out to William Birch and Walter Skull...

Antique Primitive Shaker farmhouse chair. Made of maple featuring thumb back and ladderback with woven rush seat and tapered feet. Dimensions: 18...

6 Tell City chair Company hard rock maple dining chairs, circa 1960s. Features colonial styling with a spindled windsor back with cutout and a contoure...

A lovely rocking chair from the first half of the 20th century. Made from maple with a combination of Windsor and farmhouse styling. Features a contoured crest rail, slat back and ...

Set of four Cushman Colonial Creations dining chairs. Crafted from maple featuring slatted backs and turned tapered posts. One armchair, three side chairs. 5921. The H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company was founded in 1886 and spent close to 100 years building furniture in Bennington, Vermont. The company began by building coat racks, pencil boxes, hat hangers, and more, but soon became well known for their furniture. The business was sold to General Industries in 1964 by Hall W. Cushman, the third generation of the Cushman family to manage the business. In 1971 the facility was sold to Green Mountain Furniture...

Antique American Empire parlor, vanity or side dining chair. Made of flamed mahogany featuring serpentine form with trophy urn shaped back splat, needlep...

A pair of Cottage / Farmhouse style dining side chairs, unbranded, similar in quality to Ethan Allen. Maple with carved arched ladder back design, rush seats, turned front legs & fro...

A pair of Cottage / Farmhouse style dining side chairs, unbranded, similar in quality to Ethan Allen. Maple with carved arched ladder back design, rush seats, turned front legs & fro...

Antique quality 19th Century ash and elm Windsor chair dining armchair. Solid and strong, with no loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age, character and charm. Would look great i...

Antique quality 19th Century ash and elm Windsor chair dining armchair. Rare light colour. Solid and strong, with no loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age, character and charm. ...

Antique quality 19th Century ash and elm Windsor chair dining armchair. Solid and strong, with no loose joints and no woodworm. Full of age, character and charm. Would look great i...

A pair of Cottage / Farmhouse style dining chairs, one armchair and one side chair, unbranded, similar in quality to Ethan Allen. Maple with carved arched ladder back design, curved ...