 The Museum Collection
Our most refined Windsor chairs. The seats are finely
shaped and saddled. The turnings are bold and crisp with
dramatic difference from thick to thin and just the right
shape to the bulbous portions. The splay of the legs and the
angle of the arm posts are dramatic as well. Antique chairs
with this level of design sophistication are very rare and
usually found only in Museum collections. Oak bendings and
spindles. Maple turnings. Seats available in your choice of
Pine, Maple, Tiger Maple, or Cherry. Pine is the most
historically correct choice for the seat. Please be aware that
Pine will have seasoning splits, knots, sap pockets and
specs.
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Windsor Chairs
Made of 100% solid American hardwoods. Our Windsor chairs are
reproductions and adaptations of American antiques from about 1765
through 1820. They are made the same way they would have been made
during the period. The bent parts are made of Oak which has long
stringy fibers that tend to go the entire length of the part. This
allows the parts to be made thinner for a more delicate and airy
design while still remaining strong. Maple is used in the legs for
its strength its ability to retain crisp details when turned on a
lathe. The seats are made of softer wood that allows easy carving
of the deeply saddled contours in the seat. The seats are almost 2’’
thick for strength yet have their front edges carved to a fine line
to appear thinner and more delicate than they really are. The legs
go all the way through the seats and are wedged in place. The
spindles are done the same way where they go through the back. This
is the result of tedious hand work, but makes the chairs incredibly
strong as well as historically correct. The design and construction
of this type of chair was at the cutting edge of human capability in
the 18th century. It demonstrates an understanding of how to work
with wood rather than an attempt to conquer it. They also
demonstrate a sophisticated sense of design that is sadly lacking
in today’s mainstream furniture industry. We offer three series of
Windsor chairs- The Museum Collection, The Southern Windsor
Collection, and The Clarke County Collection.
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