Your maple, bow-back Windsor type armchair follows the form of handmade chairs crafted in this country during the 1700s. Replicated by designer Wallace Nutting during the early 20th century ...

employing village craftsmen to hand-build wood chairs, including the Windsor, a style that had been recently brought to the colonies by English settlers. At the turn of the 20th century ...

Pieces by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Charles and Ray Eames are included in this roundup of modernist furniture designed by architects working in the 20th century. Many of the architects ...

If there’s one article of furniture that has retained its popularity from the time it first appeared in the 18th century right up to today, it’s the Windsor chair. Described by Encyclopedia ...

The more spindles on an antique Windsor, the earlier and better the chair. Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina sold a comb-back Windsor with some repairs in 2015 for $1,003.

The Windsor chair was introduced in England in the late 17th century, and it was about 50 years later, circa 1730, that the first American Windsor chairs were made in Philadelphia. The American ...

‘I’m still learning all the different things to do with chairs,’ muses Jim Steele, who’s been making Windsor chairs in the traditional way for 25 years. ‘It took me about 5–10 years to get the basics, ...