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Comb-Back Windsor Chair

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Vernacular / Colonial

Comb-Back Windsor Chair

Anonymous (English Vernacular), 1760

History

Turned spindles socketed into a solid saddle seat define the Windsor — a democratic form made by rural chair-bodgers in the beech woods of England and later beloved across colonial America.

Year / Era

1760 · 18th Century

Materials

Ash, Elm, Beech

Style

Windsor

Licensing

Public Domain

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