The Bonhams Skinner auction at which this chair sold listed it as a Harvard University Windsor chair, bringing together two icons of colonial America. Harvard University, originally called the New ...
The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. American chairs are made with spindles for the back and to hold the arms. There are many kinds of ...
Charles and Olenka Santore at home in Fitler Square with their collection of Windsor chairs in 1977. (Courtesy of the New York Times via Sotheby's) About 70 antique Windsor chairs from the collection ...
In a small, windowless factory on Graceland Road, just outside the Northport city limits, Ed Potter plies a trade that is older than the United States. Potter is part woodworker, part artisan, part ...
The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. The chairs are similar, but the English chair legs are less splayed and only the English chair has a ...
The Windsor gradually changed into a captain’s chair with no spindles and a low back. Windsors were made of several types of wood chosen for properties like strength for the legs, pliability for the ...
Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel [email protected] Jan 3, 2026 Jan 3, 2026 With 2026 bringing the 250th anniversary of the United States, will we see a revival of interest in colonial American ...
The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. The chairs are similar, but the English chair legs are less splayed and only the English chair has a ...
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