Bow-back side chair in Tavern Green milk paint with a slightly distressed finish.
($1000.00 as shown)
Bow-back side chair with a plain comb, Conneticut style turnings, and Tavern Green milk paint with a slightly distressed finish.
($1250.00 as shown)
Bow back Windsor side chair with pinched hoop in soldier blue with New York style turnings.
($950.00)
Bow back Windsor side chair with pinched hoop and tail brace in colored lacquerer.
($1000.00 as shown)
Bow back arm chair with arms and New York style turnings in buttermilk milk paint with gold leaf paint details.
($1300, as shown)
Full view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play. Shown with black over white distressed finish.
($1000, as shown)
Front view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play ($1000 as shown with distressed finish).
($1000, as shown)
Side view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play.
($1000, as shown)
Inset of arms featuring New York style turnings and gold leaf paint details.
($1300 as shown)
Detail of New York style shield seat in Tavern Green milk paint with distressed finish.
Bow-back side chair in Tavern Green milk paint with a slightly distressed finish.
($1000.00 as shown)
Bow-back side chair with a plain comb, Conneticut style turnings, and Tavern Green milk paint with a slightly distressed finish.
($1250.00 as shown)
Bow back Windsor side chair with pinched hoop in soldier blue with New York style turnings.
($950.00)
Bow back Windsor side chair with pinched hoop and tail brace in colored lacquerer.
($1000.00 as shown)
Bow back arm chair with arms and New York style turnings in buttermilk milk paint with gold leaf paint details.
($1300, as shown)
Full view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play. Shown with black over white distressed finish.
($1000, as shown)
Front view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play ($1000 as shown with distressed finish).
($1000, as shown)
Side view of the Guitar Pickin' Windsor, part bow back and part continuous arm. We offer a one-armed design (right or left) to accommodate your positioning as you play.
($1000, as shown)
Inset of arms featuring New York style turnings and gold leaf paint details.
($1300 as shown)
Detail of New York style shield seat in Tavern Green milk paint with distressed finish.
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The bread and butter of the Windsor trade in the 1790s was the bow-back, side chair. Introduced in Philadelphia in the mid-1780s, it was originally referred to as a Philadelphia oval back chair. The pattern was soon being made all over New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The design was suitable for use around a dining table and took up less room than the popular fan-back chairs.
As with all of our Windsors, each chair begins with locally milled green lumber. Every seat is hand-carved from Eastern White Pine. We do all of our turnings by hand on a lathe out of maple or black birch. Every spindle is rived and shaved on a shave horse to ensure the grain is left unbroken from end to end. This traditional process is repeated on the chair's back before steaming and bending. The legs are set using a traditional tapered lock joint which increases the chair's stability. Finally everything is wedged, hand sanded and finished with your choice of colored lacquer or milk paint. Every piece is custom made to order allowing us to tailor each commission to your specific needs.
sizing varies slightly by piece
Price: starting at $950.00
Value added options:
Hand craved knuckle and arm detail.
Hand carved knuckle arm.
Pad style hand detail.
Violin with spur hand detail.
Violin style hand detail.
You can choose from different arm details. There is an additional $250 charge for hand carved knuckle arms.
New York style baluster and ring turning in bayberry green milk paint
Philadelphia style arrowfoot turning in barn red milk paint
Bamboo style two node turning in barn red milk paint.
Rhode Island style baluster and ring turning in marigold milk paint.
Pennsylvania style baluster and ring turning in salmon milk paint.
Bamboo style 3-node turning in driftwood milk paint.
Boston style turning with gold leaf details.
Modified Connecticut style in tavern green,
Connecticut style baluster and ring turning.
Center stretchers from left to right styles 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 the one on the far right in sea green is a standard style side stretcher.
All of our chair's legs, arms, and stretchers are turned by hand. Many different looks and regional styles are available.
New York style baluster and ring turning in bayberry green milk paint
Philadelphia style arrowfoot turning in barn red milk paint
Bamboo style two node turning in barn red milk paint.
Rhode Island style baluster and ring turning in marigold milk paint.
Pennsylvania style baluster and ring turning in salmon milk paint.
Bamboo style 3-node turning in driftwood milk paint.
Boston style turning with gold leaf details.
Modified Connecticut style in tavern green,
Connecticut style baluster and ring turning.
Center stretchers from left to right styles 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 the one on the far right in sea green is a standard style side stretcher.
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All of our Windsors come standard in Milk Paint with two coats of oil as a top coat. Color options are shown below on the chart. Inquire for non-standard colors.
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The bread and butter of the Windsor trade in the 1790s was the bow-back, side chair. Introduced in Philadelphia in the mid-1780s, it was originally referred to as a Philadelphia oval back chair. The pattern was soon being made all over New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The design was suitable for use around a dining table and took up less room than the popular fan-back chairs.
Nationally recognized for his craftsmanship, Cabinetmaker Vincent Chicone has been listed in Early American Life's Directory of Traditional American Crafts in the category of Windsors and Furniture since 2010.
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