Our hand-carved bench-made Kid's-sized Windsor chairs are available in traditional designs including the Fan-back.
The Windsor was introduced to the American colonies by the English in the early 18th century. American chair-makers quickly adopted the tradition and expanded on the original design creating a uniquely American style. Windsor chairs feature tapered joinery—weight on the seat of the chair causes the joints to strengthen not loosen as is the case in traditional tenon joinery. The strength and stability of the Windsor make them a treasured American classic.
Our youth sized Fan-back side chair features un-carved turned up ears that rise higher than the center of the crest rail (typical of the Connecticut style chair shown here in custom red). It has nine spindles set into a modified shield seat with New York baluster and tapered legs (1765-1790).
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. Choose your finish milk paint color from the sample board. Click on the image for a close up. Due to the many variations in monitors and browsers, color samples may appear different on different monitors and screens.
If you select the custom color option (+$50 custom color fee), we will email you for color confirmation.
sizing varies by piece
Estimated 4-6 weeks for fabrication and delivery.
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