Windsor Chair

With its durable saddle seat and spindle-constructed back, the Windsor chair is a particularly recognizable design. From its rural English origins in the early 18th century, prolific iterations on the ...

Host Charles Brock is joined by master Windsor Chairmaker Greg Pennington. Greg Pennington is a master Windsor Chairmaker. He's also a master teacher of the art and an influencer at the center of a ...

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Buffalo News: Antiques: The differences between Windsor chairs made in England, America

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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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WHYY: America’s definitive collection of antique Windsor chairs will be sold at auction

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 ...

America’s definitive collection of antique Windsor chairs will be sold at auction

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We believe we have a fan back Windsor chair. We inherited it from our grandparents. It has black paint that is flaking and worn, but the chair itself is sturdy and sound. Can you provide us with any ...

Star Tribune: Antiques Q&A: Harvard Windsor chair unites two icons of Colonial America

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 ...

HUDSON, Ohio – Richard Grell is rarely caught sitting on the job. That’s what he wants you to do. For more than half a century, Grell has been crafting the very intricate Windsor chair, a style that ...

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