Handmade Oak Windsor Chair
Oak Windsor Chair with Crinoline Stretcher
Oak Slat Back Chair
Oak Square Leg Spoon Back Chair
Oak Smokers Bow Chair
Oak Buckingham Chair
Oak Braemar Chair
Windsor Chair with Crinoline Stretcher
Oak Windsor Chair with Crinoline Stretcher - a Windsor chair is a chair built with a wooden seat into which are fixed the backrest and undercarriage. Typically, the backrest and sometimes the arm pieces are formed from steam bent pieces of wood.
Windsor chairs were developed in the late 17th century in the vicinity of High Wycombe but named for the local big town of Windsor, Berkshire, England. Their introduction to America seems to have been by the 1726 governor of Pennsylvania, Patrick Gordon.
Stretcher made with one steam bent piece linking the front two legs and two small turned pieces linking this with the two back legs. Good looking, but not as strong as the H stretcher. Gossip says that it made more room for the ladies' skirts and sometimes referred to as a "cow horn" stretcher.
Please explore the different chair types in our gallery and via the links below.
Steve Baker makes some of the finest handmade oak tables available. The beauty of oak has inspired him to create stunning pieces of furniture in unique classic and contemporary styles.