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Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890

Name: Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1199723
Price: 1250 GBP
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19th century

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Description

A rare, extra large and important Windsor style farmhouse comb back armchair with intricate 'tulip' frtetted splat and exagerrated leg and stretcher turnings, in fruitwood with elm seat, Thames Valley, England c1890. A wonderfully comfortable chair.

width at top comb : 72 cms (28.25”)

width at armbow : 61 cms (24”)

height : 120 cms (47”)

depth (from back of top hoop to front of legs) : 70 cms (27.5”)

seat height: 44 cms (17.25”)

between front arm supports: 44 cms (17.25”)

seat depth (from bottom of splat to front edge of seat) 48cms (19”)

Why do I call this style of chair a ‘Windsor chair’ ? I wrote a paper in support of my exhibition of Thames Valley Windsor chairs in 1998 in which I identified that the term 'Windsor chair' had evolved in its use, to describe wooden chairs whose axis of construction is the seat, ie where the legs are jointed up into the underside of the seat board and the superstucture is jointed into the top surface of the seat board. This description was endorsed in Mike Harding-Hill's excellent 2003 published book 'Windsor Chairs' (Antique Collectors' Club).

When I first started buying chairs in 1979, the term ‘Windsor chair’ was used within the antiques trade, to describe exclusively, hoop back and comb back armchairs and side chairs. 19th century chairs such as ‘Oxford’ style chairs and ‘slat and splat back chairs’ with a deep top comb rail at the top, with their sawn and shaped outer supports were typically described as ‘kitchen chairs’. As time passed by, these slightly more ‘humble’ chairs, made in greater quantities, became known as ‘Kitchen Windsor’ chairs and then eventually the ’Kitchen’ disappeared from common usage, possibly as ‘the trade’ tried to elevate their status.

Whatever the reasoning, an evolution in the accepted meaning / use of the term ‘Windsor chair’ had occurred, but not without reason, as the method of construction remains key, as above, in contrast to ‘frame chairs’ where the back upright extends from top to bottom, with

seat rails / seat jointed into the back upright and into the front legs.

Physical Dimensions

Height

120cm (47.24")

Width

72cm (28.35")

Depth

70cm (27.56")

Declaration

The Real Wood Furniture Company has dated this Antique Windsor Elm Armchair to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

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SA1199723

Dealers Internal Reference

10303

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fig 1. A late 19th-century Victorian Windsor armchair made from fruitwood and elm with a pierced back splat, turned legs, and a shaped seat. — fig 1. Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890

width at top comb : 72 cms (28.25”)

width at armbow : 61 cms (24”)

height : 120 cms (47”)

depth (from back of top hoop to front of legs) : 70 cms (27.5”)

seat height: 44 cms (17.25”)

between front arm supports: 44 cms (17.25”)

fig 2. A late 19th-century Victorian Windsor armchair made from fruitwood and elm with a pierced back splat, turned legs, and a shaped seat. — fig 2. Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890

seat depth (from bottom of splat to front edge of seat) 48cms (19”)

Why do I call this style of chair a ‘Windsor chair’ ? I wrote a paper in support of my exhibition of Thames Valley Windsor chairs in 1998 in which I identified that the term 'Windsor chair' had evolved in its use, to describe wooden chairs whose axis of construction is the seat, ie where the legs are jointed up into the underside of the seat board and the superstucture is jointed into the top surface of the seat board.

“

This description was endorsed in Mike Harding-Hill's excellent 2003 published book 'Windsor Chairs' (Antique Collectors' Club).

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fig 3. A late 19th-century Victorian Windsor armchair made from fruitwood and elm with a pierced back splat, turned legs, and a shaped seat. — fig 3. Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890

When I first started buying chairs in 1979, the term ‘Windsor chair’ was used within the antiques trade, to describe exclusively, hoop back and comb back armchairs and side chairs. 19th century chairs such as ‘Oxford’ style chairs and ‘slat and splat back chairs’ with a deep top comb rail at the top, with their sawn and shaped outer supports were typically described as ‘kitchen chairs’. As time passed by, these slightly more ‘humble’ chairs, made in greater quantities, became known as ‘Kitchen Windsor’ chairs and then eventually the ’Kitchen’ disappeared from common usage, possibly as ‘the trade’ tried to elevate their status.

fig 4. A late 19th-century Victorian Windsor armchair made from fruitwood and elm with a pierced back splat, turned legs, and a shaped seat. — fig 4. Windsor Extra Large Farmhouse Armchair in Fruitwood & Elm, C1890

Whatever the reasoning, an evolution in the accepted meaning / use of the term ‘Windsor chair’ had occurred, but not without reason, as the method of construction remains key, as above, in contrast to ‘frame chairs’ where the back upright extends from top to bottom, with

seat rails / seat jointed into the back upright and into the front legs.

Physical Dimensions

Height

120cm (47.24")

Width

72cm (28.35")

Depth

70cm (27.56")

Date of Manufacture

The Real Wood Furniture Company has dated this Antique Windsor Elm Armchair to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA1199723

Dealers Internal Ref

10303

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A Windsor chair is defined by its solid wooden seat into which the back spindles and chair legs are directly socketed, rather than having the back legs extend directly into the backrest frame.

English Windsor chairs were typically crafted using a combination of regional hardwoods, frequently utilising elm for the contoured seat due to its split-resistant grain, alongside fruitwood, ash, or beech for turned legs and spindles.

Authentic Victorian pieces feature wedged tenon joinery visible on the seat surface, hand-turned stretchers and legs, natural wood grain character, and genuine patination around high-contact areas like armrests.

A Windsor armchair works effectively as a single statement piece in a hallway, as an accent chair beside a fireplace, or surrounding a modern dining table to introduce texture and historical contrast.

Dust the surface regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and apply a quality beeswax polish once or twice a year, avoiding chemical sprays, solvent cleaners, and damp environments.

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