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Welsh Comb Back Windsor - The Snowdonia Chair C1780
The Real Wood Furniture Company
for sale €7,605     $8,255
£6,500
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Welsh Comb Back Windsor - The Snowdonia Chair C1780

19th century
Description

'The Snowdonia Chair' - a rare and beautiful Welsh comb back Windsor chair in ash with elm seat. The shaped splat, in figured ash, sits beneath an unusually deep comb top rail and the whole has a generous proportion. Until recently this chair was in a Welsh dealer's private collection for more than thirty years. The chair was souced from the Conwy valley, from where it is thought to originate. Original condition with evidence of historic surface woodworm, on the ends of the armbow, which is however structurally completely solid.

width at top comb : 50 cms (19.75”)

width at armbow : 69 cms (27”)

height : 112cms (44”)

depth (from back of top hoop to front of legs) : 66 cms (22”)

seat height: 43 cms (17”)

seat depth (from bottom of splat to frnt edge of seat) 37.5 cms (14.75")

Physical Dimensions
Height
112cm (44.09")
Width
69cm (27.17")
Depth
66cm (25.98")
Declaration

The Real Wood Furniture Company has dated this Welsh Comb Back Chair to the 1800s.

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SA1202422
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Large showrooms outside Chipping Norton. Please call for an appointment.

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Description
'The Snowdonia Chair' - a rare and beautiful Welsh comb back Windsor chair in ash with elm seat.
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The shaped splat, in figured ash, sits beneath an unusually deep comb top rail and the whole has a generous proportion.
The Real Wood Furniture Company

Until recently this chair was in a Welsh dealer's private collection for more than thirty years. The chair was souced from the Conwy valley, from where it is thought to originate. Original condition with evidence of historic surface woodworm, on the ends of the armbow, which is however structurally completely solid.

fig 1. A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat.
fig 1. Welsh Comb Back Windsor - The Snowdonia Chair C1780

width at top comb : 50 cms (19.75”)

width at armbow : 69 cms (27”)

height : 112cms (44”)

depth (from back of top hoop to front of legs) : 66 cms (22”)

seat height: 43 cms (17”)

seat depth (from bottom of splat to frnt edge of seat) 37.5 cms (14.75")

Height
112cm (44.09")
Width
69cm (27.17")
Depth
66cm (25.98")
Date of Manufacture

The Real Wood Furniture Company has dated this Welsh Comb Back Chair to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1202422
The Real Wood Furniture Company
The Real Wood Furniture Company
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2025

The real wood furniture company (chris baylis) sells windsor chairs, decorative furniture and objects from large showrooms in the cotswolds

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Archive I A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat.

Welsh comb back Windsor - The Snowdonia Chair c1780

Archive II A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View II
Archive III A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View III
Archive IV A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View IV
Archive V A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View V
Archive VI A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View VI
Archive VII A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View VII
Archive VIII A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View VIII
Archive IX A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View IX
Archive X A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View X
Archive XI A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View XI
Archive XII A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View XII
Archive XIII A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View XIII
Archive XIV A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View XIV
Archive XV A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat. View XV
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Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
OX7 5SZ
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A dark brown 18th-century Welsh comb-back Windsor armchair featuring a shaped top rail, turned legs, curved armbow, and a solid wooden seat.
Welsh comb back Windsor - The Snowdonia Chair c1780
Ref: SA1202422
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A Welsh comb-back Windsor chair is a regional variation of traditional British stick-back seating, distinguished by a horizontal top crest rail resembling a comb that rests atop vertical spindles or a central splat. These chairs were produced by country craftspeople using locally sourced native timbers.

Traditional Windsor chairs were constructed using mixed native hardwoods such as oak, ash, and elm, where each wood served a functional purpose based on grain flexibility or strength. The construction relies on wedged mortise and tenon joints, where back spindles, legs, and stretchers are fitted directly into socket holes bored into a solid, shaped wooden seat.

Authentic 18th-century Windsor chairs display hand-hewn construction marks, tool traces such as adze marks on the underside of the seat, and natural shrinkage or slight asymmetry caused by centuries of wood drying. The legs are typically joined directly to the seat without additional apron framing.

A Windsor chair functions as an accent piece alongside contemporary upholstered furniture, bringing organic warmth and historical texture to a room. Placing a single wooden armchair in a modern reading corner, hallway, or beside a minimalist desk creates a balanced contrast between modern and historic elements.

Maintain historic wooden furniture by placing it away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent wood shrinkage or splitting. Regular dusting with a soft, dry cloth and periodic application of a high-grade beeswax polish preserves the original timber patina.
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