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Welsh Child's Primitive Windsor-style Chair, Circa 1840
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Welsh Child's Primitive Windsor-style Chair, Circa 1840

19th century
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Welsh child's chair in the Windsor style but of more primitive appearance. The seat is ash, whilst the arms, arm supports, legs and stretchers are fruitwood; the timber of the back is uncertain and is possibly oak. The chair has a historical black paint or varnish finish which is nicely worn through in places. One of the side stretchers has an old repair and is bound with tape or string.

Carmarthenshire, west Wales, circa 1840

Height: 19.5 inches; 49.5 cms

Width: 10.25 inches; 26 cms

Depth: 8.75 inches; 22 cms.

Physical Dimensions
Height
49.5cm (19.49")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
22cm (8.66")
Declaration

WelshAntiques has dated this Antique Welsh Primitive Chair to the 19th Century.

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SA700984
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Description
Welsh child's chair in the Windsor style but of more primitive appearance.
The seat is ash, whilst the arms, arm supports, legs and stretchers are fruitwood; the timber of the back is uncertain and is possibly oak.
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The chair has a historical black paint or varnish finish which is nicely worn through in places. One of the side stretchers has an old repair and is bound with tape or string.

Carmarthenshire, west Wales, circa 1840

Height: 19.5 inches; 49.5 cms

Width: 10.25 inches; 26 cms

Depth: 8.75 inches; 22 cms.

Height
49.5cm (19.49")
Width
26cm (10.24")
Depth
22cm (8.66")
Date of Manufacture

WelshAntiques has dated this Antique Welsh Primitive Chair to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA700984
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A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs.
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Archive I A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs.

Welsh Child's Primitive Windsor-style Chair, circa 1840

Archive II A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View II
Archive III A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View III
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Archive V A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View V
Archive VI A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View VI
Archive VII A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View VII
Archive VIII A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View VIII
Archive IX A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs. View IX
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Kidwelly
Carmarthenshire
SA17 5AJ
United Kingdom
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A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs.
Welsh Child's Primitive Windsor-style Chair, circa 1840
Ref: SA700984
A nineteenth-century dark-stained Welsh childs primitive Windsor armchair featuring a thick slab seat, turned arms, and splayed legs.
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Antiques are the ultimate green purchase. By choosing historical pieces over newly manufactured goods, you completely eliminate the carbon footprint of modern mass production while preserving exceptional, timeless craftsmanship.

Primitive Welsh Windsor chairs are 18th- and 19th-century regional country seating pieces crafted by local woodturners using native hardwoods, characterised by thick slab seats and tenoned legs or spindles.

Craftsmen typically utilised locally sourced hardwoods such as ash, elm, and oak, shaping components with hand tools like drawknives before joinery via mortise and tenon joints wedged directly into a thick seat board.

Authentic period examples display hand-hewn tool marks, uneven wear on stretcher rails and feet, hand-cut wedged tenons visible through seat slabs, and natural patination from historic finishes.

Smaller scale vernacular seating functions well as a decorative accent piece in entryways, living rooms, or alongside hearths, adding historical depth, texture, and organic timber tones to contemporary minimalist spaces.

Dust regularly with a clean microfibre cloth and apply a thin layer of natural beeswax polish annually, avoiding commercial aerosol sprays or exposure to direct heat sources that can dry out historic joints.
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