Handcrafted Windsor Chairs

We make windsors with the aesthetic appeal of 18th century chairs and utilize the best of traditional joinery.
Handcrafted windsor chairs. Interestingly the founding and growth of our nation and the development of the american windsor chair encompass the same century spanning the period from 1750 to 1850. American windsors are often made with pine bass or tulip polar for the seat and oak ash or hickory for the back. The joints are tapered stein said so the more you sit in them the tighter they get rather than looser. A few are somewhat interpretive and offer the artist s choices for style proportion and comfort.
Welcome handcrafted with the care and skill of a true craftsman each chair is created one at a time classified as bench made with my upmost attention to detail with shaping hand carving assembly and finishing. Our chairs are original designs made with comfort and durability in mind. My ancestors emigrated from europe to philadelphia in 1754. Each piece of furniture is custom made in my shop.
Windsor chairs handcrafted in the 18th century manner the advanced techniques of the 18th century intrigue stein. Chairs can be made to order with custom colors finishes and details as well as exacting reproductions of specific antiques. For me making a windsor chair is part of an historical journey. Finished in the original mahogany paint color the chairs have been placed out on the piazza facing the potomac river where washington had used them for entertaining.
Our handcrafted windsor chairs are made of the highest quality and craftsmanship. Constructed from the finest woods these windsor chairs are designed and crafted to be passed down through the generations. Chris harter and the country furniture shop est. For example parts of windsor chairs are steamed and bent.
Windsor chairs are constructed with wood with seats often carved into a shallow dish or saddle shape to follow the natural contours of the body and make it more comfortable. Welcome to liberty chair works. In 1978 handcrafted american windsor chairs and 18th century furniture reproductions welcome to the country furniture shop located in the small village of madison in central new york. Handcrafted and custom windsor chairs by chris harter.