Windsor Chairs: A Great Country Kitchen Look

By: Patrick Slater

Windsor chairs have long been popular as dining furniture. They
evoke memories of times past and a simpler life. In the United
States, Windsor chairs have been made and handcrafted for
hundreds of years, illustrating their popularity and staying
power.

Windsor chairs developed in England some time during the late
17^th or early 18^th century. No one is
really sure who created and developed the Windsor chair, but by
the 1720s, they had become quite popular in Southern England.

In the United States, the chair became known early as the
Philadelphia chair. Over the next several decades, furniture
makers across New England made improvements to the chair,
including the continuous arm addition. The chairs began to sell
in sets and individuals bought up the chairs to seat dinner
party guests or large families.

These popular chairs had been designed in the very beginning
from inexpensive materials. They were made for daily use as
dining chairs and for the family to use at other times of the
day. Although some chairs were made of woods like mahogany or
walnut, they were more expensive and many people opted for less
expensive chairs made of oak, birch, maple, hickory and ash.

Today, you can still find Windsor chairs that have been
handcrafted or you can choose those that have been mass
produced. The style is instantly familiar and the chairs make
for comfortable and relaxed dining furniture. The benefits are
much the same as they were several hundred years ago: the chairs
are strong, light weight, and have a good proportion to them.
They look good in many different spaces, although they make
particularly good choices for casual or country dining sets.

Some people like to search for antique examples of these chairs
and restore them to their original state. In many cases, those
chairs chosen are often ones that were more expensive or had
more detail to them. However, other examples of the antique
chairs can still be found too and many people like the rough,
used look that comes from the normal wear and tear that a chair
might experience. A few repairs to the chair if needed make it
usable again.

Windsor chairs have been a popular chair in the United States
for hundreds of years. If you like the look or the historic
aspect to the chairs, consider adding them to your kitchen or
dining room. You'll love how comfortable they are and how great
they look even with continued use.

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