The Windsor chair was first made in the late 17th century in England and about 1730 in America. The chairs are similar, but the English chair legs are less splayed and only the English chair has a ...

Can you give me the approximate age and value of the pictured chair from the following information? On the seat bottom: “Colonial, S bent & Bros, Gardner, Mass; Chairs, 513; 017; ANT 30” — R.G. Your ...

Question: The chair shown in my photo belonged to my parents. The bottom of its seat is marked "S. Bent & Bros. Inc. 1867 Gardner, Mass." Please discuss the chair's maker, age and value. - M.G., ...

If there’s one article of furniture that has retained its popularity from the time it first appeared in the 18th century right up to today, it’s the Windsor chair. Described by Encyclopedia Britannica ...

The Bonhams Skinner auction where this chair sold listed it as a Harvard University Windsor chair, bringing together two icons of colonial America. Harvard University, originally called the New ...

With its durable saddle seat and spindle-constructed back, the Windsor chair is a particularly recognizable design. From its rural English origins in the early 18th century, prolific iterations on the ...

The Windsor chair was introduced in England in the late 17th century, and it was about 50 years later, circa 1730, that the first American Windsor chairs were made in Philadelphia. The American makers ...