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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 390275, member: 5066"][USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER] , the spindles go all the way from the seat to top rail, a single piece.</p><p>Is it 18th century? Maybe, hard to tell from pic's alone but it's certainly 19th as i agree it looks old.</p><p>One fairly easy way to tell if windsors were hand made is, are the spindles all a little "different" slightly in size/shape? If so they were made with a spoke shave and hand made, if all perfectly the same, post 1850 and machine turned, ditto for the turned legs/arm supports, are they all perfectly the same or slightly "different". Naturally, photos do not reveal details like this so without an in person hands on examination, impossible to date with 100% certainty.</p><p>Nice chair, i would have that spindle replaced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 390275, member: 5066"][USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER] , the spindles go all the way from the seat to top rail, a single piece. Is it 18th century? Maybe, hard to tell from pic's alone but it's certainly 19th as i agree it looks old. One fairly easy way to tell if windsors were hand made is, are the spindles all a little "different" slightly in size/shape? If so they were made with a spoke shave and hand made, if all perfectly the same, post 1850 and machine turned, ditto for the turned legs/arm supports, are they all perfectly the same or slightly "different". Naturally, photos do not reveal details like this so without an in person hands on examination, impossible to date with 100% certainty. Nice chair, i would have that spindle replaced.[/QUOTE]
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