Windsor Chair Identification

Initials? by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Dual rung supports by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Brace by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Nails by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Brace-back by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Dual crest by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Fan by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Multiple piece seat grain running front to back by MattyCee posted Apr 17, 2020 at 4:42 PM

I recently found this Windsor chair on the curbside for trash pickup. I am inexperienced in these chairs but I believe it to be a Early 20th Century Brace-Back Philadelphia Windsor Side Chair. I have found few examples matching exactly. Any help is appreciated and recommendations how to refinish if at all.

 

Your links will not open, you would do better to post photos rather than links.

 

They're okay now!

 

All fixed thanks for the heads up

 

I think a later reproduction like 1960s that someone tried to refinish .

 

So go ahead and refinish properly you’d recommend?

 

It is made in the 20th century, though agree that later in the century is more likely. Not a side chair so a more correct name would be: Brace-back fan-back Windsor Armchair. It is a mix of different regions and is not a strict copy of Philadelphia or any other region. Similar Windsor style chair were made by companies such as Nichols and Stone and many others. Most N&S chairs were marked so yours is probably not from them: see here for a N&S: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/16292311_nichols-and-stone-comb-and-brace-back-windsor-chair

Feel free to refinish anyway you want. Originals would have been painted in a solid color.