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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 949848, member: 6444&quot;]I have way too many chairs, and way too many old windsors, but I am still always looking and will still pick one up if I find a good one. When these were made in the US starting in the late 1700&#039;s the early windsors were painted, though when you find an early one these days it has usually been stripped of original paint (such as the sack back armchair in the first picture). The original paint on those made prior to the early 1800&#039;s (such as the sack back armchair) were solid colors. If you&#039;re lucky you will occasionally find one of these early ones that has its original paint usually partially hidden under subsequent layers of later paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>But finding an early 1800&#039;s chair (ca. 1820&#039;s so about 200 years old) in all original fancy paint is rare (for me at least). So I was quite happy to find this one, stacked with a bunch of junk furniture in the back room of a cleaned out estate at nominal cost. Here&#039;s a similar one that sold at Skinner recently: <a href="https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2538B/lots/437" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2538B/lots/437" rel="nofollow">https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2538B/lots/437</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One other point about these old chairs - someone on here says that old chairs are not functional in today&#039;s world, that they are uncomfortable and rickety and not worth owning. I disagree completely. The truth is that these old windsors are still incredibly stable and comfortable. The sack back armchair has been in our kitchen since I found it a few years ago and I sit on it every day putting on my shoes - we do the Japanese thing of outdoor shoes and indoor slippers (which is a good idea if you have some nice old rugs).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]203692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203693[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203694[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203695[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]203696[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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