Windsor Chairmakers : Shaker benches

Circa 1803
Canterbury,
New Hampshire

Particularly nice in hallways, reception areas, and art galleries

33" height overall

Only 17 1/2" out from wall

All joints are epoxied

Continuous sculpted seat

Ordering procedure

5 foot
$1,850

6 foot
$2,100

7 foot
$2,350

8 foot
$2,600

9 foot
$2,850

10 foot
$3,100

11 foot
$3,350

12 foot
$3,600

13 foot
$3,850

14 foot
$4,100

Brass plaque $67

Shipping options

Shipping options. Select the level of service you desire that is available for each and all the pieces in your order.

After shipping is complete, we will pay the shipping company on your behalf, charge that exact amount against your prepayment, and send you a refund check of any overpayment.

White glove blanket wrapped service- Furniture set up in room ready to use. No packing required.

Delivery in company van in Maine- Furniture set up in your room ready to use. No packing required.

Customer pick up- From loading dock at workshop. No packing required.

Call Suzanne for quote
800-789-5188

9am - 5pm EST

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Ordering procedure.

1. Determine generally what you want to buy.
Questions by phone are good. 800-789-5188

2. Mail a $200 deposit check to us. As we say, this seperates the serious from the curious. It also puts you on our build schedule.

3. We will mail you a written confirmation of your deposit and an invoice distilling to writing the decisions made thus far.

4. Each item we build has lists of "choices" from which a selection must be made. "Options" are optional.

5. Once you have paid your deposit, we are happy to mail you finish samples of your choosing for consideration in your light.

6. Payment in full including shipping and Maine state sales tax if applicable, must be paid by personal check prior to your build date.

7. We will build, ship, arrange and pay the shipper on your behalf, and refund any overpayment.

Epoxy.
Better than glue on Windsor chairs. Glue needs to be clamped "thin" to be strong. Most Windsor chair joints are a round turning put into a cylindrical hole. Clamping from the outside of the hole is not possible. In theory, a wedge inserted into the end of the turning clamps the joint from the inside. Unfortunately, the wedge flares the end of the bow causing the bow to be tight only at one end of the hole. To solve this problem, we use epoxy which doesn't need to be clamped "thin" to hold strong. The epoxy fills the space in the joint and cures hard.

Antiquing. The combination of steps in the furniture finishing process that have as their sole objective to make the furniture look older than it really is. How much older is determined by the amount of antiquing applied. We offer antiquing in light, medium and heavy quantities.
The lowest level of antiquing is "light", not "none". There are three reasons for this.

First, try as we might to make perfect furniture with no blemishes, we can't. So, rather than promise you something that we can't do, we offer you the best that we can do.

Second, scratches and dings will happen to your furniture as you use it. if we put the first few on, as others occur, there is less anxiety which is good for you and your visitors.

Third, we think it looks more appropriate. It's like a person over forty-five having crows feet around their eyes.