Windsor Chairmakers : Windsor hoopback side chair

Ash with one piece pine seat

All wedged or pegged, and epoxied joints

38" height overall

20 1/2" width at bow & legs

Counter bored legs

Steam bent bow

Lifetime guarantee

Ergonomically correct

Shellac sealer

Two varnish topcoats

Playhouse carton if two

Thin spindles

Ordering procedure

Turnings
Traditional (shown)
Contemporary

Knots
Yes, knots in seat
No knots please

Spindles
Some proud

All flush

Color
Cranberry
Patina
Raisin
Black/green
Black/blue over barn red
Custom

Antiquing
Light
Medium
Heavy

Saddle on painted chair
Stained
Worn

Ash. A straight grained open pored hardwood that is stronger than oak. The strength and straight grained characteristics of ash allows the diameter at the top of spindle to be smaller without fear of it breaking. Spindles that are smaller in diameter at the top are more flexible. Spindles that are more flexible are more comfortable.

Brass plaque.
3 inches X 1.125 inches, solid unfinished brass, letters and numbers as you sketch out, attached with four escutcheon pins, located on any flat surface you choose.

Ordering.

We'd like to hear from you, so call us at 800-789-5188 or email info@windsorchair.com. If you'd like samples, we can send a variety with a $200 deposit, refundable upon return of the samples.

Cash and checks are preferred. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.

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

Common carrier- Furniture will be delivered to the curb in front of your home or office. Must be packed in boxes and/or crates.

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

When you order, you will be quoted a price for the option you choose. To order, call 800-789-5188 or email info@windsorchair.com.

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Wedged. A method of spreading or clamping the end of a leg or spindle tight in the hole by driving a wedge into the end of the leg or spindle.

Pegged.
An alternative method of securing a member in a hole when the end of the member is not exposed to receive a wedge. We use a 3/16" diameter wooden dowel for pegging.

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.

Counter bored.
Refers to a hole with a shoulder inside created by boring a hole from one direction all the way through and then a slightly larger diameter hole is bored part way through from the opposite direction.
A counter bored Windsor chair leg hole, bored on an angle to the seat, provides a shoulder all around the leg inside the seat. This is a much stronger joint than the alternative tangent shoulder method.

Lifetime guarantee. You get it to and from our shop and we'll fix it free. No time limit, no exception. If you back over your chair with a pick up truck, send the pieces and we'll fix it free. You only pay the shipping.

The study of the human body dimensions, muscles, and bones. As a derriere-ologist, I have been studying derrieres all my life. After years of study, we made the patterns for the scoop in our chairs. They are deep in the back providing room for the ischele tuberisity bones that we sit on. You will not slide out of this chair.

Varnish.

Better than lacquer, shellac, or linseed oil as a top coat. It does not allow water to penetrate into the wood and cause a white spot. We use two coats to be surer that we have the surface entirely covered.

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.

Tiger maple or cherry seat.A two piece tiger maple or cherry seat is available instead of a one piece pine seat. A board twice as long as the seat is cut in half and folded around and glued to itself. This procedure results in as perfect a grain match as is possible.

Shellac.
A secretion from the Lac bug in India. It is unaffected by the pitch that is present in the pine seat. We use shellac to seal the pitch into the pine seat. Pitch eats through other finishing materials such as lacquer and varnish causing blemishes in the finish.

Proud spindles.
Refers to our practice of leaving the tops of some of the spindles on chair protruding about 1/16" above the bow. We like this and do it to impart the appearance of age. You may have all the spindles flush on top if you want.

Knots.
Some people like the character of knots in the chair seat. We will place them where they do not affect the strength of the chair.
Some people do not like knots and this is ok. Traditionally, Windsors were usually made without knots because they are harder to carve.

Color.
A list of choices. You must select one before we can build. They are all the same price.
Cranberry stain
Patina stain
Raisin stain
Black green milkpaint
Custom color

One piece pine seats. Cut from a tree large enough that the seat does not have to be glued up. This is the traditional way of doing it.

Thin Spindles.
Round vertical pieces in the back of the chair that the sitter leans against. Our spindles are 5/16 inch diameter at the top. They flex more than the 3/8 inch diameter that most chairmakers make. Spindles that are more flexible at the top are more comfortable.