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Some, like this example, have a hooped back-frame, formed by steaming and then bending the wood. Their name probably derives from the town of Windsor in Berkshire, which is situated on the river Thames and was ideally located as a distribution point for chairs made in the Thames Valley region, where many chairs of this type were made. Windsor chairs were, however, also produced in many other areas of Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. The back and legs of this chair are made of yew wood, with an elm seat carved in a saddle shape. Better-quality 18th-century Windsor chairs often had cabriole (or S-shaped) front legs, as in this example. The back-splat is carved to resemble the tracery of a Gothic church window.","physicalDescription":"Windsor chair with hoop back and three back splats pierced with gothic tracery. The hoizontal arm-bow is plain, and the under-arms supports are plain. The cabriole front legs, which terminate in club feet,  are connected to the turned back legs with a bowed stretcher and two straight turned stretchers. Plain, shaped elm seat, with incised border worn at the front. Repair to one stretcher with metal strap. At the back of each the front feet is a small pad.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Yew","id":"AAT12774"},{"text":"Elm","id":"AAT12070"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"turning","id":"AAT53158"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Yew and elm, carved, bent and turned","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"}],"styles":[{"text":"Gothic","id":"x30997"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2016JP6321","2016JL3139","2017JU6072"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342634"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Windsor armchair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1720-1750","earliest":"1720-01-01","latest":"1750-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Windsor chairs are part of a continuing tradition and assigning dates is challenging. This example is dated on stylistic grounds, although there is a reference in the Departmental papers to say that the chair was dated in an as yet unidentified exhibition as 1800-1835."}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"W.12-1940","id":"O141881"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"W.17-1965","id":"O141880"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"W.24-1954","id":"O141879"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Arthur Penryn Milsted","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"93","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"24/11/2016","earliest":"2016-11-24","latest":"2016-11-24"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"56","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"24/11/2016","earliest":"2016-11-24","latest":"2016-11-24"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"42.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"24/11/2016","earliest":"2016-11-24","latest":"2016-11-24"},"part":"","note":"The width is measured at the seat; the width between the arms is 53cm. 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