The Continuous-arm Windsors were one of the only Windsors developed outside of Philadelphia (circa. the 1780’s) and became for New York what the sack back had been for Philadelphia. These popular and comfortable benches feature a hand-carved shield seat style continuous plank with a single gutter surrounding all the vertical parts socketed in the seat. The bench (in barn red) is shown with NY style leg and arm balusters.

All of our Windsors begin with locally milled green lumber. Every seat is hand-carved from Eastern White Pine. We do all of our turnings by hand on a lathe out of maple or black birch. Every spindle is rived and shaved on a shave horse to ensure the grain is left unbroken from end to end. This traditional process is repeated on the chair’s back before steaming and bending. The legs are set using a traditional tapered lock joint which increases the piece’s stability.

Finally, everything is wedged, hand sanded and finished with your choice of colored lacquer or milk paint. Choose your finish milk paint color from the sample board. Click on the image for a close up. Due to variations in monitors and browsers, color samples may vary on different monitors and screens. 

If you select the custom color option (+$50 custom color fee), we will email you for color confirmation.

Sizing varies slightly by piece:

• 17-18" seat height
• 40" standard back height
• 49.5" width (seats 2)

Estimated 4-6 weeks for fabrication and delivery.