The Rod-back Windsor side chair developed from the traditional pinched hoop or bow-back style to included a square back design that incorporated Asian influenced bamboo style turnings (circa 1810). These popular and comfortable chairs feature a modiefied shield seat, as opposed to the Philadelphia’s oval seat.
As with all of our Windsors, each chair begins 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 chair'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 color variations in monitors and browsers, samples may appear different on different monitors and screens.
If you select the custom color option (+$50 custom color fee), we will email you for color confirmation.
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