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A History of the Windsor Chair - Including Descriptions of the Tavern Chair, Pleasure Garden Chairs and the Chippendale Style

A History of the Windsor Chair - Including Descriptions of the Tavern Chair, Pleasure Garden Chairs and the Chippendale Style

Hayden, Arthur

Paperback

FurnitureFurniture DesignGeneral Construction & Renovation

ISBN10: 1447444590
ISBN13: 9781447444596
Publisher: Baltzell Pr
Published: Jan 18 2012
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The famed 'Windsor Chair first' appeared in the early eighteenth century. Its history and development thus exhibits traces of the various styles in furniture which ran their courses throughout the century. This antique text contains a comprehensive treatise on the history of this famous chair, from its earliest ancestors to the Windsor chairs still prevalent today. This is a fascinating text sure to appeal to those with a keen interest in furniture, and it is not to be missed by collectors of antique furniture literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction', 'The Tavern Chair', 'Eighteenth Century Pleasure Gardens', 'The Splat Back and the Cabriole Leg', 'Chippendale Style Windsor Chairs', 'The survival of the Windsor Chair Type'. We are proud to republish this antiquarian book now complete with a new introduction on the history of furniture.

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