Antique Painted Windsor Chair Country Bar Back Oxford Armchair Farmhouse 1850
A rare painted Windsor armchair in good antique condition. Most likely made around 1840-1860 in Oxford, England, this gorgeous and extremely comfortable ‘bar-back’ armchair will add outstanding bygone quality, gorgeous rustic colouring and a charming and quintessentially English, Antique Country aesthetic to any interior.
One of six similar chairs we currently have in stock, these are fantastic and versatile antique armchairs – eminently useable and very comfortable, they were crafted to be used as well as admired and their outstanding design has lasted the test of time.
Generously sized and reassuringly heavy, this stunning armchair was hand-crafted from solid wood (most likely ash with an elm seat). It was likely painted in a vibrant tomato-red hue soon after being made and now displays a charming, faded ruddy-orange-golden-brown colouring, with touches of grain patterning visible through the worn areas of original paint.
Bar-backs are a less ‘showy’ Windsor chair design and somewhat overlooked as a result, but their simplicity and functionality easily stand the test of time. This one features a saddle-shaped seat which the arms, back and legs affix into, as in all Windsor chairs. And if above the seat is all about the graceful curves, below it is about the craft of ‘turning’. It has shapely back stiles with scrolled finials which the gently curving bar backs and lovely arms fit into. The arm supports have a lovely bulbous turned design, while the round, splayed and tapering legs have a complementing turned design and are secured by a turned and tapering H-stretcher.
All in all this is an extremely rare and exceedingly charming painted Windsor armchair, which won’t fail to impress and add colour, comfort, antique quality and useable Country elegance to any setting.
CONDITION
This armchair is in good-to-very-good antique condition. Solid, sturdy and structurally sound, the joints are all secure and have only the most minor if any movement. Generously sized and reassuringly heavy, it has to-be-expected marks, bumps, and historic repairs to show its not inconsiderable age. There are a few to-be-expected, hard-to-notice historic wormholes mainly to the back, for which the whole chair has been treated for good measure. Overall it's an extremely rare and very charming painted Windsor armchair in good antique condition and if well looked after it should remain so for another 150+ years – please see the photos.
MEASUREMENTS
Height – 94cm, Width – 57cm, Depth – 60cm, Seat Height – 44cm, Seat Width – 50cm max/43cm min, Seat Depth – 47.5cm, Weight – 7kg.
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