Restoration of an American Windsor Chair | Woodworking How To

This restoration of a reproduction American Windsor chair shows how to repair through tenons and work with fish glue. This project is more challenging than the average chair repair because of the type of joints and the number of joints to glue together all at once. This chair is a type of American Windsor chair called a continuous-back arm chair.

Windsor chairs developed as casual, affordable chairs in England which were used in rural and cottage settings. As this chair style moved to British colonies in the early 18th century, the American style Windsor chair was developed in Philadelphia. The key difference in the English versus American style Windsor chair is the back. An English style Windsor chair has a pierced back splat and spindles whereas the American style is all spindles.

The Windsor chair style is defined by the seat and back. The seat is made of solid wood that is shaped to make it comfortable to sit on. The back is not part of the legs, but is separate from the legs. The four legs are connected to the seat with mortices. The back is connected to the seat with through mortices, wedged in place. Repairing Windsor chairs takes more skill than many other chairs due to the through mortice joinery.

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