An old Windsor chair with provenance

M ELEY · 11th June 2024, 02:16 PM

Thanks, CC! I was hoping the inscription would pan out and then I found the proof in the Bennington Museum. These Windsors have always spoken to me. the so-called 'stick furniture' of the common man and country cottage. While originating in England, they were immensely popular in colonial America and there is a contemporary painting of some of the signers of the Declaration in Philadelphia all sitting on Windsors-

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11th June 2024, 02:16 PM	#6
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	Thanks, CC! I was hoping the inscription would pan out and then I found the proof in the Bennington Museum. These Windsors have always spoken to me. the so-called 'stick furniture' of the common man and country cottage. While originating in England, they were immensely popular in colonial America and there is a contemporary painting of some of the signers of the Declaration in Philadelphia all sitting on Windsors-