Lot Essay
Not found in Europe, the continuous arm windsor armchair was a truly American form.
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A CONTINUOUS-ARM WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
POSSIBLY NEW ENGLAND, 1800-1820
The incised bowed crest continuing to shaped arms above seven tapering spindles and bamboo-turned arm supports over a shaped plank seat, on bamboo-turned legs joined by a bamboo-turned H-stretcher--37 in. high
POSSIBLY NEW ENGLAND, 1800-1820
The incised bowed crest continuing to shaped arms above seven tapering spindles and bamboo-turned arm supports over a shaped plank seat, on bamboo-turned legs joined by a bamboo-turned H-stretcher--37 in. high