Here is a little eye candy for Monday — a selection of Windsor Chairs or Swedish stick back chairs. (To be honest, we're not sure of the exact difference or which came first – Anna?) Also included in the images are some FDB chairs that were originally inspired by the British Windsor Chair.
I especially adore the chairs with the extra high backs in the first two images. If anyone knows more about them, I would love to know. The last two images show Lina Nordqvist's interpretation of this classic design and they are available through, MoMA Design Store and DesignHouse Stockholm. The set is mismatched but complimentary. Each chair sells for $350 or $1295 for the set of four.
(Images: 1; Ilse Crawford Interiors 2; Stephen Knollenberg 3 & 5; Magnus Anesund via Desire to Inspire 4; Matthew Gleason 6; Country Living 7; via Desire to Inspire 8; Wally's Paper )
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Comments (9)
I love the first two pics - I think they are Studio Ilse projects so you might find info on the chairs there. I'm surprised you didnt include Nakashima's chairs - since they are directly related.
The form is such a wonderful one to play with - from the Alice-in-Wonderland extremes of the first two, to Ilmara Tapiovara's inverting the standard fan (the red chair). And always because of the nature of it's construction, a very strong chair.
not so sure about those chairs, but i love love love that table in the first photo. where is it from?
I love those high back Windsor Chairs- Anyone know where they came from- I saw them on Studioilse's sight, but I have seen them elsewhere too. No one seems to know where they come from.
Well, I dont know well if I like those high back chairs: they look elegant and cool, but they also feel like a cage or sth...
Anyway, the set of the apparently mismatched chairs in the last 2 pics are aewsome! Oh, and my dining looks like the one in the 4th picture with great red chairs!!! =)
The chairs in the first two photos are the Pyra chair by the Swedish designer Marten Cyren.
Interesting sculpturally but they look miserably uncomfortable to sit on/in.
I love the first chair!
thanks Screenname! I have been looking for that one for a while.
Windsor chairs did originate in England sometime in the early 1700's. They have been ininterpreted by many different people/countries. I think the American Windsor (shown in picture around the table) are the most attractive. Of course I'm biased - I make American Windsor chairs the old fashioned way, by hand. (See my WEB site at www.Dovetail-Studio.com)
Windsor chairs were first introduced to America, from England, in the 1720’s and 30’s. Shortly thereafter American craftsman began to copy, and to improve on these English designs. The term Windsor refers to a specific form of furniture. The Windsor chair is identified by its design wherein the seat, normally a wooden plank about two inches thick separates the undercarriage or legs from the arms and back. Unlike other chair forms, where the backs of the chairs are extensions of the back legs and most of the parts are mortised together, the legs of the true Windsor are socketed into the seat from below and the arms and back from above the seat. This results in remarkably strong construction, which accounts for the relatively large number of 200 year old Windsor Chairs still in use today.