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Authentic Antique Replicas

True handmade Windsor Chairs last.  The design and construction techniques used are like no other.  Today’s chair manufacturers concentrate on how quickly they can mass produce the finished  product only  to produce chairs that are loose, wobbly and short-lived.

Consequently your guarantee to longevity is the same as an antique.  It’s about the quality, not the quantity and more importantly, it’s about reviving a lost craft of chair making.  Woodworkers who make Windsor Chairs focus on techniques that result in a chair that will last for generations.  By starting with riven wood ( hand-split) rather than milled lumber; using steam bending rather than lamination; and by hand-drilling spindle holes - a superior product is produced.