Types of 19th Century Chairs: Arrow Backs

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"So when talking about collecting 19th century chairs these are a nice example and some of my favorites thumbbacks these windors are 1810 to 1820 to 1830 so the early part of the 19th century they got great arched, this is called an arrow back which look like an arrow so it really easy to identify and you can see that the construction on the back you'll see how the arrow is cut out, it's carved outward towards the back so it's a very comfortable chair to sit in. Has a great plank seat you can see here the very typical cut out on the corners here and around you can see it has the same cut out, it's practically worn off of this chair and if you go to another example you have the same cut out here on the windsor. With the same arrow back and on the back side when you look at the construction you can see the way it's carved out in the back by hand here. And it's also called a thumbback or a rabbit ear it's because of the way they finish off the top of the chair thumb meaning putting your finger here like a thumbback or a rabbit ear, where the origin of where that came from I'm not sure. But this plank seat is a nice deep plank seat which add the comfort to this seat it's amazing when you think about these we're made around 1810 and it's 2007 and they're still steardy as they we're the day they were made. I like the construction because just about anybody can sit on these chairs they're really durable they're great to display in your home. I want to show you how wear on this chair is really typical something you should look for when your buying a chair like this, this has obviously refinished over the years and this is an old that you see on here has great color, there's really nice color on these chairs this is the way I like to find them so this is 2 examples of early 19th century about 1810 of windsor chairs for you to look at."