Posts Tagged ‘Windsor’

A Brief History of the Solid Wood Windsor Bentwood Chairs

Monday, June 29th, 2009

 

 
 
There may not be a better known or more duplicated wooden chair in the world than the Windsor. The Windsor is well recognized for its bentwood back frame and its pegged legs going directly in to its wooden seat. The Windsor is differentiated from other styles of chairs because of this styling that normally are [...]

A Brief History of the Front Porch, Porticos, Piazzas, Terraces and Gazebos (part 1)

Monday, May 18th, 2009

 Patio furniture has been popular for hundreds of years. As trendy as outdoor rooms are today they were possibly even more elegant a few hundred years ago. Porticos, porches, piazzas, terraces and gazebos were the rage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
A portico is a porch or walkway with a roof supported by [...]

Collecting Wallace Nutting: Congregational Minister, Great American Photographer and Furniture Entrepreneur

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Long bike rides in the country with a camera in tow provided Dr. Wallace Nutting the opportunity and desire to become one of America’s most famous photographers. As a young student, Nutting entered Phillips Exeter Academy and in 1883 finished his studies at Harvard University, Hartford Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. In 1893 the [...]